New Lures from ICAST 2017 have gotten insanely accurate in pretending to be the real thing. This is all great stuff to work with but this kind of realism does come at a cost increase. So the real trick is getting durability to offset the price. Time will tell the “tail”.
New Lures, we all get sucked in and hooked on (pun intended) the latest and greatest lures to come out. We think they will make us the next KVD overnight. Never going to happen, but they can certainly help us all catch more fish. The biggest trend over the past few years has been towards matching the hatch and dialing in the reactionary strikes. The strongest movement is in the lots of surface action baits. Two reasons for this are (A) they work, and (B) every angler looses their minds watching monster fish blowup on surface baits. And when they really, really work well lure manufactures can’t make them fast enough. So lets take a look at what fish trickery was at ICAST 2017.
The Lunkerhunt Prop Frog has been designed to fish where other prop lures with exposed hooks cannot. Pads, wood, and slop are no match for the Lunkerhunt Prop Frog. Its unique design enables it to cruise over the top of cover, re-enter the water, and start churning up water without skipping a beat. Its double prop feet make a lot of noise and disturbance on the water surface, which make it an easy target to track down. The Lunkerhunt Prop Frog won best of show in the freshwater soft bait category
- Length: 3.5 inches
- Weight: ½ once
- Available in 8 fish catching patterns
- MSRP: $8.99
The Fat Papa 70 was designed by B.A.S.S. Elite Series Angler Russ Lane, to be one of the most unique and productive crankbaits ever produced. Russ had everything custom made on this lure to do one thing Catch Fish! The Fat Papa 70 comes with sticky sharp Gamakatsu treble hooks and in an array of fish-catching colors.
- Weight: 3/4 oz.
- Size: 70 mm
- Hook: Gamakatsu #2 EWG Treble Hooks
- Depth: 10-14 ft.
- MSRP: $12:00
- Durable 2-Part Plastic with Integrated Lip
- Available in 3/8-, 1/2-, and 5/8-ounce weights
- eight color patterns
- MSRP: $4.99
MirrOlure Lures Mirrodine 27 MR Broken Glass Series
MirrOdine® 17MR Broken Glass Series has a NEW big brother, MirrOdine® 27MR in 10 Broken Glass colors to compliment it’s wide-body profile and realistic baitfish pattern. The NEW MirrOdine® 27MR Broken Glass Series feature bright, reflective, broken glass foil inserts, “fish-calling” rattles and natural 3-D eyes to enhance their realism, plus extra-strong hooks. With a twitching retrieve, these baits dart from side-to-side, mimicking a wounded baitfish.
- Available Colors: 18SBG, 51SBG, 706SBG, 750SBG, 909PBG, CFSBG, GBG, PDSBG, PFSBG, SBG
- Length: 3-1/8″”
- Weight: 9/16 Oz
- MSRP: $8.49
LiveTarget Lures Hollow Body Mullet
The LIVETARGET Hollow Body Mullet features a realistic profile and life-like color patterns. It’s versatile swimming action makes it exceptionally easy to use. Walk-the-dog with ease or simply twitch across the surface to generate a tantalizing bubble trail. The hollow body snag-proof design enables it to be fished through mangrove cover, skipped under docks and fished through floating grass. It is equipped with an extra-strong forged hook for powerful penetration and durability. Add a treble hook to the belly pin to enhance hookups in open water. The Hollow Body Mullet won Best of Show in Soft Saltwater Lures.
- Built in three sizes: 3 ¾” 3/8oz., 4 ½”½oz., and 5 3/8” 5/8oz.
- Three color patterns of Natural/Black #721, Natural Brown #723, and Silver #716.
- MSRP: $13.49 – $14.49
Live Target BaitBall Spinner Rig
- 8 color choices
- Frame sizes from ¼ ounce up to ¾ ounce
- MSRP: $13.49 – $15.49
- Durable 2-Part Plastic with Integrated Lip
- Hard Ripping Flash and Hard Stopping Action
- Dual Control System
- Hard Plastic Boot Tail
- Multi-Species Gamefish
- VMC® Black Nickel Fine Wire Hooks
- MSRP: $9.99
- 3D Scanned Bat
- 4” and 5” sizes available
- Brown, black and grey colors
- ABS body construction
- Stainless steel wings (larger size)
- Aluminum wings (smaller size)
- Realistic side-to-side walking action
- High pitched built-in rattle
- MSRP: $19.99-$24.99
Savage Gear Lures Fruck Hollow Body Duck
What the Fruck? Soft Hollow body Duckling, Frog style! The huge success with the 3D Suicide Duck, has led to this weedless version that can be fished in heavy cover and weed – giving you even more options with this superb duckling imitation. Great side-to-side action, with perfect details on the spin stop! Now you can fish closer to snags, in tight spots, over matt and cover and in drifting weed – this will result in even more attacks from Big predator fish!
- 3D Scan of real duckling
- Soft collapsible body
- Ultra-strong, ultra-sharp double hook
- Great side to side walking action
- MSRP: $9.99
Killer New Reels from the ICAST 2017 Show Next Post:
Perigee II Two Piece Twin-Tip Carbon Rods from KastKing