We are only halfway through 2009, but with the International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades (ICAST) show, the world’s largest sportfishing trade show, starting Monday YUM Soft Plastics decided now is the time to announce two new baits for 2010. These baits are Money in more ways than one.
The Money Frog will be the hottest new frog/toad-type bait for 2010, with big paddle feet that move so much water that it can take the place of a buzzbait, yet is weedless for working over the slop as well. At almost 4-inches in length the Money Frog is a substantial bite and with six color patterns with portions hand-painted by airbrush artists. Not only the topsides are hand painted, but the bellies are done with realistic dots and a smattering of red. Another belly feature is the hook slot that makes Texas-rigging easy with a 5/0 hook, making it weedless and perfect for working over the slop, around docks and in any type of wood cover. The new Money Frog casts like a bullet and is versatile enough to work in open water like a buzzbait or as a topwater frog in the weeds.
Also new in the Money lineup is the Money Hound, a cigar-shaped weedless topwater that walks-the-dog through the slop and brings vicious strikes from big bass. The Money Hound also features a belly slot that allows for easy Texas rigging and comes in two sizes, 3.5- and 4.25-inch. Six color schemes make for a weedless walk-the-dog topwater for every condition.
The Money Frog and Money Hound will not be available to the public until September, and join the Money Craw and tremendously successful Money Minnow and Fat Money Minnow, which feature belly hook slots and tremendous water displacement. Look here in the next week for more new product announcements from Heddon, Booyah and XCalibur.