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Thursday, April 30, 2026
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Seaguar Expands Technique-Specific Lines with ‘Finesse Fluorocarbon’
The old adage - “You can’t fight Mother Nature” - is so true. Inevitably she’s going to throw a cold front or high-pressure system your way that’s going to change the bite. So before despair sets in and fishing plans are scrapped, you adjust. That’s when you put down that flipping stick and grab your finesse rig to coax more bites. Finesse presentations change the game.
“When conditions change and fish get finicky, we downsize everything - our baits, our rods and our line - to coax more bites,” says Seaguar Pro-Staffer and Elite Series Angler Shaw Grigsby Jr. “And while we are slowing presentations and downsizing gear, we’re still targeting big fish. That’s where the new Seaguar Finesse Fluorocarbon line can make a big difference. It’s exceptionally soft yet incredibly strong.”
Seaguar Finesse Fluorocarbon is made using an exclusive double-structure process that combines two custom Seaguar fluorocarbon resins to create a line with smaller diameters and exceptional knot and tensile strength. It’s soft and supple with low memory, making it a great choice for finesse applications. It’s available on 150 yd. spools and formulated in four sizes for finesse presentations including 5.2-, 6.2-, 7.3- and 8.4-pound sizes and will be available at stores soon.
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Strike Jig Creates Jigs for Dock SkippersNot all jigs are created equal. Some are better suited for specific applications, such as swimming, or flipping, or dragging.
When Strike King set out to produce the new Tour Grade Skipping Jig, it enlisted the help of a master tradesman, Bassmaster Elite Pro Andy Montgomery, a premier dock fishing angler on tour.
“The perfect skipping jig must have a few qualities not found in other jigs,” says Montgomery. “You can do a lot of things with a skipping jig, but you can’t use a lot of jigs for skipping. We addressed each of those specific attributes in the design process.”
The Tour Grade Skipping Jig is available in both 3/8 and ½ ounce sizes and comes in 6 of Strike King’s most popular colors.
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Soft-body Poppin’ Perch offers an alternative to frog fishin’
Strike King’s Popping Perch, spawned as an idea to create an alternative to frog fishing, offers a new hollow-body topwater that is sure to find a place in tackle boxes and tournament headlines in the very near future.
“The Popping Perch was the brainchild of Todd Castledine. Todd is not only one of the best fishermen I’ve ever known, he is also among the most innovative,” says Phil Marks, head of Strike King’s lure design team. “Todd brought us this idea for a hollow-body topwater bait that was unlike anything on the market. This is a bait that you can power fish with. It walks incredibly easy and wide, but that is not even its best action.
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Strike King Internal Swimbait Head
Ask almost any professional angler what they use across the country and swimbaits will be near the top. The versatility and realness of a swimbait is what makes it special.
That’s why Strike King has created its new internal swimbait head, an alternative to traditional rigging methods.
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Bullet Weights Offers New Two-Ounce Tungsten Flipping Weight
Bullet Weights expands its selection of bass-specific sinkers with a new two-ounce size of the popular Tungsten Flipping Weight.
The Tungsten Flipping Weight line now ranges from 1/4-ounce to two-ounce sizes. As a result, anglers can choose the perfect-size sinker for most any situation.
"Bass anglers know that if a sinker is too light, it fails to penetrate thick cover and the flip, pitch or cast is wasted," said Bullet Weights President Joe Crumrine. "We added the heavier two-ounce size to our Tungsten Flipping Weight line in response to numerous requests. The demand for tungsten is growing among avid bass anglers because it has greater density than lead, which makes a tungsten sinker about 50 percent smaller."