Glenn: Hey folks.
Glenn May here with BassResource.com.
I'm here at the 2015 ICAST show, here at the Savage Gear booth, and if you've seen any
of the Savage Gear baits, you know what I'm talking about.
These are really unique, innovative stuff.
Well I happen to get the guy, the brains behind the designs, the designer himself, Maas, right
here to tell us about some of the brand new baits that are coming out.
What do you got for us?
Maas: Well, the first thing I want to show you is the 3D Shine Glide.
So the 3D Shine Glide is actually a 3D scan of a real golden shiner from Okeechobee Lake,
and as you can see it comes in a five and a half-inch and in a four and a half-inch
right here.
Sorry.
That's a seven and a half-inch and a five and a half-inch.
So what's unique about it is it's tungsten loaded so it keels upright, has a very wide
glide.
The tail is made out of semi-hard PVC, and inside here as you can see it's the first
bait on the market that has a foam damper, so it's actually silent when it shifts direction.
Glenn: Yeah, I can actually feel, it's like a cushion that's in there.
Maas: Yeah, exactly.
Glenn: I've never seen anything like that.
So what exactly does that do for the bait?
Maas: Well it kind of takes the noise out, the clacking noise out, and it gives this
more erratic swimming action so it doesn't look totally like stereotype on the swimming.
And that's just what drives them big bass crazy.
And this is a great cast and retrieve lure, makes spins stops.
You can fish it fast, fish it slow.
For all those people out there that are on this glide bait trend right now, this is just
going to be the money.
So the 3D Shine Glider.
Glenn: 3D Shine Glider, and what do these retail for?
Maas: The big one is at 24.99, and the small one I believe is about 15.
Glenn: Fantastic.
I got to try these out.
What else do you have for us here?
Maas: Yeah, I just want to show you one little thing here that's interesting.
It's actually aimed at saltwater fishing but this is a fantastic shrimp imitation, so for
those areas where they fish crayfish or grass shrimp.
This lure is a 3D scan of a real shrimp.
It has a hard body, and it has a TPE insert here as you can see.
So this is a sinking lure but we fish it as a topwater.
So it's a sinking topwater bait, huge distance.
You cover a lot of water, you pop and walk it back.
If you got a follow fish, you drop it, he will actually swim down just like a real shrimp.
The brain on the little shrimp here, you see the dark area?
That's actually a magnet.
So the magnet holds the treble hook in position so when you do the walk-the-dog, it doesn't
swing and catch your main line.
So that's the 3D Hybrid Shrimp.
Glenn: Actually it's a hard body with . . .
Maas: TPE tails.
Yeah.
Glenn: . . . TPE tails.
Maas: Legs.
That's interesting.
Maas: So fortunate that we won, back-to-back, Best New Hot Lure this year at ICAST show.
Glenn: Very nice.
Now what can I pick that up for?
How much would that cost me?
Maas: I believe this is about a $10 bait.
Glenn: Perfect.
Perfect.
Okay.
And what else do we have here?
Maas: Really for the bass guys, we've got . . . last year we introduced the Fat Vibe
which is a lipless crank that actually swims away from the center line on the drop.
This has become very popular.
So I wanted to make a silent version of that, so I found this TPE material that we use for
the shrimp.
Just amazing for the catch rate.
So this is the world's first TPE lipless crank.
Glenn: Now explain to me, what does TPE mean?
Maas: TPE means Temperature Elastomer.
So it's actually a plasticized material that has pretty much the same feeling as actual,
the flesh of a fish.
Glenn: No kidding.
Maas: And it's super cool, very, very durable.
The only downfall is that you cannot store it with regular PVC lures.
TPE and PVC will eat each other.
But when you see this swim, doesn't matter.
Glenn: So this is actually kind of a soft bait?
Maas: Yeah.
Glenn: You guys got to see this.
That looks like a hard bait.
Look at that, you can squeeze it.
It's a soft bait.
Now that gives it a different type of sound going through the water, different kind of
feel.
Maas: It's actually silent, so there's no sound in it.
All the lipless cranks more or less are very noisy.
I find that on some days, if you can switch to a silent bait, it's the money.
Glenn: So it's more realistic to the fish?
Maas: Exactly.
Glenn: Nice.
Great.
Now how much is that going to be when it comes out?
Maas: I believe that this is about 6.99.
I'm not real strong on the retail price, but you can look that up on the webpage.
Glenn: Okay, perfect.
Awesome.
Thank you so much Maas for your time.
You guys got to check out these brand new baits from Savage Gear, you're going to love
them.