3:16 Lure Company

Fishing with the Kaenon Y35 (Yellow) Lens

Published: 11 April 2012
Written by southernswimbait
Categories: 2012 Tournament Fishing, 3:16 Lure Company, Big Hammer, Kaenon Polarized, Marine/Boating, Sight Fishing

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD0M0X9jiCY&feature=youtu.be] Kaenon is based in Newport Beach, CA and has a ‘waterman’ DNA, where they strive for excellence in eyewear that meet the demands of the surfing, sailing, boating, paddle boarding, swimming, and fishing lifestyle.  They make a family of stylish and functional frames, that can be fitted with excellent…

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The 5″ Big Hammer Sight Fishing Rig

Published: 3 April 2012
Written by southernswimbait
Categories: 2012 Tournament Fishing, 3:16 Lure Company, Big Hammer, P-Line, Polarized Fishing Glasses, Rigging, Sight Fishing, Themes from our Southern Trout Eaters DVD

The Big Hammer Sight Fishing Rig is part of a system. It’s a system that involves using finesse baits and bigbaits to aggravate a fish into biting. The swimbait is fished as an ‘intruder’ and provides a power fishing approach to big fish, the female kind usually, but also…

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The Lake Seminole 2012 FLW Everstart Preview

Published: 21 March 2012
Written by southernswimbait
Categories: 2012 Tournament Fishing, 3:16 Lure Company, Big Hammer, Small Bait Fishing, Triple Trout

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnjCK-lidBk] Tournament time again.  I’m unusually optimistic about stringing together a good tournament.  I have been catching fish, not in great numbers or size, but I think the fishing is generally pretty tough out there.  Guys who I know can catch them are struggling, which I’m not suprised.  This leg…

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The 2012 Okeechobee BigBait Medley

Published: 27 February 2012
Written by southernswimbait
Categories: 2012 Tournament Fishing, 3:16 Lure Company, Huddleston Deluxe, Rate of Stall, Weedless Swimbaits

"Simplification is the Ultimate Sophistication" (Da Vinci) After reading the Steve Jobs Biography, I realized something basic about simplification in bigbait fishing. Softbaits get the most bites (and tend to catch the biggest fish, ala 8" Huddleston). So when in Rome, throw a softbait! Okeechobee validated what I already…

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2nd and O for 2012–Lake Okeechobee FLW Tour Open Preview

Published: 8 February 2012
Written by southernswimbait
Categories: 2012 Tournament Fishing, 3:16 Lure Company, Huddleston Deluxe, Rate of Stall, The Alabama Rig, Weedless Swimbaits

The House of the Rising Son: Okeechobee. Line thru, ball knobber boot tails, braided line and a trap hook rigging that brought me back to my days on San Vicente in the early 2000s. The 3:16 Rising Son, excellence is buoyancy and a thing I call, Rate of Stall—which…

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