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This is happiness to me.
09/13/2026

This is happiness to me.

Which one are you tossing?
09/13/2026

Which one are you tossing?

40 years ago, fishing was much simpler and inexpensive.
09/12/2026

40 years ago, fishing was much simpler and inexpensive.

A lot of fishermen think the Rat-L-Trap was the original lipless crankbait. It wasn't.Cotton Cordell's Hot Spot was alre...
09/12/2026

A lot of fishermen think the Rat-L-Trap was the original lipless crankbait. It wasn't.

Cotton Cordell's Hot Spot was already on the market years before the Rat-L-Trap arrived. Sources date the Hot Spot to the late 1950s or early 1960s, with the Rat-L-Trap following roughly a decade later.

The Rat-L-Trap eventually became so popular that its name practically became another word for the entire category. Even today, you'll hear anglers call just about any lipless crankbait a "Trap."

But the Cordell Spot was catching bass before there ever was a Rat-L-Trap.

Anyone here ever throw the Hot Spot?

One way to beat the 100-degree heat.🥵
09/11/2026

One way to beat the 100-degree heat.🥵

09/11/2026

Mentally I'm in fall.
🍂🍁
But physically I'm in the oven.
🥵🔥

Wonder what this will catch? 🤔
09/11/2026

Wonder what this will catch? 🤔

The legendary Smithwick Rogue was introduced in 1969 in Shreveport, Louisiana, and became one of the most recognizable j...
09/10/2026

The legendary Smithwick Rogue was introduced in 1969 in Shreveport, Louisiana, and became one of the most recognizable jerkbaits in bass fishing.

The original lineup included floating/sinking models, with the Rogue becoming a major seller for Smithwick throughout the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s.

Later versions like the Rattlin’ Rogue helped cement its reputation, especially with anglers who learned that twitching the bait and letting it pause could absolutely hammer bass.

The Rogue became so influential that the name is still synonymous with old-school jerkbait fishing more than 50 years later.

Anybody here still throwing Rogues?

Ain't that the truth.😅
09/10/2026

Ain't that the truth.😅

Back in the early 1980s, Daiwa introduced something that seemed pretty high-tech for a baitcaster: magnetic braking.The ...
09/10/2026

Back in the early 1980s, Daiwa introduced something that seemed pretty high-tech for a baitcaster: magnetic braking.

The technology appeared in 1982 as Daiwa's Magservo system and evolved into what became known as Magforce. Instead of relying only on your thumb to control the spool, magnets helped slow it down and reduce those dreaded backlashes.

It was advertised as the "reel that doesn't backlash," and the technology forced every major tackle company to play catch-up.

The Procaster Magforce became one of Daiwa's memorable baitcasters of the era. In 1986, Bass Pro Shops advertised a Daiwa Procaster Magforce rod and reel combo for just $49.94.

And Magforce didn't disappear. Daiwa continued refining the technology for decades, eventually developing systems like Magforce V and Magforce Z that carried the same basic idea into modern baitcasters.

Did anyone here have a Magforce?

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