I’ve finally returned from my long business trip to France. I will be posting up on it very soon, but today I want to introduce our new Daily Flash Minnow team! In this past year, we would coincidently meet in many of the places I had gone fishing. We continued to give each other fishing information and opinions including: good fishing locations, sending images of fishes caught with Lucky Craft lures and much more. They definitely became my important fishing partners. And now I am very happy to say that they are officially a part of our Daily Flash Minnow team as Lucky Craft testers! Shown in the image are Peter (left) & Raney (Raney). They both mainly enjoy fishing Halibuts here in Southern California. They are also very knowledgeable and my very powerful fishing partners! From now on they will be posting up their fishing experiences as well so please stay tuned for it as well as my reports!

Sandy
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I suddenly received a message from my friend and it said, “I caught a Halibut!”
So I continued to read the message and it was a 26in big size Halibut! I want to keep the location a secret for now because I’ll be going there on my next fishing trip!

He had also mentioned that it was the biggest he’s ever caught with a hardbait lure and he used our FM110 in Aurora Calico Bass.

On this same day another friend of mine also caught a 22in Halibut and that was again caught with our FM110, but in the Sexy Smelt (new color).

Catching Halibuts with the FM means they are coming along the surface area which also equals to “increase in activity”!! The Halibut season is finally here in the West Coast region!

I’m very excited to go on my next fishing trip!

Sandy
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I wonder why I never introduced this sooner!? This is extremely important information… It is such great news for all the saltwater anglers of the West Coast! No… The entire world!!

Finally! The Flash Minnow 110 has 13 new colors released in the CIF Series, including colors only limited in Europe!

We’ve answered new color requests from local anglers such as the “MS” models and my personal favorite – the greenish colors. The new colors are in variety and are all colors you just want to try out! Please use this opportunity to try our newly released colors!
The new colors are the following:
Anchovy Venus / Sexy Geisha Queen Sardine / Sexy Blue / Sexy Smelt / Aurora Green Shad / Super Glow Sardine / MH Ghost Sayori / Metallic Ayu / Zebra MS American Shad / Zebra MS Aurora Black / MS Ghost Ayu / MS FK Green Glow Sardine / MS Pearl White Sardine

For more detailed information, please check out our website
Lucky Craft USA (Flash Minnow 110 Color Chart)

In the Southern California area, you can find these items at the following stores:
Big Fish Bait Tackle / Anglers Center / Redondo Beach Sports Fishing / Huntington Fisherman’s Hardware

Sandy
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Here is the continuation of my last post… So were we able to catch any fish? Yes, a lot!

We were casting towards the structure near the pier with the new Opti Shad with a 1/4oz weight head and dropped the lure to the bottom. After it dropped all the way, I slowly retrieved. While retrieving, it would get caught in grass so I would make a slight twitch action and the Bass would notice it and bite! And this fishing pattern was great! The best color lure that day was the Green Pumpkin Chart Tail!! After the tide settled, we changed locations to a place called Linda Isle. Here I used the 4in Victory Tail and attached the Redemption Spinnerbait (Crack Blue 1/2oz) and slowly retrieved above the grass area. And this fishing pattern was also catching a lot of fish!! I caught a 2lbs class Spotted Bass and was able to easily pull it up with the new rod! I definitely have high expectations for this newly produced rod from now on.

Our total fish caught within a 5 hour period was… Eric: 8, Mat: 4, Neil: 1, & Sandy (myself): 2.

This fishing day inNewport Beach,CAis scheduled to be on the next EnjoyDVDso please stay tuned!!

The SWBA Newport Competition was held in February and can be checked out here:
SWBA Link:
http://dell.jp.msn.com/

Tournament Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8jFYLuCAa8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGCWuWOWy2o&feature=relmfu

Sandy
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This week I went to Newport Beach, CA with Matt from Optimum Baits and Eric who is a SWBA staff, to test out our new Lucky Craft x Optimum Baits collaboration lure. The 2 new lures are called the “Opti Shad” and “Victory Tail”.

Here in Newport Beach, certain colors are used to catch fish which is the Chart colors. From mainly using the Chart colors, we’ve created 2 types of combination lures: one is the Redemption Spinnerbait with the Opti Shad and the other is 1/4oz head with the 4in Opti Shad.

Our main targets are the Calico Bass, Spotted Bass, and Sand Bass and fishing method was to carefully choose a spot to cast around where the boats were at anchor by the pier, under the bridge and grass. As for the tackle I used, were the 8lbs & 10lbs lines and the new Lucky Craft Trout (6’6f) & Perch (6’3f) rods. For the fishing result, I’ll be posting it up next time! So please stay tuned!

Sandy
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This weekend is finally the 2012 H-1 Grand Prix tournament located at Ushikunuma, Japan. Starting this year, they have increased it to 5 competitions and there are more participants as well. The application for the first tournament has ended, but it is still possible to enter from the 2nd competition so please join the fun!

The person who will be coming to America for the winning prize might be YOU!

H-1 Grand Prix Tournament Website:
http://h1gpx.com/

Sandy
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This week I went fishing at a certain part of Seal Beach, CA for the first time. Since it was my first time there, I started off from the flow entrance and went along the jetty.

On this day, the waves were fairly high with very heavy water flow, so my lure kept getting shifted away. However at this same spot last week, someone caught a 27in Halibut. So I thought I had a chance also, but it was very difficult. After it became high tide, I relocated to the beach area. I used the FM110, color rotated and casted to about a 200 meter distance, but the only thing I was able to catch was trash bags… (We should all help clean the beach!)

It’s been tough catching Halibuts this year for me, but I will continue to cast until I catch one!! Next week I will be going to Newport Bay for Bay Bass fishing so please stay tuned!

This time I used “Sandy’s lure selection”.

Sandy
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This past 2 weeks at the “Big Fish” shop, the people who have purchased our Lucky Craft lures there are continuously catching big size Halibuts.

Picture #1 shows a 20 pound Halibut from Oceanside.
Picture #2 shows a 27in Halibut from Seal Beach.

They are both caught with the Flash Minnow 110. It doesn’t say which colors were used, but the FM is definitely a popular lure in this area.

Man~ I want to catch a big size Halibut too!

Sandy
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I am still struggling to catch my very first Halibut of this year. So I calculated the best time to go which is right after the grunion runs on low tide early morning.

As it got closer to the correct time zone, I was on the jetty side using the FM110 aiming the surface area. Unfortunately I got no bites so I changed my strategy to aiming the bottom area with the FM120DD! I made dramatic lure actions so that the Halibuts will have more recognition of the lure! And then I finally got my first bite!! I slowly retrieved, but at that time it was extremely low tide and made it even harder for me to capture it. I continued to try pulling… but right then!! The Halibut jumped and escaped in between the rocks. I couldn’t take a picture of my first caught Halibut! I have no proof!! How disappointing…

I would like to show a picture of my first Halibut of this year next time around. I’m so sorry for disappointing all of you! But the FM120DDmight be a good lure for this year!!

Sandy
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I went on a local business trip for a fishing seminar held at the Big Fish shop where I met Dan Hernandez (shown in photo) and Bobby & Shawn from Big Fish. Dan is actually someone who is very well known in the Saltwater fishing industry in Southern California. If you don’t know him, you must be a fishing amateur still! (I actually didn’t know him until today’s seminar myself…) On this day, they had the maximum of 27 students who participated in this seminar. They came for Dan’s Halibut fishing lecture and Bobby’s lecture on how to read tides and much more. It’s been awhile since I last put my saltwater tournament shirt on and on this occasion, I really got to emphasize on my past fishing experiences. I thought about what the best fishing seasons were throughout the year, the places where I caught Halibuts, and the different actions between FM & PT. Dan kindly promoted our Lucky Craft FM to everyone and he even put a special sale on the FM110 and sold a bunch in just couple minutes.

I have a feeling the FM will become extremely popular from now on.

Sandy