Fishing

The nights are cooling off, mornings are glistening with frost, water temps are rapidly dropping, leaves are turning, and smallies are ferociously feeding bulking up for the long winter that is fast approaching.  Bottom line, the seasons are changing and so are the patterns for these tiger striped bass. Of the seasons, fall is one of my absolute favorite times to fish for bass, most vacationers have gone home, and a lot of locals are investing their time towards hunting, so you are rewarded with a serene day on the lake with very little boat traffic.  You are also not melting in the sun and have a very good chance at catching a smallie with some serious shoulders.  Baits that cover water and do so quickly are going to be the ticket for keeping those lines tight.  Some of my go-to smallie baits and techniques for this time of the ye... Read more

Built with a heavy tail and weight transfer system the Berkley CaneWalker can cast a country mile. Available in a variety of bait imitating colors this loud lure will help you quickly locate bass around structure or suspended in open water. Watch the video below to learn more.   Hey guys, Justin Atkins here. We're in the Berkley booth with North 40 Outfitters at the 2018 ICAST Show. I'm going to show you a new bait that Berkley's got this year, I'm super excited about. It's called the Berkley CaneWalker. It's built on 125-millimeter body. It has a large weight in the backend and a weight transfer system, helps you cast at a mile, makes its bait, walks super easy. Comes stocked with Berkley Fusion 19 hooks. As a lot of you know, last year I won the Forrest Wood Cup, the one with the big chrome top water out over cane piles and brus... Read more

Power Bait plastics already have a reputation for catching fish and with their new expanded line of Powerbait plastics is sure to rip lips. Berkley have expanded their lineup on Powerbait plastics to include the Craw Fatty, the General Senko style bait, the Powerhog, Grass pig, and more. Watch the video below to learn more.   Hey, Bobby Lane, 2018 ICAST here in Orlando, Florida, talking about the new power bait soft plastic lineup. Guys, we have everything you need for your boat, from flipping baits to craws, to the general, to swim baits. I'm gonna pull a few out and let you look at them. What we've done is we've repackaged them.   We've got them in power bait now, unbelievable action. They have the scent. Fish are gonna hold on longer. Of course, we have the 4" craw fatty. This thing is just an all around awesome bait. Fl... Read more

Designed to put out a maximum amount of scent out into the water these plastics are ideally suited to dirty, cold, and pressured waters. Now available in a variety of new forms including magnum worm, lizard, flat worm, and super chunk for those looking at add a tasty trailer to your jig. Watch the video below to learn more. Hey, Bobby Lane, 2018 ICAST from Orlando, Florida. You guys are catching some of the first looks at the new PowerBait MaxScent. Now, we did launch it earlier this year. Unbelievable. Just came off a tournament in Lake Owhyee. A lot of the top 10 caught them right here on the new PowerBait Max Scent flatworm. The colors are amazing. So crazy how you had to use pliers to get the hook out of the fish's mouth. This flatworm, the PowerBait MaxScent mixed in with it, the smallmouth could not resist it. I'm so excited to g... Read more

We all learn, when we are little, that a pot of gold lies at the end of any rainbow. Those who do pursue a rainbow’s terminus will only be met with frustration. In many respects, I feel the same way about rainbow trout fisheries in Washington state. Don’t get me wrong, I love catching rainbows and pound for pound you won’t find many harder fighting fish in the state. However, rainbow trout are so widespread in the evergreen state that it's hard to avoid them, frustratingly so. You might think it odd to be frustrated with catching fish, but I’m a person who likes a little variety in his life. After all, you can only chase the pot of gold for so long before it gets boring. Alternative trout fisheries in the state do exist, many are underutilized, and some provide the potential for trophy fish. Here is a rundown of some alternative W... Read more

A deadly drop shot design the Missile Baits Bomb Shots comes in a unique D bomb shape and puts out a lot of action. Absolutely deadly for Smallmouth Bass this lure comes in eight colors so you can match the prey in your local river or lake.   How's it going, guys? Caleb Sumral, we're over here at ICAST 2018 in Orlando, Florida. Over here with North 40 Outfitters in the Missile Bait booth. Here to talk to you something new and exciting out from Missile Baits. It's called the bomb shot. It's an excellent, excellent, excellent drop shotting bait for smallmouth. I just come off a great finish at Lake Owahi in South Dakota. I was catching fish real deep in 30 foot of water, and as a shallow up in eight foot of water.   I was dropping to them in the 30-foot range when I seen on my graph. I was pitching around the shallow stuff, aro... Read more

The tail weighted designs of the new Berkley Bullet Pop allows for long distance casting to help you cover more water. While it can be fished like any traditional popper its balanced weight design allows you to walk the popper in place bringing even more versatility to this lure available in 14 colors and in 3 different sizes (60 mm, 70 mm, and 80 mm). Watch the video below to learn more.    Hey guys, it's Justin Atkins here, we're at the 2018 ICAST show with North 40 Outfitters in the Berkley booth. This year, Berkley's coming out with a new hard-bait line of topwaters, and one I'm super excited about is the Bullet Pop 70. We also have a 60 and an 80. The 70 middle-size is probably one of my favorites, because you can still cast it a mile. It's weighted perfectly, it has a perfect walk-the-dog action, or you can work it as a s... Read more

The Ned rig has become a staple in many bass angler’s tacklboxes. ZMan takes the Ned rig to a whole new level with their lifelike TRD CrawZ baits that pair perfectly with their Finesse BulletZ jigheads that will allow you to fish this super finesse technique in and around weeds and structure with no fear of snagging. Watch the video below to learn more.    Hi, I'm Glen Young, National Sales Manager with Z-Man Fishing Products here at the 2018 ICAST Show. Show you a couple cool new items that we've introduced here at the show.   The first one being the TRD CrawZ. So, all you Finesse guys out there are gonna love this little guy. It's got the big bulbous claws here which are made out of elastic. This whole thing is made out of elastic so it doesn't rip or tear, but it's 100% buoyant too, so this guy's gonna stand up on the ... Read more

Daiwa’s new 4X and 8X J-Braid’s were quick to become popular angler’s. Following up on the success of Daiwa's J-Braid’s release the new J-Braid Grand 8X is an eight carrier braid made from a wholly new IZANA’s fiber that is ultra-smooth for long casts and increases abrasion resistance. Available in dark green, blue, and a new versatile light gray that disappears in a multitude of watercolor types. Watch the video below to learn more.    How are you doing? Marc Mills at the 2018 ICAST Show. I'm here with North 40 Outfitters. We're gonna talk a little about lines right now. We've been very popular the last few years with our J-Braid, Daiwa J-Braid Line. Now we came out with a third. I'm gonna go through these for us. But our third line is a new J-Braid Grand.   It's an eight carrier line but it's the best of both w... Read more

A deadly swimbait available in 3.5” and 4.5” inch size it can fished on a jig head, Carolina rig, or used as a trailer on a spinnerbait or chatterbait. The Yum Pulse has a strong kicking action and flashes on a retrieve and is available in 14 colors. Watch the video below to learn more.   Hey, guys. Stetson Blaylock here, ICAST 2018. I've got the new Yum Pulse Swimbait. This is a three and a half inch version. We have a bigger version, but for me, I like the smaller version because to me it's more versatile. I can put this on a jighead, run it up on there, fish it over open water. The fish are feeding on smaller profile minnows, or if they're schooling, you can actually just run a straight-chained hook through this bait and cast it and reel it real slow on top of the water. It'll stay up there high in the water column, but the... Read more

  The new 6” KVD Mega Dawg is a big lure designed for big bass. At 2 oz you can cover a lot of water from one spot and with loud rattles, this lure will draw in bass up in open water and out from cover near structure. You got to let the big dawg eat, or, more precisely, be eaten. Watch the video below to learn more.    Hi guys, Jamie Caldwell hanging out with North40 Outfitters. We're in a Strike King booth 2018 ICAST and here's a product I'm super excited about. We've got a ton of new stuff coming out with this new year but this is the mega dawg.   I love throwing a big bait, you know I started throwing some big swim baits, and you see these fish come out and eat it. And I've seen two pounders come out and eat these baits that are huge and everybody has in their mind, you know, smaller baits and downsizing stuff but... Read more

With almost 600 vendors, the 2018 ICAST show was overwhelming, to say the least.  But with a mission to get through the entire show, I spent the better part of three days scouring for new and exciting products for walleye fishing.  Not only would I recommend these products to retailers, but these are also products I am putting on my boat and in my tackle box too.   10. Garmin Panoptix LiveScope The Panopitx LiveScope sonar allows the angler the ability to see all around their boat, in real time, and in three dimensions.  Available in both forward-looking and down looking versions, this live scanning sonar is the most advanced sonar technology ever introduced to the public.   Want to learn more? Watch our video on the Panoptix LiveScope.     9. Berkley Jointed Flicker Shad Berkley has taken one of my absolute favo... Read more