iCast

[Craigums]

Anybody been keeping up with the products being debuted? Two products so far have definately caught my eye. The new GLoomis NLX rods. Also the Larry Dahlberg Diving frog and Crawfish lure. Look pretty cool. GLoomis just raised the bar on expenpensive rods though over $500 a piece it looks like...OUCH

[Deitz Dittrich]

Here are the awards from the show pulled of the iCast page..

ICAST 2010 New Product Showcase awards

Apparel

Frabill, Inc., FXE Stormsuit

Combo

Ardent C400 and Lamiglas XC704 Fishouflage Bass Combo

Electronics

Lowrance - Navico

Lowrance Elite-5 DSI

Eyewear

Maui Jim Sunglasses

Guy Harvey Collection

Fishing Accessory

Adventure Products, Inc.

EGO S2 Slider Landing Net

Giftware

Boating Expressions, Inc.

Fishfenders

Kids' Tackle

Pure Fishing

Pflueger Spinning Combo - Apprentice

Line

Sufix 832 Advanced Superline

Soft Lure

Koppers Fishing & Tackle Corporation

Live Target Hollow Body Frog

Hard Lure

Shimano American Corp.

Waxwing Sub-Surface Swimming Jig

Marine

Minn Kota - Johnson Outdoors, Inc.

Talon-Shallow Water Anchor

Freshwater Reel

Shimano American Corp.

Stella FE

Saltwater Reel

Shimano American Corp.

Trinidad A

Freshwater Rod

G. Loomis NRX

Saltwater Rod

Shimano American Corp.

Terez

Tackle Management

Openwater

Tackle Backpack

Terminal Tackle

Sebile Innovative Fishing

Soft Weight System

Best of Show

G. Loomis

NRX

[Nick Kuhn]

I like the look of Dahlberg's lures. There's many many years of observations and fine tuning put into each of his baits, so no doubt they all work exceptionally well.

Looks like there's some good news in the reel department as well. Nothing groundbreaking certainly but it looks like options and value are improving (which I like to see more than the ultimate reel coming at a new ultimate price).

[Irish]

Quantum's new Smoke reels look really nice. They only weigh 6.2 ounces and they are only gonna cost $200.

[Meat-Run]

I just got back from ICAST and it was pretty good, Northland Tackle has some cool looking lures and mono line, Okuma FINALLY has some awesome rods & reels worth buying, Frabil has a new rain gear that will be a must, and Lowrance has the down imaging. To many things to list but there's definetly a positive with the manufactures in spending and investing in new ideas and such. The over all mood of manufactures, vendors, distributors was very positive and that's what we really need.

Regards,

mr

[Craigums]

Hey M-R, How do you manage to get the invite to iCast. I would love to check it out some year

[Meat-Run]

Craigums,

I work in the fishing, hunting, shooting industry so I make it to ICAST, Shot and various other distributor, buying shows throughout the year. I see things long before they even make it to ICAST and SHOT sometimes.

MR

[Meat-Run]

Check out "Bassfan" theres a nice list of cool stuff that came out that got awards, you know the drill, search or do a dot com and it should take you right to it.

mr

[JP Z]

Meat,

Where do you work? Or shoot me a PM with it if you like .

[LegattoAD]

Yeah, Meat-Run. Where do you work at and are you all hiring?

[Meat-Run]

jpz,

post your email as I'm not able to recieve it from your profile.

mr

[JP Z]

[LegattoAD]

Anyone know how long it takes before any of this stuff typically hits the market?

Minnkota's Talon looks pretty nifty, but can't find a lot of information on it and Minnkota's HSOforum has nothing.

[Meat-Run]

depends on the factory but most should be available on websites and dealer should be able to buy the product now. But some manufactures hold to the 2011 launch date of Jan 2011 before releasing...but not many.

Call the manufacture and request for some liteture that they can send you?

mr

[bassfshin24]

did anyone see the new hollow body frog? i think its called the Kopper Frog. Wow it looks amazing!! I thought the spro frogs were expensive...the new Kopper frog is going to be sold for $11.99 a piece ouch!!

[Ralph Wiggum]

Yeah, Meat-Run. Where do you work at and are you all hiring?

A guy on my wife's softball team works for Rapala. He got to go.

[Meat-Run]

sorry guys theres been a hiring freeze for some time, but I can tell you that the industry seems to have a change in mood for the better. Just hope the revenue stream follows with more jobs at the grass roots level.

mr

[gritsnham]

Minn kota has info on its HSOforum about the talon now...looks sweet wonder what the price will be on it though...

[Set The Hook]

the Shimano Curado 50/51 is gonna be an awesome reel.

[PerchJerker]

Minn kota has info on its HSOforum about the talon now...looks sweet wonder what the price will be on it though...

It's something like $1,200 or $1,300 for the shorter model, and $1,400-$1,500 for the longer model.

[LegattoAD]

Better start pinchin' my pennies now then. The wish list just keeps on growing.

Bassfish- I love what Koppers does with their baits, I compared the bluegill bait to one that my wife caught and it was almost dead on. I saw them at GM this spring and picked up a few at the NW Sportshow for cheap.

[JP Z]

MR,

You never sent that email

[Meat-Run]

your email isn't on the last page, post again, sorry just been going full throttle and getting ready for another trip.

mr

[JP Z]

It should be listed in my profile now.

Thanks,