New Fishing Tackle Products for 2008 Our Spirit is Catching
Lindy Legendary Fishing Tackle - Dependable and cutting edge!
Since Lindy's set off the non-stop Lindy Rig Revolution nearly four decades ago, our legendary leadership has spread across key fishing tackle categories.
Lindy's new Shake-E Blade Rigs and Bottom Bouncers are some of the hottest new innovations in live bait fishing for walleyes and other species of fish since the introduction of the Lindy Rig in 1968. "The Shake-E Blade's vibrating blade creates an erratic flash and imparts a fish attracting action to your live bait." said Ted Takasaki, fishing pro and Lindy president. "It is amazing to watch the blade pulsate a live nightcrawler or minnow up and down, side to side!"
The Rattl'n Flyer Spoon is a lethal break-through jigging spoon hybrid! This new spooner's delight adds our traditional Flyer's long-proven gliding design to the popoular vertical jigging spoon concept—with six fantastic color choices and an extra-loud attention-grabbing brass rattle. Read about the evolution of the Rattl'n Flyer Spoon in the Winter 2008 Lindy NewsLine »
Fish slow down in cold water and a slow approach is often needed to catch them in the dead of winter.
But, it’s a different story at first ice or just before ice out, according to Dave Genz, who has long been considered the father of modern ice fishing. Walleyes are still hungry early on when water is relatively warm and filled with oxygen, and they get excited as spawning time nears. Fast tactics like ice spoons are the ticket.
“At early ice, they’re still feeding up. They slow down in January and February. But they become more aggressive again as the water warms near spring,” said Genz, a member of the Lindy Fishing Tackle pro team and organizer of the Ice Team. “Spoons seem to be much more effective then.”
Active walleyes are drawn to a spoon’s flash in clear water. Some spoons like Lindy’s new Rattl’n Flyer Spoon add sound to their attraction, a big factor in the “golden hours” before sunrise and just after sunset when walleyes are on the move, he said. Sound also helps predators locate a bait in dark or dirty water or at night.
Fish slow down in cold water and a slow approach is often needed to catch them in the dead of winter.
