Gene Larew Lures announced the signing of Fred Roumbanis. The Oklahoma pro is headed to the Classic with Larew plastics this week.
Simrad and Lowrance launched new mapping cards at the Miami Boat Show. The new Lake Insight HD and Pro cards feature 100 new HD lakes and 700 new SD lakes to the cards for anglers. Here is a run down of the new map cards.
Lake Insight Pro 2014
The more affordable Lake Insight PRO chartcard features the same coverage —100,000+ total named bodies of water with shoreline detail — as Lake Insight HD without the high-definition shaded relief. Compatible with: Lowrance HDS, Mark, Elite and Elite-HDI; Simrad NS; and B&G Zeus displays.
Zippo® Outdoor has signed Bassmaster Elite Pro and Bassmaster Elite Angler of the Year 2012, Brent Chapman, along with wife, Bobbi and their two children, to a sponsorship agreement for the 2014 Elite Pro Bassmaster Tournament Series.
Because of the family’s commitment to all aspects of Brent’s career, to always being together as a family and to working together side-by-side in a family business that includes camping 6 months out of the year, Zippo® Outdoor chose Brent and Bobbi Chapman from a field of elite fishing pros.
The Daiwa corporation has added FLW Tour and Major League Fishing standout Brent Ehrler to their Pro Team for the 2014 through 2016 seasons. The multi-year deal will have Ehrler using Daiwa rods and reels for the next three years.
Halo Fishing is proud to announce it has signed 2013 Forrest Wood Cup Champion and 2014 Bassmaster Classic qualifier Randall Tharp to a title sponsorship agreement through the 2014 season.
As part of the agreement Tharp will use and promote Halo Fishing rods exclusively on the BASS Elite Series and FLW Tour with the help of a Halo wrapped Toyota Tundra truck and Ranger Z520C boat.
Smithwick had a hand in the growing popularity of jerkbaits for bass fishing and the last couple of years they’ve been active again introducing the Perfect 10 last season and now the Elite 8 this season. The new Elite 8 is said to feature the same great characteristics that made the original Rattlin’ Rogues staples in bass fishing decades ago. But the new Elite 8 dives quicker and deeper to 8 feet while also featuring a new one knocker tungsten rattle for a deeper and different sounding jerkbait. The bait suspends but is said to get to depth a lot faster than some jerkbaits. These jerkbaits will be debuted at the Classic next week.
