ICAST 2024 Intros for El Salto and Picachos
As promised, this year’s ICAST show offered plenty of products for forward facing sonar, none of which I’m likely to use as intended on our frequent trips to Mexico. Nevertheless, there were still some items that I will almost certainly purchase and pack when we next head to El Salto. I always want to show the fish something new, or create a better likelihood of landing them, and these eight might help in those regards:
You don’t see many crankbaits with three trebles, nor do you see many that dive 18 feet in this sort of streamlined shape. Everything I’ve tried from Evergreen has been good to me, so I can’t wait to crank one of these off the top of a hump and get smashed.
When fish are ganged up, we’ve caught two at a time on crankbaits on many occasions, but placing this modern “Front Runner” ahead of a topwater might enable us to catch three, or at least keep two buttoned up.
I’m always looking for new soft swimbaits to tempt bigger fish, and this 6-incher is streamlined but also weighs 1.9 ounces, so it’ll stay down on a faster retrieve.
This soft swimbait will take the place of ringed models in some situations, and also do triple duty as a trailer on moving baits as well as on Alabama Rigs.
Some of our fellow travelers have whacked ‘em on the 9.5” version, so we’ll likely stock up on these reasonably-priced serpents in black/blue and plum to supplement the “oversized” worms we already rely upon.
St. Croix has been a longtime sponsor of Anglers Inn and their products stand up to a beating every day down there. I’ve loved the Seviin reels I’ve used over the past year, and these lightweight models should travel well.
I know they were designed for saltwater, but that’s kind of the point – these 1-ounce-plus underspins will stand up to anything the meanest Mexican bass can dish out.
This is the standard hook for big worms and other bulky soft plastics, now with a slick coating to help penetrate better and corrode less.
