iCast 2021 - New Products

[Brett's_daddy]

On 7/21/2021 at 9:15 AM, fishballer06 said:

Me personally, the Curado MGL150

I'm just curious what are the differences between the new Curado MGL 150 and the current model JDM Scorpion MGL (which is also a 150 size)? I know you can get the Scorpion on Asian Portal Fishing for $156 U.S. dollars shipped to your door.

[NorthernBasser]

10000 Fish Zuchi Bug looks pretty wild. 

[Brett's_daddy]

11 hours ago, NorthernBasser said:

10000 Fish Zuchi Bug looks pretty wild. 

Those flutter wings look cool...wonder if they actually work.

[NorthernBasser]

Mid-size Rage Bug? Yes please. 

[txchaser]

Gilly - a lot of the spots I fish a gill is primary forage. We'll see how it does vs the geecrack.

Hella craw will get a shot. Could make an interesting trailer for a chatterbait, and we'll see how it looks on a jig vs the rage craw. Sometimes the gills wont leave the rage craws alone and I end up chewing through packs. 

Stunna - slight sink seems different enough than the vision 110 that there might be some great situations for it. Or it'll just sit there since I don't end up on many jerkbait bites. 

Poop bait - I forget the name. Looks like a craw with the claws off. If the berkely research is correct, that thing should be pretty productive. 

 

The new Gamakatsu worm weights might make for a better presentation with CPS-style hooks as it might cover the knot and the top of the bait. 

 

The evergreen swim jigs are great, so the evergreen buzzbait gets a shot.

 

But the brutal part? Large and mini-blade chatterbaits. Across colors, weights, stealth or regular, weedless or not, I have... a chatterbait problem. And fiddling with new ones like the stealth red/GP, or very heavy ones has been productive. So I'm sure I'll end up with at least a few colors of each of them, and I'm super curious to see where the mini fits in vs a colorado underspin. If the big blade does what I'm hoping, it's an underwater buzzbait. 

 

On the other hand, I can't make sense of the backing line they are selling? Costs about what Big Game costs but only has that one use? Maybe I'm missing something. 

 

 

[MAN]

I walked the show 5 times to double triple check that i didnt miss anything. There was only 1 lure i saw that had new innovation.  All the rest was well...

[fishballer06]

On 7/24/2021 at 6:03 PM, MAN said:

There was only 1 lure i saw that had new innovation.  All the rest was well...

And that lure was....?

[MAN]

4 hours ago, fishballer06 said:

And that lure was....?

Woops sorry...Shimano's world minnow.  

[Chonch12]

Still waiting for PLANO EGDE to make a partial jig/regular box. Would love to have half with the jig holder and half for anything else. Also waiting for them to make a new jig insert that is slight smaller gap for wire/hand tied jigs. I love the box but wire tie jigs like jack hammers move around. I use a small piece of soft plastics to hold them down for now. Atlas bag looks nice but wow $$$$$$

[Ravox]

Nothing new from ZOOM baits on ICAST?

[fishballer06]

40 minutes ago, Ravox said:

Nothing new from ZOOM baits on ICAST?

Word on the street is that Zoom is in the process of being sold...

[FishTank]

From what I saw I like the new Curado. 

 

The one let down to me was the new Hobie kayak, the Mirage Lynx.  It has a flat deck.  Why would you want a flat deck on fishing kayak?  All the stuff I carry no matter how stable it is would end up in the water.  Also, if a fish starts flopping around,  it will bounce right back into the water. 

[ATA]

54 minutes ago, FishTank said:

From what I saw I like the new Curado. 

 

The one let down to me was the new Hobie kayak, the Mirage Lynx.  It has a flat deck.  Why would you want a flat deck on fishing kayak?  All the stuff I carry no matter how stable it is would end up in the water.  Also, if a fish starts flopping around,  it will bounce right back into the water. 

When I was in kayaking I learned everything was about if the kayak stable enough to stand on, So it was big plus if they are more stable to stand on, What I understood is this one do that job the best by eliminating the rest of property of a kayak can have, It reminds me of a joke that said; you have good job good income good car good food good trips with friends drinking and happy and fishing anytime you want BUT you dont have a wife, So you going to marry now you have wife but you lost everything else(joke ?)

[Columbia Craw]

Andy Morgan Chick Magnet.  That makes sense though. It’s a crankbait.

[PotatoLake]

15 hours ago, Columbia Craw said:

Andy Morgan Chick Magnet.  That makes sense though. It’s a crankbait.

Really? I saw this as Strike King seeing Rapala sell a ton of OG Slims and saying, “We need us one of those.” Didn’t think it deserved to win the Icast award.

 

Will it catch fish? I have no doubts.

[Bluebasser86]

30 minutes ago, PotatoLake said:

Really? I saw this as Strike King seeing Rapala sell a ton of OG Slims and saying, “We need us one of those.” Didn’t think it deserved to win the Icast award.

 

Will it catch fish? I have no doubts.

I'm excited about it. Tired of breaking those fragile Rapala baits. They have a great mid depth flat sided bait, hopefully this one will be just as good.

[Spankey]

1 hour ago, PotatoLake said:

Really? I saw this as Strike King seeing Rapala sell a ton of OG Slims and saying, “We need us one of those.” Didn’t think it deserved to win the Icast award.

 

Will it catch fish? I have no doubts.

You are right. That’s exactly what it is. I’ll try a couple, I like what I see and feel real good about it. I fish Strike King more and more. 
 

I’ve gotten a few fish off of the OG Slims this year. The Rapala freak I am I could not resist. I wished they rattled. Majority of my water is stained. 
 

I fish the DT’s and Shad Raps a lot. Just looking for a bit of noise. Would not be too difficult to install, easy experiment. 

The DT-8 will fall right in line with how I fish also. Looking forward to try a couple. 

[j bab]

I'm looking forward to the larger spro popping frog ?

[Bluebasser86]

On 7/27/2021 at 8:47 AM, Spankey said:

You are right. That’s exactly what it is. I’ll try a couple, I like what I see and feel real good about it. I fish Strike King more and more. 
 

I’ve gotten a few fish off of the OG Slims this year. The Rapala freak I am I could not resist. I wished they rattled. Majority of my water is stained. 
 

I fish the DT’s and Shad Raps a lot. Just looking for a bit of noise. Would not be too difficult to install, easy experiment. 

The DT-8 will fall right in line with how I fish also. Looking forward to try a couple. 

I fished the OG's exclusively in stained water <2' visibility, and had pretty good success this past winter. They're just so dang fragile. It was like if I got one snagged, if I could get it unsnagged by just going past it and pulling, I might as well cut the line because they kept pulling apart if I used my lure retriever. My first one I had, I got to catch 1 fish, a 5 pounder, then it got snagged and all I got back was part of the top of the bait with my lure retriever. That's a tough pill to swallow at $10 a pop. Hoping these will be a more durable option. 

[NorthernBasser]

And this is why I can never take Lunkerhunt seriously (Skitter Lizard).

 

 

[Bluebasser86]

On 7/31/2021 at 6:44 PM, NorthernBasser said:

And this is why I can never take Lunkerhunt seriously (Skitter Lizard).

 

 

It actually kind of looks good in the water, but I have to wonder about the durability of that tail? Once it's gone, that bait is done.