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Gerald Swindle Joins Mike Iaconelli via Skye on a Special Hunters Edition of Ike Live!
Pittsgrove, NJ, December 1, 2014. Pro Angler Mike Iaconelli interviews Gerald Swindle, 2004 Bassmaster Angler of the Year, via Skype on Ike Live!, Sunday, December 7 at 8:00 pm ET, live-streaming from www.MikeIaconelli.com.
Gerald “the G-Man” Swindle is considered one of the funniest men in professional fishing. His patter, delivered with the silk of an Alabama accent, brings a smile to most faces. He and Mike trade quips and spin fish tales as they glory in fishing trips past, present and future.
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About Mike “Ike” Iaconelli
A South Philadelphia native now living in South Jersey, Mike Iaconelli fell in love with fishing at his grandfather’s side in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. He began fishing in tournaments after high school, joined the pro-am circuit in 1992 and turned pro in 2000. In 2003, he won the Bassmaster Classic. To date, he has won Bassmaster Elite, Classic, and Open championships, including the Bassmaster Elite on the Delaware River in August 2014, and earned over $2 MM in prize money. He and fellow fishing champ, Pete Gulszek, run The Bass University, which offers intense 2-day fishing classes that bring avid amateurs and professional fishermen together.
Livingston Lures Brings Innovation to Angling World as New Electronic Baitfish Sounds (EBS) MultiTouch™ Baits Arrive in Stores
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – As holiday shoppers scour electronics stores in search of the best deals on HD TVs, action cameras and computers, the biggest innovations of the season will be on tackle-store pegs as Livingston Lures’ Team Livingston line of baits featuring Electronic Baitfish Sounds (EBS) MultiTouch™ Technology arrives.
Livingston Lures revolutionized the world of hard baits in 2004 with the introduction of the original EBS Technology™ and EBS-powered lures, which produced the sound of an actual baitfish in distress. No longer limited to BBs, beads and blades – longtime “noisemakers” utilized in bass baits – Livingston’s EBS™ baits incorporated an advanced circuit board and smart chip into each bait, introducing a new level of sophistication and fish-attracting power to the realm of hard baits.
EBS MultiTouch™ takes it even further, now allowing anglers to “program” the sounds their baits make, with four different settings that change the sounds emitted from EBS™ Original (gill plate compressions) to EBS™ Craw (snapping shellfish) to EBS™ Shad (panicked/fleeing shad) to a fourth “silent” or “stealth” setting with no baitfish sounds.
The “smart bait” is born. And it’ll soon be available at thousands of tackle retailers throughout the country.
“This is historic,” says Robert Castaneda, the creator of EBS MultiTouch™ and lead lure designer at Livingston. “Think about it for just a minute: this is a lure that you can switch sounds! It completely changes the way you approach a fishery, and provides the angler a level of experience that they’ve never enjoyed before. EBS MultiTouch™ is now allowing us to provide options that have frankly never existed before. It’s exciting. This technology’s time has come for the anglers of the world.”
HOW EBS MULTITOUCH WORKS: The basic mechanics of EBS MultiTouch™ in the new Team Livingston baits are the same as original EBS™: contact with the water closes an electronic circuit between the line tie, hook eyelet and sound-producing circuit board, quickly activating the bait. The Team Livingston baits allow the angler to change the sound emitted underwater by simply immersing the bait in water for 5 seconds to activate MultiTouch™ and then touching the line-tie and front-hook eyelets. Once the angler has the desired baitfish sound, he/she simply releases the contact points.
“It’s already been proven to us that sound technology is a game-changer, but adding additional sounds to the arsenal to make the bait even more natural to predator fish is an incredible benefit,” says 2014 Bassmaster Classic champ Randy Howell. “The ability to change sounds from a panicked shad to a crawfish without having to tie on another bait is really useful. You simply touch it, cycle through the sounds and cast. You’re right in the same school of fish, but with a different sound.”
THE TEAM LIVINGSTON LINEUP: EBS MultiTouch™ will be part of 13 new baits in the innovative Team Livingston line, which includes: the Howeller DMC Plus, the Howeller DMC Squarebill (SQ), the Howeller Deep, the Howeller Deep Plus, the PrimeTyme 1.5, & 2.0, the Primetyme 2.0 Square’ the Jerkmaster 121, the Walk N Pop 77, the Walking Boss 1 and Walking Boss Part 2, the Deep Impact 18, and the School Master.
All Team Livingston baits come outfitted with premium Daiichi Death Grip hooks (4x strong, chemically sharpened), and premium black-nickel-plated, stainless-steel split rings. “These baits are all phenomenal baits right out of the box in their design, actions and components,” Castaneda says. “We’ve worked on these baits for two years to perfect every little detail in their action and fishability, and to be able to incorporate our EBS™ micro-electronics into them without influencing the actions. And we got it right: The combinations of styles, actions, colors and EBS MultiTouch™ sounds gives anglers an unbelievably powerful set of tools unlike anything they’ve ever had before. As Randy says, it really changes the game.”
FOR MORE INFO: Log on to www.LivingstonLures.com, view the full product catalog here, and follow Team Livingston on Facebook (www.faceboook.com/LivingstonLures).
Major League Fishing Cup Events Expanded to Two Hours
TULSA, Okla. (December 3, 2014) – “Jack Link’s Major League Fishing” is undertaking another ground-breaking expansion of its popular television show. League General Manager Jim Wilburn announced today that all Major League Fishing (MLF) Cup productions will be expanded to weekly, two-hour television episodes.
Beginning in January 2015, the two-hour MLF Cup events will air three times per week on Outdoor Channel, America’s Leader in Outdoor TV, including two weekend airings and one Tuesday show.
“Major League Fishing is breaking another mold. We will be the first television show to regularly air an action-based, two-hour fishing competition program. We are ecstatic that our broadcast partner, Outdoor Channel, is 100 percent behind this expansion,” Wilburn said. “We are expanding to a two-hour format based on viewer feedback. Our fans love it, and we believe this change will provide us with the opportunity to create better story lines and a more complete viewer experience into what happens during a Major League Fishing competition day.”
MLF has previously aired single-episode, two-hour off-network broadcasts for two of its championship events. Additionally, MLF’s web-based, pay-per-view broadcasts – Extended Cast – run close to two-and-a-half hours.
Wilburn said that fan feedback and internal research re-enforced Major League Fishing’s decision to expand its broadcasts to a longer-duration format. According to a recent survey conducted by Major League Fishing, 97 percent of respondents that had viewed both two-hour and one-hour MLF productions preferred the two-hour episodes.
Wilburn also said that household ratings for the 2014 shows convinced MLF officials that two-hour events are more popular than hour-long shows. “The ratings for the General Tire Summit Cup increased every half-hour for the entire two-hour show and had a total increase of 36 percent from the first half-hour to the last,” Wilburn said. “The Shell Rotella Challenge increased 22 percent from the first until the last half-hour. This is tremendous.”
“We are extremely pleased with the continued growth of Major League Fishing and the unique way the TV series showcases unparalleled competition in the sport of bass fishing. The fans have spoken and they are hooked on MLF’s innovative format, along with the compelling and diverse personalities of the series’ all-star anglers,” said Jim Liberatore, President and CEO, Outdoor Channel. “The two-hour expansion aligns with Outdoor Channel’s ongoing strategy to provide viewers with original character- and competition-driven programming.”
Major League Fishing is an equally owned partnership between a group of competition anglers and Outdoor Channel. MLF angler representative Boyd Duckett said that televising a two-hour competition show has been a goal of the competing anglers from the beginning.
“Outdoor Channel has been a tremendous partner and has a solid vision for what Major League Fishing can be. When we first started talking about our goals, we set a two-hour show as a goal because we feel that it will allow our production team to tell a great story,” Duckett said. “We like the show we’re putting out, and we know that more isn’t always better. In this case, though, we’re extremely confident that more is better, and we’re happy Outdoor Channel believes it, too.”
The league began filming in November 2011 and has aired five events. Each event produces three months of broadcasts. All broadcasts have been shown on Outdoor Channel. Additionally, three championships have been aired on network television, with one airing on NBC and two CBS.
The announcement of the two-hour broadcast is the latest in a series of expansion moves offered by Major League Fishing. During the past six months, Major League Fishing: announced:
- An expansion from 24 professional anglers to 48, with the new group of anglers to be competing in Major League Fishing Selects competition;
- That MLF Selects programs will be hour-long broadcasts and begin in January 2015.
- The MLF Selects broadcasts will be offered in October 2014 as web-based, Extended Cast episodes, three months prior to Selects shows being aired on Outdoor Channel;
- That MLF Selects anglers recently completed filming two competitive events, one in Muskogee, Oklahoma, the other in Benton, Arkansas.
About Jack Link’s Major League Fishing
Major League Fishing is a partnership of 24 of the world’s most talented, influential professional bass anglers and Outdoor Channel. Jack Link’s is the organization’s title sponsor. For more information, visit www.majorleaguefishing.com. Follow us on Twitter, on Instagram and on Facebook.
About Outdoor Channel
Taking viewers across America and around the world on unparalleled adventures since 1993, Outdoor Channel is America’s Leader In Outdoor TV. Dedicated to the outdoor lifestyle and conservation, the independent cable network is a division of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, LLC and provides a complete spectrum of riveting hunting, fishing, shooting and adventure entertainment. Outdoor Channel is received by nearly 40 million U.S. households – the largest outdoor TV footprint in the country – and is available in more than 50 countries internationally. Outdoor Channel can be viewed in HD and is accessible by broadband and mobile platforms. For program times and other information, visit www.outdoorchannel.com. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, and download our iPhone and iPad app. #WhatGetsYouOutdoors
Fall Tips with TO and the LC 3.5 DRS
Lucky Craft pro Takahiro Omori shares a few tips on fall fishing with the LC 3.5DRS on the CA Delta.
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Mental Side of Bass Fishing w/ GERALD SWINDLE
Gerald Swindle says that it is between your ears! Back by popular demand, GMAN’s new class offers more advice for anglers to improve their focus, attitude, and decision making on the water, while reinforcing many of his tips mentioned in his Positive Mental Attitude class on The Bass University TV. Click here for more–>http://bit.ly/1tJ71Ri