Gary Yamamoto Stops Production of the Senko!!! 2025

squid reply :

Good one, got me good. I was reading this new article you wrote and couldn't believe it. You should have saved this story for Apirl 1st....lol

Bagwell's Bass Tactics

JT Bagwell reply :

LOL That's the same thing Jay Kumar told me last night.

JT Bagwell

Captain Cali reply :

Man, I was about to go drive to all the tackle and sporting goods stores in L.A. just to buy all of their Senkos!! I'm glad I read the whole thing before doing anything like that. That was good...real good!! ;D

The final message is great.

squid reply :

What a way to start the year with your articles....gets all the attention... :

JT Bagwell reply :

LOL That was pretty much the plan.

I came up with the idea a few weeks ago and

thought it would be amusing. Just to make sure I

wasn't going to get fired, I had to ask the boss at

Yamamoto if it was ok.

JT Bagwell

Captain Cali reply :

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Just to make sure I
wasn't going to get fired, I had to ask Yamamoto

if it was ok.

JT Bagwell

LOL...he probably loved it. I bet he wouldn't mind if people actually bought it for a little while. Just to buy some extra bags.

JT Bagwell reply :

It would serve them right for not reading all the way through.

JT Bagwell

DDbasser reply :

Hey JT,

GOOD ONE!!! almost had me too!!!!!

Wonder how many guys only read the headline and started having anxiety attacks??

paparock reply :

JT, when I clicked on <http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/bagwell/bagwells_bass_tactics_22.html>

on your email I was sent to the " Bad Cast - Sorry! The page you have requested does not exist or has moved." Do I need to do something to access your bass tactics page?

RoLo reply :

Gary Yamamoto didn't become a multimillionaire

by chopping down the Money Tree

Glenn reply :

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JT, when I clicked on <http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/bagwell/bagwells_bass_tactics_22.html>
on your email I was sent to the " Bad Cast - Sorry! The page you have requested does not exist or has moved." Do I need to do something to access your bass tactics page?

It's a bug in the text-only e-mails. The correct link is http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/Bagwell/bagwells_bass_tactics_22.html

I'm working on fixing the bug. In the mean time, you may want to change your e-mail client so that it reads HTML e-mails.

Thanks!

senko_77 reply :

HAHA!!! thats really good!!

Pond-Pro reply :

I read it at school today......LOL. You had me till the end; very well written! I was also thinking of going and buying out the stores! ;D

Vyron reply :

Its like microsoft stops selling Windows OS ahahahahahaha

good one!!!!

Madhouse27 reply :

Man JT, I'm glad I read the whole thing. About half way down the article I was ready to click out and go on a little online shopping spree for discontinued Senkos. You got us good. You know what they say about payback....

Jeff P. reply :

Had me going as well. Like many of you, I was already formulating a plan to go stock up on senkos before the end!

Low_Budget_Hooker reply :

JT=the new "Orsen Wells"

Like "war of the worlds" all over again,..you could of started a worldwide panic,...way to take chances,lol

Good stuff!

abelfisher reply :

Bagwell, You DOG!!! I read about half way through and starting thinking about how I was going to get as many of these I could. Even the thought of pouring my own creeped into my thoughts! I really had to tell myself not to panic! That was a good one, JT! You wait, you'll get yours....... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

JT Bagwell reply :

LOL

Whoa, I have to say I have got some interesting

emails today. Some contained some very unpleasant

names. lol

99% were friendly but some just made me laugh at

the ignorant name calling.

Heard from a pretty good source that I had the phones

ringing off the hooks at Yamamoto central. lol

JT Bagwell

bixbybasspro reply :

That scared me!

Jeff_NHBA reply :

Are you sure GY didn't put you up to this as some sort of market research tool?

Glenn reply :

Well folks, it appears the IQ-Challenged people in this world fell for this joke hook, line, and sinker. No kidding, these people just didn't understand this was a joke, and took it literally. At first, Yamamoto HQ enjoyed the extra attention from the phone calls and e-mails from these people, but soon opportunistic vultures took advantage of the situation and turned a trickle into a flood, and it became a problem.

Therefore, we had to place this statement in it's place: http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/Bagwell/bagwells_bass_tactics_22.html

I apologize for my part in the prank. The joke/disclaimer was clear enough in the article to avoid in confusion. Unfortunately, I didn't take into account that some people would post incomplete outtakes of the article on other forums, causing undue panic and confusion. (Doing so violates copyright laws, but that another discussion)

Sorry folks, but the few jerks in this world spoiled the fun.

Glenn

JT Bagwell reply :

Thanks for taking care of that Glenn.

JT Bagwell

Triton_Mike reply :

It was nice knowing ya JT ~ LOL. Only on the internet!!!! LOL ;D Unbelieivable!!! I will nip these posts in the bud where I see them elsewhere on the web.

T MIke

JT Bagwell reply :

Mike,

Hopefully everything will be taken care of now. I did what I was asked to

do as far as having the article removed. From this point forward, it is all

out of my hands.

To the best of my knowledge, I am not in trouble for anything because I

had permission to do the article and when it was requested that it was to

be removed, it was. It's not my fault it went way off course.

Not much more I could do in my opinion.

JT Bagwell

squid reply :

Man I hate it when someone CAN'T READ! 8-) That was a good story and was well written to where it STATED that it was a joke......READING MADE EASY FOR DUMMIES by JT BAGWELL...LOL.. ;D

Kana reply :

i missed the artical and a good laugh, ive read that glenn had to delete it and read the apology in its place but is there anyway i could read the original for a good laugh? just curious. thanks.

Low_Budget_Hooker reply :

Sad to think though how people have become soooo dependant on 1 bait.

Lots of other brands out there that offer the same catch ratios now also. Gary was certainly the first but.........

Ask yourself.."In my world, Is it the car or the driver that's winning the race?"

Chris reply :

*cough* no he wasn't

Sinking Slugger...

These baits just might be the best-kept secrets along the bass tournament trails.

The Sinking Slugger is the perfect blend between a soft-plastic jerk bait and a salt-laden "sink" bait. Its special "hinge" makes it work like a jointed lure for added action.

George says: Rig the 6" Sinking Slugger on a 5/0 offset worm hook and watch it cast like a bullet. Cast it beyond visible cover and, using twitches of the rod, work it right up and through the cover. As soon as it clears the target, "dead-stick" the rod, letting the bait sink out of sight while "feeling" the fall. Get ready for action.

A Salty Old Veteran Comes Out Of Retirement

Back into the Larew line-up by popular demand is the Sinking Slugger.

Talk about a bait that was ahead of its time, the salt-loaded Slugger has been out of sight for a while, but not out of mind. Fishermen familiar with the fish-catching abilities of the bait have been begging for a reintroduction now for over a year.

Finally, the engineers got out the molds, dusted them off, made a few manufacturing improvements and put them on the injection molding machines. As a result, the Sinking Slugger is back on the market.

The Sinking Slugger comes in two sizes, 4 inch and 6 inch. Both are heavily loaded with salt, a process that Larew originally introduced and patented.

The weighting of salt causes the bait to sink parallel to the bottom, but there's more to its fish-catching secrets than just that. The Sinking Slugger has about a half-inch oblong hole molded into its middle that gives the bait a limber action similar to that found in jointed lures. There's also a slit designed to hold the hook and make hooksets easier.

It's a combination that makes the Sinking Slugger a great soft plastic jerk bait. Both the 4 inch and 6 inch sizes come in a variety of fish-catching colors ranging from Watermelon to Smoke Blue. And all contain garlic scenting.

JT Bagwell reply :

Kana,

You might still be able to read "Most" of the article here

http://www.insideline.net/cgi-bin/ez-forum.pl?read=33591

That is from the Inside Line forum, but the guy purposely left off the

last paragraph (which was the one that said it was a joke).

Remember, it was a joke!!! ;D

JT Bagwell

Kana reply :

thanks JT, now i know what all the fuss is about! good chain yanker!

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