Earlier this year, Rapala/VMC and Mike Iaconelli came out with a new line of colors on their DT crankbaits, called “Ike’s Custom Ink“. Now it appears Iaconelli has put his unique touch on a new line of bass hooks. 2 New Features The new bass hooks sport 2new features: a 3 degree offset point, and [...]
Minnesota’s own All-Terrain Tackle is releasing a new jig design for 2012, the Mighty Jig Finesse Football Head. I was tipped off by a letter stuffed in a new catalog they mailed me. I cruised on over to the All-Terrain facebook page, and sure enough they had a picture of the new heads. Mighty Jig [...]
This is kinda cool. Rapala is launching a new series of colors on their popular DT Crankbaits. The new line of colors is infused with new Rapala Pro-Staffer Mike Iaconelli’s own personal style. Three Unique Traits The first is muted and toned down colors that supposedly give the body a more life-like finish. Ike has [...]
2012 will bring some new fishing adventures for me. After much thought I recently decided it was time to make a change, and I joined the Metro Hawg Hunters club. Why Change Clubs? This was a difficult decision to make. I’ve fished with Sunrise for 7 years now, and I really like and respect everyone [...]
I got out for some fun fishing on Sunday. It’s still unseasonably warm out, and it seems the fall bite hasn’t started, at least on this particular lake. The milfoil had grown in significantly since I had last visited in August. Most of the pockets and cuts that had held fish earlier in the summer [...]
The only thing spectacular about my day on Tonka for the Viking Invitational, was the fall colors on the trees, and the 80 degree weather. You couldn’t have made a nicer day for this tournament. Yet, for some reason, Minnetonka has not been very good to me this year. I really only had 3 or [...]
My club had its 7th and final tournament of the year on Knife Lake last Saturday. The club has visited Knife several times before, and we almost always seem to have guys catch a lot of nice fish. Practice I was able to get a practice day in for this tournament, as I wanted to [...]
Last weekend was my club’s annual Supporting Youth Tournament on Rush Lake. Historically we have seen a good turnout for this tournament, especially on pleasant fall days like we had. For whatever reason, the turnout was at a disappointing 17 boats. Despite the low turnout, those who participated found some excellent fishing on Rush Lake, [...]
Two weeks ago I competed in the MN BASS Federation Tournament of Champions on the Whitefish Chain. I had limited prior experience on the chain, which amounted to 3 single day Club Tournaments. In none of those tournaments had I ever caught a fish over 3lbs, or had a Five Bass limit over 9lbs. I [...]
If you are looking for a tournament to fish I would suggest that you take a look at the 23rd Annual Supporting Youth Tournament on East & West Rush Lake. This tournament is put on by my club, Sunrise Bassmasters. We typically see between 25 and 40 boats, depending on the year. This year we moved [...]