ICAST Preview, New Bassmaster Elite Series Schedule and Bass Fishing PodCast

As many of you know ICAST show in Las Vegas is in progress of getting going.  Here is a peak at what the Fish Harder company is showing off this week!!!  Tru-Tungsten has also completely revamped their website, so check that out.

BassTrix Weight

Clip on Weight

As anglers ourselves we realized that as popular and effective as plastic BassTrix style swimbaits are they have one drawback – weight.  Sometimes we need to cast further or fish deeper.  To solve that problem Fish Harder Companies, LLC, designed the Picasso Quick Change Swimbait Weight. It easily attaches to any hook style or size with two wire clips.

 Picasso Quick Change Swimbait Weights are available in four sizes to meet every angler’s needs – 3/16oz, ¼oz, 3/8oz and ½oz. They’re sold 2 to a pack.

4' Blue Gill

4' Blue Gill

The Pill Jig is designed for skipping docks.
Pill Jigs are offered in two colors – black and unpainted – and in three sizes – 1/8oz, 3/16oz & ¼oz. They are sold 3 to a pack.

4' Blue Gill

Our Tru-Life Swimbaits now come in a 4″
size
. They feature the same high-quality hooks & attention to detail as their full-size relatives.

These lures are offered in a wake/slow sink model and a slow sink/fast sink model.  Each bait comes with two tungsten weights that are easily inserted or removed.  This will allow the rate of sink and running depth of the lure to be instantly fine tuned by the angler to meet changing conditions.

4-Inch Tru-LifeSwimbaits are available in six fish catching colors -Baby Bass,Bluegill (shown), Blueback Herring, Shad, Chartreuse Shad and Yellow Perch. 

4' Blue Gill


The Depth Shad has been designed to be the ultimate soft plastic jerkbait.

They are available in two sizes – 4-inch and 5-inch,   unweighted (4 to a pack) or weighted (3 to a pack). And, as if that wasn’t enough, the Depth Shad is available in six fish catching colors – White Pearl, Silver Flash, Shad, Chartreuse Shad, Blueback Herring and Rainbow Trout.

Tru-Life Swimbaits were developed by professional anglers Ish Monroe and Matt Newman for anglers who demand the very best.

8' Trout

Our newest offering – the 8-Inch Trout– features the same high-quality construction, and attention to detail, as all Tru-Life Swimbaits. Equipped with removable tungsten weights and armed with the best hooks available we think it’s the finest hard swimbait on the market.

Also announced today is the Bassmaster Elite Series schedule for 2009 & 2010.  Also note, no more co-anglers on the Elite Series after this year   Notable things on these schedules, California gets some love in 2010, Del Rio is definitely scratching BASS’s back, Big Bay De Noc should be an interesting tournament.  Also, there are a couple Wed-Sat tournaments scheduled.   If the table below is hard to read – click here.
2009 Bassmaster Elite Series Schedule

DATE
March 12-15
March 26-29
April 2-5
April 23-26
May 7-10
May 14-17
*June 3-6
June 11-14
July 23-26
Aug. 6-9
Aug. 13-16
EVENT
Battle on the Border
Diamond Drive
Dixie Duel
Blue Ridge Brawl
Southern Challenge
Alabama Charge
Tennessee Triumph
River Rumble
Cold Water Clash
Empire Chase
Champion’s Choice
FISHERY
Lake Amistad
Lake Dardanelle
Wheeler Lake
Smith Mountain Lake
Lake Guntersville
Pickwick Lake
Kentucky Lake
Mississippi River
Big & Little Bay de Noc
Lake Champlain
Oneida Lake
HOST CITY
Del Rio, TX
Russellville, AR
Decatur, AL
Moneta, VA
Guntersville, AL
Florence, AL
Paris, TN
Ft. Madison, IA
Escanaba, MI
Plattsburgh, NY
Syracuse, NY

For more details, including lake maps, click here.

2010 Bassmaster Elite Series Schedule

DATE
March 11-14
March 18-21
April 15-18
April 29-May 2
May 6-9
May 20-23
*June 9-12
June 17-20
*July 21-24
July 29- Aug. 1
Aug. 12-15
EVENT
Duel in the Delta
Golden State Shootout
Battle on the Border
Alabama Charge
Southern Challenge
Pride of Georgia
Tennessee Triumph
Sooner Run
Empire Chase
Champion’s Choice
Blue Ridge Brawl
FISHERY
California Delta
Clear Lake
Lake Amistad
Pickwick Lake
Lake Guntersville
Clarks Hill Lake
Kentucky Lake
Arkansas River
Lake Champlain
Lake Erie
Smith Mountain Lake
HOST CITY
Stockton, CA
Lakeport, CA
Del Rio, TX
Florence, AL
Guntersville, AL
Evans, GA
Paris, Tenn.
Muskogee, OK
Plattsburgh, NY
Buffalo, NY
Moneta, VA

* Wednesday-Saturday event
For more details, including lake maps, click here.

Also, if you have not checked out my Podcast on PostSpawn fishing, head over to Bass Fishing the Midwest today!

You can find this episode as well as all Bass Fishing in the Midwest Podcasts on iTunes
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Last note, we are only one email subscriber from hitting the 75 email subscriber plateau, kind of exciting!

Rich
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