The Daily Crank

Anglers Center – A Saltwater Oasis

The Anglers Center in Newport Beach, California has been serving saltwater customer since 1958. This southern California mainstay has earned a solid reputation among hardcore and weekend anglers alike.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Ehrler: “FLW made the right call”

Ehrler said despite practicing three days before the off-day, he believes FLW Tour officials made the right decision based on safety. The tournament will not be rescheduled and the season will have five qualifying events for the Forrest Wood Cup in August.

And The Winner Is …

Another contest week has come and gone, and we have a new winner!  Thank you to all who guessed – you guys are doing great. The correct answer is the Lucky Craft RC 3.5 in Pearl Green Shad. We had many entries this time too, and three people got it right.  Great job!  After the [...]