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Abu Garcia Report
Abu Garcia Zenon Rods
Abu Garcia's new Zenon rods are the lightest and most sensitive rods the company has ever made.
The Zenon line includes four casting and three spinning models, all of which feature premium carbon blanks and the company's exclusive Powerlux 1000 resin system. This combination of components produces a powerful, ultra-light and ultra-sensitive blank without increasing weight or blank diameters. These unmatched levels of sensitivity give anglers the confidence they can detect even the subtlest strikes.
The Zenon's reel seat delivers hypersensitivity around the exposed blank sections and improves comfort for all-day fishing. Titanium alloy guides with thin zirconia inserts and a carbon handle split-grip design help make this rod ideal for the highest levels of fishing competition, whether it's fishing for money or pride.
Abu Garcia Zenon Spinning Reel
The new Abu Garcia Zenon spinning reel, Abu's lightest spinning reel ever, is the result of an asymmetric magnesium body, the removal of wasted space from conventional spinning reel design and a host of other design breakthroughs. Representing the highest quality in the super-premium spinning reel category, the new Zenon (Size 20) weighs just 4.9 ounces and is silky smooth, making it ideal for long days on the water.
Available in a Size 20 and Size 30, other premium features of the new Abu Garcia Zenon spinning reels include a drop-shot keeper, friction-free main shaft support and a premium drag system that's ultra-smooth, especially for light line applications. Easy to reel and comfortable to hold all day, whether paired with a new Zenon rod or other premium Abu Garcia rod.
The Zenon rods and reels will be available this fall. The Reels retail for $519.95 while the rods are $399.95.
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Lowrance Report
Lowrance offers cash back
Lowrance is offering cash-back savings during the Lowrance® HDS Ultimate Fishing System Upgrade promotion.
Beginning January 1 through April 30, 2022, anglers can save $200 on HDS LIVE™ 7 fishfinder displays, $300 on HDS LIVE 9, $400 on HDS LIVE 12, $500 on HDS LIVE 16, $700 on the HDS LIVE 9 and 12 display bundle or $800 on HDS LIVE Dual 12 display bundles – plus an additional $200 cash back when purchased with ActiveTarget™ Live Sonar, Ghost® Trolling Motor, HALO® Radar (24, 20+ or 20) or the Lowrance Outboard Pilot.
HDS LIVE is the heart of the Ultimate Fishing System and provides complete integration from bow to stern, whether you are fishing in freshwater or saltwater.
For more information on the HDS Ultimate Fishing System, please visit www.lowrance.com/en-gb/ultimate-fishing-system/ and for more information on the HDS Ultimate Fishing System Upgrade, please visit www.lowrance.com/offers.
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Z-Man Report
Z-Man NedZ Finesse Jighead
Z-Man’s new finesseful Football NedZ jighead tipped with buoyant ElaZtech bait present an enticing deep strike target. The sweet little morsel stands tall, waving and flapping its limbs, calling for bass to swim over and eat it in one game-winning gulp.
Z-Man NedZ Finesse Jighead
Built on a downsized football jig framework, the Z-Man Football NedZ Jighead crawls cleanly across rock, gravel and other hardbottom substrate, suggestive of a live crustacean. Hinging on its rounded, football-shaped head, the new compact jig swivels and rocks its finesse bait trailer. Easy to rig with most finesse baits, a custom-forged medium-wire 1/0 black nickel hook blends in to nature while a small welded wire keeper snugs soft plastics, pinning them tightly to the base of the jighead.
Z-Man NedZ Finesse Jighead
Easy to rig with the Hula StickZ™, Baby GOAT™ or other popular ElaZtech finesse baits, the Z-Man Football NedZ Jighead sports naturalistic Green Pumpkin and Black finishes in 1/8-, 3/16- and ¼-ounce weights.
Suggested retail is $5.99 per 3-pack. For more information, visit www.zmanfishing.com.
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Garmin Report
Garmin LiveScope™ Ice Fishing Bundle LI
Garmin® International, Inc announced the LiveScope™ Ice Fishing Bundle LI, a chartplotter and transducer bundle with revolutionary Panoptix LiveScope sonar powered by a lightweight lithium battery.
Weighing one-third of comparable lead acid batteries and offering up to 65% more battery life, the new included lithium battery helps anglers cover more ground on the ice and spend more time doing what they love—finding and catching fish.
The LiveScope Ice Fishing Bundle LI features two modes in one transducer – LiveScope Forward and LiveScope Down – so anglers can see fish and structure in real time, up to 200 feet in any direction below the ice.
The transducer can easily be adjusted to fit the angler’s fishing techniques and preferences while tracking schools of fish and determining where to drill the next hole. And a built-in flasher provides a view of jigs and fish as they swim into the beam.
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Berkley Report
Bass pros Edwin Evers, Skeet Reese and Scott Suggs worked with the Berkley PowerBait team to bring new designs to life. Each bait meets a specific bass fishing need and features the legendary PowerBait flavor that fish hold onto longer, allowing for more positive hooksets.
Berkley PowerBait Agent E
Developed with help from Evers, the PowerBait Agent E is a bottom-dwelling, flat-bottom swimbait with an ultra-low center of gravity and internal weighting that allows it to skid across the bottom. Fish this bait like a skirted bass jig or on a faster retrieve like a mid-water swimbait—the side-to-side kicking action and built-in “hard-nose” subtle rattle will draw attention. The integrated fluorocarbon hook keeper is invisible to fish and sheds the nastiest grass and debris while remaining easily collapsible on the strike.
Agent E is 2 ½ inches long, comes in 10 popular colors and retails from $6.99 to $8.99.
Berkley PowerBait Boss Grub
Berkley PowerBait Speed Boss
The PowerBait Boss Grub (3 and 4 inches) and Speed Boss (4.75-6.75 inches) are Reese-inspired designs that combine the profile of either a grub or a worm with PowerBait Pit Boss inspired action legs that create maximum water disturbance. Ideal for a host of presentations from Texas rigs to Florida rigs, the Speed Boss is excellent around grass. The Boss Grub’s chunky profile works great as a bladed jig trailer, on a jig head, swing head or a Texas rig. They both come in 12 colors and retail for $5.49 per pack.
Berkley PowerBait Crash Craw
The new PowerBait Crash Craw was developed in conjunction with Suggs and gives anglers a compact profile that works well in multiple situations. The rib design hides the hook for easy maneuvering in heavy cover plus adds additional surface area for PowerBait flavor. It’s trailing legs have a controlled, alternating action that’s perfect for all water temperatures and is exceptional on a wobble head setup. The PowerBait Crash Craw is also great for flipping or on a Texas rig, as a jig trailer, or event threaded onto a bladed jig.
The Crash Craw (3.5 and 4.25 inches) comes in 12 colors and retails at $5.49 per pack.