As many of you know, I am a HUGE fan of Maniac Custom Lures. They make a superior product, right here in the USA, and the lures work great! In addition, Maniac Custom Lures sponsors our twice monthly free fishing lures giveaway.
I have posted many big fish photos here on Hawg Blawg of the lunkers I have caught using Maniac Custom Lures from Texas to Canada.
My favorite is the 4″ Salt Stick fished wacky-rig when fishing for largemouth and smallmouth bass. I’ve also had a lot of success with the new 6″ Maniac Minnow.
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Lead Babies Slabs named Top 10 All Time Lure!
Our long time sponsor, Lead Babies Slabs, from Cordell Oklahoma has been named one of the most popular fishing lures ever made in Oklahoma!
These lures are killer on hybrids, stripers, bass and other fish in freshwater and saltwater.
Read the full story here.
Lead Babies Slabs is owned by Connie Slaughterback and if you go to any of the fishing shows around the state, you have no doubt met her. Her company Alluring Lures & Tackle also produces Swimmer Babies, a line of life-like & affordable soft plastic minnows that are also very effective in catching fish.
Thank you Connie for all your support and for making such great lures!!
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New Fishing Lures Sponsor
I have been personally fishing with Maniac Lures for years and have had tremendous success with the 4″ Salt Sticks on a wacky rig from Texas to Canada. You have no doubt seen some of the pictures of my big catches on this blog.
Maniac Custom Lures makes great soft plastics and continues to innovate and introduce new products to the market. This year brings a new 6″ Maniac Minnow, a larger version of the wildly successful signature 2″ Maniac Minnow.
They also have the new & unique Gizzy Bug, which looks like a baby crayfish and is perfect for trout, crappie, bluegill, perch, and ice fishing.
They also have a fun fishing forum at www.Crazy4Fishn.com.New Lure Sponsor for 2008
Please join me in welcoming River Bottom Lures, our newest sponsor for 2008!
River Bottom makes a fantastic line of soft creature baits including Possum Craw, Craw Pad, Get Shad, Getsems, Finesse Worm and Get Stick (my favorite). One of the things I especially like about River Bottom Lures is that they all float. I plan on using the Get Stick around the lily pads – mimicking a small snake – to land my huge Hawg this year.
Check out the entire line at www.RiverBottomLures.com or call them at 870-547-2915.
Great Bass Shop
While traveling to SE Oklahoma from Dallas, I found what is probably the best stocked, pure fishing store in the Midwest/Southwest – Brannan’s Bass Shop. I had the opportunity to meet Kathy Brannan and she clearly knows everything about all things bass fishing. She informed me that most of her customers travel to Lake Fork in Texas and she makes sure that the shop has everything the fisherman needs to land a lunker while there.
I canvassed the store both coming and going from my trip to Lake Broken Bow and Mountain Fork River, and found it to be VERY WELL STOCKED ACROSS THE BOARD, including hard-to-find specialty bass items.
Brannan’s Bass Shop is located just north of Paris, TX, just south of Hugo, OK in Powderly, TX on Hwy 271 (next to Lake Pat Mayse). I highly recommend that you stop in if you are anywhere close – it is well worth the stop!!
Avid fishermen thank you Kathy and your staff for such a comprehensive store!