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Friday, October 10, 2025
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Berkley Report
Berkley Offers Value-Priced Fluorocarbon Line
For 60 years, Berkley has continued to provide anglers with fishing lines they can trust.
This tradition now continues with the addition of a value-priced 100% Fluorocarbon line to the popular Berkley Solutions™ family. Whether its sinking to cover the strike zone longer, low -stretch for increased sensitivity or its near invisibility to fish, anglers continue to value all the benefits of fluorocarbon.
It’s offered in sizes 2 to 17 pound and a 200-yard filler spool that sells for $7.99.
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Garmin Report
Garmin Expands Panoptix LiveScope by Offering New Transducer
Garmin International announced the Panoptix LiveScope™ LVS12, a new transducer in the Panoptix LiveScope series that offers both 30-degree forward and 30-degree down real-time scanning sonar views.
The single-array LiveScope LVS12 transducer is an economical solution for inland and near-shore anglers without the need for a black box. Garmin’s Panoptix all-seeing sonar technology was the first to deliver live sonar images in real-time – forwards, backwards, and below the boat – even while stationary. Now, thanks to the active scanning capabilities of Panoptix LiveScope, anglers can see images and movement so clear and precise that it’s even possible to distinguish between species of fish.
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Strike King Report
Hackey’s Pad Perch Will Walk Through Cover and Hook Up Big Bass
The processes and materials Strike King uses to build its Sexy Frog and Popping Perch have proven to be favorites among anglers. For 2019, the company has added the Hack Attack Pad Perch designed to walk through thick cover.
“I rely heavily on a walking hollow body to get bites in the thick, shallow cover, but one of the biggest problems with most baits is that they won’t walk through thick cover and still be able to hook what bites them,” says pro Greg Hackney. “We utilized some of the design features of the Popping Perch in order to maximize the hook up ratio and durability, but we changed the profile in the Pad Perch to make it more conducive to fishing it in the thickest cover that bass swim in.”
The Hack Attack Pad Perch is 4 inches from nose to tail. It features a 4/0 premium, black nickel frog hook and comes in 10 awesome colors.
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Humminbird Report
New Humminbird Helix Models Get Souped-Up Features
Humminbird is debuting the third generation (G3) HELIX models featuring MEGA Imaging+, Dual Spectrum CHIRP sonar and networking (G3N), at a range of prices and screen sizes.
“Our team has dedicated itself to continually innovating and providing anglers with access to the best technology to help them find and locate fish and fish-holding structure,” said Mark Gibson, Humminbird director of research and development.
The new HELIX G3/G3N units feature MEGA Imaging+, sonar frequency three-times greater than traditional 455 kHz frequencies, resulting in the clearest, sharpest underwater views. In addition to the detailed imaging returns, MEGA Imaging+ now gives anglers the ability to see out 200 feet to each side, and 200 feet below the boat and unlock more fish and structure with 20 percent more detail than MEGA Imaging®.
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Seaguar Report
Zona Touts New High-Vis Flash Green Seaguar Smackdown Braid
Smackdown is Seaguar’s premium braided line, made with 8 ultra-thin strands woven into a perfectly round profile for quiet, exceptionally long, laser-precise casts. Smackdown’s tight weave makes it one of the thinnest-diameter braids available—so thin that 20 pound has the diameter of 6 lb. monofilament—which dramatically enhances its sensitivity. A remarkably strong line, Smackdown provides exceptional knot and tensile strength with unparalleled abrasion resistance.
And now, all of Smackdown’s advantages are paired with a high visibility color, Flash Green, which is easy for anglers to see under a wide range of ambient light conditions. The visibility is better for bite detection, with Hi-Vis Smackdown Flash Green letting you see the slightest line movements and detect the most subtle bites.
Bass expert and Seaguar pro angler Mark Zona has been fishing the line since the very first samples were available before mass distribution. “I was one of the first anglers to test the Hi-Vis Smackdown Flash Green and here’s one of the things that’s overlooked in braided line is how well the line holds its color, which is critical. There are a lot of hi-vis braids on the market that lose that hi-vis aspect after a month of fishing, and I know Seaguar put a lot of time and effort into Flash Green holding its color,” says Zona.