Bomber Slab Spoon for Lakers

You like lakers?  Who doesn't. 

Nothing says "bite me" harder than a Bomber Slab Spoon for lake trout.  Drop it down, crank it back up.  Jig it two- three times and blast it upward.  Lakers will chase it all over the place and when it stops, set the hook and hang on!

Bomber Slab Spoons come in a whole bunch of colors.  Pick a couple for your waters and see what happens.  Easy to use and can be very effective. 

They are inexpensive.   Definitely have one shiny silver in your collection.  7/8 ounce and 1-1/4 ounce available.  Click to Order Here

I'm going in search of lakers this winter with Bomber Slab Spoons.  Can't wait!

JB

'Gills, Crappies Perch - Willow Kinkle by Snyder

The hits just keep on a-comin' with Snyder Lures!

These are Willow Kinkles - little flat spinners with tow sparkly spinner blades attached to the back.  The blades don't spin, they flash while jigging.  Put a little piece of plastic on the hook and watch the panfish come in for the kill.

JB

Willows Jigs by Snyder Lures

Hang a minnow on one of these bright glow jigs and drop it down to the bottom.  Wiggle occasionally to kick up some dust and give some flash.  They glow, flash and the colors are perfect for tannin stained water.  Add a Berkley Micro to the hook and they'll glide sideways making them awesome for splake and rainbows!  They'll be chasing them around under the ice all winter long!

Your tackle box will not be complete with a few of these in it! 

JB

Froggits by Snyder Lures

These are new and going to be HOT for fishing perch this winter.  Froggits - everybody is going to need at least one in their tackle box.  Put a white plastic Impulse or Gulp waxy on each hook and start jerking perch!

Coolest things since sliced bread!

JB

PK Flutter Fish Jigging Spoon - Walleyes and Lakers

These are the new PK Lures Flutter Fish.  They are a heavy weight spoon that I'm going to use for jigging this winter. But they also use these "Mr. Peanut" type spoons for casting and trolling in the summer.  You can snap jig them with a 7 foot medium rod as you are trolling for intense walleye attacks.  You can also cast them for vicious northern attacks with their unusual wobble.

Firetiger Flutter Fish

But me, I'm going to vertically jig this spoon for walleyes and the little ones for crappies.  The bigger model is going to put lake trout on the ice for me.  These are my hopes and dreams of course, but it is different tackle and already winning rave reviews in various parts of the country.  Plus, I have samples.  That's one of the perks of owning a large tackle store.  Somebody is always sending me something to review and test, but believe it or not, the vast majority of times,  I buy tackle resale because I myself like the way it looks.  That's always risky and explains why there are sections of the store with an inch of dust covering those regions.  Nothing beats having money hanging from the pegs collecting dust.  This does not mean that these lures do not produce.  It does mean that fishermen are ridiculously susceptible to big tackle manufacturer marketing.  Come on,  fishermen!  Do you seriously need an ad in a fishing magazine to tell you what to try?  You can't determine that on your own?  Apparently not.  We see the "I saw it on TV or Biggun's Magazine" syndrome.  Stop being a sucker for marketing.  Ask a few questions, try some "off brand" suggestions if they look cool but you don't recognize the name.
See what happens!  You will definitely have the lure that the fish haven't seen go by ad nauseum.

Nickel Flutter Fish

Based on the large number of fishermen passing through this business, no tackle is a dud all the time.  There is always somebody who does really well on something that not everybody else is using.  Tackle is one of those things that you never know how it works until you try it out.  And everybody, I don't care how seasoned, hopes that new lure will be the "miracle" lure of a lifetime.  There is nothing more vindicating than buying a new lure and having fish slam the crap out of it the minute it touches the water.  Talk about making your day!

Pearl Chartreuse Flutter Fish

So, try out the PK Lure line.  They are getting a little bit of hype an I think it's going to be hot stuff from the fish catching standpoint as opposed to the catching fishermen standpoint.  My prediction is that these will be the "sleeper" lures of the winter.  Everybody will want one and then they'll become impossible to get due to moderate supplies for new tackle not coming from a huge outfit like Rapala.

 

Red Rock Glow Flutter Fish

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JB

PK Panic - Exciting new tackle for this winter! PK Lures

PK Panic is a unique lure with a blend of crippled minnow with lots of flash.  Jig it in the winter for walleyes and lake trout.  Cast it in the summer for lakers in the spring and fall,  walleyes and northerns all summer long.  I caught a nice laker last winter in a lake across the road and went back to that same spot for another 4 trips (24 hours of jigging)  only to be taunted by other lakers turning their nose up at me.  They were coming and going all over my graph and would follow, come really close and then swim away from whatever I had on.  I need a PK Panic and I didn't have one!  This  winter will be different!  

I'm putting one of these puppies on and I'm getting more lakers just like the one I'm holding.  That was a delicious fish!

PK Panic 

I realize it may be a pipe dream, but even though I sell tackle, I see something new like this and it makes me drool.  The water can't get hard enough here in NE Minnesota and the trout season seems like an eon away. (Jan 15th, I think)  Yes, I test tackle and I'm testing this PK Panic out this winter.  It'll have a wild action and the flash needed to tick off a laker into making him hit hard!  At least that's what I see in this lure.  I have a whole tackle store of lures that fit that description and my tackle box is obscene with the amount of lures and doodads I have to test out.  Like every good dog, each lure will have it's day.  This season,  for lakers,  I'm predicting this particular lure, the PK Panic to be the hot one.

Flurries outside my window as I type.  I smell ice in the air!

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JB

PK Lures - New Killer Tackle for Winter

PK Lures are the new hot stuff for this winter in ice fishing tackle! We have them in stock and they look like lake trout are going to have something new to attack.  PK Spoons have a really unusual shape on the back side of the spoon so when you drop them, they deflect in a different way.  On the copper and nickel models below, you can see the bump in the lure.  The other unique feature is the big glow eye.   Making the inanimate look alive is what it is all about.

Copper

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Fire Tiger Glow

Nickel

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Company lure Description:
PK Jigging Spoons are the most dynamic spoons put on the market in years. The weighted design gives this bait an unparalleled action that calls in fish and causes them to strike. The counterweight system gives the lures an action that other tackle companies only dream of manufacturing. Each lure features glowing eyes to help attract fish in low light conditions. The lure comes in 7 color patterns: Firetiger Glow, Red Dot Glow, Copper, Nickel, Firetiger, Pearl Chartreuse and Shad. This is a must have lure for all walleye, bass, trout, pike, muskie and panfish fishermen.

If you would like to add some cool new jigging spoons to your A list, consider these PK Lures.  Try a couple of different colors.  My recommendation is a shiny silver and the firetiger if you are seeking lakers in clear water as they usually are found.  For dark water, in search of lunker walleyes, do the copper and the firetiger glow.   You can always add other colors down the road.

JB

Nils Auger for Cordless Drill - with Handle

This is the new Nils USA auger attachment for cordless drills.  Stick it on your better quality cordless drill of 18 volts or more and this auger has been designed by Nils to takes a less aggressive bite out of the ice to allow a smaller motor to turn it effectively.  In other words, it is actually designed for use with a cordless drill instead of being an auger onto which somebody stick a cordless drill.  There is a big difference and it will show up in your drill.  If you use a drill you bought at a big box store that specializes in home furnishings but also has a tool section, you may smoke that drill rather quickly.  The planetary gears are usually plastic and can't handle real drilling.  Be warned.

Cordless Drill Auger Attachment.  You provide your own 18 volt drill.  Handle  is included!

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The cordless drill is just for show so you can see what it looks like when it's together.  That's also the 6" version.  The one on the right is a 4.5" version which would be suitable for fishing perch, eels, or dropping your ice ducer down into the hole to avoid tangle ups when fishing.  I myself usually drill two holes so I can keep my ducer from tangling up and getting beat up as I pull it out for  up-coming fish.  If you have the Nils Ice Saw  and want to make a big hole it would be very easy to quickly drill a hole in four corners and connect the dots with the Nils Ice Saw.  Slide the big block under the ice.  Push it down, flip it upside down and then give it a shove.  It will slide a lot further with that smooth bottom slides against the bottom of the main ice sheet.

That orange disk on the top of the unit is slightly bigger than the auger blades in case your keyless chuck on your cordless loosens up.  Dropping your auger down the hole sucks.

Nils USA Ice Saw with Case from redrockstore.com

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The other cool thing with the Nils Cordless Auger is that it comes with a handle to drill by hand.  Trust me, hand drilling with a 6" Nils is ridiculously easy.  Drilling with the 4.5" auger is even easier.   You'll think the ice is too thin to be standing on. 

Instead of buying a hand auger every couple of years, and then blades, and then it still never works like it did when it was new, this is the time to invest in good equipment.  You'll know why on the first hole.

JB