Visit the research labs of the leading lure companies and you’ll see that everybody’s chasing a certain action. It doesn’t have a name, and it’s all but impossible to engineer, but every once in a while one bait out of 50 or 100 will inexplicably “kick out” during the retrieve. If you’ve ever read or […]
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In the last couple years I’ve utilized the top-of-the-line swim bait for some of my spinner bait bites. You can work this bait over around logs, up over rocks and with the colors that we offer at optimum we can imitate just about any baitfish your body of water has. when fishing this bait I
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The immediate post-spawn is one of Randy Pringle’s favorite times of year because it signals the beginning of prime topwater season. The key during this time period, he said, is to “be adjustable.” Fortunately, IMA gives him three solid tools to work with – the Roumba, the Skimmer and the Big Stik, the latter of
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Mention the word “swimbaits” and the first thing that comes to most anglers’ minds is the gargantuan seven-, eight- and even twelve-inch versions favored by west coast lunker hunters. But the same characteristics that make the big baits effective can also be deadly in much smaller packages. South Carolina pro Michael Murphy knows when to
River guru Bill Lowen loves to swim a jig for shallow water bass. His favorite D&L Swim Jig, which he had a hand in designing, has played a key role in his Elite Series success in recent years. He likes to keep it simple, utilizing a ¼ ounce model perhaps 75 percent of the time,
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