2002 Tackle Review - PART FOUR

Tackle Rack New Style Tackle Box for the Deck

New Tackle Box: I just got one of these from the Tackle Rack company. The box is very unique and personally I plan on using mine as a deck organizer. For folks with big boats who have 10 to 15 bvoxes of stuff this box is made to keep the baits you want or are using during the day organized and straight. With the dividers you can store Spinners, Crank Baits, or even Bait Juices like Bang and Berkley in their containers standing up. Worms can be held in their packs in one of the sides of the box. See the pictures below for an idea of what the box looks like.

The lid attaches to the bottom of the box.. see picture 2 and you can purchase a light to go on the handle for night fishing. The sides have indents for hanging baits, like Crankbaits and I guess you could also hang jigs and spoons there as well.



Well another spring is coming on and the tackle companies have started their assault on the fisherman with new fishing tackle. I will try to highlight the ones I know something about from seeing them at Galyan抯 at Oxmoor.. where I work part time.

Abu Garcia - has a new reel out that they claim is backlash proof. Unlike other reels that have made this claim and used various methods to hold the line back and keep it from overrunning the spool. The new braking method may actually work. The reel comes with a tape that shows how the reel works. Now showing at Galyan's in the Fishing Department. Ask the sales staff to show you the tape.



Normark:
Always makes an excellent bait. They have made some improvements to their Shad Rap line of baits and did not as rumored get rid of the popular Orange Shad Rap that is so popular on Cumberland River. At least not yet...

3-D Raps holographic finish. A Shad Rap with a holographic finish. Looks neat to me and should catch a fish if only because it is just a plain old shad rap which is always an excellent bait. Comes in all the regular shad rap finishes only with holograms.. makes sense since they call it the Hologram?COULD BE GOOD will reserve judgement.

Jointed Shad Rap卝ust like the other jointed Normark lures only in the shape of a Shad Rap. Originally we sold out of these baits during the Holidays but they are back and I imagine will not last long. Bait will really wobble which will create a real good vibration in the water. Should at least get the attention of the fish.. have not used one but really do want to. I LIKE THIS BAIT.



Tail Dancers?A Wally Dancer imitator in my opinion.. very similar in shape but in Normark finish抯 and colors. Will catch fish. Good trolling lure for Bass, Walleye and Sauger.. May be a good bait to try on the Cumberland as well. POSSIBLY A GOOD BAIT.

Mr. Twister .. The newest line of baits that has not to my knowledge been seen in the Louisville Area lately is the Exude Baits. Mr.T has put them out in most of the popular shapes and also in Corn shapes in white and yellow in corn sized colonels.Galyan's has only the colonels right now. I have not tried this bait but if the formula work as designed it could compete with the Power Baits. Comes in Twister Tails and several other shapes and sizes including a fake corn for trout in white and yellow.




Storm has a new jerk bait called the Thunder Stick. Comes in various sizes and the normal colors. Sizes are based it seems on depth of the dive. Bigger baits dive deeper. GOOD LOOKING JERK BAIT

Storm has also come out with some soft baits.
Rat-l Tubes in Crawdad and Lizard and Ribbon Tail worms and a Shad imitator that is just dynamite. It really looks like a shad with very large eyes. Looks better than the Soft Castaic baits in my opinion. Called the Wild Eye these soft baits are very real looking. Have Holographic bodies but soft bodies are not interchangeable molded directly to the hook. The holograms look great and make the fish look alive. Will definitely be very inviting to the striper fishermen and to some River Fishermen.

I ACTUALLY THIOUGHT THESE WERE FREEZE DRIED they were so real looking. I WANT SOME. Comes in a perch, shad and in a minnow imitator.. the whole line of tubes also comes in a holographic look. Makes the bait look just like it has scales. Use this with a scent that releases scales ( Like Fish Formula ) or scale imitations and you have darn real looking and acting fish.. The tubes also come in a minnow imitator that is very real looking. I do not expect to see these baits on the shelf for long.. they are going to be expensive like the Castaic Baits...







Berkley ?Has a new worm called the Bungee worm. It is made with a memory in the tail. When you work the bait, the tail tends to bounce sort of, even when not moving. This action may be capable of fooling fish into striking when the bait is sitting still. Comes only in the Power Worm. GIMMICKY but it just MIGHT WORK.. just like many Gimmick baits I can see specific times when this bait will work. KEEP SOME IN YOUR WORM BOX the little extra wiggle may be what it takes some day when the fish are finicky.

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