Doug stange swimbait lures

Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (June 7, 2018) – For years, it was a secret shared only by select guides and pros, largely borrowed from the wheelhouse of European pike and zander anglers.

Domestically, In-Fisherman Editor In Chief, Doug Stange, was one of the first to demonstrate how lethal soft plastic swimbaits could be on walleye and pike in all kinds of habitat.

News spread quickly, and anglers began experimenting with swimbaits, typically minnow-shaped hunks of plastic with a vibrating paddle tail.

Swimbaits soon flooded bait shop pegboards, including LIVETARGET’s anatomically-exact and seductive Sunfish, Common Shiner, Hitch, Sucker, Adult Trout, Trout Parr, Yellow Perch, Blueback Herring, Threadfin Shad, Gizzard Shad, and Golden Shiner.

Two anglers familiar with these baits are Kyle Agre and Scott Brewer, hosts of “Gone Outdoors Radio” and partners in Brewer-Agre Outdoors, an outreach group that promotes fishing and the outdoors lifestyle.