Think Tank Lures Triggerfish

I won these three Triggerfish from The Bassholes in a contest.

GOMH Morning Fun

I got out to the Grumpy Old Man Hole about 6:30AM and no current was moving. The water is even higher than last week and there is a sign as you go into Sullivan that asks for No Wake in Sullivan. I don't know if the lakes are all No Wake now or not. I started out fishing with a Think Tank Triggerfish on the NE side and I got this 14.75".

That was the only one I could get on topwater and really it wasn't a topwater fish as I caught it working the bait sub-surface. I then switched to a green pumpkin Lake Fork Crawtube and got a couple of more jumpin bullheads. I went to the SW side and got a jumpin bullhead on the Strike King Pure Poison and a couple on the Crawtube. I then went back to the NW side and didn't get anything. I went to the NE side and made a couple of casts with a Zoom Horny Toad to guage my distance. I then switched reels and gained 10 to 15 feet. On one of my casts this 15.5" just smoked the Horny Toad.

A few casts later I broke my line on the cast. I tied on a yellow Horny Toad. I threw some casts with the Mad Maxx Frog and even had a good hit, but I didn't hook up.

I then went to Jenny's and caught a small pike on the Horny Toad. I think I have caught every hit I've had on the Horny Toad with the 7'3"MH St. Criox Legend Tournament Bass Carolina Rig Rod and now that I'm getting better casting distance, this is a combo I'm thinking about for the rod replacement I'll be doing.

August Morning At The GOMH

I was up at daybreak, so I decided to do some fishing. So off I headed to the Grumpy Old Man Hole. I started out throwing the Think Tank Lures Triggerfish on the NE side.

BAM!

I got 2 13inchers on the Triggerfish and I missed one hit.

Next I threw a white Zoom Horny Toad. I had to work it subsurface to get the 13 incher I got on that. I also had a fish swirl on it subsurface.

I tried the Dagored, Kelly J, and Kelly J Jr. I switched to a green pumpkin Crawtube and got an 11", 12", and 13"

John W. showed up and told me he got 8 last night including a couple of 21's. Translated he caught a couple of bigger bullheads, who knows how big.

He managed to pull in 3 jumpin bullheads with his tube, which he kept.

I tried the South side but didn't get anything. Also skunked at Jenny's.

Think Tank Triggerfish Triggers Bullheads @GOMH

It was a hot one yesterday and I stayed indoors in the air conditioning for most of the day. I planned to go fishing at 8PM, but a thunderstorm that was coming in made me head out around 7:15PM in the hopes of a pre-frontal throwdown. When I arrived at the Grumpy Old Man Hole the skies were getting dark and thunder and lightening were not to far off in the distance. As you can see on the video I started with a Think Tank Lures Triggerfish and caught my first fish on that bait ever and then missed one. I also caught another smaller jumpin bullhead on a black/blue Lake Fork Crawtube. I got a small pike on the black/blue Crawtube and another small pike on a green pumpkin Crawtube. I only fished for about 20 minutes before the lightening chased me off, but that was enough time for 3 other guys show up to fish and one of them came down on the NW side and started fishing right in my water. He pulled some nice orange bullheads and one small jumper. They left the same time I did after a lightening bolt came down about 2 miles away.

Tackle Warehouse has Think Tank Lures Triggerfish

I first blogged about the Think Tank Lures Triggerfish in March of 2009. It was like the lure fell off the face of the earth and it got to the point where I thought I would never here about it again. But lo and behold Tackle Warehouse has them and they only run $12.99.

Think Tank has a website.

I can almost guarantee I will have a few of these in the box come May. When does Tackle Warehouse have it's next sale?

Look at this thing: Triggerfish by Think Tank Lures

(Hat Tip: Bassin with Allen)
Tackle Tour has a picture of the lure.

I am betting it's not gonna come in under $15. It looks like a lure that pike would have a hard time with and if the thing floats there is a very good chance if a pike did cut you off that you would get the lure back. It's topwater and unique, I actually am considering buying one if they ever go on sale. They have a website that doesn't work. Click it maybe it's working now.
Update: Website is up, but there aren't any lures available.