Mustad Power Grip Pin KVD Soft Plastics Hooks

Today’s review is on another new product from Mustad, the Power Grip Pin-KVD Soft Plastics Hook. I needed to replace some EWG’s this year so I figured I might as well try these and see if they really work.

The way these things are designed, they have a small piece of hook wire welded to the shank of the hook on the underside near the hook eye that sticks out about 3/16 of an inch. You thread your soft plastic on the hook just as you would any other making sure to get it over the pin and then just bring it back into place. The small reveal of the pin holds the plastic in place and doesn’t allow it to easily slide up or down the hook shank. [Read more…]

Koppers Live Target Walking Frog

Today’s review is on another new release from our friends at Koppers—specifically, the Koppers Live Target Walking Frog. We’ve come to expect, but are still no less impressed by, the amazing life-like finishes on the Koppers line. [Read more…]

Netbait BK Swimbait Review

I don’t know about the rest of ya’ll but one of the baits that I really enjoy fishing is a soft plastic swim-bait. We have reviewed the Strike King Shadilicious, which incidentally has been my favorite lure in this category. Today, we are going to look at a new offering in this genre called the Netbait BK Swimbait. [Read more…]

Spinnerbait Tactics For Dirty Water

Spring time bass fishing is one of those very strange times. Sure, the spawn brings with it promises of big bass in a very surly mood, ready to strike to protect their nests.

But spring time—especially early spring—can also be a challenge, due to the unpredictability of the weather. One day, you have clear skies and 75 degrees, the next day could bring thunder showers and a dirty lake along with them. [Read more…]

Berkley Havoc Lane’s Fatty Craw Review

Well gang, here it is spring with the weather changing day to day and we have a bunch of new baits to look at. Let’s start with one of the new Berkley Havoc lures that were introduced at this year’s classic, the Lane’s Fatty Craw. [Read more…]

River2Sea Crystal Spin Revisited

The other day when we went fishing to conduct our lipless crankbait cage fight, we were looking at the conditions that we had to work with and quickly running out of time. [Read more…]

ExCalibur XRK 25

Today, let’s look at another of the contestants from our lipless crankbait cage fight, the ExCalibur XRK 25 One Knocker. This small crankbait comes in a variety of colors and features the one knocker sound chamber. Simply put, as opposed to using several small bee-bee’s to generate sound, this lure uses one ball that knocks back and forth for its unique sound. [Read more…]

Koppers Live Target Bluegill Trap

Today’s review is on one of the contestant’s from our lipless crankbait cage fight, the Koppers Live Target Bluegill Vibration trap. As it turned out, this little bait was also our winner in that event. [Read more…]

Pond Scum Of The Month, March 2011

Well gang, it’s time for our “Pond Scum of the Month” feature. This month the prestigious award goes to “Spaceinvaderite Squeezeameoba”, or SISA for short. This pest usually inhabits small bodies of water and is very mobile. [Read more…]

Lipless Crankbait Comparison Results

Well gang, we have the results of our small lipless crankbait contest. To refresh, our three contestants are the Spro Aruku Shad Jr.(our reigning champ), the Koppers Live Target Bluegill Trap and the ExCalubur XRK 25. We took them all out on the same day, the same body of water, the same weather conditions and threw them on the exact same equipment. [Read more…]