I know that summer is coming at us like a freight train and we’ll be taking a look at a lot of baits that are designed specifically for targeting off shore structure but today, we want to look at another new bait from River2Sea called the Bling Spinnerbait. This is another Ish Monroe designed lure.

If you’ve been with us for a while, you’ll recall that the Crystal Spin from River2Sea has been our favorite spinnerbait for several seasons. When the announcement came that they were producing a different spinner, we had to get our hands on it and see what it could do as well as what the differences are.

We chose the Bling in 3/8  ounce with  double willow blades as this configuration has been the most successful for us over the years no matter where we have fished. So let’s get the Bling out of the package and see what we can see.   [Read more…]

Fishing square billed crankbaits can be productive most of the year due to the fact that there will almost always be some fish in any given system that stay shallow. A new offering from River2Sea is the Ish Monroe designed Biggie Series.

There are currently four different versions of this bait available which are the Biggie-Smalls in Stealth Runner (a slow floater) and Bumpin’ Rattle (a fast floater) as well as the Biggie-Poppa in the same configurations. For our review today, we obtained the Biggie-Poppa, Stealth Runner, which is 2 5/8 inches in length, weighs 5/8 of an ounce, comes equipped with size 2 trebles fore and aft and is their silent version.   [Read more…]