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The Best Trout Baits

How do you like to fish?

What you select as the best trout baits depends on the way you like to fish. The ones that will be the best for you will depend on how your preference in fishing styles.

The Best Trout Baits for Bank Fishing

For the fisherman who enjoys fishing from the bank and having the fish come to the bait, there are three that we recommend: Berkley Powerbaits, the Berkley Glitter Trout Bait, and the Berkley Salmon Eggs.

Berkley Glitter Trout Bait- $4.49
Berkley Glitter Turbo Dough – $5.49 (more…)

5 of the Best Braid Lines in Review

Bionic Fishing Line

The best braid fishing line is born of new-age engineering and technical specifications that were not available a decade or two ago. Although the best braid lines cost a little more, they rival monofilament and fluorocarbon in many ways—plus you can use them twice because the line inside the reel never wears out. Braid lines remain unsurpassed at not breaking under difficult reeling-in conditions. The best braid lines are lighter, stronger, and more dependable and that lets them drag the big ones out of the thickest obstacles.

The best braid lines you choose depend on your budget and fishing preferences. (more…)

Best Fishing Baits: The Top Choices in Every Bait Category

Finding the best fishing baits is the first step in catching the best fish – and each type of the five basic fishing lures has its unique advantages.

HARD FISHING BAITS

The best fishing baits among hard baits have a specially-designed diving bill that helps them get under – and stay under – the water. A few topwater baits are hard baits, but most are designed for diving. The diving baits are commonly called crankbaits, and some of the very best fishing baits come from Lucky Craft Lures.

LUCKY CRAFT SKEET DEEP RUNNER (SKT-DR)
LUCKY CRAFT SKEET MEDIUM RUNNER (SKT-MR) $15.99 – $16.99
The tournament fishing champion, Skeet Reese, designed the Skeet Deep Runner and Medium Runner. The medium dives about 7 feet and the deep dives about 10 to 12 feet. Each comes in 20 different styles and colors. One feature that makes these deep-diving crankbaits some of the best fishing baits around is the two, ultra-sharp #5 treble hooks.

NORMAN DEEP DIVER 14 $5.49
Commonly called the DD14, this deep-diving crankbait also comes in 20 different colors and styles but is considerably more economical. Its popularity among the best fishing baits comes from its excellent fish catching ability, and also its economical price. (more…)

Best Fishing Lines

With So Many to Choose, Where Should You Start?

Selecting the best fishing line depends a lot how you like to fish, but the time-tested standard and most popular is monofilament fishing line. Modern fishing line is not your father’s old monofilament. The best fishing lines come from new advances in technology and better production capabilities and it’s now better than ever.

MONOFILAMENT FISHING LINE

The least expensive and most popular of all the best fishing lines, monofilament, is just what it says: one single strand of nylon/polymer line. Monofilament has the advantage of being very inexpensive and working perfectly in almost all the common fishing situations. Monofilament comes in colors from clear to green. There is even a group of fluorescent colored line – wonderful for fishing at night while using black light and also easier to see in the sunlight. Fluorescent-colored line is great for the novice fishermen. (more…)

Abu Garcia Rods Have the Perfect Balance

With Abu Garcia Rods and Reels Combined, Fishing Has a Great Feel

Abu Garcia rods and reels bring newer ideas from an older company. Abu Garcia began by serving the fishermen of Sweden and has incorporated some great Swedish engineering innovations. The signature of the company’s line is “high quality at a reasonable cost.” Abu Garcia rods and reels include many styles and models but the newest Abu Garcia rods are the VENDETTA and the VERITAS. Each comes in a spinning fishing rod version and a casting fishing rod version.

Leading the Balanced Life While Fishing

The newest of Abu Garcia rods is the VENDETTA Casting Rod. Vendetta means private feud or rivalry, and is aptly named when talking about challenging bass. Abu Garcia reports that their rods have been designed for precision balance when coupled with the Garcia REVO and SORON reels. The VENDETTA rod features factory balancing to meet the weight requirements necessary for both baitcasting and spinning reels. That allows a perfect pairing and user sensitivity. Abu Garcia rods uses Pac Bay guides with SIC inserts for great performance and durability. Even with all that, they come at the very reasonable price of $79.95. Abu Garcia states on their website, that when their rods are in the hands in their customers, they please 97% of them. Fisherman’s Choice Pro Shop can highly recommend the VENDETTA. (more…)

Strike King Lures Could Outfit Every Fisherman with Something

Put Variety in Your Fishing with One of the Most Varied Lineups Around

Strike King Lures manufactures everything a person could need to fill a tackle box. With an excellent line including soft plastic baits, crankbaits, spinnerbaits, crappie baits, spoon fishing baits, bass jigs and even catfish bait, there is truly something for everyone. Fisherman’s Choice has them all and can even sell you a tackle box to put them in. The best part about shopping at Fisherman’s Choice Pro Shop for Strike King Lures, though, is the economical prices. All these Strike King lures can provide you with many hours of varied and enjoyable fishing.

A Lure for Almost Every Occasion

Not only economical, Strike King lures provide some unique bait line ups. In their soft plastic line, Strike King has the Rage Tail, the line of fishing lures they advertise as “soft baits with big attitudes.” Within the Rage Tail line are: worm baits, creature baits, lizards and crawdad-style baits. There are even two different styles of Brush Hawg baits: the Rage Hawg and the Game Hawg. The Rage Hawg is the larger version at 5 inches with the Game Hawg at 4 inches. (more…)

Quantum Smoke Reels Step Ahead in Technology

Tough Enough for the Big Fish; Light Enough for the Smallest Fisherman

Quantum Smoke reels and rods are new in more than one way. The Quantum Smoke PT Series is the lightest reels ever built by Quantum. Available in two sizes, a 100 and a 150 size casting versions, these tough little reels make it easy to hold them all day long without tiring.

A Quantum Leap in Lightness and Durability

Quantum Smoke bait casting reels use new super-lightweight materials and technologies. The engineers at Quantum have pushed performance limits and achieved a high degree of durability in a super-light, yet metal, design. Fisherman’s Choice Pro Shop, one of the best bass fishing tackle shops you will find, has Quantum Smoke reels available in two sizes: the 100 and larger 150 size are both available in right-hand and left-hand versions. The 150 version can hold up to 160 yards of 12 pound test line. The 100 holds 135 yards of 12 pound test. The reels come in ultra-high speed 7.1:1 retrieve or the high speed 6.3:1 retrieve gear ratios. The 150 version also has a cranking model with the slow 5.3:1 retrieve for grinding down those deep diving crankbaits without wearing yourself out. It has 8 ball bearings and one roller bearing on both models. If that’s not enough for you, take a look at the Quantum Tour KVD (Kevin VanDam) Burner reel. It is a spinning reel with a 7.3:1 retrieve ratio and 11 ball bearings. The Tour KVD is the pinnacle of the Quantum Smoke reel line. (more…)

Sebile Lures are Winning and You Can Share the Limelight

Unique, Interesting, and Fun to Catch Fish

Sebile Lures is an international bait making and marketing company that creates unique bass fishing tackle that are very popular among fishermen. Sebile Lures is the manufacturer that you many have heard of at the ICAST 2009 show. They won the best soft bait award with their Magic Swimmer bass lure. The Magic Swimmer has been on center stage at this year’s professional tournaments and has helped anglers capture fish and win hundreds of thousands of dollars. The bass lures come with a soft weight system that won the Best Accessory Tournament Tackle shown at 2010 ICAST in Las Vegas and is now available to you. (more…)

Strike King Crankbaits: Tournament Winners at Great Prices

The Red Eye is Up and Running at This Year’s Big Tournaments

Strike King Crankbaits make one of the hottest crankbaits of the year, the Strike King Red Eye Shad 1/2 ounce lipless, vibrating shad. The Red Eye Shad has been on of the winning fishing lures at several of this year’s huge tournaments. At first sight, the Red Eye might remind you of a Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap, but the similarity ends with the appearance. Strike King crankbaits come in numerous sizes and colors and are adorned with large, bright eyes of red and gold. There are more than thirty-five different colors of these bass lures, just in the half-ounce size alone! Other varieties include the Red Eye Shad 1/4 ounce and Red Eye Shad 3/4 ounce. That allows you when fishing with crankbaits to either downsize a little, or to scale up to pull giants out of the water. (more…)

Temple Fork Outfitters Rods: A New Line on Gary Loomis Quality

An “Expensive” Rod for Under $100!

Temple Fork Outfitters Rods, the Gary Loomis Signature Series, have entered the market with a new approach to economical quality. What makes this introduction unusual is the name of the man behind their design: Gary Loomis. Gary Loomis is the same man who founded, and formerly owned, G. Loomis Rods which makes some of the best designed (and most expensive) rods available. Temple Fork Outfitters Rods benefits from Gary’s design talents but are focused on being a much more affordable line of fishing rods. Temple Fork Outfitters Rods (TFO) wants to get high quality rods into the hands of potential anglers who would otherwise not spend the necessary $400 or so to get a high-quality G. Loomis rod. TFO high-quality rods can be purchased for under $100. They call this “the affordable high-performance approach to fishing rods.” What ever they call it, you will call it very thoughtfully designed.

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