Based off of the popular Kinchou Minnow, the Kinchou Shad has a taller body and flared, raised gills that, despite their large size, offer a subtle action. Two sizes are available.
The Balsa Shad for Stanford Lures is back. The same attention to detail and craftmanship you know in the cedar is combined with the hunting action and buoyancy the balsa is known for.
Category: Hard Lure
The new LIVETARGET BaitBall comes in a square bill crankbait, crankbait and jerkbait models and is designed to fish wherever you would target similar schooling fish. Imitating a bait ball, the baits come in a variety of colors and sizes, including the 2 3/8-inch square bill, the 2 1/2-inch crankbait, and the 3 1/2-inch and 4 1/2-inch jerkbait.
Ish Monroe’s Biggie crankbait added a few new colors for 2013.
Tommy Biffle designed this jig with an extra short shank to peg every fish that bites. An extra-wide head crashes through cover without hanging up.
West Coast superstar and Elite Series pro John Murray designed the hook on the football jig to “lock” fish onto the hook once they bite.
The “Tamburro Twist” allows anglers to change hooks to match any fishing situation. What’s more, the hook will rotate 180 degrees and give your trailer a real swimming action.
If you like Fred Roumbanis’ swim jig, you’ll love the Boom-Boom Plus, which features a wire attachment arm running along the hook shank to which you can connect a treble trailer hook or willowleaf blade, both included in the package.Â
With the Commando, you choose the hook and it swings free, offering better action and better hookup percentages. It comes with a 3-inch simbait and a 4/0 feathered treble.
Yamamoto has expanded into hard baits for 2013. The best part? These babies retail for less than $10.
The Chikara is Gary Yamamoto’s design that’s made to crash off of cover and tear up the shallows.
Storm’s newest hardbaits labeled under the Arashi line come in shallow-, medium- and deep- diving versions. All feature a circuit board bill and a self-straightening line tie.
The classic Rogue got a makeover for this year with sharper hooks, an internal weight transfer system and a number of sharp new color schemes. But, it’s still got that old “Rogue roll” that made it so popular and effective.
The Buzz Plug is a retro-looking topwater that might be what your tacklebox has been missing. It’s part buzzbait, part chugger and all commotion. The double upturned hook allows this critter to crawl over logs, muck and detritus, and its buoyancy allows you to stop it on the retrieve, unlike a regular buzzbait.
The new Scatter Rap line from Rapala is making waves, and squirmy retrieves for anglers all across the US. The unique bill makes the lure drift back-and-forth upon retrieve in what Rapala calls “evasive action.”
The new Scatter Rap line from Rapala is making waves, and squirmy retrieves for anglers all across the US. The unique bill makes the lure drift back-and-forth upon retrieve in what Rapala calls “evasive action.”
The new Scatter Rap line from Rapala is making waves, and squirmy retrieves for anglers all across the US. The unique bill makes the lure drift back-and-forth upon retrieve in what Rapala calls “evasive action.”
If the Scatter Rap Shad looks familiar, it’s because it’s based off the tried-and-true Scatter Rap. The new Scatter Rap line from Rapala is making waves, and squirmy retrieves for anglers all across the US. The unique bill makes the lure drift back-and-forth upon retrieve in what Rapala calls “evasive action.”Â
Regular squarebills, bow to your king, the SKT 110 Magnum. This Skeet Reese-designed crankbait is designed with big bites in mind. It’s got all the action and fish-catching ability you’ve come to expect from Lucky Craft, but it ratchets up the lunker quotient just a hair with its 110-mm size and gaff-like hooks. Look for the even bigger deep-diver, too.
Jackall is introducing another must-have hardbait for 2014: the Jockie. Combining topwater design with jerkbait action, the new Jackall Jockie 120 was created by Kazuto Yamaki and is offered in six colors. A ‘Bikkuri Minnow’ type lure, its diamond shaped lip allows it to dive straight with a quick turn of your reel, plus its bottom cup makes a popping sound when the lure hits the water. The Jockie 120’s rear moving weight system means long casting distances for a pop, dive and roll action, plus a unique inner scale molding design provides for fish-attracting underwater flash.
Jackall is introducing another must-have hardbait for 2014: the Jockie. Combining topwater design with jerkbait action, the new Jackall Jockie 120 was created by Kazuto Yamaki and is offered in six colors. A ‘Bikkuri Minnow’ type lure, its diamond shaped lip allows it to dive straight with a quick turn of your reel, plus its bottom cup makes a popping sound when the lure hits the water. The Jockie 120’s rear moving weight system means long casting distances for a pop, dive and roll action, plus a unique inner scale molding design provides for fish-attracting underwater flash.
Featuring Jackall’s unique curved lip design, the new Kawashi Mikey 140 swimbaits enables anglers to crank it deep while deflecting cover and potentials snags. Offered in six colors including ayu, trout, pink piraruku, black piraruku, jungle and ghost pearl gill, the Kawashi Mikey 140 has an enhanced three-piece jointed body design for life-like swimming action, plus the feather hooks act as fish attractants – especially the rear hook which resembles the tail of a baitfish.
Bomber has released a slew of new colors for the venerable Long A.
This little guy is no lightweight in shallow-water fishing. Its unique bill and high buoyancy keep it snag-free and rolling and wobbling erratically. Gamakatsu hooks keep fish buttoned up.
The Aruku Shad has been downsized. Not fired, but simply made smaller in a 1/2-ounce size to appeal to more fish.
Jackall brings its most advanced spinnerbait to the U.S. and Canada anglers with the new Super Eruption. They are available in both 3/8- and 1/2-ounce sizes, and are offered in eight colors – noike green back, wakasagi, black back chartreuse, white, bluegill, pearl chartreuse, peanut craw and tidal craw. Featuring a reverse tear drop blade that spins immediately when hits the water, the Super Eruption spinnerbaits are constructed with 0.8mm SUS304 stainless steel wire for transmitting vibrations, while the contrasting front and back colors on the blades help attract bass in stained water conditions.
Anglers will ‘feel the life’ with Jackall’s new Spade Jig T.G. tungsten jigs. Available in both 3/8- and 1/2-ounce sizes, the jig features a unique pre-bent silicon skirt that perfectly imitates the legs of crawfish. With a weed guard to minimize snags so it can be fished in light cover, along with a spade shaped design to keep it standing, the Spade Jig T.G. comes in eight colors – sniper pink purple, black/blue, black/purple, green pumpkin chartreuse, amber craw, watermelon candy, green pumpkin candy and grass shrimp.
This hollow frog walks, spits chugs and pops, thanks to the concave mouth. A barbaric double hook ensures you boat what bites.Â
This wide-bodied topwater frog is easily walked and also spits and chugs thanks to the wide mouth.
Yo-Zuri has expanded its popular color-changing Sashimi line of hardbaits for ICAST 2013. Also, be one the lookout for the new 3DB Series of baits.
The Beetle Spin’R bait is slightly larger this year, but retains its famous single willowleaf blade and twin-tail trailer.
This crankbait is slightly larger in size than most squarebills without being intrusive or obnoxiously huge. Its thick bill deflects off of cover with ease. It’s also got an enhanced sound chamber and oversized 3D eyes.
Featuring a “Catamaran Mouth”, the Pony Frog spits & splashes for a unique walking action, and can even chug like a popper when worked with longer sweeps of the rod.
The Ito Shiner is based on the hand carved balsa that inspired the Vision Oneten and the Megabass jerk bait revolution. Long a custom balsa for Megabass pros and Yuki Ito himself, the Ito Shiner has been re-imagined in injection-molded form, and perfected with a Triple Tungsten MovingBalancer System (PAT.). The Ito Shiner is scheduled for limited release, and destined for tournament duty.
Featuring three rattle chambers, tungsten balancers, and a painstakingly designed hydrodynamic profile, the 1/2oz. Vibration-X Jr. takes the lipless crank to a new level.
Two running depths. One lure. Featuring Megabass’ patented Knuckle system, the squarebill of the Knuckle60 Jr. features two distinct positions which allow you to target two depths: Position No. 1 runs with a tight wobble at 0 to 1 foot. Position No. 2 runs 3 to 4 feet deep with a wider, enticing wobble that is designed for contact.
The legendary Vision Oneten debuts in Jr. size, featuring the same profile, action, and flat-out performance that propelled the Oneten to the top of the jerkbait charts. When the bait bite gets tough, the Jr. will get the job done.Â
Tested by Japanese monster bass angler Tetsuya Nakamura, the Body Balance jighead has proved itself as a deadly swimbait weapon. Featuring a double hook-keeper and a low center-of-gravity design, the Body Balance keeps swimbaits running true, and minimizes the body twist that can spook wise old lunkers, and throw hook-points off target.
Duo, maker of the high-end Realis line of hardbaits, is revealing a few prototypes at ICAST 2013. This is what the new Realis jerkbait will look like.
Here’s the crankbait, a squarebill.
The swimbait will be a streamlined, jointed number.
The Yeljim spinnerbait only looks like a spinnerbait but as the owner says, “It ain’t a spinnerbait!” Of course he’s right, as there’s no swivel on this bait. The top blade shimmys and vibrates up, down and side-to-side with more flash and vibration than a regular spinnerbait can afford.
Megabass designed this small crankbait to create as much flash as possible upon retrieve. The “willow bill” permits a sharp wobbling action and the Triangle Balancing System allows for good casting and what Megabass considers the ideal swimming postion.
The Hildebrandt Drum Roller was designed with a tin head rather than lead so it can be more effectively slow rolled. The wire arm is also flexible as opposed to fixed so fish have a lesser chance of throwing the bait.
New from the company that brought you the Road Runner is the Blakemore Bang Shad Buffet, a twin-bait presentation for a pair of Bass Assassin swimbaits on Road Runner heads that has a unique swimming action and comes in 11 colors.
The Megabass Venom is a heavy spinnerbait that’s made with premium components. A ball bearing swivel, 3-D eyes and a flat rubber skirt make it one of the most lifelike spinnerbaits on the market. The heavy wire arm is also highly bend resistant.
The Drum Roller Jig is the Drum Roller without a blade for a more subtle presentation. Like the Drum Roller, the head is tin.
This tiny popper is ideal for high-pressure situations. It features a feathered treble hook and lifelike scales and eyes.
The R.T.X. Jig is the ultimate flippin’ jig. It has a bullet-shaped head that will penetrate the thickest of weeds, and its double-barbed keeper will keep your trailer in place.
Elite Series pro Russ Lane’s newest hardbaits is still in the prototype phase, but he created a deep diving crankbait that’s designed to be burned, hence the Screamin’ Fat Papa. Lane says that it won’t wear you out like most 2-foot divers Â
Regular squarebills, bow to your king, the SKT 110 Magnum. This Skeet Reese-designed crankbait is designed with big bites in mind. It’s got al the action and fish-catching ability you’ve come to expect from Lucky Craft, but it ratchets up the lunker quotient just a hair with its 110-mm size and gaff-like hooks. Look for the even bigger deep-diver, too. Â
Lucky Craft’s proven lipless design gets an upgrade for 2013 with a small spinner blade attached via a ball bearing swivel. Â
The Flash Pointer 115MR is a slow-sinking jerkbait that’s loaded with all of Lucky Craft’s fish-catching ability in a slightly larger size. Â
The “spy baiting” technique has just gained a popular following in Japan and light-line enthusuiasts in the US are grabbing on to this new technique. The weighted body sinks horizontally and shimmys as it descends, then wobbles slightly on a steady retrieve. It’s deadly in clear water or in high pressure situations.
This plus-size spinnerbait will weigh roughly 1 3/4 ounce, and is made with heavy-strain wire and is best suited for fisheries that are home to larger bass, such as south Texas and Mexico.
Duo’s largest jerkbait weighs in a roughly 5/8 ounce, is made of ABS welded plastic, has internal wall reinforcement, and has an efficient weight transfer system. Tour anglers are already heaving this in cast-for-cash derbies. Upon retrieve, it has a high rotation for extra flash.
This tiny crankbait/jerkbait hybrid features a cupped bill that offers a sharp diving angle to reach roughly 8 feet.Â
2013 Bassmaster Classic champion Cliff Pace  is also an accomplished jig maker, and now his wares are available to everyone. The Flatline football jig has a custom oversized hook and a larger weedguard that excels in rocky cover. The head shape allows for a stable upright presentation.
Cliff Pace designed the Adrenaline Flipping Jig to slide through the thickest cover without snagging or fouling.Â
Pace’s swimming jig features a stout hook and a head shape that slides through grass and weeds with ease.
Floatback Lures is the first hard bait company to offer a hook ejection system. What that means is when a fish bites, the hooks both come free of the bait for a better hookup ratio
This hollow body frog has a cupped, popping mouth with bubble jets that leaves a trail of bubbles behind it. Use it for walking a frog or aggressive pops for a chugging sound.
The Racer Crank is part of Sebile’s new value-priced lures, the Action First line. The line feature all the high-end attributes that make Sebile lures top-notch, but have a more reasonable price. Like all the baits in the Action First series, the Racer Crank has its weight on the outside in the front of the belly.
The Squarebill Sunfish is Sebile’s version of those shallow-water prowlers in the sunfish family. This crank has a tall body and high buoyancy to deflect off of cover with ease.
The Bull Crank is a wrecking ball designed to smash into cover and get bass out of their hiding places.
The Bull Minnow is a shallow-diving jerkbait or twitchbait.
This is one of two lipless crankbaits that are part of the Action First line.
The Star Shiner is a deeper-diving jerkbait.
The Vibe Machine is a lipless crankbait that has more vibration than rattling sound.
If Kevin VanDam puts his name on something, you know that it’s going to catch fish. This flat sided version of his crankbait line is better suited for cold water with its tight shimmy.
This spinnerbait is the one that KVD himself puts his name and logo on. Its trailer is cut to his specifications as is the wire and skirt.
Seeing a pattern here? KVD himself was turned loose in Strike King’s lure design lab and this premium topwater is the resulting popper.
This is like no other bladed jig you’ve seen. It’s got a unique action that chops up the shallows and bashes off cover with reckless, fish-attracting abandon.
