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 Keeping up with what's
happening
at Zeiner's Bass Shop
Updates from
Wichita's year 'round tackle store
Notes from
Jim Zeiner
Serving anglers since 1953
Monday-June
30, 2008 - 8:48 am - Kansan
Brent Chapman took home $16,000, including $1,000 for day four
big bass, for his seventh place finish in the Bassmaster Elite
Series event held this past weekend. You can read more about
the tournament by clicking
here.
As we close
out this month, I want to thank everyone for another great month.
We saw a number of new faces this month. We have a couple new
staff members that joined us this month. Next time you're in,
say hi to Levi and Leroy.
We will be closed
on July 4 but reopen on Saturday, July 5.
Saturday-June
28, 2008 - 5:08 pm - Matt
King of Olathe was the highest placing (12) Kansan in the just
completed Central Regional for BASS Federation Nation and will
represent Kansas later this year in the national event to be
held at Milford. He's probably going to feel some extra pressure
since many will feel like he's fishing on his home lake. Jamie
Laiche of Louisiana will be gunning for the top spot though.
He was the winner of the regional event held in South Dakota
this week. It's the second straight time he's won the event.
The Kansas team placed fourth in the team competition this year.
One Kansan fished on the Oklahoma team. They won the team competition
for the third time in four years. You can read complete coverage
by clicking
here.
Saturday-June
21, 2008 - 11:12 am - Catfish
are going wild according to a number of our customers. We had
people stocking up on catfishing tackle yesterday. If you fish
for catfish, you should be able to find what you need when you
come in the store. If you're a flathead angler and looking for
large circle hooks, we have them up through around 14/0. Anglers
that use Sonny's dip bait can find it in 15-ounce jars, 45-ounce
tubs and 5-gallon pails. If you like to do bank lines or trotlines,
you can find all of your supples for that also.
Bass anglers
have been giving our new shipment of Norman SX lures the thumbs
up. The SX is Norman's answer to the Sexy Shad from Strike King.
Several of our customers have commented that they think the SX
looks even better. The color is available in SX, SX Clear, SX
Chrome and SX Chartreuse. Stop by and see them. We stock them
in the DD14, DD22, Deep Little N and Thin N.
Sunday-June
15, 2008 - 1:05 pm - Preston
Frazell of Kincaid moved up one spot in the last day of competition
for co-anglers the Bassmaster Elite Series Event on Kentucky
Lake to finish in seventh place. Two other Kansans finished well.
Kevin Savely of Liberal caught the big bass of day three and
finished in 12th place while Michael Neal of Dexter finished
13th. It's great to see Kansans do so well in that series. If
you would like to read the complete story, you can do that by
clicking
here.
Saturday-June
14, 2008 - 2:34 pm - Preston
Frazell of Kincaid jumped to eighth place in the co-angler division
of the Bassmaster Elite Series Event on Kentucky Lake. Michael
neal of Dexter slipped from fifth to 11th. He's only one ounce
out of tenth. You can read the story by clicking
here
Thursday-June
12, 2008 - 9:05 pm - Michael
Neal of Dexter is the fifth place co-angler after the first day
of the Bassmaster Elite Series Event on Kentucky Lake. Two other
Kansans are in the top 40 while Brent Chapman is 22nd on the
pro side, less than a pound out of the top 12. The top 12 fish
the final day for the big bucks. You can read the story by clicking
here
Thursday-June
12, 2008 - 3:49 pm - If
you like to handfish for flathead, you're in luck. The season
starts this Sunday and runs through the end of August. You probably
know the details, but if you don't you can check them out by
clicking
here.
Wednesday-June
11, 2008 - 5:28 pm - Sorry
I haven't posted for a while. It's been absolutely wild around
the store. Before I forget it, we are out of the Skeet Reese
reels I mentioned in my previous post. Last I heard, it would
be close to October before any more would be available.
We continue
to receive merchandise and are working as fast as possible to
get it put out. We have plenty of trotline and limbline supplies
again. We've also restocked on our other terminal tackle including
the hard-to-find black swivels.
If you are a
heavy user of Sonny's dip bait, you may want to get in and pick
up a five-gallon bucket of it before they are all gone. We still
have some of the original and some of the blooded left, but not
much. We sell it over the internet also, and have been shipping
some of them out. We have an internet special on the Sonny's
by the case and will honor that price in the store if you mention
it to us. A case of 4 tubs is $39.99. That makes it $10 a tub.
You will save around $8 that way.
Come on in and
see us.
 Friday-May
30, 2008 - 5:19 pm - Chances
are you've heard about the Skeet Reese special design Abu Garcia
REVO reel. He won the 2007 Bassmaster Classic fishing with REVOs.
A very limited number of the reels have been released to independent
dealers in this region. We've received some in both the left
and right hand retrieve. You can click here to learn more about the reel. My understanding
is that once the ones we have are gone, it will be several months
before any more will be available.
Something else
you might be interested in would be some crankbaits we just got
in. A customer is trying to pare down on his fishing tackle.
We got about 200 assorted crankbaits ranging from top water to
deep divers. Some have never been used while others have. Among
they are some of the original Hot' n Tots and Thundersticks from
Storm. All of the lures except for some striper size baits are
priced at $3.50 each. Come in and take a look at them.
Thursday-May
29, 2008 - 5:33 pm - Chances
are you've heard about a possible new state record largemouth
bass. The sate has finally released information about the catch.
You can read that story by clicking
here. Only a few
more days remain until it goes on the record books. The old record
had stood for a number of years. We've had some positive feedback
on Alex's fishing reports from the Wichita area. If you haven't
checked them out yet, you can see them by clicking here.
If you happen
to be home Saturday morning, tune in to Paul White's gardening
and outdoor living show on Channel 49 at 11:00 and you can see
his interview with Alex and me. Paul is the owner of P &
P Seed and Bait on East 21st Street. He had a radio program for
a number of years before moving to television. He features local
fishing information each week. His program is an hour with the
current program featured from 11:00 until 11:30 and then the
previous week's program from 11:30 until noon.
Channel 49 is
a UHF station which means you need a UHF antenna to receive it.
If you haven't watched Channel 49, check it out. They may have
some programming you would be interested in.
Friday-May
23, 2008 - 9:40 am - Most
of our regular customers know Alex fishes the Wichita area almost
all the time. I've been after him for a long time to give me
regular reports so we could post them for people. He finally
went fishing with a friend that had a camera. We've set up a
page for his reports and will try to do frequent updates with
photos as often as possible. He has fished the various park lakes
and other waters within the city limits for long time and continues
to do so. His enthusiasm is contagious as he tells customers
about his trips. You can see his first report by clicking here.
Monday-May
19, 2008 - 6:05 am - Jerry
Reed's old song "When you're hot, you're hot" pretty
well described Fred Roumbanis of Bixby, Oklahoma over the last
couple days in the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on South
Carolina's Lake Murray. He had the lead after the third day and
held on to it on the final day with the help of the big bass
of the day. He's taking home $101,000 for his efforts. Two other
Oklahoma anglers were in the top five.
Memorial Day
is next Monday. We will be closed that day. I hope you will be
off work too and out enjoying some fishing.
Sunday-May
18, 2008 - 12:05 pm - Kansan
Brent Chapman didn't make the top 12 for the day four competition
in the Bassmaster Elite Series event, but he did take home $10,000
for his finish in the top 50. His dad also finished in the top
50 co-anglers.
On another note,
those of you that are regular customers may have noticed a trailer
in front of the store for the past couple months. We had been
using it to store some odds and ends in while we reorganized
the back room. Friday night someone decided they wanted the trailer
and cut the lock on it a took it with them. If you happen to
see it or remember seeing it going down the street, give me a
call with any information you might have. It's an 8-foot enclosed
trailer with no fenders and a new trailer jack stand with wheel.
It was light in color with some minor dents around the bottom
and a small puncture hole in one of the back doors.
Saturday-May
17, 2008 - 10:25 am - How's
this for nice Kansas weather and on a weekend to boot. Kansan
Brent Chapman jumped from 42nd to 24th after the second day of
the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament being held at Lake Murray
in South Carolina. His dad, Ron, was 12th on the co-angler side
after the first day. He slipped down a few places yesterday.
You can see the story of day two by clicking
here.
I'll be doing
a special order from Pradco Monday. If you or anyone you know
needs any Cordell, Rebel, Yum, Heddon, Arbogast, XCalibur, Lazy
Ike, Smithwick, Bomber, Creek Chub, Silver Thread or Booyah;
give me a call Monday morning at the store (316-265-5551 or 316-265-6668)
and I'll get it added in.
We haven't had
a chance to talk about them yet or get them online, but we have
the Bass-a-holic shirts and hats now. Come in and check them
out. They're still in the boxes, but we can dig them out and
show them to you. They way they're selling, we may not have a
chance to get them displayed.
For those of
you that fish for crappie, we received a great selection of the
Garland crappie baits. These were a hot item last year and no
doubt will be again this year. We've also received another order
of Berkley Hollow Belly Swim Baits and the new Premiere reels.
Come in and
check us out.
Wednesday-May
14, 2008 - 1:33 pm - If
you're headed for the River festival tomorrow through Sunday,
be sure to hit First and Waco and see the Kansas Department of
Wildlife and Parks 3,200-gallon mobile aquarium. The have a variety
of fish including a 25-pound channel catfish. You can also register
to win a framed laremouth bass print by nationally-acclaimed
artist Mark Susinno. You can read more about it by clicking
here.
Tuesday-May
13, 2008 - 10:30 am - Three
days left for snagging season in Kansas. Chetopa is flowing at
four times what's needed to get fish up to there. If you enjoy
snagging and have some time, you might want to make the trip
to southeast Kansas for one last outing this season. They rank
the snagging as good. All the water this spring has been good
for catfishing also as it brings fish upstream. Most dams and
spillways have been busy with anglers.
We received
another order of the Berkly Hollow Body swimbaits late last week.
We also have a good supply of the Bass Magic in all three sizes.
We have the hooks you need for them also. Thanks to all of you
that have been coming in and ordering over the internet. Business
was great in April and May is continuing that. We continue to
get in merchandise. The problem we're having is where to hang
it.
Come see us.
Sunday-May
11, 2008 - 11:45 am - Those
of you that visited our store promotion after the 2007 Kansas
Sport Boat & Travel Show may remember talking with tournament
angler Curt Graves that day. Last weekend he won the Central
Pro-Am event on Table Rock after placing second in the ABA tournament
on big hill a couple weeks earlier. He has a log on the Kansas
Angler Online website. Click
here if you'd like
to see what he was fishing on those two events.
Tuesday-May
6, 2008 - 9:05 pm - Hats
off to a couple of our regular customers for placing second this
past weekend in the 21st Annual Shriners Tournament held on Truman
Lake. The paragraph below is from the report on the tournament
on 24/7 Outdoors website.
"The second
place team and winner of a fully rigged Lund boat powered by
Mercury was boat 168 Dr Earl Malone and Dr Tim Wilbeck with a
total weight of 34.70 pounds. Earl and Tim said they made a trip
way up the Pomme to boat their fish. They said they were using
black and blue jigs in 4-7 foot of water. They keyed in on secondary
points. Earl and Tim said they went through 10 keepers on Saturday
and 7 on Sunday. They are sponsored by Wilbeck Chiropractic,
Rotten Ronnie Baits, and Rush (the band). "
If you've never
heard of or seen Rotten Ronnie jigs, come by the store and check
them out.
Sunday-May
4, 2008 - 9:18 pm - Kenyon
Hill of Norman, Okla., scored his third BASS win with a four-day
total of 68 pounds, 0 ounces, on stingy Clarks Hill Lake at the
Pride of Georgia. Evers slips to third. You can read the complete
story for day three by clicking
here.
Sunday-May
4, 2008 - 11:56 am - Edwin
Evers of Talala, Okla. still has the lead at the Bassmaster Elite
Series event at Clarks Hill in Georgia. Kansan Preston Frazell
finished 12th after being in second place in the co-angler competition
after the second day when he also had big bass. He's taking $2,000
home for his efforts. The top 12 pros will go at it today for
the $100,000 top prize. You can read the complete story for day
three by clicking
here.
Saturday-May
3, 2008 - 10:58 am - I
mentioned last Thursday that local angler Eric Akred won the
co-angler and co-angler big bass at the last B.A.S.S weekend
series event at Grand Lake on April 26. The total results are
posted now and you can see them by clicking
here. Two other
Kansans placed in the top 20 on the co-angler side.
Friday-May
2, 2008 - 7:01 pm - Edwin
Evers of Talala, Okla. has a 2-pound lead at the Bassmaster Elite
Series event . The big new for Kansans however is Preston Frazell's
move to second place in the co-angler competition. On the way
to second, he collected $500 for big bass of the day. You can
check the story and see the standings after the first day by
clicking
here.
Friday-May
2, 2008 - 7:12 am - Denny
Brauer is in the lead at the Bassmaster Elite series event being
held in Georgia this weekend. You can check the story and see
the standings after the first day by clicking
here.
Thursday-May
1, 2008 - 3:35 pm - Just
found out local angler Eric Akred won the co-angler and co-angler
big bass at the last B.A.S.S weekend series event at Grand Lake
on the April 26th. I don't know any other details, but I wanted
to pass it on. It's always great to hear about tournament sucess
by local anglers.
There's a lot
going on this month in state parks and for kids this month. Click
here for a complete
story and listing of events.
Sunday-April
27, 2008 - 1:40 pm - The
swimbait furor continues and we keep working to have a good selection.
We have another order of the Berkley Hollow Belly baits ordered
and I'll let you know when more arrive. If you're lookiing for
the weighted hooks to fis them with, be sure to pick some up
the next time you're in. We've had a number of customers tell
us they haven't been able to find them or the Mend-It for repairing
soft plastic baits. We have them both. Come by and see us this
week.
Wednesday-April
16, 2008 - 1:33 pm - Just
received an email from a blog reader with a couple links to see
the Berkley Hollow Belly in action. Check them out. Thanks Dean.
http://www.berkley-fishing.com/product_videos.php?id=2070
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfrmV3zJ_Ow
Tuesday-April
15, 2008 - 12:13 pm - Our
first order of the all new Berkley® PowerBait® 5"
Hollow Belly™ swim bait has arrived. The bait has been field
tested and tweaked by the top Berkley Pro's in order to give
themselves a significant competitive advantage on this year's
tour.
As if the PowerBait®
scent and attractant weren't competitive advantage enough all
by itself, this new Hollow Belly™ bait is loaded with other
features as well that has made it the "choice of champions"
when conditions call for a super swim bait.
First of all,
unlike most other swim baits on the market, the body is truly
hollow from nose to tail, and easily collapses around the hook
when bit to insure a solid hookset. Its oversized paddle tail
creates an unbelievable, natural swim bait action.
With its realistic
eyes, lifelike colors, and soft texture, the Hollow Belly™
truly mimics a live baitfish swimming in its natural environment.
The Powerbait®
Hollow Belly™ swim baits come packed with three baits, a
wide gap hook, a treble hook, a bullet weight, a swivel, plastic
tubing, and a split ring. Also included in the package are diagrams
and instructions on how to rig them as a Texas Rig or Open Water
Rig.
Sunday, April
13, 2008 - 11:31 am - Tom
Spencer is looking for 50 boaters to help take kids fishing in
the Third Annual C.A.S.T. event scheduled for later this year.
The event is aimed at kids with special needs and this year will
also be opened to children of McConnell AFB service men and women
currently stationed overseas. This is a chance for you to do
some good for a great cause and have some fun at the same time.
For more information, email
Spencer or visit
his website.
C.A.S.T. is a national organization with events conducted all
around the nation.
Saturday,
April 12, 2008 - 9:18 pm - After
being kept off the lake Thursday, Bassmaster Elite anglers have
had a couple good days of weigh-ins at Lake Amistad. The leader
after day two is Jason Williamson from South Carolina. Tomorrow
the top 12 anglers will compete for the big purse. Many of the
good fish were caught late in the day. Click
here for the complete story.
The highest placing Kansan was Preston Frazell at 23rd.
Saturday,
April 12, 2008 - 9:56 am - We
continue to get in new merchandise. Our first shipment of Gene
Larew came in yesterday and we're in the process of getting it
checked in and ready to go for you. We have all the colors of
the new Three Legged Frog. That bait was really praised in the
Field and Stream Best Baits article. We also have the Biffle-O
and the Super Salt Biffle Craw.
We have a long
history with the Gene Larew company going back to the early 80s.
Gene Larew's first bait was a salt frog. He passed away years
ago and the business has been sold a number of times, but the
company continues to be a leader in innovation. Today, they do
more than just supply bass anglers with high quality, fish catching
baits; they also have a line of crappie baits and saltwater bait.
Their Long John was one of the forerunners of today's swimbaits.
It didn't sell very well for us in the 80s. I guess it was a
bit ahead of the curve.
We hope to get
our Larew baits online in the near future for those of you that
live out of Wichita.
Thursday,
April 10, 2008 - 11:15 am - No need to wonder how the Bassmaster Elite Series
tournament is going today on Lake Amistad. It was canceled because
of the weather. The plan to let everyone fish the second and
thrid day and then cut to the top 12 for day four.
Wednesday,
April 9, 2008 - 12:38 pm - We
just added a new listing for a 1998 Champion to our customer
bulletin board. The owner is getting a new boat and is selling
his current one. It's listed on eBay. Click
here to go to our
customer board listing. If you want to see more photographs,
there is a link to his listing on eBay.
Sunday, April
6, 2008 - 8:23 pm - Hold
the presses. After leading the Bassmaster Elite event at Falcon
Lake for three days, Aaron Martens was leapfrogged by Mississippi's
Elias as he Shattered the BASS Record with More Than 130 Pounds
in four days. That
has to be tough.
Saturday,
April 5, 2008 - 8:51 pm - How
would you like to weigh in over 100 pounds in three days? Aaron
Martens has done just that as he continues his lead at the end
of day three of the Bassmaster Elite tournament at Lake Falcon.
I'm betting we see more Kansans travel to that lake in the future.
I've had several customers tell me they've fished it on their
way back from fishing in Mexico. You can read the complete story
of day three by clicking
here.
Saturday,
April 5, 2008 - 10:46 am - An
out of town customer has listed some used and new Garcia reels
on our customer bulletin
board. Check the
models he has.
Friday, April
4, 2008 - 9:05 pm - Day
two of the Bassmaster Elite Series event on Texas' Lake Falcon
wasn't as kind as day one. All three Kansans slipped in the rankings.
All Three made the cut to move on to day three fishing however.
You can read the complete story by clicking
here.
The Riley County
Fish & Game Association is hosting a 4 Species Creel Crappie,
White Bass Walleye and Channel Cat tournament on May 18,
2008.
Friday, April
4, 2008 - 4:29 pm - The
Bassmaster Elite Series is fishing Falcon Lake in Texas this
weekend. Aaron Martens is leading with more the 40 pounds weighed
in on the first day. He only fished about half of the day because
of the wind wearing down his trolling battery.
The three Kansans
fishing the event are doing pretty well after the first day.
Brent Chapman is in 13th on the pro site while his dad Ron is
in second place on the co-angler side. Preston Frazell of Kincaid
is in 26th on the co-angler side. You can read the complete story
by clicking
here.
Wednesday,
April 2, 2008 - 8:36 pm - I
started to make an entry earlier today about a large order of
Bass Magic swim baits we received, but Alex called and said he
had already sold all but a couple packages. I thought the order
would take care of us for a while, but I was wrong. I will be
ordering more tomorrow. I'll let you know when they come in.
They've been difficult to get so far this year. I would say they
are the "Chatterbait" of 2008. We continue to receive
spring merchandise and are working to get it all displayed which
is proving to be a problem finding enough space.
Ben called me
his evening and said Sonny's truck will be at the store bright
and early tomorrow morning with our spring order of Sonny's Dip
Bait. If you want five gallon pails, I suggest you call or come
in as soon as you can. We ordered more than we did last spring,
but we ran out pretty fast last year and had to reorder and have
them shipped by private carrier instead of by Sonny's truck.
Also, if you
know anyone wanting an 8-foot lighted showcase or you want one
for yourself, we still have the one we replaced with our two
new show cases. If you collect old lures or anything else for
that matter, this would make you a great way to display them
if you have the space.
Come by and
see us, if we don't have what you need we will do our best to
get it for you.
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