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"TriXter" swim bait
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2007 Releases
Russ Lane Signature Series Baits by Davis Bait Company
Vicious signs Ultimate Tackle as a licensee
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Vicious adds AES
2006 Releases
Reynolds Gets Vicious
JBS Fishing Line Announces "Vicious" Brand
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Fox wins Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League tourney
By Mike Giles, The Meridian Star
 Angler Tim Fox of Meridian won the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League Mississippi division tournament on the Columbus Pool of the Tombigbee River last Saturday. He had a five fish limit weighing 13 pounds 9 ounces. The victory earned Fox $3,705 and moved him into 5th place on the angler of the year list for the division.
Fox is now one step closer to qualifying for the Wheeler Lake Regional which will be held in Decatur, Alabama, Oct 9 - 11. Top prize in that tournament will be a new 198 VX Ranger Boat and Chevy Truck.
Fox won the BFL event on Columbus Pool back in 2005, and by winning another on one of the toughest days of the year proved it was not a fluke. Only 15 limits were caught on the boater side and none on the co-angler side. That’s 15 five fish limits of 12” bass out of 250 anglers. And that makes for some mighty tough fishing.
Wesley Wheat caught four bass weighing 5-13 and came in 3rd on the co-angler side. Mark Sullivan of Collinsville came in 15th in that division.
My Fluorocarbon Experience
by Jim "Vicious Customer"
I have been using fluorocarbon lines for about 18 months. Being retired, I normally bass fish 3-4 days a week weather permitting, so I do put lines to the test. Also, being retired I tend to watch what I spend on fishing tackle. I primarily fish a lake that is covered with Salt Cedar and Mesquite brush. Because of this I use fairly heavy lines in the 14-20 lb test for mono and fluorocarbon.
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Dear Vicious,
On May 25, 2007 My father was attempting to leave the house and meet up
with our bass club for a tournament on Lake Guntersville. He hooked the boat
to the truck and pulled it out of the garage like he had done hundreds of
times before. He thought he put the truck in park and exited the truck to
close the garage door and put the motor in tow position. The truck was in
reverse and it ran over my father.
He lost his life that morning. My father
was a great man and I learned so much from him. Most memories are of fishing
with him, because one thing that I could count on as a child was fishing
every Saturday. As you can imagine, I was devastated on the day this
occurred. The only thing I could think to do was a Bass Tournament in my
fathers memory and donate the money to his Church's building fund in his
name. I am still not sure of all the details on how Vicious found out about
the tournament, but fishing line, stickers, and hats were donated for
participants of the tournament.
I just want to say thank you for all you
have done.
Charles E. Thomas Jr
Stay Or Go
By Richard Newell, Vicious Tournament Team Member
 In the world of competitive fishing a question will eventually arise during a tournament when the action is painfully slow or non-existent. Should I stay or go? I know guys who will give a spot twenty minutes and if they don't get a bite, they're gone. If you have better water then the spot you're leaving why did you start there in the first place?
If your confidant the fish are there but they won't bite, don't leave in too much of a hurry. Try a few of these techniques and maybe you'll catch those fish you found in practice. The number one thing I can tell you is to slow down. The excitement of a tournament the first few minutes after you pull into your spot will sometimes get to you and make you fish much too fast. You try to pull out five quick fish, instead of working one fish at a time.
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Swim Bait Bassin
By: Steven W. Wells Vicious Team Member
Swim Bait's are not just for West Coast anglers to throw at trout gorging bass. I've found that they are dynamite on the East side of the country as well.
It was foggy out and I could barely see the lure at the end of my line. I made a long cast with the huge bait and it splashed down next to the tree line I was fishing. I started a slow steady retrieve with my Quantum Energy E760PT. I could feel the bait throbbing as I slowly ticked the tops of the bottom growing weeds.
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Brown bags BFL win on Ross Barnett Reservoir
BRANDON, Miss. — Boater Gene Brown of West Point, Miss., won the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League Mississippi Division tournament on Ross Barnett Reservoir Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 22 pounds, 8 ounces.
The victory earned Brown $4,363 plus a $769 Ranger contingency bonus and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the Wheeler Lake Regional Championship in Decatur, Ala., Oct. 9-11, where he could ultimately win a new 198VX Ranger boat and a Chevy truck.
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Vicious Elite Team Member Russ Lane on the cover of Bass Master Magazine
Russ Lane is on the front page of Bassmaster Magazine for February issue of
Bassmaster Magazine.
Russ caught an 11 pound 14 ounce bass during the "A Day on the Lake" article
by Don Wirth. That bass was good enough for the cover of the Magazine.
Vicious Teams Finished 1st and 3rd at the Collegiate Championship
 Email from Trevor of Texas A&M
Vicious,
I was wanted to let you know that my partner Justin Rackley and I won the Boat US National Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship on Lake Lewisville, TX this past week. We made the top five cut on day two with 20.22 lbs. The weights were zeroed for day three.
On the final day we came in with four bass weighing 7.60 lbs to beat Western Kentucky by almost a pound. Alabama finished in third, Wisconsin fourth, and Louisiana Tech fifth. We caught our fish on shaky heads, tubes, senkos, and jigs.
I was using 10 lb Vicious Copolymer on my shaky head rod and 15 lb Vicious Fluorocarbon on my senko rig. Justin was using 20 lb Fluorocarbon on his jig and tube rods.
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First Annual “Fishing for Smiles” Team Tournament sponsored by Vicious Fishing has been CANCELLED
Vicious Fishing regrets to announce that the First Annual “Fishing for Smiles” Team Tournament sponsored by Vicious Fishing has been cancelled due to low water conditions on Lake Logan Martin. The staff at Vicious Fishing has been watching the water situation on the lake over the last month and when Alabama Power announced that the lake would experience another 1-2 feet drop over the next couple of weeks it was determined that for safety reasons the tournament should be cancelled.
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Vicious Fishing Performance Apparel
Dora, AL - Vicious Fishing has announced an
agreement in principal with Olive Branch, MS, based Hunter
Trading Company to manufacture performance fishing apparel
under the Vicious Fishing Brand.
Hunter Trading Company, manufacturer of high quality
apparel brands in the hunting market, like Drake Waterfowl
Systems, Ol’ Tom Technical Turkey Gear, Rutwear Big Game
Technologies, and McAllister, will apply their unique designs,
fabrications, and technology to fishing specific apparel.
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Vicious Fishing Promotional Headwear and Apparel
Dora, AL, June 29, 2007 -- Today Vicious Fishing announced that they have entered into
an agreement with Fort Mill, SC, based SV3 Licensing
to manufacture promotional headwear, T-shirts, and
sweatshirts under the Vicious Fishing brand.
“We are extremely excited about our partnership with
Vicious” stated Philip Freehling, Managing Partner of
SV3. “The marketability and broad reach of the
Vicious Fishing Brand combined with our graphic
design team’s creativity will allow us to produce some
of the hottest looking designs found anywhere” said
Freehling.
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Russ Lane Signature Series Baits by Davis Bait Company
Vicious Fishing announced today that they have entered a partnership with Davis Bait Company as a new
licensee for a Russ Lane Signature series of Jigs, Spinnerbaits and Buzzbaits.
For over 20 years, Davis Bait Company, has produced only the highest quality products for the fishing
industry. As a rising young star on the tournament trail, William Davis was not satisfied with the terminal
tackle he found in department and outdoor stores. It
seemed that the buyers for the stores just didn't have
a clue what fishermen really needed to be successful.
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This signature bait series can be purchased at these fine locations:
coosatackle.com | marksoutdoorsports.com | bringitbaits.com
Vicious Panfish
Alabama based JBS Fishing, the owners of Vicious Fishing, has again expanded
their product line with a new "HI-VIS yellow" Vicious Panfish fishing line. It is
available in 2-8 lb test and has the
same great characteristics of low
stretch, low memory, abrasion
resistance, affordable price and great
visibility to detect the slightest bites.
Even in low light conditions Vicious
Panfish is the perfect line for bluegill,
crappie and other panfish.
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Vicious signs Ultimate Tackle as a licensee
 Dora, AL, June 29, 2007 -- Jasper, Alabama
based Ultimate Tackle now has a full line-up of
Angler Tackle Bags. Each of these bags comes
with plastic boxes and plenty of room for tons of
gear. Chris Dutton of Ultimate Tackle said "We
want to provide both the best in plastics and a
place to store them and this was a natural
progression for that. We are excited about the
quality and layout of the bags and they are
competitively priced for all anglers."
Ultimate Tackle has a full line of bags for all of
your tackle, plastics, spinnerbaits, crankbaits
and all of your terminal tackle all with that great
Vicious logo There are six models and they come in two great colors as well . They are durable,
water resistant and chock full of great pockets to keep your tackle easily assessable and
protected.
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Vicious Fishing and Ultimate Bait ink agreement.......
 Vicious Fishing announced today that they have entered a partnership with Ultimate Bait as a
new licensee for plastic products. They will be launching a complete line of very unique plastics
under the Vicious umbrella that includes the "Pollywogg', a small plastic frog perfect for swimming
or fishing over cover, the "Limit-ator", a 4" Ring style worm great for putting limits in the boat, two
models of curly tail worms called the "Shiester", one in a 6" model and one in an 8" model, the
"Big Daddy" Craw, designed by Elite Pro Russ Lane, a finesse paddle tail worm called the
"Shakin PT", a Swimbait called "Trickster' and a 6" lizard perfect for flipping and pitching or fishing
a Carolina Rig called the "Slammin Liz".
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 Vicious adds AES
Dora, Al, May 8, 2007 - Alabama based Vicious Fishing continues to add strategic partners to its
line-up today announced that AES Optics of Senatobia, Mississippi has joined them as a
licensee. AES Optics, Inc is a licensee and provider of quality eyewear and accessories for over
80 Universities, the NFL, Mossy Oak, and Realtree. AES is the only company to offer 6 styles of
eyewear in multiple patterns of both Mossy Oak and Realtree.
 AES was established by outdoor enthusiasts who love not only sports on Saturdays but also
hunting and fishing as well. It took over 1 year to develop the most competitive, best looking
polarized glasses with a competitive price. Touring pro's Edwin Evers and Joe Thomas working in
concert with several optometrists have developed a quality product mix now ready for the fishing
market.
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 Watch a few highlights from the Vicious Elite Team Members from the spring and summer highlights of 2007.
The summer is just heating up so be sure to keep visiting the Vicious website as we keep you informed through website updates and video highlights from all over the country.
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 Follow along as Vicious Elite Team Member Jason Quinn demonstrates 2 different ways to tie your knots using the Vicious Fluorocarbon.
As Jason explains the most important thing to remember when tying your Fluorocarbon knots is keeping the line moist. Follow Jason's tips and your knot will not break or slip.
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Stephen Browning testing out Fluorocarbon
 Slow rolling a spinnerbait in cold water is one of my favorite techniques. While using these technique a use a 7 ft medium heavy St. Croix rod, a 6.1:1 gear ratio reel and a fluorocarbon line in either 15 or 20 pound strength. The important thing to remember is that some bite are hard to detect. With the medium heavy rod and the fluorocarbon line the odds of detecting the strike is greater. I used Vicious Fluorocarbon for the first time and caught this 12lb 5oz giant in 14 feet of water while fishing in heavy standing timber. The fish got around plenty of junk and to my amazement the 15lb Vicious Fluorocarbon line showed very little abrasion. I didn't even retie. I wanted the line to prove to me it was worthy of being my choice. After two more 4lb class fish and still not retying, I gained a huge amount of confidence in the Vicious Brand. It will be what's on my reel. Promise!!
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 Reynolds Gets Vicious
By Vicious Communications Department
Dora, Alabama, January 23, 2006 — Alabama based Vicious Fishing would like to announce
that Oklahoma BASS Elite pro Jeff Reynolds will be running the Vicious Fishing wrapped boat
this year on tour. Reynolds has been at Vicious since its inception and is thrilled with this
opportunity.
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 JBS Fishing Line Announces "Fluorocarbon"
By Vicious Communications Department
JBS Fishing Inc. the Dora, Alabama based company that manufactures Vicious Co-polymer fishing line has recently added fluorocarbon to its already stellar line-up. Eight months of research and development went into building this line with angler's desires in mind. Designed for superior knot strength and superb castability Vicious Fluorocarbon is the choice of serious anglers.
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