New Fishing Tackle from Yum, Bomber, Xcalibur and more
Posted by Jason Sealock on Wed, Jul 14, 2010 @ 03:44 PM
Bomber, Xcalibur and Yum have been staples among serious bass anglers and we always look forward to seeing their new products.
This year Bomber was really excited about a new three-step painting process that enables them to do some really life-like craw patterns, but in productive colors and that aren't shiny slick baits. They feel like these new patterns will entice those following bass to strike because the finish is a more natural matte type realistic finish.
The Bomber Herky Jerky Jr. is a bait that was brought over from the European Pike market and downsized a bit for Musky and Striper anglers. The bait is 5 inches and is a sub surface walking bait that has a unique slow sink where the bait falls from side to side slowly and causes the rattles to knock back and forth as it fall seductively.
The new XCS Square lips were designed by Timmy Horton and Edwin Evers and come in 100, 200 and 300 sizes. All the baits run 0-3 feet and will be effective around shallow cover. These baits are also weighted so that they float backwards up out of cover.
The Real Craw patterns are also going to be available on the Xr50 lipless crankbaits as well as their new Real Gill series. Again it's a three-step painting process but these baits will be shiny.
The new YUM F2 scent-infused baits they introduced last year were a big hit and now they will be offering several new body styles that are infused with their scientifically tested scent. The Dinger, Wooly Bullies, Wooly Bugs, Craw Papis, Salleemander, tubes and their new shaky worm called the Shakalicious.
The Shakalicious and Wooly Bully caught our eye. The Shakalicious features a skirt at the collar up by the jig head and a slender whip tail. It has a ton of action and will really be a sort of crossover to a finesse creature for Yum.
The Wooly Bully is a punch bait with some real erratic kicking legs borrowed from the Money Craw. It's a dynamite looking bait with a lot of leg action for punching and reaction bites while flipping.