KJ Gets Hitched – Congratulations!!

20. July 2010

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KJ Gets Hitched – Congratulations!!

One our friends and Lucky Craft pro staffer Kelly Jordon recently got married this past June. I hope he doesn’t mind me doing this but I saw some pictures and Kerri is so beautiful that I thought everyone needed to see. We are so happy for Kelly and Kerri! Congratulations.

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Kelly J Video from TackleWarehouse.com

18. July 2010

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Kelly J Video from TackleWarehouse.com

Lucky Craft pro Kelly Jordon talks about one of his signatures lures the “Kelly J” and how to effectively fish it during the post spawn.

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Baghdad Fishing Club

1. July 2010

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Baghdad Fishing Club

We just sent off a package of Lucky Craft’s headed to Iraq! Thanks Lou for setting are boys up!!

Below is Lou’s recent article about his efforts to get some good tackle into the hands our of troops serving in Iraq.

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Dead Calm, Slick Sunny Days

10. June 2010

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Dead Calm, Slick Sunny Days

A bit of wind also creates some current that may get baitfish active. If you’re fishing around points, maybe a bank with docks or a grassline with cuts in deeper water, the breeze could be enough to get things going.

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Pointer 48’s in the Merritt Island NWR

9. June 2010

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Pointer 48’s in the Merritt Island NWR

Paul MacInnis recently wrote a nice article on the some local central Florida waters. The Lucky Craft Pointer 48’s appeared to be very effective on these local waters catching high numbers of bass and panfish.

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Weekly Watts – For Big Snook…

3. June 2010

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Weekly Watts – For Big Snook…

For big snook, offer gold or natural colors

Big snook are the bullies lurking the shadows, predators that hide among the mangrove roots in south Florida or the shores of Mexico ready to whack anything that looks inviting.

When Greg and Bryan Watts of Florida are going after snook they most likely will have an [...]

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Lucky Craft Team Journal – Clarks Hill

31. May 2010

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Lucky Craft Team Journal – Clarks Hill

Casey battled through it well, though, posting his best finish of the season. He’s in 47th place in the Toyota Tundra Angler of the Year standings. Two tournaments remain for him to try to qualify for the Bassmaster Classic next February.

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Cranks, Jerks and Grubs! – Mix It Up!

26. May 2010

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Cranks, Jerks and Grubs! – Mix It Up!

Lucky Craft pro Brent Ehrler used the technique to win the opening FLW Tour event last in March on Table Rock Lake. He used a Pointer 100 DD in Pearl Wakasagi for a limit weighing more than 22 pounds on the second day, and caught a few on a RC 2.5 DD crankbait in Ghost Minnow as well on his White River channel bend.

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Fast Summer Cranking

21. May 2010

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Fast Summer Cranking

When summer rolls around a lot of anglers believe you have to slow down in deeper water with huge crankbaits and big worms or jigs, or try your patience with few bites in shallow water with plastics or square-bill crankbaits.

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Lucky Craft Team Journal – Guntersville

14. May 2010

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Lucky Craft Team Journal – Guntersville

It’s an astounding run of success: Two wins, a second-place and two fifth-place finishes. The second-place finish came at the season-opening California Delta where he lost by just one ounce. But that began one of the most incredible runs on the tour in decades.

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11. May 2010

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Weekly Watts – Don’t Overlook Gold

Weekly Watts – Don’t Overlook Gold

If you’ve ever drifted a flat and noticed a pod of baitfish, they typically have a dark appearance until they flit or change directions and that’s when the shimmering silver appears in the sunlight

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6. May 2010

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Skeet on PreSpawn Jerkbait fishing

Skeet on PreSpawn Jerkbait fishing

The guys at TackleWarehouse.com recently caught up with Skeet out at Clear Lake and talked about jerkbait fishing for prespawn bass.

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2. May 2010

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Pointer 95 Silent – Smallies!

Pointer 95 Silent – Smallies!

“I’ve got a new Lucky Craft model you might want to try. It’s the Pointer 95 Silent – no rattles, no weight transfer. It’s a completely silent suspending jerkbait for those finicky bass that may be turned off by sound. I’ve already caught ice-out largemouth with it. Let’s see what it does on river smallmouth,” I explained.

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28. April 2010

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FLW Loudon/Tellico – Recap

FLW Loudon/Tellico – Recap

Missed opportunities and a few costly lost fish put Brent Ehrler of California outside the 5-man cut for the final day of the FLW Tour’s third stop, this one last week on the Loudon and Tellico lakes in east Tennessee.

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23. April 2010

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Smith Mountain – Lucky Craft Team Journal

Smith Mountain – Lucky Craft Team Journal

Skeet dominated the Elite Series tournament on Smith Mountain Lake, working through his gameplan with a swimbait despite most of the field targeting bedding fish during the tournament on the clear-water lake.

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22. April 2010

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Weekly Watts – Shiny or Dull?

Weekly Watts – Shiny or Dull?

Inshore species such as speckled trout, redfish, jacks and Spanish mackerel key in on the action and flash. Sunny days with little to no cloud cover and shallow water flats combine for a near-perfect stage to let a shiny bait perform.

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19. April 2010

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Skeet Dominates Smith!!

Skeet Dominates Smith!!

Bucking the sightfishing trend and primarily working a swimbait, the Auburn, Calif., pro left the competition in the dust – his closet competitor was Jason Williamson more than the 14 pounds behind – amassing 78 pounds, 1 ounce, of Smith Mountain Lake bass to take his fifth Bassmaster victory at the Evan Williams Bourbon Blue Ridge Brawl.

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12. April 2010

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Weekly Watts – The Kelly J for Speckled Trout

Weekly Watts – The Kelly J for Speckled Trout

Watts often targets speckled trout with big topwater walking baits, but he’s learned they also love the new Kelly J topwater prop bait

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5. April 2010

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Z’s 9lb Bass

Z’s 9lb Bass

Lucky Craft pro Kelly Jordon filmed the last episode of “World Greatest Fishing Show” this past weekend with host Mark Zona. Kelly sent me a photo of one of their biggest bass, it was over 9lbs.

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12. February 2010

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New Skeet Reese Colors

New Skeet Reese Colors

Unlike the previous colors, which were three graduated variations of white and chartreuse, the new colors are based on two of the most popular forages in the bass diet; bluegill and crawdads.

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16. February 2010

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2010 Lucky Craft Classic Preview

2010 Lucky Craft Classic Preview

The 40th Bassmaster Classic is near and with it comes the typical preparations for an “all or none” tournament that can help solidify an angler’s career.

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15. February 2010

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Classic Week is Here!!!

Classic Week is Here!!!

The guys just finished up a tough practice session and there are a lot of good articles and media attention started. Below is one from The Oklahoman newspaper on Skeet.

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17. February 2010

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Swindle – Classic Practice Photo Gallery

Swindle – Classic Practice Photo Gallery

The Birminham News spent a practice day with Gerald and has a nice photo gallery up at their website. Click on the main image or link below to go to the gallery.

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17. February 2010

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Florida’s Spring Baitfish Explosion

Florida’s Spring Baitfish Explosion

If April showers bring May flowers, then springtime’s warming temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico bring baitfish into shallow flats along Florida’s coastlines where hungry redfish, trout and other predators feed voraciously.

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18. February 2010

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3.5XD’s at the Leeds Bass Pro

3.5XD’s at the Leeds Bass Pro

On my way down to the Bassmaster Classic, I made a quick stop at the Leeds, Alabama Bass Pro Shops. Checked out the Lucky Craft display and saw that they had the new RC 3.5 XD’s in stock.

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18. February 2010

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Skeet’s Daily Diaries

Skeet’s Daily Diaries

Media day is over and now its time to get this thing started! If you haven’t seen them yet, Skeet is doing some daily video dairies on his website. Check them out at SkeetReeseInc.com

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19. February 2010

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New Color Clear Water Shad – LV 500

New Color Clear Water Shad – LV 500

A new exclusive Lucky Craft color that came across my desk recently is Clear Water Shad. A very cool color with light subtle tones that is available in the LV-500.

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19. February 2010

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Dropped by Skeets booth

Dropped by Skeets booth

I made my way through the Outdoor Show today. I had to stop by Skeet’s booth and check out the new colors. There was one new addition to the colors we announced last week.

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19. February 2010

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Lucky Craft Pro Staff – Friday Weigh In

Lucky Craft Pro Staff – Friday Weigh In

Photos of the Lucky Craft pro staff during Friday’s weigh-in at the 2010 Bassmaster Classic.

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20. February 2010

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Lucky Craft Pro Staff – Saturday

Lucky Craft Pro Staff – Saturday

Photos of the Lucky Craft pro staff during Saturday’s weigh-in at the 2010 Bassmaster Classic.
Leaderboard from Bassmaster.com

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24. February 2010

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Casey Ashley Takes Bass Life Adventure in Brazil

Casey Ashley Takes Bass Life Adventure in Brazil

In the second season of Bass Life, small town South Carolina boy and professional Bassmaster Elite 50 angler Casey Ashley goes on the adventure of his life fishing for huge peacock bass deep in the Amazon jungles of Brazil.

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25. February 2010

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Lucky Craft Bassmaster Classic Recap

Lucky Craft Bassmaster Classic Recap

Five Lucky Craft pro-staffers competed in the 40th Bassmaster Classic on Lay Lake last weekend in one of the toughest and arguably the coldest championships ever.

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8. March 2010

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Brent’s Baits!!

Brent’s Baits!!

He threw three baits this week, he said – a 5″ single-tail Yamamoto grub (smoke, natural shad), a Lucky Craft Pointer DD jerkbait (pearl wakasagi) and a Lucky Craft RC 2.5 DD crankbait (ghost minnow).

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9. March 2010

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Lucky Craft at the Greater PA Show!

Lucky Craft at the Greater PA Show!

Gabriel Hnat from New Jersey Angler magazine was kind of enough to send me some photos of our new Lucky Craft lipless pointer series at the Show

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12. March 2010

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Brent Talks Table Rock

Brent Talks Table Rock

Lucky Craft pro staffer Brent Ehrler of California slammed the door shut on the FLW Tour season-opener last week at Table Rock Lake with a dominating performance, catching 20 bass weighing 69 pounds, 11 ounces.
Ehrler was third after the first day with 16-6 before moving into the lead with his stunning catch [...]

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15. March 2010

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Skeet’s Parade!

Skeet’s Parade!

Skeet had a big day yesterday (March 14, 2010). First there is the cover of Parade magazine which is distributed to over 30 million homes. Then when fishing in the Duel in the Delta Bassmaster Elite Series event, he just misses taking home the title by one ounce.

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16. March 2010

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Ehrler Early Spring Cranking

Ehrler Early Spring Cranking

One of the most often overlooked ways to catch fish in the early spring is by throwing a crankbait. They are very popular around the country in late spring through fall, but they are often a neglected tool when bass begin moving from their winter haunts toward spawning areas.

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30. March 2010

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Skeet’s – Reflections on California

Skeet’s – Reflections on California

“It was devastating (to lose). I fished well the last day, made good adjustments and got the bites. I lost a few fish I know would have culled my smallest fish.

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15. June 2010

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Help Dad Fish Like a Pro!

Help Dad Fish Like a Pro!

Help your dad fish like Skeet this year! Pick him up some Lucky Craft SKT crankbaits for Father’s Day

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