2003 Tackle Review
Well another year has
come and gone and just when you think they can't possibly
come up with another peice of MUST have tackle... GUESS
WHAT! Crankbaits
Ed Harp of the TheOhioriver.com has created a great new CD that will save you a ton of money. The CD has articles on each pool of the river from Pittsburg to Cairo Illinois. It also has maps of every single inch of the river from Pittsburg to Cairo. The paper maps alone will cost you in the hundreds of dollars.. but this CD is under priced at around $10.00. Get one before Ed realizes what he has and raises the price. There are a couple of new items in the
Electronics arena. One could be called the Electronic
Bobber. Its the Smartcast Depth Finder from Humminbird.
The transducer for the unit is a small green castable
unit which transmits a signal to a portable unit which is
run by AA batteries. The unit can be tied on and cast so
that you can view areas under the transducer. If you reel
it too fast it will not transmit. The cost at Galyans is
$164.99 which is NOT too bad considering what the unit
does. The transducer is a single unit and runs for 400
hours in the water. Cost for a new transducer is around
$15.00 or the unit has a dual screen use.. you can use
the A / B screens to switch back and forth between 2
different transducers. The unit can be tied to a line
with a leader and used as a bobber. Not sure what the
unit will take in the way of weight but the applications
with techniques like the float and fly are really
exciting. Every once in a while there is a bait that shows up that everyone MUST have. Some of you older fishermen will remember the "Fuss" when the Shad Rap was introduced years ago. It got to mythic proportions the length that some anglers would go to to get one, EVEN renting them for a day from tackle stores who had only a few. Well Rapala has a new bait out and from the things I am hearing from Southern Reservoir Anglers this might be another of the baits that folks just HAVE to have.
The Rapala DT 10 says it will dive to 10
feet and do it faster and for a longer period of time
than other crankbaits. It has a different shape, and
according to anglers down south who are already using it,
the bait seems to do just what it says.
The Ambush Pop A Long is made from medical grade titanium and as you can see from the pictures above the head moves back and forth on the titanium wire as you work it. You can walk the dog and if worked right the head will pop back together making a clacking noise.
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