Testimony sent into Kick'nŽ BassŽ from readers like you.
Charlie Williams
Texas
KNB Garlic & Crawfish
Friday, May 26, 2006
Ken Just to let the fine folks a Kick'n Bass know I got an 8.62# Bass and we had a 5 fish 15.19# Limit good for Big bass and 7th place overall in the May Ignition Bass tournament on Lake Cedar Creek. We had a tough time getting bit until we started using KNB scents on our baits. The results speak for the effectiveness of Kick'n Bass products!
Thanks Yall! Charlie Williams / Bazztex www.TexasFishingForum.com
Rob Trumble
Arizona
KNB "Anise Shad"
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Well I am hooked on the Anise shad!! I spent several days at Roosevelt Lake trying Soft Jerk Baits with and without KNB. It was as if I was just throwing out a bare hook when I did not use it, I would see the fish follow the bait and then just turn away. At that point I would switch to an Identical bait with the KNB Anise Shad Formula and BAM!!! the fish would just demolish the bait. Great Job Ken, you have a customer for life!!! hey Rob... when you read this page you will see you have a lot of other guys that have had the very same exact experience.... I pay $1,300 to fish a HOT Mexican lake one year... same thing... KNB saved the trip... pulled up to a sandbar where there must have been a million fish pre-spawn.. threw everything in the book at them, until I took some old worms from 10 years ago and put on KNB.. then we started to catch fish... so thanks... we just make something that works.. in this world that is worth a post! Cos>
Frank Johnson
MA
None
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Good service (Saw you posted this last time you got your order.. so what is good about our service Frank? and thank you. Cos)
Derek Aucoin
Louisiana
Fishing Tips with Kick'nŽ Bass
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
I would like to share with everyone some of my favorite ways in which to use Kick'nŽ Bass. Besides just applying it directly to your lure, try taking your favorite KNB scent and squirt some directly into your bags. By doing this, you allow the power of KNB to go to work for you and it will soak into your soft plastics. It also prevents your baits from "drying out", and in return they will last longer. Use this technique on your worms, grubs, spinnerbait trailers etc. I also like to take my spinnerbait and put them into individual bags and apply the shad scent to them. The skirts will soak up the scent. Try using these few tips and apply them to your fishing techniques and watch your fish catching rate increase. There is no "wrong way" to use Kick'nŽ Bass, and I am so grateful to be involved with a product that works and is also so versatile.
GOOD LUCK FISHING
Kick'nŽ Bass Pro Staff Derek Aucoin Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Derek Aucoin
Louisiana
Kick 'N Bass Crawfish
Saturday, December 31, 2005
I have been using Kick'nŽ 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'nŽ Bass and he wasn't. While I was catching fish he was just getting short strikes. He then started using Kick'nŽ 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'nŽ 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 they are just picking it up but they are not eating it." But thanks to Kick'nŽ Bass we caught 31 bass when everyone else was struggling. That just goes to show you the fish catching power that Kick'nŽ Bass offers in their fine line of attractants. When all else fails Kick'nŽ 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'nŽ 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'nŽ Bass before give it a shot. You won't be disappointed. I strongly believe in Kick'nŽ 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'nŽ Bass for making a product that lasts and really works. Kick'nŽ Bass PRO STAFF DEREK AUCOIN BATON ROUGE, LA. 12/30/05 Had a lot of comments from Walleye fishermen who get short strikes all the time... now using KNB they get full hook ups.. that's cool. thanks Derek. Cos>
Frank Johnson
MA
none
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
good service
Glen Harwell
Arizona
Kick'nŽ Bass Crawdad
Friday, November 04, 2005
I hope none of my club members read this. I have two Juice Bug dip containers on my Skeeter and have used Kick'nŽ Bass for the last two years. In a tournament two weeks ago I outfished my partner 12 to 2. Last week in a different tournament my partner was running the boat and asked what the containers were for. I told him and he said that that stuff stinks and doesn't work. When I had him down 9 to 1 he decided to try Kick'nŽ Bass. We ended up 14 to 4. I am number one in my club through October and I fish 90% Texas rig using Kick'nŽ Bass. The product really works and the fish hold the bait longer. (Thanks Glen for those 12 to 2 comments, seems to be a theme on this page with the same remarks. Cosmic>)
Jason Brock
AZ
all Kick'nŽ Bass - bass scents
Saturday, October 08, 2005
Kick'nŽ Bass works great for me, been using it for a while. I always use the craw on jigs, and I am excited every time you come out with new flavor's. When my backseater is having trouble getting bit I always give them some. Let me know if there is ever an opportunity to represent your product as I fish several circuits and would be happy to be associated with Kick'nŽ Bass, thanks again for the great product. Jason Brock Gilbert AZ
Willis "SNAGMAN" Beam
Ontario Canada
Kick'nŽ Bass (Garlic) (Walleye) Scents
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Hello from Canada, its the 2005 fishing season here and the walleye have been running since ice out back in the first part of April. We have been out on an average four days a week since, catching walleye on the average three to four pounds. But we have also been boating some trophy's in the eight-nine and ten pound range. These breeders get a picture and back into the river they go. We do a lot of vertical jigging with different plastics in depths to 38 feet. I soak all my plastics with the Kick'nŽ Bass (Garlic), but have found the walleye likes the Kick'nŽ Bass (Walleye) scent. I have had guests on the boat who scoffed at using any scents and felt tipping their jig & plastic with a minnow was better and more productive, until my technique and rigging and use of Kick'nŽ Bass (Walleye) or (Garlic) fills everyone's limit. Then they want to try some. Don't be afraid to put a dab of the scent on live bait it really works. I have used Kick'nŽ Bass since 1998 and have tested it against other popular scents on the market. Do I believe its a confidence thing "of course" I do, do I use it to mask my scent on the bait and line and covering contaminants in the water " sure I do". Have I proven over and over again throughout the years that Kick'nŽ Bass works my catch ratio out fishing has proven that time and time again. Kick'nŽ Bass helped me win the title of Angler of the Year in 2004 and Rookie of the Year again in 2004. If you fish for the walleye get some Kick'nŽ Bass (Walleye) or (Garlic) scent and find out for yourself. Thanks Ken and Kick'nŽ Bass for making my time on the water more productive! Respectfully Willis "SNAGMAN" Beam Independent Field Tester
Sherry-Lynne "BASSETTE" Lee
Ontario
Kick'nŽ Bass (Garlic)
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
21 MAY 05 my partner Willis "SNAGMAN" Beam and I was registered for a Northern Pike Tournament, held by the JackFish Lure Company here in Canada. Both Willis and I have been long time users of all the Kick'nŽ Bass products and we find the Garlic scent and the Anise/Shad works the best for us. We both will switch to the Crawfish scent when the bite changes. Walleye Scent well that's held especially for the walleye and its really good. Back to the tourney, we motor into Crystal Bay a well known hangout for Northern Pike, we started throwing bucktails and spoons coated with Kick'nŽ Bass (Garlic) it wasn't long before we had five small pike in the boat, but no signs of any big boys. Willis kept throwing the bucktails and I switched over to a buzzbait and I really soaked it good with the Kick'nŽ Bass (Garlic). Willis was up in the front of the boat watching a storm front moving in and was just saying we better get ready to make the run to the marina, when the water erupted like a volcano and a big pike was tearing my buzzbait to pieces. Ten minutes later in a steady downpour of rain we netted the pike and it was thirty-four inches long and weighed eleven and one half pounds. We revived the tired fish by the boat and once it realized it was free with a big splash it swam off into the weeds. We hurried securing everything down the rain was coming down harder and Willis seen lightening off in the distance. We made it safely back to the marina and trailered the boat just as the lightening and thunder passed over with winds gusting over 60mph. Well the end result was I won the tournament and I strongly believe that it was the buzzbait and the trail of Kick'nŽ Bass (Garlic) that called that big pike in. Willis & I are well known in this part of Ontario as Independent Field Testers for the Angling Industry and everyone knows our secret weapon is the Kick'nŽ Bass products. Even if we get lures presented we always soak them in Kick'nŽ Bass. This is from a woman's perspective and a woman angler who knows Kick'nŽ Bass works. There goes Sherry-Lynne telling those KNB stories... your check is in the mail my friend. Cos>
John Malzahn
NEW YORK
Kick'nŽ Bass -GARLIC&CRAW
Thursday, May 26, 2005
I just recently fished my fist B.A.S.S. tourney in Maryland on the Potomac River it was a tough day of fishing right up to the moment I added your product. The fish were biting so softly you didn't know they were there. That all changed with Kick'nŽ Bass, the fish not only bit harder they did not want to let go. Thanks to Kick'nŽ Bass I had a ninth place finish and a great start in the Bassmaster's Series Northeast Division. Hi John... got to start using KNB the night before the big tournaments... soak your tubes or worms in Tupperware bowls and hook them on while they are dripping wet with KNB... Some won't even hit the bottom before you get hit. We always soak our worms. If you mix colors they will bleed into each other so only one color to a container or baggie. Good luck in your next T> cosmic>
Larry McNeil
Mississippi
Crawfish & Shad
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Hi Ken, I don't know if you remember me, but I was the guy who called you 5 years ago when I was living in Chicago. I ordered my first bottle of Kick'nŽ Bass directly from you. Let me tell you, I have been a Kick'nŽ Bass nut since then. I never go fishing without it. You talked to me for 30 minutes or so on how to use the product. You also ask me to call you back to see how I had done. I am sorry that it has taken so long for me to get back with you(5 years) but I have been to busy catching fish with your product. This stuff really works. Everyone who fish with me leaves my boat saying "I gotta get some of that stuff. Thanks for making a find product!! Hi Larry.... weren't you the guy we sent out for coffee while we were in our duck blind? Seems to me the other duck hunters froze to death waiting for that warm Starbucks cappuccino.... Oh well... better late then never. Glad you are still Kick'nŽ Bass after all this time. Thanks for the post.
I decided to try your product last weekend even though I am loyal to Jacks Juice Fish Attractants. After using your products for a few hours and not getting any action I had to go back to my trusty Jacks Juice. I caught 4 fish in 30 minutes weighing 12 pounds. I just wanted to give you an honest assessment of your product compared to the best. Thanks for the post Bob. Glad the water warmed up in the afternoon so the fish bite started. :-}
From: Andy Wiles
Date: 11/25/04 15:50:05
Subject: Hello and Thank You!
11/26/04
Dear Ken,
A few months ago I ordered
a bottle of Kick-n-Bass. You were kind enough to send me 2
bottlesBass Craw and Bass Garlic. In August 2004, I took the Bass
Garlic to fish at a lake in my hometown, Pleasanton Kansas. This is a
small community, about 70 miles south of Kansas City. I
grew up fishing this small lake, which is also the town water supply. I
know every inch of this lake! This year has proven to be
one of the toughest for catching Bass, as Im sure you are well
aware. Just when I thought it couldnt get any worse
I found the
bottle of Kick-n-Bass in the bottom of my tackle bag. Well, to say the
least
the rest is history! I caught over 75 Bass that day. I was
astonished that the product worked as well as it did on my first use.
This took my confidence to another level and I decided to enter my
first tournament in years. On September 11th, 2004, I fished a
Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League Super Tournament (BFL) at Table Rock Lake
in Branson, Missouri. Although I have fished here in the
past, with little success, I had a new level of assurance since I was
armed with my Kick-n-Bass!!
I entered as a co-angler,
fishing only out of the back of the boat. I did not have any say
in where we were fishingI was just excited to be there. The odds
were stacked against me as the pro-angler had complete control. This
was a two-day super tournament and I needed to place in the top 20% in
order to come back and fish the second day. Thanks to Kick-n-Bass, I
out fished BOTH of the pro-anglers! On the first day, I took 6th place
and on the second day, 4th. I was able to cash my first winnings and I
was ecstatic. Although I would love to chalk this up to my
outstanding abilities, I know that my winning is partly due to your
product. Simply put, it works and it works well.
I would like to personally
thank you and rest assured, I will continue to use Kick-n-Bass in all
my future endeavors. Like I mentioned, this was the< first
tournament I had fished in years, and its definitely not going to
be my last!
With many sincere thanks Andy Wiles, Gardner, KS 66030
From: VSPS.com Inc.
Date: 02/13/04 20:54:39
To: Ken Kross
Subject: 2003 State Champ on KNB
Hi Ken
This is what Chuck wrote about his AZ 2003
record bass.
----- Original Message -----
From: jim
uggla teri fournier
To: Ken
(Cosmic) Kross
Cc: jim uggla teri
fournier
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 8:56 AM
Subject: Thanks for the products.
Ken, Thanks
again for the products and the hat. The last time we talked on the phone I
mentioned that my "honey hole" was still producing. Until last
Tuesday when the water temp. dropped to 44.0 degrees, it had "burped
up" 443
Lbs. of Stripers.
All but eight
were released. They all were caught with the aid of Kick'n Bass. I never
leave the dock without it.
Also, I will take the samples to the boat and tackle show that we talked
about, (I have a booth at same). I will make sure that all
anglers that are breathing will know about Kick'n Bass.
Stay well my friend and remember that
we always will have room on board for you.
Bass wishes,
Jim & Heide , Broken
Barriers Guide Services Jim Uggla, 17 Judio Ln. Hot Springs Village AR 71909, 1-501-915-0581,
Cell, 1-922-8648
Hello Ken, Well the 2003 Bass Season is over. the boat is wrapped and winterized and I wait anxiously for Spring 2004 to arrive. Since 1998 when Paul Duclos introduced me to Kick'nŽ Bass, I have been faithful to your scents. I have read and been involved in many of the controversies over the scent/attractant issues. But I will say this from my own personal experiences and usage Kick'nŽ Bass will work if a person uses it. Yes it can smell.. Yes if some precautions are not taken it can be messy. But so can't catching a 20 pound musky. They smell and are very messy if it comes in contact with the boat carpet. Anyway I digress. I ended the season of 2003 field testing some new lures etc and on one specific tube I caught my biggest smallmouth bass to date @ 6.90lbs. The tube was soaked in Kick'nŽ Bass (Garlic) and the bite that day was pretty tuff for Lake St Clair. But I found that smallie laying in the weeds as I brought the tube along the out side edge. Also my fiancé' Sherry Lynne she took Rookie of the Year honors with a lure company here in Canada and set some new records for their field test team and she too added Kick'nŽ Bass to her arsenal of fishing equipment. All in All she ended up with eight smallies weighing in over 5lbs and has pictures of a 20 plus pound musky where she coated the big monster lure with Kick'nŽ Bass (Anise/Shad). During the fall feed I switched over to walleye fishing to fill the freezer for the coming winter months and using Kick'nŽ Bass (Walleye) I out fished two of my three fishing buddies using artificial baits while the one tipped everything with live minnows. I also went to tipping live bait but added a little KNB (Garlic) and caught the biggest walleye of my life so far. So my confidence in Kick'nŽ Bass is as strong as the (Garlic) smell itself. So I look forward to 2004 and the hunt for the big fish here in Ontario! Thanks to you and to Kick'nŽ Bass Willis "SNAGMAN" Beam
I HAVEN'T GOT TO USE ANY OF YOUR PRODUCTS UNFORTUNATELY BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU ABOUT MY LUCK ON THE BAIT I USE TO HELP OTHERS BUT I WOULD LIKE TO USE SOME OF YOUR PRODUCTS THANK YOU AND I HOPE SOME PEOPLE WILL TAKE MY TIP AND USE IT
Hello Ken and all you fishing people!
I found KNB by searching for a "bass scent" on Google's search engine. In short I found this site.
I emailed your company with the typical questions like "what scent do I need if I know for sure shad are all over the lake I frequent?" and " why can't I just buy it straight from you instead of a dealer?" etc. All my questions were answered readily and in fact one day after I SENT this in an email --- "I just won't be sure which scent to use. There are shad in this lake I fish but not sure if I ever saw any licorice in it. Garlic? Not sure. Crayfish? Possible, but still not sure." --- I got this REPLY --- "There is no garlic or licorice in ANY lake... there is no ice cream growing from trees either,,, but we like it.... fish like the flavors we make... why is another question that could be debated for 100 years." --- The next day I actually got a call from Ken himself! He told me to go with GARLIC!
So I went with GARLIC. I placed my order through Bass Pro Shop's online catalog. It was a bit expensive paying $8.95 to ship a 4 oz. bottle of "testimonials" and the snail mail Bass Pro Shop uses is a bit too much for my patience but eventually I got the KNB in my hands.
The package arrived about an hour before I had to go into work but impatient me had to run a quick trial of it at my favorite hole beforehand.
It was a hot, 90% humidity day. Nearly 2 in the afternoon and I'm rushing to this lake with the scent already spilled into my favorite bag of plastics. Keeping a sharp eye on my watch I count down the time I need to leave so I could still ready for work and be on time to bore the girls there with my fishing success. All this time I keep singing, "C'mon Kick N'Bass" ", "Catch us some fishys" while sporadically working my worm with it's dab of new scent.
Oh my goodness, I need to be at work for 3 and it's after 2:30! I didn't get a nibble yet!
By 3 p.m. I'm leaving the lake late for work and I have no stories for the girls. I smell from sweat and GARLIC and need a shave and shower, so by the time I get to work I'm a hour late and bummed I threw my cash away. I was even perceiving the KNB was a deterrent to the prey I was after and instead it really only attracted the attention of panfish (they came near but wouldn't nibble) and all the buzzing, flying buggers that seemed to fly right into my face. They never did that before. I blamed this stinky Italian restaurant scent I bought!
The next day I was determined to not be skunked on both ends so I opened up that KNB and OOZED a whole lot more into my worm bag, being sure I really got this stuff covering my plastics. I headed back down to my lake with a day HOTTER than yesterday and almost as HUMID. It was nearing 11:30 a.m. MIDDAY! IN AUGUST! This time when I took my worm from the bag to rig it I see there's KNB literally "dripping" from this thing and my fingers were having a difficult time pushing a hook through this slippery sucker.
My first through fourth casts were all done within a 5 minute period and I had to remind myself to slow it down, it's hot. I remembered yesterday I was more worried about work and I'm sure my finesse fishing suffered greatly from this not to mention me being stingy in applying the KNB. This time I wanted to cover all the bases and come out winning.
The fifth cast felt a telltale nibble. I paused. Felt a nibble again and with a snap of my wrists I pull a wormless hook and sinker back. Something surely swallowed that worm and it felt good!
Okay, I rig up another wet, drippy worm and try again. I even went slower this time. Working each cast about 5-8 minutes. All of a sudden...tick, tick BAM! I hooked an 8 incher! WhooHoo No more skunking me!
I weighed all the environmental differences and concluded it was a tiny bass that would bite no matter what I threw. This scent was still inconclusive.
Then...
Next cast, same worm, still STINKING of KNB. WHAM! Another bass! This time maybe 10 inches. He lost my worm due to a stomach set. Had to cut the line to let him live and rigged another sloppy KNB soaked plastic.
Only a couple casts later another bass about a hair bigger than the second. I start counting fish now and it's not even noon on this HOT lake. I remember reading testimonial of people letting the bass take the bait with an open bail...I did this to this 3rd bass...it's true! Unfortunately it stomach hooks them so I stopped playing that game. As an aside, remember don't try to save a cheap hook when a fish swallows it...the fish is priceless...cut your line.
A fellow fisherman was cruising by in his kayak, asking how I was making out and I screamed from the SHORE, "I got three so far!" I asked how he was doing...He mumbled he was "doing' ok"
Back to my fishing soon found me at 5 bass. Now you need to know that 5 decent bass at my lake is a several hours long day of "work" I was in one spot near the shore and hooked 5 in less than an hour and a half!
I'm not done. Bass # 6 was the biggest! Easily 15 or more inches and over 2 pounds! Remember it was near 92 degrees and nearly as humid and one o'clock in the afternoon! Not even 10 minutes after this 2 pounder, BAM again! FISH NUMBER 7!!!
Seven fish in under two hours and all done from walking back and forth between 100 feet of shoreline using the same plastic worms I always use here but only this time I added my "secret" ... KICK N BASS!
When I phoned my fish partner my success he said catching 7 bass at our lake at this time of day in this heat is completely unusual...even weird.
I didn't tell him about using the KNB and I won't tell him...at least not yet. I want to see how riled he gets on those days we fish that he gets skunked and I "mysteriously" find the exact "holes" where the big ones are laying. Only after I torture him with my fishing prowess will I share the real truth to my success story...KICK N BASS!
Thanks for the phone call Ken!
Gerard M
p.s. I just ordered another bottle from Bass Pro Shop right before I sat to type my testimonial...
