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Young Talent Added to Missile Baits
Salem, Va. – January 19, 2021 – Missile Baits, a soft plastics bass fishing lure company based in Salem, Virginia, is adding Kyle Welcher and Cody Huff to their promotional team. Welcher just completed his first season on the Bassmaster Elite Series and finished 10th in the AOY points to earn a berth into the 2021 Bassmaster Classic. Cody Huff just fished the 2020 Bassmaster Classic by winning the BASS College National Championship and is going to be competing on the BASS Opens and FLW Pro Circuit in 2021.
“This past year I got to know Kyle Welcher and really like the way he is approaching his fishing career. His YouTube channel is growing like crazy and we both work that platform pretty hard. Cody Huff is a guy I watched in the college events just tear it up. I met him at the Classic in Birmingham and love his humble nature. Cody and Kyle are going to be big names in the sport of bass fishing for a long time,” says John Crews, Missile Baits owner and pro bass angler.
Kyle Welcher added, “From fun fishing on a small local river to catching a 10 pounder in my first ever Bassmaster Elite event, I have always had a ton of confidence in Missile Baits soft plastics. I am happy to be able to represent a company I have always chosen to use.”
Cody Huff expanded by saying, “It’s great to work with a company you believe in. It should be a fun year. I am looking forward to every good D Bomb flipping fest!”
Welcher adds to the list of Missile Baits pro anglers on the BASS Elite Series that include Derek Hudnall, Caleb Sumrall, Ed Loughran, Bryan Schmitt, Chad Morgenthaler, Robbie Latuso, and Missile Baits owner, John Crews. Cody Huff will join fellow BASS Opens pros on the Missile Baits team including Andrew Thomasson, Rick Hawkins, Steve Mui, and Jeff Salmon. Missile Baits Pro Staff also includes MFL pros Ish Monroe and Gerald Spohrer. Mike Iaconelli is the signature angler on the Missile Jigs promotional team.
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MISSILE BAITS is a small company dedicated to creating SERIOUS soft plastic baits to help anglers catch more fish. The designs are straight off the top-level professional bass tour. Based in Salem, Virginia, MISSILE BAITS works relentlessly to make the best baits, show their customers how to use them, and stay on the cutting edge of bass fishing. Founded in January 2012, new products and videos will continue to be launched. Log onto www.MISSILEBAITS.com for videos, tips, and more.
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Lucky Hat Leads High School Angler’s Family to $10,000
KENNESAW, Ga. – Jan. 19, 2021 – High school angler Hunter Keller understands his mom, Ashley, and dad, Dusty, needs to live within the family’s financial means – but they’ve always done all they can to support Hunter’s love of competitive bass fishing.
Rather than buy a pricey fiberglass boat, they chose a tough 18-foot aluminum boat powered by a 115-horsepower Yamaha V MAX SHO®. It’s a decision that recently paid back $10,000 in Yamaha Power Pay contingency money after Hunter’s dad, Dusty, registered for the Yamaha Power Pay program.
“When Mom got the email confirming our sixth place finish at the high school national championship was good enough for a $10,000 Yamaha Power Pay bonus, she was screaming and in tears of joy. She’s my biggest fan,” said Hunter. “Dad read about the new Yamaha Power Pay program right after it launched, and knew we had to make sure we signed up and thank goodness we did.”
A self-described baseball hat collector, 17-year old Keller from North Carolina says the Yamaha hat that came in the mail after his dad registered for Power Pay played a major role in their success at the 2020 Mossy Oak® National Championship on Kentucky Lake in late October 2020.
He and partner Daniel Brackett, with dad Dusty as their boat captain, stayed purposely close to the Paris Landing launch and weigh-in area in their smaller vessel, and used a 3/8-ounce fish head dressed with a Keitech® Fat Swing Impact to catch the majority of their three-day weight.
“I took like a dozen hats to that tournament, and the night before, I was studying which one I’d wear to start the tournament and chose the Yamaha Power Pay hat. Once my partner Daniel and I finished sixth, I never took it off. Then I won the next two tournaments I fished in that hat,” recounted Keller.
The fact is, Hunter probably spent more time laboring over what hat to wear than what outboard they’d buy. “We knew we wanted a Yamaha and wouldn’t have bought a boat without a Yamaha on the transom. Now, after this $10,000 Power Pay bonus, there’s no doubt. We’ll never own a boat without a Yamaha,” concludes the up-and-coming fishing talent who will attend Erskine College® on a fishing scholarship next year.
The great thing about the Yamaha Power Pay program is anglers don’t have to win tournaments to take home Power Pay cash. Anglers simply have to be the highest finishing registered participant in a Power Pay supported tournament. Power Pay is not just for bass anglers, it also includes eligible saltwater, walleye, high school and college anglers (over the age of 18) through hundreds of events.
For more information, complete terms and conditions or to register for Yamaha Power Pay, visit yamahapowerpay.com or email Chip with questions at Chip@DynamicSponsorships.com.
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The CHAMP Is Here! Reigning REDCREST Champion EDWIN EVERS
Edwin Evers is the only angler in the world that can claim the title of BOTH Bassmaster Classic Champion AND MLF REDCREST Champion. Not to mention Bass Pro tour Angler Of The Year, and a TOP 5 All Time Money Winner. Edwin Evers joins the Bass365 crew for an exciting LIVECAST to talk about defending his title in the upcoming REDCREST on Lake Palestine in Texas. Plus Edwin shares his Winter Finesse swimbait SECRETS to help you catch more bass this winter.
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Shad Bait Now on Shelves
Cypress, CA (January 14, 2021) – The anatomy of a freshwater shad is unmistakable. Bulbous eyeballs. Smallish head dropping down into a spade-shaped sternum that ramps back up into the shad’s distinct forked tail. You know what they look like…and so do the fish.
Shad are as abundant as they are recognizable, too. They’re common reservoir and lake inhabitants, as well as frequent fliers in most North American river systems. And because of the baitfish’s copiousness, the marketplace is overwhelmed with shad-style hardbody baits. No doubt you own a few or dozens of them.
But you can trust Daiwa when they say it’s worth making space for a couple more. Returning to the fishing market, and now available, Daiwa reintroduces the prolific and petite SC Shad, a shad-style crankbait like none other.
You’ll immediately appreciate its picture-perfect-profile, a dead ringer for the real thing. Equally exquisite is the SC Shad’s signature wobble. There are numbers of other realistic looking shad-style baits, but none tuned this perfectly and capable of summoning so many bites. Fish one head to head. You’ll appreciate the results.
At only 2 inches long and 1/8-ounce, Daiwa’s SC Shad ideally matches adolescent shad, which are mainstay forage for freshwater gamefish. Typically schooled, young shad often ball-up just beneath the surface. To that point, the SC Shad dives only 1- to 2-feet on the cast, modestly deeper when trolled.
The SC Shad casts to perfection as well. An internal counter buoyance sound weight not only stabilizes the bait but adds an alluring sonic rhythm. And when it’s time to set the fish, know that a pair of VMC #12 treble hooks are up to the task.
Daiwa recommends 6- or 15-lb. test J-Braid x8 braided line to maximize running depth and sensitivity, along with an 18- to 24-inch J-Fluoro fluorocarbon leader.
The dynamic SC Shad is available in both natural and eye-popping colors. Prism Shad, Rainbow Trout, Himenmasu and Crystal Black Pearl get the call when matching native forage, while Gold Orange and Bubble Gum demand to be seen.
Beyond bass – largemouth, smallmouth and spotted – Daiwa’s SC Shad is prolific on walleyes, trout and outsized panfish.
MSRP $7.99
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2021 Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing Offers $90,000 In Prizes
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Sports fans who enjoy watching the top bass pros in the world compete head-to-head on the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament trail can take their passion to the next level and get in on the fun by playing Rapala Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing during the 2021 season.
Joshua Phillips, of Knoxville, Tenn., poses with the prizes he won as the Rapala Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing season points champion.
Photo courtesy Joshua Phillips
In 2020, Fantasy Fishing provided almost 37,500 engaged fans with a competitive platform to test their knowledge of professional fishing and prognostication skills to win more than $90,000 in prizes, including Rapala gear packages, gift cards and more. Participants select their best five-angler team for each of the nine Bassmaster Elite Series events and the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk, then compete against other players to score the highest number of points. Points are awarded based on each angler’s final standings at the end of an Elite Series event, and every event will feature $2,500 in prizes from Rapala.
Bolstered by a win at the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest and his third-place finish in Angler of the Year points, Elite Series pro Patrick Walters topped the Fantasy Fishing standings by earning 2,337 fantasy points. Rounding out the Top 5 in fantasy points were Seth Feider (2,330), David Mullins (2,293), Stetson Blaylock (2,278) and Jake Whitaker (2,249).
Joshua Phillips of Knoxville, Tenn., took home the coveted Rapala Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing season points championship title, along with over $20,000 in gift cards, cash and gear in his first full season playing Fantasy Fishing. Phillips scored a staggering 12,209 points, finishing 59 points over second place.
In addition to an exciting grand prize at the end of the season, the Top 20 points leaders in each tournament as well as Top 5 in the points standings at the end of the season will win valuable prize packages, including Rapala Touch Screen Scales and culling kit, Rapala Performance Tool Combos, Rapala baits, clothing, gift cards, cash prizes and more.
The Elite Series season starts Feb. 11 in Palatka, Fla., with the AFTCO Bassmaster Elite at the St. Johns River.
Registration for the 2021 competition, along with full rules and a description of each prize package, can be found at Bassmaster.com/fantasy.
About B.A.S.S.
B.A.S.S., which encompasses the Bassmaster tournament leagues, events and media platforms, is the worldwide authority on bass fishing and keeper of the culture of the sport, providing cutting edge content on bass fishing whenever, wherever and however bass fishing fans want to use it. Headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., the 515,000-member organization’s fully integrated media platforms include the industry’s leading magazines (Bassmaster and B.A.S.S. Times), website (Bassmaster.com), TV show, radio show, social media programs and events. For more than 50 years, B.A.S.S. has been dedicated to access, conservation and youth fishing.
The Bassmaster Tournament Trail includes the most prestigious events at each level of competition, including the Bassmaster Elite Series, Basspro.com Bassmaster Opens Series, TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Series, Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops, Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors, Bassmaster Team Championship, Bassmaster B.A.S.S. Nation Kayak Series powered by TourneyX and the ultimate celebration of competitive fishing, the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk.
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