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Thursday, January 08, 2026
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By Louie Stout
Add a spinner to your SenkosTake your favorite stick worm, add a tail spinner, and start whacking bass, says Bassmaster Pro Keith Poche.
It’s the perfect setup for fishing fussy bass and a trick that Poche learned from Louisiana buddies four years ago.
It sounds like something that would work well on Michiana waters, too.
Key components include a 5-inch stick worm (Senko or whichever brand you prefer), a small, No. 1 Colorado blade attached to a quality No. 2 ball bearing swivel fashioned on a screw-in eyelet. He uses a gold blade under cloud cover and silver on sunny days.
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IRVINE, Calif. – Relying on ‘inner friction’ to provide consistent brake force with its new SVS Infinity braking system, along with a lightweight, sensitive platform with new frame material, Shimano introduces the Chronarch CI4+ baitcasting reels.
For precision casting and finesse techniques when targeting bass, or to attack the salt for redfish and sea trout, the new series includes the Chronarch CH150CI4+ and left-hand retrieve CH-151CI4+ with 6.2:1 gear ratios, and the CH-150CI4+HG and 151CI4+HG with 7.6:1 gear ratios.
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As part of its 10th annual “World Record Achievement Awards” reception this past weekend, the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) again recognized Shimano for the use of its rods and reels, and also PowerPro for its braided line, in setting world records in 2012.
In tracking both line class, all-tackle and junior category record catches during 2012, the use of Shimano reels leads the way with 178 saltwater records and 65 freshwater records. Shimano rods also took top honors with 75 saltwater records.
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Calcutta 200DMark Zona says he was no different than most anglers in his early days when it came to choosing a baitcasting reel.
“Let’s face it, low profile reels are just cool looking,” said the host of Zona’s Awesome Fishing Show seen on the The Outdoor Channel. “I remember when I saw my first low profile reel; it was sleek, had a Star Wars looking hood over the spool and I was like, come on, dude! That is cool!”
But Zona says experience has taught him there’s more to tackle selection than “cool” Star Wars aesthetics.
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VanDam shows how he adjusts centrifugal drag on his Quantum EXO.While I was being filmed for a Bass Pro Shops commercial, local onlookers walked onto their docks and began asking me about the use of a baitcaster.
VanDam shows how he adjusts centrifugal drag on his Quantum EXO.
“I never could get the hang of how to use a baitcaster,” one man said. “How do you make it look so easy?”
It’s a comment I get at sport shows and public appearances. People say they can’t use baitcast gear and prefer spincast and spinning reels that are easier to use.
But baitcast gear gives you a mechanical advantage over other types of reels and the utmost control in making precision presentations.
You just have to give it a chance. With a proper setup and a little practice, modern baitcast technology delivers fewer backlashes than the reels we had four or five years ago.