Set the Hook! with Pat Rose – Jul 26, 2014
Pat’s guests this week were FLW Touring Pro Anthony Gagliardi, FLW 2014 Rookie of the Year Jason Lambert, and Pro Wrestling Legend Samu.
If you missed the show, you can listen to the podcast here.
Set the Hook! with Pat Rose – Featuring Anthony Gagliardi, Jason Lambert & Pro Wresteling Legend Samu
A.R.E. 2014 FISHING TEAM TUNDRA PROJECT TRUCK SHOWCASES STORAGE AND STYLE AT 2014 BASSMASTER EVENTS
A.R.E. 2014 FISHING TEAM TUNDRA PROJECT TRUCK SHOWCASES
STORAGE AND STYLE AT 2014 BASSMASTER EVENTS
MASSILLON, Ohio – You don’t have to be a professional angler to want a first-class way to protect and store valuable fishing gear. Leading truck cap and tonneau cover manufacturer A.R.E. will be showcasing the ultimate fishing truck during 2014 Bassmaster tournament series events being held around the country.
The A.R.E. Fishing Team 2014 Toyota Tundra project truck is designed with everything anglers need to stow and organize tackle, tools and equipment. “The truck features a top of the line Z-Series truck cap, along with our Pickup Vault lockable bed storage system, and CargoGlide roll-out cargo tray,” said Bryan Baker, director of marketing, A.R.E. “These three products together, along with other great accessories such as Rigid Industries light bars, A.R.E.’s new Rod Pod, and Dick Cepek tires, all helped to build a truck that any avid fisherman would love to have.”
The truck cap can be custom-painted to match any truck. For the 2014 Basssmaster season, A.R.E. project trucks are sporting bold A.R.E. Fishing Team Elite Series custom graphics that highlight the company’s partnership with the premier bass sport fishing organization.
The complete list of enhancements made to the 2014 A.R.E. Fishing Team Tundra includes:
– A.R.E. Pickup Vault Lockable Storage Drawers
– A.R.E. Z Series Truck Cap
– A.R.E. Rod Pod
– Air Lift Company Air Spring Kit and Wireless Control System
– BedRug Polypropylene Carpeted Bedliner
– BOLT(r) Receiver Lock and Padlocks
– Bully Dog Gauge Tuner
– Bushwacker Fender Flares
– CargoGlide(r) Roll Out Tray System
– Dick Cepek Tires
– Hellwig Sway Bars
– K&N Air Intake
– Magnaflow Exhaust System
– Monster Hooks Recovery Hooks
– N-Fab Steps and Bumpers
– Rigid Industries Light Bars
– Skyjacker(r) Suspension System
– Surco Roof Basket
– TIS Monster Energy Edition Wheels
– Yakima Tower Series Roof Rack
About A.R.E.
A.R.E. began manufacturing aluminum frame truck caps in 1969. Since then, the company has become a leading manufacturer of fiberglass truck caps and hard tonneau covers, and boasts 700 employees at its ISO-9001:2008-certified manufacturing facilities. They have a network of more than 650 independent authorized dealers throughout North America. For more information, contact A.R.E. at 400 Nave Rd. S.E., P.O. Box 1100, Massillon, OH 44648, email [email protected], call 330-830-7800 or visit www.4are.com.
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A Missile Baits ICast recap by Tim Grein
It has been a few weeks since my last blog, and for that I apologize. I have been extremely busy with work, a death in the family, and I am now trying to get packed to leave for Lake Champlain. Since I Cast has come and gone, I think it would be a good time to look at some of the new baits and colors that my friend John Crews and Missile Baits came out with. 
To start off with, Missile introduced the new Shockwave 3.5. This is the smaller brother to the Shockwave 4.25. This new swimbait promises to be a versatile and essential tool to every angler’s arsenal. At 3.5”, this bait will be a swimbait for those times, when the bait is small and bass just won’t hit larger profile baits. Many times in the fall, those smaller baitfish hit the bank, and this is going to be the perfect sized bait to catch the schooling bass that are chasing them. It will also be great for the finicky, highly pressured fish. There have been several national tournaments won in the last several years on small swimbaits on highly pressured lakes. When they want that smaller profile, this will be the ticket. This isn’t the only use for this bait though. Picture this, wind is blowing on your favorite smallmouth lake, and you are drifting a dropshot. Now, imagine on that dropshot, the shockwave 3.5” is slowly swimming through the water with the tail lazily flopping back and forth. I really don’t think I need to say anything else about this application. This bait will be DEADLY on your dropshot rig!! You better get it and try it. Not only will this be a great bait on its, own, but it will really shine as a trailer for your swim jig, chatterbait, spinnerbait, buzzbait, etc.. I am already using the larger version as a trailer, but there are times when you really need that smaller profile. The big brother is great if you want that larger profile, but if you want a more compact profile, the Shockwave 3.5” is the way to go. This bait is being released in 8 colors, and if you know anything about the colors that Missile Baits puts out, you know they are always topnotch, well thought out, and all catch fish!!
In addition to the new shape, Missile Baits has also come out with some incredible new colors. The flagship D Bomb has 3 new colors. I think my favorite is Toxic Grape. This is going to be deadly and will prove itself a great jig trailer for a PB&J jig. Along with Toxic Grape, Green Pumpkin Flash will definitely be in my boat. The last new color for the D Bomb is Bruiser. This is the same as bruiser flash, but without the flash. Another winner!! The Baby D Bomb also received a few new colors, both of which are winners. Watermelon red, and green pumpkin with purple fleck. Need I say more?
The Shockwave 4.25 received some new bling as well, now sporting the look of Frosted Purple, and Baby Bass. The Baby Bass looks the same as the attached picture of the smaller version. Frosted Purple is going to be a great bait for clear water situations with a transparent body and light purple back. Last but not least, the Tomohawk 8.75 is also rocking the Green Pumpkin Flash. This might be my new favorite color in this bait.
Make sure you check out the new Shockwave 3.5 and the new colors that Missile Baits introduced. They really do make a quality soft plastic, and John takes a lot of pride in the colors and shapes that they release. He uses these products on the Elite Series, so if they are good enough for him, they are probably good enough for you and me. Next time I will give you a recap of Lake Champlain, and you better hold on to your hat. This is a phenomenal fishery, so stay tuned for a fish filled post.
Weekend Weather for July 25th – 27th 2014
Lake Anna
Smith Mountain Lake
Clarksville VA – Buggs Island
Piedmont Bassmasters Results from SML Penhook – July 19th
Piedmont Bassmasters Results from SML Penhook
First: Brandon and Ben Reynolds, 13lb 15oz
Second: Kenny and Ryan Reynolds, 13lb 3oz
Third: Mark Winn and Mike Nichols, 11lb 5oz with 6lb even big fish
10 boats came with 3 places paid and big fish
Thanks for your help with letting us put the tournament on the site boards. We also have one this Saturday.
Thanks
Mark Hall and Darrell Wyatt
PowerTeam Lures – Tickled Pink Yet?
TICKLED PINK YET?
Well here’s three reasons why you should be!
1) The 7″ Tickler is now available in the hot color Bubble Gum Flash! You pink bait fans out there are definitely persistent and who are we to say no to so many of the same requests (not to mention we fell in love with this color as well once we started fishing it and found out how much bass it kicks). Fish hit this color with a vengeance! Plus now when someone asks you how you caught so many fish, now you’ll legally be able to tell them “I just wiggled my pink Tickler and they couldn’t resist it”. How cool is that?!!
2) For those of you who have experienced the power that the color Susky Slayer has over fish, we’re very excited to announce that this wicked color blend is now available in the amazing 3.6″ JP Hammer Shad! If your jaw just dropped, if your eyes just bugged out, or if you just screamed out load, “What??? Shut the front door!!!”, then that just means you think exactly like a big smallie does! See, you really do have a special talent! You just didn’t know it!
3) SAVE 25% off your next order with us! If you just screamed out loud “Shut the front door again!!!”, then that just means you’re back to thinking like a savvy angler.
Enter coupon code HOT25 at checkout.
You Can’t See the Trees for the Forest – Jason Houchins
You Can’t See the Trees for the Forest- By Jason Houchins
With all the tournaments and a 55,000 acre lake at my doorstep, I am reminded of a saying that I hear often. People always say you can’t see the forest for the trees. Well I think sometimes it’s the other way around, you can’t see the tress for the forest. What I mean is just because I live on a large body of water, I need to remind myself that some of the best fishing can come from the smallest places.
Recently a couple of my friends have sent me pictures of some of their catches from small ponds and lakes around the house. Wow, is all I have to say. While I’m running up and down the lake, chasing fish for miles. These guys are walking around with one rod in hand, and regularly catching trophy size bass during an evening stroll to the pond. Yes, I know that tournament fishing and pond fishing are two totally different things, but the catch of a lifetime may be right under your nose.
As a child I can remember dad taking us to Natalie’s pond just out by the battlefield. Many summer evenings were spent walking around that bank in search of one of the allusive 4 pounders that swam within its banks. I always had my trusty Cardinal 753 with one of my two lures of choice, a small big O and a motor oil Manns jelly worm. If I didn’t catch them on one of those two lures, they were not there. The sheer numbers of fish and overall size was astonishing, when I look back on what we regularly caught, its eye opening. And back in those days, that was supper. If the fish was a keeper up to 2 ½ pounds, they left on a stringer and feed the family. Yet the body of water always seem to produce some of the best fish and more importantly the best memories.
Obviously this is true today in most ponds and small lakes around our area. Go into to any tackle store and look at the bragging wall. You will see many pictures of large bass, say over 5 lbs. and up to 10 lbs., and I bet that most of them were caught in small ponds or lakes. I can probably say that they were not caught on the latest and greatest equipment and I know it didn’t take $100 worth of gas to find them. I also think it’s apparent that just about anyone can fish in a pond and have a great chance at catching a large fish. You don’t have to have ultimate skill to effectively fish a pond, my daughter who is 4 is just as likely to hook into a giant as I am. And when it all comes down to it, that’s really what it’s all about.
So, after careful consideration and many evening texts that read, “Hey, look at this”, I’m going to leave the boat at home and take a walk every now and then. I need to quit being Johnny Joe bass pro sometimes, grab the kid, and keep it real simple. I need to remember how this obsession all began, and how important pond fishing was in shaping my fishing today. Oh yeah and it wouldn’t hurt to catch one of those trophy bass that my friends keep showing me pictures of. Then maybe, just maybe, I will see a few of the trees within the forest.
ICAST Winning Streak Continues With Fourth Consecutive Win Humminbird® ONIX® Earns ICAST 2014 “Best of Electronics”
ICAST Winning Streak Continues With Fourth Consecutive Win
Humminbird® ONIX® Earns ICAST 2014 “Best of Electronics”
Orlando, Fl. (July 16, 2013) – ICAST 2014 marks the fourth consecutive win for Humminbird®, no small feat considering the wealth and breadth of exciting new products in the show’s Electronics category.
In 2011 the Humminbird 1158c DI Combo earned the popular vote; in 2012, 360 Imaging™ followed suit as the biggest thing since the introduction of Side Imaging®; in 2013, Bow 360 was championed by voters for bringing around-the-boat underwater imaging to boat bows.
Now, in 2014, voters have once again selected Humminbird® as “Best of Electronics” recipient for the recently-introduced ONIX® Series.
Additionally, fellow Johnson Outdoors Marine Electronics, Inc., brands Minn Kota® and Old Town® also took top honors. The Minn Kota® Ulterra™ won Best of Boating Accessories and the Old Town Predator XL (powered by Minn Kota) Best of Boats. The Old Town Predator XL also won Best of Show, standing out as the media’s top pick for most impressive of all products released at ICAST 2014.
“It’s a real honor to be recognized by the world’s fishing media as the best in fishing electronics,” says Dale Logue, Director of Marketing, Humminbird®. “Even better that Johnson Outdoors brands were so well received across numerous ICAST product categories.”
Logue continues: “What these wins really validate is a lot of hard work – from engineering to our American manufacturing to customer service—which only strengthens our continued mission to create technologies and a ‘complete fishing system’ the gives anglers an edge on the water.”
Not only did ONIX score big with voters for its touchscreen control, but something called Cross Touch™, which allows users to take command of their unit display from touchscreen or touchpad.
Similarly, ONIX offers an unparalleled host of features and technologies never seen before in sonar/GPS combos, including the addition of industry-first proprietary Humminbird® LakeMaster™ technologies like AutoChart™ Live and SmartStrike™, which make real-time user-generated high-definition mapping and predictive fish patterning possible within the ONIX unit itself, no PC or upload to a server or cloud required.
Combine that with winning technologies like HD Side Imaging™, 360 Imaging™, HD Down Imaging™, DualBeam™ PLUS with SwitchFire™, Precision GPS, built-in TriFuel™ cartography, 1024 x 768V screen resolution, and ethernet additions like RADAR, NMEA 2000 and L-M-H frequency CHIRP, and voters ultimately declared 2014 The Year of ONIX®.
Suggest Retail Prices
- ONIX8ci Combo: $1999.99
- ONIX10ci Combo: $2499.99
- ONIX8SI Combo: $2699.99
- ONIX10SI Combo: $3199.99
For more information visit humminbird.com, contact Humminbird, 678 Humminbird Lane, Eufaula, AL 36027, or call 800-633-1468.
About Johnson Outdoors Marine Electronics, Inc.
Johnson Outdoors Marine Electronics, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Johnson Outdoors and consists of the Humminbird®, Minn Kota® and Cannon® brands. Humminbird® is a leading global innovator and manufacturer of marine electronics products including fishfinders, multifunction displays, autopilots, ice flashers, and premium cartography products. Minn Kota® is the world’s leading manufacturer of electric trolling motors, as well as offers a complete line of shallow water anchors, battery chargers and marine accessories. Cannon® is the leader in controlled-depth fishing and includes a full line of downrigger products and accessories.
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Daiwa Tatula Glass Crankbait Casting Rods with Randy Howell | ICAST 2014
Daiwa Tatula Glass Crankbait Casting Rods with Randy Howell | ICAST 2014