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I am a guide with Ken Penrod's Life Outdoors Unlimited, the largest guide service in the Mid Atlantic Region. The Potomac River where I fish is traumatized with tournaments & local fishing pressure & boat traffic form March thru October each year. Yet I have to produce fish for my clients day in and day out regardless of conditions. No scent product is a magic bullet but Kick'n Bass, does provide a very important edge. At the beginning of each trip I have my clients wash their hands and then rub in some Kick'n Bass Garlic scent to cover any odors. That way any baits they touch won't pick up offensive scents or flavors.
I use Kick'n Bass Crawfish on all my plastic baits and the shad scent on all my crankbaits and spinnerbaits.
On tough days, the scent and taste provided by Kick'n Bass give lethargic bass a good reason to bite my baits. This is especially important on cold front days and in the stink'n hot days of summer.
I especially like the fact the Kick'n Bass products are made using a fish oil base instead of a petroleum base. Better for the environment and better for the fish.
We were on the water all day but had struggled to boat a limit when we decided to try a Secret Weapon spinner bait. After soaking in KNB Garlick we made our first casts. My partner was broken off by a huge smallie about 10 feet from the boat. Then I got into two real nice fish 5 and 6 pounds. Then we moved about 50 yards working a flat and in about 1 foot of water came the fish we were looking for, the fish of a lifetime. She weighed 10.9 on our unofficial scale. Since it was Sunday and nearing dark we sent her back to finish her spawning work. The lake record is 10.6 so it would have been nice to have her on an official scale but I feel so strongly about protecting our precious resources that I didn't want to take a chance on her survival. Thank you Ken for such a great product. I know I can always took to KNB when I need the kicker fish! God Bless... And Tight Lines! The first stop for the 2008 WBT season took place on Lake Lewisville outside of Dallas, Texas. We had fished here in 2006 with low water, heat, and blue bird skies. This time the water was 2 ft. above normal and I wasn't sure what to expect but wanted to do much better than before. The conditions were tough. We had weather changes and winds that never stopped. I arrived on Saturday and began practice on Sunday. My practice partner and I struggled for three days trying to figure out a pattern but just couldn't come up with anything. We worked hard. I zeroed the first day of competition, was exhausted, and still had no answers for Lake Lewisville. My second day partner was very confident in her plan which helped me settle down a bit so I focused on what could happen and not the days before. I caught two fish for 5 lbs. 2 oz. which put me in 13th place making the cut. The third day we had winds said to be 30 mph all day, and the fishing was tough. I managed to catch one fish for 2 lbs. 8 oz. My total weight for the tournament was 7 lbs. 10 oz. for 7th place overall. My fish were caught on a T-rigged lizard, T-rigged craw, and spinnerbait. The KNB flavor of the day was garlic. Thanks!! I’ve always been skeptical about scent products and you may feel the same. But when you’re having a tough day on the water, you’re apt to try about anything. I fish in South Central Ohio and if you’ve ever fished Ohio you know it’s tough. Last year I was
pre-fishing for a tournament during a cool September day. I couldn’t get bit all morning. I shuffled through the tackle box a couple of times in desperation only to turn up some Kick’n Bass a buddy left me to try a couple years back. He attested to Kick’n Bass, but I never gave the stuff a second thought and threw it in the bottom of the tackle box. Well, after two years in storage, Kick’n Bass worked like magic for me on this tough September day. On the same boat docks I just saturated with my unscented jig and pig,
I turned around re-engaged with and with the same jig, only this time loaded with Kick’n Bass, and immediately got bit. Then just two docks down, bam--I caught two more nice bass.
Now remember this stuff was two years old, but still Kick’n Bass put fish in the boat. The scent was potent and the viscosity was thick. I could believe it, but Kick’n Bass worked. So of course I went online when I got home and order a bunch. To my pleasant surprise it was cheaper than most products in the store at only $5.99. Really not a bad deal at all, just don’t wait as long as I did before you try Kick’n Bass. Thank you Brian. We
need Kick'n Bass® local tackle store.. (Mom and Pop's). Bring in a
bottle and let them smell it then call the 800-605-BASS number and
place an order. Get it under the buyers nose.. Get me some stores
please.. Cosmic> The day was pretty cool, cloud cover and some wind all day. Water temps in the upper 40s. Most of the lakes in the area are "flood control" -- they are pulled down anywhere from 25 to 35 feet to a "winter pool" and allowed to fill to "summer pool" usually in mid March to mid April. There had been
a lot of rain and this lake was almost to summer pool already. However, it had been pulled down over the last few days a couple feet due to more expected rain. Also, the lake was
muddy from all the rain, and the fish were scattered. I only weighed one fish, actually, of all in the club that weighed fish, all but one angler in the club weighed one fish. This was a "draw" tournament, and when my partner caught his fish using something completely different, I dug in my tackle and put on a bait very similar,
doctored it with KNB and finally had one in the boat. I missed a couple others and finished last of those who caught fish.
We were supposed to fish another tournament on this same lake the previous Sunday, but that tourney was cancelled due to the area receiving 14" of snow. Sounds like a good day to stay home and get
some honey-do's done.. Glad the snow stopped. Now pull out the 10inch watermelon
worms and soak them the night before..
Good luck.. Cos> Hi All, (It's "Ya'll C>)
Well, spring has sprung here in Texas and the fishing is excellent.
Only problem lately is the March winds have played havoc on most of us.
This past weekend I was pre-fishing for an upcoming tournament and even with 600 plus boats fishing an Oil Man's Tournament the fishing was great! Our winds were steady 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to thirty so most coves were stacked with boats. With just
a little over four hours on the water I culled fish and ended up with a
little over 16 lbs. for the day. Hope their still there for the tournament!
The choice of baits for the day was Senkos dead-sticked and rattle traps. The best colors were Black/Blue, Smoke Purple for the Senko's and rattle traps produced best with Chrome/Blue while sunny and shad colored as well as anything orange. Caught a few fish on a
watermelon/Gold and Watermelon/Red Zoom wacky worm.
Hope this info helps someone. The number one thing to remember in order to be successful is
to use your KICK'N BASS!!! I put several drops into all of my plastic baits so I don't have to pull out my bottle everytime. I also use a spray bottle with Kick'n Bass to refresh a bait if it's been on for awhile. Just a couple of time saver hints.
Good Fishing and God Bless!
Sandy Jeane/Team Kick'n Bass® Fishing was slow with cooler water temperatures and a strong wind. However a few nice bass came to the scales.
We always use KNB
Bill Warman We need another Arizona
"State Record"
from you this year Bill, again on KNB! Cos> Hello Pro-Staffers....The off season is finally here for me. Had a great year this year and really looking forward to the new year. Kick-n-bass has been a valuable tool in my plan of attack and is by far the only attractant
I will put on my lures. Hope everyone's holidays are great and that the fish keep biting for you. Have a great one!!!
Dave Brown Kick-n-Bass prostaff, Gary Yamamoto Baits Prostaff, Tracker Boats State Team, Castaway Rods Pro-staff Hi Cos and everyone else. I have been fishing all year and I'm just able to write . Well my team from Pa qualified for the club championship in Louisiana. All summer it has been hard to stay on fish but
what's new. KNB has been with me on every trip and has served me well even more on the hard bits.
Also I qualified for the Pa Fed Championship and Bass masters Weekend eastern series . But as always KNB is all I use and believe in. If you haven't tried KNB you are only cheating yourself. Hope everyone had a great summer and rapping it up with one more WIN. Great product Cos. Take care and God Bless Cherif I have been using KNB since 1999 even before I joined the Pro Staff. I have been putting a drop on the palms of my hands when I get in the boat, so that anything that I touched on the way to the lake won't transfer to baits. Well, I have taken it one step further. Instead of pouring a few drops on my baits before casting, I put a few drops in the palms of my hands and rub it onto the baits. You need to be real careful of the hooks, of course. Then wipe off any excess on your towel before picking up your rod. Now I am not hanging out over the side of the boat applying KNB. No drips and you also redo the attractant on your hands.
So when you are searching through the tackle box selecting a different crankbait, for instance, you are also putting a little KNB on every thing you touch.
This method has worked very well for me, getting bites after applying just as if I had poured it on, but without the drips. And, it can be applied a little more discreetly, if you don't want to give away your secret to the person you are fishing with just yet. Let him use the same baits you are throwing and wonder why you are catching so many more. Then you can share the KNB...believe me the next time you fish with him, he will most likely have some KNB in his bag. Hello everyone, I fished the district 65 championship on Grand lake in Oklahoma this past weekend. As temperatures rose the bite got tough
I finished in 6th place. the only thing I could get fish to bite on was a jig with paca craw trailer with crawdad Kick n Bass or a 10 inch black neon worm with
anise shad Kick'n Bass. thanks Cos for the KNB. "The Dog Days of Summer" are no match for the angler fishing "Kick'n Bass®". We all know how tough the summer months can be and how frustrating it can be to go to the scales with a sack of smaller fish in hopes of a good finish. Well... while we didn't take the prize,
we did get Big Fish money for both Largemouth and Smallmouth and we were only less than 1lb. out of the money. I know this was not possible without Kick Bass.
Rusty Strange
PBF / BFN South
Keep Kick'n Bass®! Big fish sounds good... one pound out of the
money just hurts.. Good job. Cos> I happily report that I finally won my first WBT event on Kentucky Lake! We practiced Sunday through Tuesday with each day becoming a little more difficult, but we had brought enough keepers to the boat that we felt like we could catch some fish during the tournament. Thursday, the first day of competition, started with a couple of short fish but the feeling that the keepers were on their way. Unfortunately, about midmorning the trolling motor died and we spent most of the day waiting on a rescue boat to bring a new trolling motor and did our best to fish without it. Difficult to do with a slight breeze and boat traffic. No fish for the weigh-in. Friday came with a peace about everything. We fished shallow banks with much success. I was able to weigh-in four fish for 9 lbs. 10 oz. which was enough to make the cut! I was finally going to fish for the money! Saturday came with very little sleep but the continued peace that I felt on Friday. We fished the ledges all day.
I had my first limit and culled for the first time by 10:30. I weighed in 10 lbs. 12 oz. for a total of 20 lbs. 6 oz. to win the tournament!
Once again KNB came through for me as I caught all of my fish with plastics on a T-rig, C-rig, and ball jig. They were always covered with it. Thanks Cos!!
Now you can send me that $100 you owe me Sunshine.. way to
go. LOL..Cos> I couldn't get the "ledge bite" that is a popular post spawn technique at Kentucky Lake, so had to go to something that I know. That was fishing in grass with a Senko laced with Kick'n Bass. It did the trick
and I made the second day cut and finished in 15th place overall.
Yes...Kick'n Bass made a difference...they didn't want it without! Way to go Madeline.. glad you made the cut..
Cos> This past Sunday me and another Kick'n Bass pro Derek Auction fished together in our bass club tourney out of bayou
pigeon. Well we didn't win (due to an alarm clock issue and leaving the house 2 1/2 hours late) we still managed to come in second. Me and Derek flipped a Baby Brushhog with KICK N BASS crawfish around the cane and in the shallow cover. Derek and I caught 5 keepers, him 3 and I caught 2 which lead us to second place
losing by 7 oz. We both strongly believe KICK N BASS helped us come from behind after losing some fishing time to still get second and a few missed fish could have propelled us to the top. With out you Mr. Ken none of this is possible, thank you Brady Heck of a come back story Brady.. Cos> In the past two weeks I have fished two American Bass Angler
events both of them district #65 and both on Grand lake in Oklahoma. I got 1st place in both events with about 14lbs. in each. I caught both five fish limits by hopping a jig soaked with garlic Kick-n-Bass on main lake points. I hope this pattern of getting first place keeps up !!!
Bill Gaddis Don't want to fish against you Bill... thanks
for using KNB too... Cos.> Fished the club tournament at Lake Millwood located in southwestern Arkansas. This lake is like a Louisiana or Florida bayou complete with lily pads and alligators! Bass must be minimum of 16" and only three allowed in possession.
Thanks to Kick'n Bass I landed two beauties to take third place. Hello Guys,
Ken has the Best of the Best with the Kick n Bass Crawfish juice, I was pre-fishing a tournament on Kerr Lake in Va and I was using a 3/4oz custom made jig that I had used few months ago and had put the juice on it then and I had forgot that it was sauced
up, I threw out in about 14ft of water and got hit ,so I tried shaking him
off (no go) he would not let go, I pulled him up to the surface without setting the
hook, I couldnt believe it!!!!Thanks Ken for making the best and forget the rest!!!!! Greg I fished an A.B.A tournament on Grand lake in Oklahoma on sunday May 6th.
I came in 2nd place with 4 fish weighing
11.5 lbs. it was a little tough and very windy I caught post spawn fish on a jig with crawdad kick n bass
My next tournament is a B.F.L. on Eufaula in Oklahoma I haven't been able to pre-fish so I will need all your hopes and prayers for a good finish. (thanks in advance)
Bill Gaddis I had a great week at Lake Dardanelle. The week started off with three great practice days with me and my practice partner catching fish each day to include keepers with the others being no less than one inch from being keepers. So our confidence grew each day with our choice of lures with mine being covered with KNB. Day one of the actual tournament rolled around and didn't turn out to be quite as good as practice. I caught about ten measuring 14 ins., but we all know that just doesn't matter when they have to be 15 inches. No keepers for day one. So close, yet so far. Day two began slow in the shallows. We went to spot #2 after about an hour to yet another very shallow area.
Within 30 mins. we started putting fish in the livewells. My first was 3 lbs. 1 oz. which I felt was a good start. About an hour later I caught the second one which weighed 4 lbs. 5 oz. (my biggest fish ever). Unfortunately, those would be the only keepers for the day, but I caught many others just too short which, again, just didn't matter.
My total weight of 7 lbs. 6 oz. didn't get me a check, but did move me up in the overall standings. Once again, the senko-type worm covered in KNB came through for me. Thanks again, Ken, for your support. I fished the ABA (District 65) on March 25th. It was a tough day with
rising water and the winds were gusting at 25 mph on Grand Lake. I was able to seal second place
with a slow rolling spinner bait DRENCHED with:
GARLIC KICK N BASS. I don't leave home without it.
On March 31st, I fished the BFL on Fort Gibson Lake. Another windy day but a tube with GARLIC KICK N BASS produced 3 keepers.
One weighing 5.60 to allow me to come in at 20th place with 11 lbs. Another check.
Thanks KICK N BASS Sounds like a great start... love to get
those checks don't you? Cos> Had a good tournament...made the cut with 20#. Third day was tough for me...needed sun for my pattern to continue. It wasn't that there weren't fish being caught...it was the 15" size limit that made it tougher. By using Kick'n Bass to enchance the presentation of my Senko,
I was able to put a nice 3#8oz in the live-well for a finish in 22nd place and a check. Keep the checks coming in Madeline.... glad
you made the cut!!! Cosmic> This was the first state of Arkansas TBF tournament, and it was held in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Our team, Spa City Bass Club, didn't do as well as we would have liked on our home lake. We all did catch
fish.. unfortunately they were the small bucks. Since I was the only woman fishing the event it was important (to me) to catch fish and I credit my catch to Kick'n
Bass.. even got my draw partner interested in trying it! I've just begun fishing tournaments a little over a year ago, and haven't been doing too well, actually. I'm still learning about what type artificial bait to use when, how to rig lines, etc. Since being sponsored by Kick'n Bass, I've been putting some of it on my hands each morning before beginning to fish. In the last tournament I fished, in Del Rio, Texas,
I caught what was probably the biggest bass of my lifetime, a 4 lb. 15 oz. one. I know it wasn't considered huge for Del Rio, but it was huge in my book!! Thanks Kick'n Bass! Biggest bass of a lifetime always comes when
people start using KNB.. good for you. Cos> Fished first tourney of the season on Sunday, 3/11. Kick N Bass was in use and helped us succeed.
We weighed a limit, finished 9th out of 105+ and cashed checks.
I am convinced we could not have done as well without KNB. We chose our first place to start, but was unable to get directly on it due to others who arrived before us (we were in the third flight)
After one of the other boats moved off the point we moved in and put 3 fish in the livewell very quickly. We moved to other locations after a while of no hits, and only caught short fish. So we finished the day on the same place we started, and finished out our limit and even culled one of our smaller fish. I caught all but the last fish -- my husband caught one over 4.5 pounds just before we had to get back to the weigh
in.
KNB is the best on the market. I've known this for years and proudly promote it to all I fish with when in a draw format tourney, and have gotten several bait stores to carry KNB.
Marilyn Biszmaier 9 out of 105 plus... Wow... way to go girl
!!! Cos> looking forward to start of season with first trail tourney on Nolin Lake in central Kentucky this coming Sunday. The tourney will have 100+ boats. The lake is a flood control lake and is still in winter pool. Winter drawdown is about 20 feet below summer pool. Water temps are still on the cool side but not cold, as our winter this year was fairly warm. Will let you know how we do. Hello this is Lora Let me know when you get this. Thank you Here it is Lora.. Cos> Hello everyone! It's finally here -- the start of the 2007 Women's Bassmaster Tour. We started the new season on Lake Amistad in Del Rio, Texas. It was a great week with fairly mild weather as long as the wind wasn't gusting. The first day started out pretty slow with a thick fog setting in and not being able to blast off until over an hour after the scheduled time. The temperature stayed in the 50's with gusty winds and never made it to the 75 mark as forecasted. So the water temp stayed right around 50 and choppy all day with no relief.
After a tough morning with no bites I finally T-rigged a watermelon finesse worm and covered it with crawfish KNB. Ten minutes later I had my first bite and was reeling a decent keeper to the boat.
Unfortunately, it shot out of the water just as we were about to net it, waved good-bye, and threw my lure back to me. That was my only bite for the day which left me with nothing for the first day weigh-in. The second day started out much better with no fog delay. The temps started out a little cool but the sun eventually made it out and warmed things for the afternoon. The water temp stayed around 54 and was much calmer with just a ripple. I was determined to fish with confidence and take something to the weigh-in. I decided to fish a drop shot with a watermelon finesse worm covered in crawfish KNB. My boater was just learning to use KNB, and we had a great time covering our plastics with it. About midmorning
I finally hooked into what is my biggest fish ever. I pulled in a 4.4 lber. It was my only fish for the day. We were sitting in about 40 ft. of water, throwing to 20 ft., and working it slowly back to the boat. I didn't place
but did get points on the board. Lake Amistad is a great fishery with deep clear water, hydrilla, and trees shallow and deep. Ken, thanks again for giving me the opportunity to represent KNB. It's a great product!! Keep on Kick'n Bass and you will get those
checks at weight in... Cos> I just wanted to let everyone know, especially here in the south that spring time means
CRAWFISH!!! We've been getting alot of rain fall these last couple of months, and alot of water means a good crawfish season. Which in return means that the bass will be feeding on them heavily. It is very important to remember when fishing this spring to apply KNB CRAWFISH scent constantly when fishing. The bass will need that extra encouragement in order to bite because of all the natural prey, every bit helps.
And the KNB CRAWFISH matches this scent like no other product on the
market. It helps me out fish my buddies all the time, and doesn't that feel good. So don't forget to pick up a couple of bottles before you head out this spring, or order them now on this site. Good luck fishing.
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DEREK AUCOIN
BATON ROUGE, LA
WWW.DEREKAUCOIN.COM Lake St Clair, Bordered by Michigan and Ontario Canada 250 square miles of pure fishing adventures. Shaped almost like a cereal bowl with not much structure but some rock piles, weeds and a lot of sand. Lake St Clair holds Musky, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch,
Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Sturgeon, Catfish and triton missile
size carp and freshwater drum.
Spring time right after ice-out if there is any brings the Walleye from Lake Erie and Lake St Clair into the Detroit River System, making for some awesome vertical jigging action. Also Springtime brings in the Northern Pike hungry and filled with attitude. Summer arrives and Bingo its Bass Season and the big brown pigs and the green hawgs are ready for battle.
None of the fishing above is more fun than when we are using KicknBass in (Garlic) (Anise-Shad) (CrawFish) and the KicknWalleye really picks up the action on those slow bite days. So as I tell the fellas around here and down at the marina
if ya aren't using KicknBass then your missing some big fish!
Thanks for a wonderful Product and I am glad to be called your Canada's ProStaffer!!!
Willis "SNAGMAN" Beam
Independent Field Tester Once again, nothing but good things to say. Went out pre fishing for a tournament Throwing pumpkin jigs topped with crawdad KNB and the fish like always, just won't let go of the bait. With a jig most of the time you feel the hit and then you feel
them spit it right back out, so you better be on your game and hit them right away. But when using KNB
these fish hit the jig, and start to swim off with
it, and this is just not normal, but this just proves how good KNB really is. I have tried to let fish hit the jig and
see how long they will swim with it and on some occasions,
they swallow it, they think that jig is a real crawdad, and to me they is just a awesome product. Cos, keep up the good work on a awesome product and
I am proud to say that I am on your ProStaff.... I would like to say hello to everyone as I post my first report as a member of the KNB pro staff and thank Ken for inviting me on board. I hope all is well with all of you. Now let's talk fishing. I fished Lake Hartwell on the GA/SC border with my bass club, the GA Peaches, last weekend. We had a chilly but beautiful morning Saturday with the temperature being in the 50's. The sun was already up and on the banks by the time we reached our first spot. I had a slow morning with very few bites on topwater. As the day progressed and things warmed up I switched to plastic and began to get some action. The water temp was 64 degrees with a light wind blowing. I caught my first keeper off of a brush pile a few feet off the bank with a Junebug dead ringer covered with KNB Anise Shad. Clouds from an expected front moved in around lunchtime and we knew there was rain on the way. We later moved to a flat off of a main lake point where I caught two more keepers. These were caught on a lightweight jighead with a Candybug trick worm which also had KNB on it. The wind was blowing straight into the point. That was the best I could do for day one. The rain did come that evening and it rained well into the night.
The rain moved out and the sun was on the horizon once again by blast off on Sunday. The temperature was cooler in the
high 30's with a slight breeze. We were able to get to our first spot a little quicker this time, but the topwater bite still produced nothing. Knowing that the flat on Saturday produced some keepers, we tried a new one but got no bite. As we trolled around it we discovered a 20 ft.
drop-off into a ditch and gave it a shot. This is where I snagged my first keeper fishing with the same lightweight jighead with a Candybug trick worm with KNB Anise Shad on it. We later moved back to the flat from the day before. On my second cast I had a major hit but was unable to set the hook on time. So I threw back to the same spot, got the bite, set the hook, and knew I had a good fish. I reeled it in right up to the boat, saw that it indeed was a good fish, and just as I got ready to land
it, the fish gave one good tug, broke the line, and was gone. Thus, the one that got away. I'm guessing he wanted that big trick worm pretty bad so he could lay around all day sucking the KNB off of it. Whatever the case, I was heartbroken. I had no other bites the rest of the day until about ten minutes before
check in. The wind blew hard all day, the water temp was 62 degrees, and the air temp finally reached the 50's by
midafternoon. I caught one more keeper off a stump a few feet from the bank close to the ramp. Again, I had used KNB Anise Shad on a Junebug dead ringer. Even though I lost the big one and the others were not much to brag about, I still was able to weigh-in both days with a combined weight of 5.77 lbs.
Again, I'm excited to be sharing my first report and am looking forward to posting many more. It's a real pleasure for me to represent a product like Kick'n Bass! I've just got done with the Bassmaster Series Regional and placed 2nd on Non-Boaters side and qualified for the
National championship at Guntersville in January. I fished with
three different owners and beat everyone by weight because of Kick'n Bass. The bite was light and undetectable but K'nB in crawfish made them hold on a little longer which helped. The scent stays on longer then any other I have every tried. It would pay anyone who hasn't tried Kick'n bass to fish with it just once and I'm sure you will see a BIG DIFFERENCE in your catch rate. I also
Won angler of the year
in my bass club. P.S. I use plenty of K'nB. I'll talk to you all later. God Bless Cherif Hey guys and gals. Wanted to drop a line and let you know I fished the Super tournament at Kerr with a fourth place finish and a Regional tournament with a 39th place finish. This is plane and simple, if you really want to improve your success use
KICK'N BASS. It has helped me tremendously. It is almost like cheating. It works and I would love to get some emails from you guys letting me know how
well it works for you or how much better it has helped your catch ratio. I have tried them all and thanks to Ken I am using the best there is. I recently fished with a friend who swore by L----- Lotion and told me how it was better. I tried it and had to reapply it all day. KNB, just put a
little in the bag and I promise you will use more of the worms, trailers, etc. than you will of the scent because bass love it. Anyway, I had another great year and finished
4th overall in the BFL Piedmont Region. Once again I owe
a lot of thanks to Ken and KNB!! Hi everyone, I haven't written lately. I have been doing well in all the Tournaments that I have been in, 8 th place at the Potomac, 21 st at Cayuga Lake, 10 th at
Champlain. In my Bass club
I won three out of four that I fished, and won or placed
high in local tournaments too. I have been blessed this year, but one constant has been with me all the time and that is Kick'n Bass in all scents. They truly work. My last tournament was in the
Susquehanna River which I caught 13.65 lbs of Smallmouth, but after being in that river my boat was nothing but a scum bucket. I used the Bass Boat Clean & Shine made by Kick'n Bass on the scum line that was dried on my Triton. It did a great job on that scum and made it shine like it was new. I will be writing soon, Be good and may God Bless Cherif Once more, using KNB put me out in front of my competitor/partner. Fishing a club tourney, our club is "draw" format. It seemed like every time I refreshed my KNB on my bait, I caught a fish, starting with my very first cast.
I always offer the use of KNB to others in my boat, and most of the time, they take me up on it. This partner, however, never tried it, even though it was working for me that night.
Some people never learn. But I came in with more weight than he did.
I believe KNB is the best fish attractant around. I have been using it exclusively since 1999.
It's been a while since my last report, but I've fished several tournaments since then. I
recently competed in an invitation only tournament here in south Louisiana called the Pro Bass Challenge ( probasschallenge.com). My fish catching pattern consisted on concentrating on shallow fish in about a foot of water using a SIZMIC
POPPING' TOAD combined with Kick'n Bass garlic scent. It was a hard tournament with low water and high water temps., but I managed to put a nice stringer of delta bass together that weighed 13-14 lbs.(5 fish).
[The fish that I was catching weren't really feeding], but they couldn't resist the action of the Sizmic toad combined with the taste of the KNB Garlic scent.
Well it's finally up and running. My personal website, http://derekaucoin.com
is now live. You will be able to browse the site and read info. about my
sponsors, myself, along with some info. about KNB with a link set up to this site. A special thanks to Ken Kross for making a great product and his continued support.
Thanks, Derek Aucoin
Sponsored by: Kick'n Bass Fish Attractant, Uncle Josh bait Co./ Sizmic Lures, MarineGradeMkt.com, Yo Betty's R.V. Supplies, Raines
Technologies, Falcon Rods, The battery Warehouse Inc, and Richardson Homes. Special thanks to all of my great sponsors, they make this possible. Just wanted to let everyone know to GO GET YOU SOME! People this stuff is no joke . I fished the BFL Piedmont on June 24th and caught about 30 fish. Everyone was struggling for bites but I was having a field day. Kicknbass did help me win Big Bass Honors and move me into 10th place in the points. Ken I will need to get some more of your great lure. Keep Up the good work. Thanks. Wayne The report is a little late but it is a good one. We fished the bfl on 6/24/06 on Kerr Lake. Things were pretty good with a 48th place finish. Using the
Kick'n Bass crawfish I managed to catch 50 fish but only three kept for 9lbs. 4oz.
In that 9-4 I had big fish weighing 5-4. That itself earned me a check for
$915.00 as well as moved me op to number 10 overall. Once again Thanks
Kick'n Bass!!!! Cosmic, Just wanted to let everyone know about the last
tournament. Ended up finishing 41st on a very tough tournament. As
tough as the bite was Kick'n Bass keep me where I needed to be. The
lake fishes very small and I fished behind of allot of boats and
people. Even under these conditions I still got what I needed using
Kick'n Bass anise/shad. You can check out the standings and see how
tough it was. I bet allot of those guys wished they had some on
board. Thanks again for a great product and look forward to talking
with you. Wayne o.k. Ken KNB did it again. Had a tournament on Jordan Lake in
N.C. on Saturday. Again found fish both guarding fry and spawning.
Fairly stained to muddy water. Had caught my first and sorry to say
only keeper at 8 a.m. on a craw soaked tube. Partner had thrown at
same fish 4 times without a look. Put that tube in there and caught
a 3.02 largemouth. Lake has 16" slot. From then on had to share
craw scent with partner. He caught 2 after starting to use it on a
rig spot. I may have only caught one fish Saturday, but got those
all important points. Moved from 82nd to 39th. Thanks Ken and keep
up the good work. By the way gave my partner the remainder of the
bottle and have yet another convert. Well this was the first Tournament of the
new year and I managed to Win
plus pick up Lunker
at 5.65 lbs. The water was 50% and muddy with
20 t0 30 mph winds. I used 5 inch grubs and lots of Kick'n® Bass in
anise shad scent. I knew that to feel a bite I would need the fish
to hang on to the plastic a few extra seconds.
Well the bass I caught did hang on for
those few seconds that I needed and only because of Kick'n Bass, I
truly believe in this scent. GREAT STUFF, Cos Cherif What
can I say Cherif, you have got it going on man. First and Big
Fish... way to go. Keep us informed on how the tour goes. Cosmic> Had BFL tournament on Lake Gaston,Va/N.C. Was boat #198 so
bedding fish was out. Had found some fish on docks Thursday but as
usual in spring a front moved in. Fished same pattern most of the
morning and finally put on a trailer that had been soaking in Kick'n
Bass overnight. Caught first of 2 keepers under a dock. Found a bed
that I hadn't seen before and pitched my jig and trailer into it.
The 2 1/2 lber. nailed it and took off towards the center of the
creek. 2nd keeper. Only ended with 4.03 lbs. but without Kick'n Bass
results would have been worse. Hey Stan write
me, sounds like you deserve some free Kick'n® Bass. Cos> HEY GUYS. JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO COSMO AND KICK'N BASS FOR
SAVING ME ONCE AGAIN. THE BFL VISITED LAKE GASTON ON 4-8-06 AND MAN
WAS IT TOUGH. I DID NOT PLACE VERY WELL BUT I DID EARN SOME VALUABLE
POINTS TO HELP TOWARDS THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT
AT THE END OF THE YEAR. I WILL SAY WITHOUT KICKING BASS I
WOULD HAVE EGGED THIS ONE FOR SURE. WITH A LITTLE GARLIC WE
CAUGHT OVER 20 FISH BUT ONLY HAD 5 TO KEEP.
I FINISHED 84TH OVERALL BUT STILL STAND 23RD
IN THE OVERALL POINTS. WE HEAD TO LAKE JORDAN NEXT MONTH AND I WILL
BE SURE TO KEEP ALL INFORMED. Central Texas fishing is getting good. I have been boating 25 to 35 fish a day on lake Fayette county and Lake Bastrop. Fayette
fish are averaging around 5 lb to 6 lb. Looking for a guide give me a call.
979-575-4863
Thanks. Bo Berry JUST GOT BACK FROM KERR LAKE IN NORTH CAROLINA. IT WAS VERY TOUGH ALL THREE DAYS WE SPENT THERE. ALLOT OF THE LOCALS AND OTHER TOURNAMENT FISHERMAN WERE FISHING CRANKBAITS AND JERKBAITS. NOT REALLY ON A PATTERN I DECIDED TO FISH A JIG THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT AND TRY TO MAKE THE BEST OF THINGS. USING A
NEAL'S HANDCRAFTED JIG AND ZOOM CHUNK I MANAGED TO GET A LIMIT AND MY CO ANGLER
NEVER GOT A BITE. HE COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHY, AFTER ALL I GAVE HIM THE JIG AND HE HAD THE TRAILERS. I SHOWED HIM WHY WHEN I ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED SOME OF MY TRAILERS SOAKED IN KICKNBASS GARLIC. HE REPLIED
THAT COULD NOT BE THE DIFFERENCE. WELL I BELIEVE IT WAS AFTER ALL I FINISHED 18TH OUT OF A
200 BOAT FIELD AND CAME HOME WITH A CHECK. HE MAY HAVE LEFT WITH MORE THAN I DID THOUGH, HE LEFT WITH A
VALUABLE LESSON AND I WILL GUARANTEE HE WONT LEAVE HOME WITHOUT KICK'N BASS ANYMORE. THANKS FOR A GREAT PRODUCT AND SUPPORT. Wow!!! If this isn't proof I don't know what is. I just got finished competing in the Louisiana B.A.S.S. Federation spring tournament and finished the 2 day event in 17th place out of about 140
competitors. On day 1, I drew out a fisherman who was currently in 8th place in the point standings. So I let him fish the front of my boat until he caught his first keeper fish and then we would rotate front to back. Well, needless to say I caught my first 3 keeper fish right behind him using KNB Crawfish. He was using BANG GARLIC and wasn't getting any bites. When he
finally caught his first fish I went to the front and immediately caught my forth fish. A little later on I finished out my limit with a nice 3 pounder. For the rest of the day I
continued to out fish him. It was a tough day for fishing but I still managed to catch a limit weighing about 11 lbs. using KNB Craw even under tough fishing
pressure. Thanks to Kick'n Bass I now have a chance to make the Louisiana State Team. Our next Fed. Tournament is in Sept. on the Red River and you can bet that I will stocked up with KNB.
Kick'n Bass Pro Staff, Derek Aucoin
Sponsored by: Kick'n Bass Fish Attractant, MarineGrade Marketing, Yo Betty's R.V. Supplies, The Battery Warehouse Inc. of Denham Springs, Raines Technologies, Falcon Rods, Richardson Homes, and Uncle Josh Bait Co.
Good job Derek.. remember you can lead a horse to
water.. but then it's up to them. Glad you put a Kick'n ® Bass whipping
on him... LOL Cosmic> I have another Kick'n Bass report I would like to share with everyone. On Sunday Jan. 22 I was prefishing for our B.A.S.S.
Federation Club tournament, and KNB pulled through for me again to no surprise. I was flipping
shallow wooded cover in the canals off the main lake and was catching some nice prespawn bass. The fish were getting ready to move up on the beds. Even though it is still kind of early for them to do this in south LA. the water temp. was around 60 degrees and they were getting ready to spawn. I was applying the
Kick'n Bass crawfish scent to my bait and they were really eating it. My best 5 fish went about 14#.
I can't wait until this weekend to get back on the water and see what else KNB can help me catch.
F.Y.I. My new email address is dpaucoin@yahoo.com
. I am also in the process of putting a website together so everyone will be able to visit me and obtain information about my great sponsors. It will have alot info. about KNB and myself so I encourage everyone to check it out. It is
www.derekaucoin.com . It isn't open right now, but I will let you know when it is. Also, I would like to thank Ken Kross for having such a great website where we can all stay in touch with each other and share
info about KNB. Kick'n Bass Pro Staff DEREK AUCOIN
Baton Rouge, LA
A special thanks to all of my sponsors, they make it possible for me to fish at such a competitive level:
Kick'n Bass Fish Attractant, MarineGrade Marketing, Yo Betty's R.V. Supplies, Falcon Rods, Raines Technologies, The Battery Warehouse Inc. of Denham Springs, and Richardson Homes. Hello everyone..... Been a little busy down here in southwest La. compliments of Hurricane Rita. Hope all of the pro-staff is doing well. Hope everyone is going to have a great New Year. Kick-n-Bass is still the best fish attractant out on the market today and
I am glad to tell everyone about it. To all the new pro-staffers I welcome you and look forward to chatting with you and the old pro-staffers you already know me....if there is anything
I can do for yall let me know. Have a great day and keep fishing.
Dave Brown: Gary Yamamoto Pro-Staff, Kick-n-Bass Pro-Staff, I would like to share with everyone some of my favorite ways in
which to use Kick'n Bass. Besides just putting it directly on your lure, try taking your favorite KNB scent and squirt it directly into your favorite bags of soft plastics. Doing this allows the scent to soak into your baits, and it will increase the life of your soft plastics because they won't "dry out", the scent keeps them nice and moist for an extended period of time. Try doing this with your worms, grubs,
spinner bait trailers etc. I like to use KNB craw scent on all of my "creature baits", and I use the garlic on all of my tubes and even on my soft plastic
top water baits like frogs and floating worms. If you don't already do this, try it and watch your fish catching rate increase.
I also like to take my spinner baits and but them into individual bags and apply the
Kick'n Bass shad to them. I have had tremendous success doing this. There is no wrong way to use
Kick'n Bass, and I am so grateful to be involved with a product that works and is so
versatile.
GOOD LUCK FISHING
Kick'n Bass Pro Staff
Derek Aucoin
Baton Rouge, Louisiana I have been using Kick'n Bass products for several years now and I am hooked. There is no doubt in my mind that this is the best attractant on the market. The fish really love it. For example, my brother and I went fishing yesterday {12/30/05} for bass and were throwing soft plastic baits.
I was using
Kick'n Bass and he wasn't. While I was catching fish he was just getting short strikes. He then started using
Kick'n Bass and started catching fish with me. It was unbelievable how hard they were hitting our baits, it was like the fish were mad at it. We continued to catch bass throughout the day thanks to
Kick'n Bass. We had the opportunity to talk to several other fisherman who were also throwing soft plastics and they were having the same problem that my brother was having earlier. They would say "
It's like their just picking it up but their not eating it." But thanks to Kick'n Bass we caught 31 bass
when everyone else was struggling. That just goes to show you the fish catching power that
Kick'n Bass offers in their fine line of attractants. When all else fails
Kick'n Bass always comes through for me. No matter what species of fish you're
pursuing, they have a product that will work for you. My personal favorite is the crawfish scent. Living in south Louisiana our bass
predominantly feed on crawfish and Kick'n Bass Crawfish matches the hatch perfectly.
It is so powerful you can smell it through the bottle. Really. Try it, it's true. It also stays on your bait for a long time. I applied it to my soft plastic bait and started fishing and 30 min. later you could still smell it on the bait. This product outlast it's
competitors because it doesn't use water in its production. If you haven't
tried Kick'n Bass before give it a shot. You won't be disappointed. I strongly believe in Kick'n Bass' products because they work for me and I know they will for you. It will help you catch more fish as it did for me
yesterday. Thank you Kick'n Bass for making a product that lasts and really works. KICK'N BASS PRO STAFF DEREK AUCOIN BATON ROUGE, LA. 12/30/05
I would like to wish Cos, the Pro-Staff and all that makes Kick'n Bass work a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and please be safe. Cherif Hi to everyone and I hope you all had a great year fishing. My year here in Pa. is almost over for bass tournaments, but I had a good year. One thing I well tell you is that this year was hard to find fish and stay on them. As you seen at the B.A.S.S. classic. I did a lot of dropshotting this year and it
paid off. I used baits made by Lake Police and Robo Worm. They seem to have
a lot better action then other baits made for Texas rigging. but the one constant was Kick'n Bass. I believe that made a difference because of how slow I had to work the bait. The fish had, and took their time to look and smell the bait
over, and when they took the bait, they inhaled it. Well I will close and let you know how the walleye's are doing this winter. Cos, thanks again for a great product Cherif Above is the article about the championship I fished, and my points finish for 2005.
THANK YOU Kick-N-Bass !!!
Jerry Drazer
KNB Pro-Staff Indiana Well, went and fished the moonlighter tournament up at lake amador on the 20th of this month. This was a 7 P.M. - 7
A.M. tournament with a weigh in at 12 A.M. and 7 A.M. Started off the night throwing 5 1/2 inch 082 worms and lizards topped with KNB Craw. First fish caught was a 4, so things are looking good. Then proceeded to catch a few threes and another four, all good fish and no small ones
( I am not complaining about that )These fish would not let go of the bait, they liked the taste of Craw. the bad part was
a lot of the fish where swallowing the worm thanks to KNB. We had the first weigh in and we weighed in 17 1/2 pounds good so far for second place. We then headed back out and the bite seemed to turn off for us.
We tried using other scents with nothing biting.
We then decided to go back to what has been working 5 1/2 inch 082 with KNB Craw, and started catching fish again but smaller ones, but
at least we where getting the bites. We weighed in a small limit of 8 1/2 pounds for the second weigh in for a total of 26 pounds good enough for 3rd place and it had to do with the scent. The fish where on a heavy crawdad bite and just turned on by the Craw scent.
The bad part in all of this was the guys that I met that where fishing the week prior that where not getting any bites, and gave them a few samples of KNB and they where the ones that took
first place, so I think they like KNB know. I told them to remember who gave that scent to them and who makes it, and they told me that they will never forget it.
This just proves to those people that do not believe in scent that it really does help on your catching of nice fish. Thanks Cos for everything and I hope to beat those guys know that I turned on to KNB..... Well, things are looking good here in California for the night fishing. Went up to Lake Amador to pre fish for a upcoming moonlighter tournament, all I can say is what a night. Started off throwing 5 1/2 inch 082 worms topped with kick'n crawdad, and what a combination. We started off catching fish ranging from 1 LB. to 4LB. Moved to another area throwing the same bait and same KNB and
caught a 8.3 pounder, what a brute. Then I moved over towards the damn dead sticking a
senko topped with KNB crawdad and right off the bat, catching fish. I was catching fish 2-4 LBS non stop and when they hit, freight train from hell.
I talked with a few other boaters on the water that night and said that they had a really hard time catching fish
because of all of the bait fish in the water. I know for a fact if they where using KNB craw, that would of been the difference for them. I gave them a few test tubes too try out on there next trip but have not heard back from them yet, but I bet they will be buying KNB soon..... Kinda been on a "luck roll" -I'd rather be lucky than good any day.
In JULY I won the NBM-TVA Series qualifier on Lake Shafer.
The link to the article is above. It was quite a day, KNB comes through again!!
Then later in July I fished the NBM-TVA Series qualifier on Manitou. I ended up in
2nd place in that one. The fishing was kinda tough, as I skipped pontoon boats with worms that were laced with KNB Crawfish.
Then last week I won the final NBM-TVA series qualifier on Shafer - believe it or not. The fishing was pretty tough, as this was another low weight event. Thanks to Kick-N-Bass Garlic I was able to weigh in
the only limit of the day.
What's more though, is I won the 2005 AOY title. I owe it all to Kick-N-Bass. Extra bites in each tournament, give you a few more points usually, and
sometimes gives you the opportunity to win.
If you get only two extra keeper bites in each tournament because of using KNB. That adds up to 12-14 extra keepers through the year. That adds up.
Kick-N-Bass IS THE MOST AWESOME PRODUCT I HAVE IN MY BOAT.
The NBM-TVA Bass championship is next month. There's a lot of good competition in that series, I hope lady luck will stick to my baits as well as Kick-N-Bass does.
Just wanted to give my June report.
On June 4th I finished in 4th place at the TNBA-TVA Manitou qualifier. Had a limit that weighed in at 9.01 pounds, used worms with KNB-Garlic in both
submerging and emergent grass to boat
22 keepers that day. One would think I'd have had a kicker or two. But it was not to be. KNB really performs, they didn't jump onto the worms with crawfish, but simply changing scents tripped some kind of trigger through their chemoreception and did the trick (thanks for the tip Cosmo).
I finished 2nd in the NBM-TVA qualifier on Freeman. Not much to write about, it was very tough. I had three pups that weighed 5.08 or something like that. KNB gets a BIG THANK YOU. I caught quite a few bass, just not many keepers. I would've won the event but the 1st place guy had one that he was able to get to "squeak and touch the line". Oh well, gett'em next time.
Talk to you next month.
J. Drazer
KNB Pro-Staff (INDIANA) 21 MAY 2005, The morning brings the start of the May Long Weekend here in Ontario Canada. My partner Sherry-Lynne and I were signed in with the JackFish Lure Company Northern Pike Tournament. We headed into Crystal Bay a well known pike hangout. We started throwing bucktails and spoons coated with
Kick'n Bass (Garlic). The water was calm and just so for the storms that started passing through we fished on despite the heavy rains ever watchful for the lightening that would send us flying for the marina. We had by now landed 5 Northern Pike all under 5lbs and we still was hopeful for the big one. Late in the afternoon Sherry-Lynne is throwing a buzzbait when the surface erupted like a volcano and she has a big pike on the end of her line. Ten minutes later we netted the fish and it was 34 inches long and weighed eleven and one half pounds. We allowed the fish to rest and held it boat side until it was strong enough to swim away on its own. Right then a bolt of lightening shot across the sky in the distance and we buttoned everything down and headed to the marina.
Sherry-Lynne won the tournament with her big pike
and if you were to ask her, she will tell you the lure selection and the
Kick'n Bass (Garlic) called that big one in!
Respectfully,
Willis "SNAGMAN" Beam, Independent Field Tester Why to go Sherry-Lynne... guess snagman is
doing the dishes this week. Go Girl! Just want to stop in and give an update for the month of May.
I fished the Indiana BASS Federation District Tournament ended up in 10th place and
qualified for the Indiana BASS Federation State Finals later this year. Don't know if I'll go or not, I have another tournament that same weekend. We'll see... KNB performed magnificently while site fishing with my partners. You can actually see the difference in how the fish react to the baits.
Then I fished the TVA Bass Series Tournament on Morse Lake and ended up in 4th place.
Sitting in 2nd currently in the point standings in NBM-TVA Bass Series for now. I feel optimistic, but there's a lot of good anglers right on my heels. This was a tough event, not many bites, not much of a weigh-in. HOW TOUGH? Well, it's not often you get 4th with 2 bass especially on a lake where anglers weigh lots of limits.
That's all for now.
Jerry D.
KNB Pro-Staff Indiana
Keep on Kick'n Bass® Jerry... bring home those 1st place
checks. Way to go. Cos> Went to Don Pedro on Saturday to pre fish for an upcoming 100% pro team event. Started out the morning throwing topwater, and nothing going on. At about 7:30 starting throwing a keeper worm in 082 color topped with Craw KNB, and still nothing. I always catch fish up there on a 082. So I decided to try out the garlic scent instead, and it seems that the fish where feeling
Italian this day. I started getting bit right away. I usually don't use to much garlic scent, but
I think that I am going to have to start. I only got bit when I had garlic on, it was really
weird. But I stuck with that pattern the rest of the day and put some nice fish in the boat and shook off
a lot of fish, but
it was pretty hard to get those fish to let go of the bait, they like Garlic. So I will be starting next weekend wi
Well from the looks of it folks, we got us a new place to gather information.
I hope that everyone on our Pro-Staff will use this board. We should be able to post upcoming events, past events, anything that you feel like.
This board can be used for planning a tournament to an unknown lake. Just e mail a Pro-Staffer from that state and ask what's happening.
If you haven't been to our new Brag'n Board, go over a take a look. The Pro-Staff are on one page by themselves and other fishermen, kids etc on a different page. I cleaned up a lot of the pages and
will rescan some of the old pictures when I have
time. (I scan better now).
Have fun. Take care. Cosmic
To file a report please
click here
>
Good job Sunshine.. biggest fish is something I
hear a alot from new users.. Congratulations. Cos>
Way to go Madeline... represent those women!
Cos>
Thank you "Sunshine"... sorry that big one got
away... but we all know that happens... Cos>
Thank you for the report... you are one hot
stick buddy.... Cos>
Way to go Cherif... thanks for the reports...
Cos>
ps: Thanks Cosmic for the Best Fish Attractant in the world.
Wish I was fishing with you Bo! Cosmic
Tracker Boats State Team, CastAway Rods Pro-Staff
Take Dave up on his offer and send him an e-mail to get to
know him. Cosmic>
Remember to apply KNB to a DRY
lure so it stick better than one dipped in water. Cosmic>
Same to you and your family. Cos>
