Tru-Turn Blood Red Hooks

These specially designed cam-action hooks help ensure better hookups with fish. Due to the special bend in the shank, the hooks will turn towards pressure--so when you feel a tug and set the hook, these are headed home for a good mouth hookup. This is great for the fish you plan on releases because it minimizes deep hooking and helps you both fight and release them faster. Plus, the blood-red color hints at gill flashes and bleeding bait, signals predators key in on. Pick these up today (one pack each of 1/0, 2/0, 3/0 and 4/0 hooks) for only $5.00!

What is Fish Itch?

Founded by the folks behind Green Tackle and Recycled Fish, Fish Itch offers weekly deals on deeply discounted fishing tackle while helping fund stewardship education programs. Sign up for Fish Itch, it's free!

At just $6.66 per spool when you buy 3, now is the perfect time to try this revolutionary product. 

Features

• 100% biodegradable fishing line
• Low visibility, clear
• High UV and abrasion resistance
• Excellent knot strength
• Fishes like monofilament with the clarity of fluorocarbon

The Clean Angling Coalition is the only organized group of businesses, agencies and organizations that are working together to promote clean angling practices. Clean Angler is a program of the Center for Aquatic Nuisance Species, a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing the human-caused spread of aquatic invasive species by promoting voluntary behavior change. The Clean Angler program was created in 2007 and continues to unify diverse partners in the fight against aquatic invasive species.

Check out the Clean Angling Coalition website to learn more about the issue of aquatic nuisance species, things you can do to prevent the spread of ANS, and make sure to like the Clean Angling Facebook page and help spread the word.

I PLEDGE to Inspect, Clean and Dry my gear after every use.

Green Tackle is very proud to annouce our partnership with GreenFish - the first lifestyle brand established with the sole purpose of spreading the message of sustainable fishing. 

The GreenFish mission is "To promote recreational fishing and improve our fisheries by encouraging responsible fishing practices such as catch and release and donating to organizations that work towards similar goals."

When you shop for GreenFish apparel at GreenTackle, you are not only promoting catch & release fishing by sporting the GreenFish brand, but you're also helping to fund some great organizations working to protect fish, fishing, and fish habitat. Not only is GreenFish a member of the 1% For The Planet program, but they also give a portion of each sale to one of their charitable partners of your choosing. To top that off, Green Tackle always donates a portion of each sale to our partner Recycled Fish, a non-profit of anglers promoting a lifestyle of stewardship both on and off the water.

GreenFish has three primary goals:

1) Improve our fisheries and marine environments
2) Promote responsible and sustainable fishing techniques such as catch & release
3) Promote and protect the sport of recreational fishing for future generations to enjoy

So check out the line of GreenFish products including T-shirts, hoodies, caps, and stickers.

This episode's special guest Brian Snowden had a heck of a year. He’s a professional bass angler from Reeds Spring, Missouri. That’s the Ozarks – Table Rock Lake Country. He recently won what is arguably the biggest bass tournament in the world – the Toyota Texas Bass Classic. Sure, the Bassmaster Classic is called the “Superbowl of Fishing,” but only the B.A.S.S. guys fish it. The FLW Tour and the PAA Tour, they have nothing to do with the Classic. At the Toyota Texas Bass Classic, the best anglers from the FLW, the best from BASS, and the best from the PAA come together to duke it out on Lake Conroe. And this year, Snowden came out on top. He ended the year strong too, taking third on his home waters in the last PAA Tour event of the year.

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My dog Penelope and my fishing pole at the Wilson River

When: Saturday, September 25th, 2010. 10:00am - 1:00pm
Where: Tillamook Forest Center (mile 22 on hwy 6)

More Information at the Oregon Sierra Club Website.

We are here in Las Vegas, Nevada where fishing manufacturers, retailers, writers, and organizations from around the world are here for the International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades (ICAST) 2010. The temperature is a scorching 110°F outside, but inside the cool Las Vegas Convention Center excitement abounds. We saw some of our favorite green fishing products proudly displayed by several manufacturers and some new green gear as well. Best of all, there is a buzz growing within the industry about the demand for environmentally and socially responsible fishing.

Below are some notable products and comments from the show...

Biodegradable Fishing Line

One of the things I was most excited about was Eagle Claw's launch of the new and improved Bioline 100% Biodegradable Fishing Line. We've been selling this biodegradable fishing line as long as we've been in business, and I've personally been using Bioline for trout, salmon, and steelhead fishing here in the Northwest for just a long. As many of you know, we have run out of stock on many of the popular sizes of Bioline. Here is why... Eagle Claw has taken this successful product back into development in order obtain a line diameter more consistent with industry standards, lower the price point, and ensure the break strength falls within IGFA regulations. And now they have launched this new Bioline fishing line here at ICAST 2010.

With Eagle Claw's world-wide distribution and trusted reputation, we hope to see this biodegradable fishing line in every tackle shop across the country. Unlike monofilament and fluorocarbon fishing line which can stay in the environment for hundreds of years, Bioline will biodegrade within 5 years. As an added incentive for those skeptics out there, Eagle Claw is including a replacement guarantee. We'll be writing more about this new product on our Bioline product page when we get this in stock (we're working on that now) so check back soon!

Along with Bioline Biodegradable Fishing Line, Eagle Claw is doing some really good things. With their "Fish Green" initiative, Eagle Claw is using biodegradable and recyclable packaging in several of their product lines and have added lead free sinkers, circle hooks, barbless hooks, and tools for safe catch & release fishing.

Recycled Fish

We had a chance to talk with the very busy Recycled Fish, one of our favorite non-profit organizations and good friends to Green Tackle, as they were working hard to promote "anglers living a Lifestyle of Stewardship both on and off the water, because Our Lifestyle Runs Downstream". Recycled Fish is on the ground around the country talking with everyone in the fishing community about catch & release, conservation, and a lifestyle of stewardship.

Recycled Fish's S.A.F.E. (Sustaining Angling, Fish, and Ecosystems) Angling program includes recommended products, many of which we carry here at Green Tackle, that reduce the negative impacts on our fisheries that some conventional fishing tackle has. For those who are unfamiliar with these types of products, the popular S.A.F.E. Angling Kits are ready-to-fish kits designed by Recycled Fish and they help support the great work being done by Recycled Fish.

If you have not already done so, you should check out the Recycled Fish website and donate to their cause.

GreenFish

We were pleasantly surprised to learn about GreenFish, the first lifestyle brand established with the sole purpose of spreading the message of sustainable fishing. We didn't get a chance for a face-to-face, but look forward to talking with them next week to learn more about their passion for catch & release fishing and fisheries conservation.

Lead Free and Biodegradable Lures

When we passed by the Panther Martin booth, I noticed they had a good number of items from the line of 100% lead free spinners. While these are not a new product this year, I was glad to see that their environmentallty friendly fishing tackle is being put into the spotlight. I love these spinners. I use the Big Belly Salmon Spinners for Winter Steelhead in the Wilson River and the Lead Free Lure Kit for trout in the mountain lakes.

At the Rapala/VMC booth we got a good look at the newer Trigger X line of biodegradable and phthalate-free lures. The newer generation of Trigger X baits are either biodegradable or simply phthalate-free, depending on how and where they are used. The Trigger X Agression are used in situations in which the lure is frequently lifted in and out of the water, the lures are only phthalate free since the biodegradable versions will dry out when left out of the water for too long. The Trigger X Saltwater and Trigger X Walleye lures are used in applications in which the lure is likely to stay in the water for the duration of it's use and are biodegradable and phthalate free.

We still have inventory of the first generation of biodegradable lures from Trigger X and they are all on sale for as much as 50% off retail price. Shop Trigger X Lures now.

Compostable Bait Cup

EarthSmart, a company making compostable products for the food industry, showed us their new compostable bait cups. Derived from the annually renewable Bagasse (sugar cane), their bait cups and lids are 100% tree free, 100% petroleum free, and hold up to the ASTM standards for compostability. Their design has been tested to hold up to the abuse that we often put our live bait cups through in the field.

'Yak Fish

When we asked a passer-by to snap a photo of us at the entrance to the show, that person just so happened to be Isaac (better known as The_Nothing on Twitter) of 'Yak Fish - A Kayak Fishing Weblog and fellow Portland, OR resident. An avid kayak fisherman and a strong supporter of what we're doing, Isaac pointed us in the direction of some interesting new gear and inspired me to get into a kayak for what could only be an amazing fishing experience.