Strike King Lure Company announces the addition of Andy Montgomery of Blacksburg South Carolina to its National team for 2012. At age 29, Andy is a young star on the rise, is very competitive, loves shallow water fishing yet has the ability to adapt to any situation on the water, and has the desire and work ethic to grow in the sport. He is married and being a successful professional fisherman has been a lifelong dream of his. Andy will be fishing the B.A.S.S. Elite Series for his second season after doing well as a rookie last year finishing 9th in the Pride of Georgia tournament on West Point Lake and 6th in the Trokar Battle on the Bayou at Toledo Bend. He is a 5-time FLW Championship Qualifier, a 2011 Bassmaster Classic Qualifier and a 2010 Bassmaster Southern Open Champion. Andy is excited to join the Strike King team and feels that the Company’s vast lure selection and polarized sunglasses will give him the tools he needs to win on the water. He also is attracted to the family-friendly, professional and fishing enthusiasts’ culture of the Company. "We look forward to working with Andy for a long time," says Mark Copley, National Pro Staff manager of Strike King Lure Company.

Andy joins one of the greatest Pro-Staffs in the nation, which includes such veteran stars as Kevin VanDam, Denny Brauer, Shaw Grigsby, Mark Davis, Greg Hackney, Mark Rose, George Cochran, and Mark Menendez and young stars, James Niggemeyer and Jonathon VanDam.

Strike King Lure Company mourns the passing of co-owner Ray Murski. Mr. Murski was an instrumental force in building Strike King into one of the most recognizable names in the fishing lure industry.

Ray Murski was also co-owner Murski Breeding Sales, a sporting goods representative group, and was known as an icon within the outdoor industry. Ray passed away Monday afternoon after his vehicle was involved in an accident near Burnet, Texas.

Murski, 72, was considered one of the pioneers in the professional bass fishing world. In 1967, he was part of the inaugural field of anglers in the first B.A.S.S. tournament held on Beaver Lake in Arkansas. Mr. Murski finished in the top five of that event.

“It’s a tremendous loss," said Kevin VanDam. “There are very, very few people you meet in your life that are as impactful as Ray Murski. He gave a lot to a lot of people.”

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Submitted By: Full Limit Outdoor Media

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There are about 3712 different varieties of a bass jig on the market today. There are flipping jigs, football jigs, swim jigs, shakey jigs, finesse jigs, punch jigs, wacky jigs, stroking jigs, ballhead jigs, floating jigs, pitching jigs, hair jigs, and the list goes on. How are you supposed to know what style of jig is best suited for the situation and conditions that you are faced with? Well, short of having Denny Brauer and Greg Hackney on speed dial, you can use this as a generic reference.

Up front understand that this is by no means the gospel of jig applications. There are people who pitch football jigs and people who swim flipping jigs. It boils down to using what you have to get the job done. But, if you have all these aforementioned jig styles at your disposal, here is how each could be used.

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Submitted by: Full Limit Outdoor Media

What happens when 10 of the nation’s most elite bass pros and 10 of the nation’s most elite outdoor journalists are joined together at one location for 3 days? A new on-ramp is built onto the information super-highway.

During the second week of October, for three solid days, the majority of the Strike King national pro staff met with some of the most highly successful resources in outdoor media and they invaded the beautiful Henry County/Paris Landing area of Kentucky Lake. Also on hand were members of the Strike King staff, as well as several of our regional pros. The outcome of this event should be an influx of “how to” information to eager bass anglers everywhere.

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