Goal Zero Guide 10 Adventure kit
The only thing worse than having your boat break down is breaking down and having no way to contact help. Never be out of battery power with Goal Zero’s Guide 10 Adventure Kit. The Guide 10 Adventure Kit is a compact, rugged solar kit made for charging portable electronics like cellphones, GPS, tablets and cameras.
Lowrance Elite-4
The Elite-4 and Mark-4 Compact Series is a new lineup of compact, dual-frequency fishfinders with DownScan Imaging (DSI) and fishfinder/chartplotter options. Think of the Elite line as the little brothers to the larger HDS units; they’ve got much of the same pedigree, they’re just smaller.
Owner Wacky Jighead
On Owner’s new Wacky Jighead, the weight position and hook orientation were designed for the ideal wacky presentation. This jighead also features a V-bend in the gap for baits to sit in the “saddle” and not slide up or down to less desirable positions. An all new hook was designed to accommodate the largest of wacky baits and the weedguard allows anglers to fish in and around cover. The hook is black chrome finish and a super needle point.
St. Croix Legend Extreme
These rods have too much new technology loaded into them to list here, but here are some key points. St. Croix has completely redesigned their competition-grade Legend Xtreme spinning and casting rods to take maximum advantage of cutting-edge new technologies and manufacturing protocols. All Legend Xtreme blanks are built from high-modulus/high-strain SCV graphite with carbon-matte scrim for unparalleled strength, durability and sensitivity, plus super high-modulus SCVI graphite in the lower section for maximum power and reduced weight. The series includes 17 spinning and 12 casting models.
Spiderwire Ultracast Ultimate braid
We told you that Spiderwire had been busy, and here’s what they’re calling a braided line that combines the best qualities of all desirable braids. Ultimate Braid is an 8-carrier (strand) braided line that’s said to be one of the smoothest casting lines, as well as the standard for strength. Ultimate Braid gets much of its strength from Dyneema.
Luck “E” Strike Lil Thumper
This soft swimbait is the answer for your umbrella rigs. It’s also great fished alone on a swimbait hook or a jighead. These affordable swimmers are available in a variety of colors.
Wiley X Gravity
Gravity is the newest addition to Wiley X’s Climate Control Series, featuring a patented removable soft foam Facial Cavity Seal that blocks out peripheral light along with dust, wind and airborne debris. This climate-controlled environment — together with Wiley X’s advanced polarized blue mirror over green tint lenses — gives anglers and boaters enhanced visual clarity and unique ability to see fish and bottom contour. Wiley X’s exclusive Filter 8 polarized lens technology utilizes eight layer construction to eliminate glare off the water and other light colored surfaces, improving both eye comfort and sharpness of vision. In addition, the Gravity is prescription ready.
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Humminbird 360 Imaging
Humminbird is looking to set the electronics world on its ear with 360 Imaging. Rather than scan straight down, the 360 units scan in a circle, allowing you to see everywhere around the boat, including what’s ahead of you. Shown here is a submerged bridge.
Humminbird 360 Imaging
Here you can actually see fish in a scattering of beds. Because this is in front of the boat, the bass hasn’t been spooked. With traditional sonar equipment, you would have had to have “run over” the fish to graph it, but it likely would not have been there.
American Tackle MicroWave guide
The company that brought us the Wave Spin spinning reel, which is said to offer the longest casts of any spinning reel, now has a rod to accompany the reel. The MicroWave guides are available on CastAway rods, and are lighter and more conducive to longer, smoother casts. The secret lies in the initial guide, which is a guide-within-a-guide. It’s reported to cut down on wind knots, smooth line as it flies off the reel, and give the angler a longer cast.
Power-Pole Drift Paddles
If you frequent “big water,” these could come in handy. The Drift Paddles affix to your Power-Poles and, when dunked into the water, slow your drift as the wind howls. Needless to say they’re easier to use than a cumbersome drift sock.
River2Sea Rover
Pro angler Scott Martin liked the action of the original River2Sea Rover, but he made a few tweaks which earned him a $600,000 payday in the form of a tournament win with his hot rod bait. Now, River2Sea has incorporated Martin’s changes with this new Rover that is heavier in the tail to create a more exaggerated slashing and erratic action. A host of new colors are also available.
Bass King ‘Bama Rig Tee
Like the Alabama Rig, this tee is sure to create stir on the water. Featuring a custom, next-generation design with lure silhouette and frenzied bass ready to bite, and stamped with a new-style BK Charger Logo Text print on the right sleeve, this 100% ultra-soft cotton tee is armed and ready for your outdoor lifestyle.
Mustang Survival M.I.T. 100 inflatable PFD
Mustang is looking out for your safety with the new M.I.T. 100, a potentially life-saving life jacket that’s minimalist design should appeal to anglers who previously haven’t worn a PFD. Mustang also says that its contemporary styling should appeal to a wider cross section of anglers.
Buck FlashPoint
Though it’s not a fancy new lure or reel, Buck’s FlashPoint deserves a place on your boat or in your pocket. Buck designed the FlashPoint with safety in mind, which led them to creating the SafeSpin open/close technology which allows the user to open the knife without placing a hand on the blade. Total length when open is 7 1/4 inches; the blade is 2 7/8 inches and made of partially serrated 420HC steel. A carabiner lets you clip it to a bag, and a bottle opener means you’ll never be without access to your favorite beverage.
Quantum EXOpt
Quantum’s EXO line of reels made a splash at ICAST 2011, and Quantum is looking to do it again with a new line of EXO reels that have more line capacity in the EXOPT 200 and 300 series of baitcasters. They have wider spools, bigger frames, more line capacity, and half of them are left-handed models. The aluminum frame houses a CSCdrag system that will take the heat and operate smoothly based on the carbon, stainless and ceramic disks. Soft, EVA foam handle knobs finish off the package.
Luck “E” Strike RC STX Mini
The RC STX jerkbait just got “minnowfied” — the smaller version retains the features of the larger RC STX, but in a 3 1/2-inch package. The color of the pictured bait is also new, it’s called black diamond. An internal weight transfer system ensures that you can still cast this diminutive jerkbait a good ways.
Biobor JF fuel Microbicide
In addition to ethanol, microbial bacteria and fungi can attack and damage your precious outboard. Biobor JF is said to break up and prevent sludge, slime, bacteria and other uindesireables that may arise in your gas. Plus, Biobor JF cleans out fuel filters for increased flow.
Costa Del Mar Caye
Caye (pronounced “key”) by Costa Del Mar is a full-frame wayfarer sunglass. It has flexible but sturdy stainless steel hinges and no-slip Hydrolite nose pads for comfort. Frame choices are tortoise, black and white. Available lenses include prescription and Costa’s 580 patented lenses, in gray, copper, amber, blue mirror, green mirror and silver mirror.
Eagle Claw Oversize Worm hook
When targeting oversize bass, you need oversize tackle right down to the hook. Eagle Claw’s new 7/0 worm hooks are just what you need when throwing 10-inch-plus plastics. The gap is wide enough to hold a bulky worm body while giving the point all the room it needs to find home and wrestle your trophy to the boat.
Berkley NanoFil
While the product isn’t brand new (NanoFil debuted last year), what is new is the fact that the line expanded to include 12-, 14-, and 17-pound tests. This means the superline has a wider range of applications from fishing heavier jigs to worms to spinnerbaits. Previously, 10-pound-testwas the heaviest weight NanoFil available.
Mad Scientist Optishad
Mad Scientist is an new soft bait brand that combines the engineering and design prowess of Optimum Bait Co. and the soft bait pouring ability of some of the best-known West Coast swimbait makers. The Optishad is a soft jerkbait that’s as realistic as it is soft.
Columbia Power Drain
These kicks will keep your feet cool and dry no matter how wet it gets. The upper is made with Columbia’s Omni-Freeze ZERO sweat-activated cooling liner, mesh and a quick lace toggle system, so they never come untied. The midsole is cushioned with Techlite material, and the sole is non-marking Omni-Grip material that grips when wet.
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Rapala BX Swimmer
This hard bait takes the same hard flashing action and adds a joint for even more action.
Costa Del Mar Galveston
Galveston is a rimless sunglass by Costa Del Mar that is both sleek and sporty. Its large, square lenses provide optimal coverage on the water. Galveston has adjustable, nonslip nose pads. The color combinations are tortoise frames with copper or silver mirror lenses, and black or silver frames with gray or blue mirror lenses.
Wild River Tackle Tek Rogue
This bag is also known as the “audio bag” for its music-friendly design. The Rogue has an integrated speaker system designed to work with an iPod, MP3 players and other portable audio devices, like your smartphone to output quality stereo sound. The multi-function Rogue can also hold up to five large 3700-series, two 3600-series and 3500-series trays.
Wild River Tackle Tek Bar Bag
The Tackle Tek Frontier is Wild River’s signature bar handle bag featuring a built-in LED light system, a removable self-retracting steel cable lanyard for clippers or small tools, and multiple pockets and compartments for securing small parts and components. The Frontier has the capacity to hold up to seven large 3700-series and two 3600-series trays.
Uncle Wesley’s Adjustable Depth Fishing Lures
These bard baits are made with a “Click & Select” function that transforms them from a topwater bait to a deep diver in seconds.
Bass King BassTek Performance Fishing Shirts
Some of Bass King’s newest gear is built with a specially treated 100% polyester fabric with 50+ UPF rating. This unique Stretch Flex fabric is water repellent and stain resistant with anti-odor properties that will battle the outdoor elements alongside you. Featuring full-length vented mesh panels, the Bass King BassTek shirt is breaking new ground when it comes to performance fishing apparel.
Livingston Lures Stickmaster
The Stickmaster is designed to excel in clear water situations. In the heart of these new lures is a proprietary internal sound chamber that emits a combination of sounds designed to attract fish and trigger aggressive, reactionary strikes. Advanced rattles inside the chamber send out underwater vibrations as the lures are worked, which are picked up by the lateral lines of predatory gamefish to draw them in for a closer look.
Gene Larew Sweet Swimmer
The Sweet Swimmer is Gene Larew’s umbrella rig bait. The natural colors lend themselves well to the schooling rig application. Six colors are available.
Costa Sunrise 580P lens
Costa Del Mar is making waves yet again with a new lens that’s designed for fishing at first light or dusk. The light yellow color cuts glare from the water while still allowing for unobstructed vision, which is critical during low-light boat runs. This is the first time the sunrise color is available in the lighter P-series lens.
Luck “E” Strike Mini Freak
Luck “E” Strike continued the downsizing trend to its Freak crankbait. The new Mini Freak sports the same unique bill that dives in a hurry, but measures 3 inches long (the body is 1 3/4 inch).
Yum Flash Mob
Yum has a wide variety of umbrella rigs, and this one may have the most flash appeal. The Flash Mob is available in two sizes; and affixed to each arm is either a Colorado or willow spinner blade, your choice.
