Ah yes, my favourite time of the year when we see Ben walking around iCast and all the booths are going "Aww shit, it's him again." Great watch, awesome video.
Thanks for doing an Icast video again this year. Yours are the most enjoyable to watch. Glad to see the regular stop in the Nishine booth; love his passion for what he does.
The best part of the show was the companies we all love that don’t go to ICAST 😂. Thanks Ben Geoff and hippy for taking the time to do this every year for us I really appreciate it. Those custom colors are super dope can’t wait to get those in my hands.
Probably one of my favorite videos lol. You guys are a trip with all the fun banter and shit talkin. Always appreciate Bens sense of humor and his honest opinions on baits/baitmakers.
@@04RedFairLadyZ I will say though, although the Daingerous Swimbait is HEAVILY influenced by the MagDraft, I'll give Chris and the team credit where credit is due, it wasn't a straight rip-off, they did design a new harness from the ground up.. There are videos documenting this process. Again, HEAVILY influenced by the MagDraft, but they didn't just straight copy it so that's worth something.
I got one of those Kicknocker 168's a few weeks ago. It is awesome. It is like a Megadog X but lighter and, for me anyways, it actually catches fish. I have never had much luck with the Megadog X, but this works for me. Kicknocker fans will love it.
I really hope both models of the Nishine Tiny Simcoe come out, they cast very well and they come through rocky, snaggy areas surprisingly well, it's becoming a favourite small bait for me to fish rivers with the two samples I've been lucky enough to try!
I love how every time I see Hiroshi he looks like a scientist that has been working and sleeping in the lab for weeks on end right on the verge of a breakthrough. It's a shame the good stuff never gets acknowledged.
The only ICast video worth watching every year. The Nishine jerkbait and beefy underspin both look awesome as a Socal dude that fishes a lot of fresh and salt. OSP Duckbill and Ebidance look pretty cool too.
LMAO 🤣 still in your Dad! That had me dead ☠️.... Always Ben with the comedy. And Nishine with the "when you Jack It" OMG you have out done yourself with this one. 😂
I was watching the Simms booth segment, and I can’t believe he didn’t show off their nippers? Best nippers ever. You can trim a mosquitos wing with them! I love your sarcasm!
After doin Vegas twice then Orlando I knew it was over 4 me. Luv pimpin JDM gear with Muninore yet rubbin rings with ball bags in tourney jerseys is for the water to gank their coin 😝. Thanx 4 the views
I understand that this is a sneak peek into the industry but it would be nice if they dropped the products around the same time instead of hyping a product that isnt released for a year! So many people have released icast videos they should just let consumers come for a couple of days.. thanks for the walk through!
The knock off company is called Suk wang 😂. You couldn’t have made this name more perfect! Come on Ben , you are slipping! Nothing? Companies are holding back. You are right on ! Things have slowed and then you got all the changes with FFS. The companies are doing a few but not big line reviews or major updates.
Here we go again!!!! 😂😂😂 Look forward to the “real uncensored” report from ICAST every year. Wish was Griff was there…the voice of reason. I’d have to drink a 6-pack of Orion before going in there.
@@thehookuptackle_usa Rapala do it again, i don't understand why, why this Showerblow knockoff, Rapala has this good reputation and i'm sure Lauri is spinnig in his crave!
Supposedly the Strike King “Final Copy” (Magdraft) knock off is made from a heavy density plastisol that weighs a good bit more than the original Megabass Magdraft so it will fish at a higher rate of speed blah blah
Well they won an award with the riser knock off - but it launched months ago and everyone already knows it’s a knockoff so I assumed no one cared to include them. Other than that though - almost nothing from them 👍
have the 1610m adrena 24 and it's dope...is ferraled. so curious to see you covering the lineup with particular interest with the 7-3MH and the 7-4H; want to know if the 7-4H will be all that for 3/4 oz chatters and heavier.
Sukwang just like all these damn custom "exclusive" lure folks who be selling painted KO blanks at the freaking original lure prices. Drives me nuts when folks pay the same $ for a damn KO vs the OG lure
Ah yes, my favourite time of the year when we see Ben walking around iCast and all the booths are going "Aww shit, it's him again." Great watch, awesome video.
Haha 😂🍻
Amidst all the other iCast videos, I needed this one. I appreciate that Hookup Tackle always points out the B.S.
Thanks for watching man!
I really appreciate the honesty and especially the sarcasm. Thank you.
Thank you for watching!
Thanks for doing an Icast video again this year. Yours are the most enjoyable to watch. Glad to see the regular stop in the Nishine booth; love his passion for what he does.
He’s a great refreshing stop!
The best part of the show was the companies we all love that don’t go to ICAST 😂. Thanks Ben Geoff and hippy for taking the time to do this every year for us I really appreciate it. Those custom colors are super dope can’t wait to get those in my hands.
Thank you for watching! 🍻
My dude Anthony Lee repping Tackle Shack in Houston, TX is good peeps! 🤘
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Probably one of my favorite videos lol. You guys are a trip with all the fun banter and shit talkin. Always appreciate Bens sense of humor and his honest opinions on baits/baitmakers.
The good ole sukwang booth
Bastards 😂
It's literally Suk Wang - Cocksuckers 😂😂😂
Thanks for taking us to ICAST! I can't wait for that matte black Jackhammer! That thing is dope. 🍺🍻
I got a few mins left on break lol where is that in the video I wanted to see 😂
@@Buckeyebassin740 22:02
Really wish they’d drop the Junebug color in the U.S.!!
Icast needs to open it to the general public
Agreed!
You should call out Chris zaldain for ripping off megasbass lol. Saying it’s all his design
@@04RedFairLadyZ he was on the megabass team forever and might have helped or developed the Magdraft...
That would be great. Same thing with NAMM it's the musical instrument trade show.
@@04RedFairLadyZ I will say though, although the Daingerous Swimbait is HEAVILY influenced by the MagDraft, I'll give Chris and the team credit where credit is due, it wasn't a straight rip-off, they did design a new harness from the ground up.. There are videos documenting this process. Again, HEAVILY influenced by the MagDraft, but they didn't just straight copy it so that's worth something.
Hiroshi the goat! Constant innovating, never copying. His stuff is always gorgeous AND catches fish 😊
Agreed!
My favorite local shop making an appearance! Shout out to the boys at Lake Pro tackle 🙌
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I love the NO B.S. honesty about this video.
I’m glad. Thank you for watching!
2 hour video but flew by, the end was awesome wasn’t expecting that. Sukwang booth was wild.
Excited for the new Poison rods
Thank you for watching! I’m also excited for the Poison rods!
Thanks for showing us icast, and especially the Megabass drops!
Thank you for watching!
H-Towns own Anthony from "the tackle shack" representing
I got one of those Kicknocker 168's a few weeks ago. It is awesome. It is like a Megadog X but lighter and, for me anyways, it actually catches fish. I have never had much luck with the Megadog X, but this works for me. Kicknocker fans will love it.
Yes - Kicknocker BD is the deal for the larger walking baits!
NISHINE
Always a bright spot
I really hope both models of the Nishine Tiny Simcoe come out, they cast very well and they come through rocky, snaggy areas surprisingly well, it's becoming a favourite small bait for me to fish rivers with the two samples I've been lucky enough to try!
Me too!!
Everytime he spins his finger you can see the look on his face “let’s gtfo” and it kills me😂
Maybe that’s what I was thinking…
I love how every time I see Hiroshi he looks like a scientist that has been working and sleeping in the lab for weeks on end right on the verge of a breakthrough. It's a shame the good stuff never gets acknowledged.
Annual rite of passage watching The Hook Up at ICast. Great entertainment and very informative as always.
Thank you for watching!
Glad to see John with Simms.. known him since 7th grade. (We fished a few golf courses back in the day.)
He’s a good dude!
Keep up the work! just got enough saved up for the next box if I can get my hands on it, it will be my first box
Hell yeah!! 🍻
One of my favorite yearly videos
I definitely want to try the emu kemushi. Thanks Travis!
Much more fun to watch from your perspective 👊🏼🍻
I’m glad! Thanks for watching!
Nishine is such a good dude. I've never bought any of their stuff but now i have to.
He’s amazing - love supporting that guy!
If you have any light to medium power rods, the Baby Abino 70f with the tuning kit is a good start.
The only ICast video worth watching every year. The Nishine jerkbait and beefy underspin both look awesome as a Socal dude that fishes a lot of fresh and salt. OSP Duckbill and Ebidance look pretty cool too.
All of those for game 💯 👍🍻
I definitely have a love hate relationship with you guys since I found you on TH-cam. Great products. Happy New Year. See you in 2025.
LMAO 🤣 still in your Dad! That had me dead ☠️.... Always Ben with the comedy. And Nishine with the "when you Jack It" OMG you have out done yourself with this one. 😂
This is how an iCast tour is supposed to be
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Ben’s face with that guy selling other companies baits under different names was great that’s freaking mind blowing that they can do that
So bad that this happens
Best Icast 2024 video of the show!
As always - respect to Nishine. Doing it right.
Great stuff, I really want to see that Nischine jig with the blade in the water.
Me too!
That OSP Duckbill TS Bait Fish & KTD Reaction Flash is on my want list!
It’s a cool bait!
I was watching the Simms booth segment, and I can’t believe he didn’t show off their nippers? Best nippers ever. You can trim a mosquitos wing with them! I love your sarcasm!
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I'm surprised they let you guys in each year lol
Same. This year was pretty calm though 👍👍
I like the new black and morning dawn jackhammer colors, great hunting brown trout 110, poison adrena rods, new terminal tackle...
Thank you for watching!!!
Loved it
Less than 1 minute in and “circle jerk” is mentioned.
Never change 😂
It’s too easy 😂
Thank yall for being honest and to the point. It’s hard to support the pros and companies when the public isn’t even allowed in…
After doin Vegas twice then Orlando I knew it was over 4 me. Luv pimpin JDM gear with Muninore yet rubbin rings with ball bags in tourney jerseys is for the water to gank their coin 😝. Thanx 4 the views
Thanks for watching!
“Thanks for ruining our episode” with the straight face 😂
And Jeff have a beer with the legend already !!!
Nishine with the win at iCast again.
Every year!
I seen on IG that spro now will be distribute hideup, didn’t see that one🤯😂 but I can’t wait for the new slashkicker!🔥 excellent video y’all!!🤘🏻🤘🏻
Hands down the best icast experience vid. You top yourselves every year. The knock off booth😂😂😂😂😂
Thank you for watching!
Love McKee Outdoors!! The Hookup in East Tennessee!!
Great store! 🍻
The final one🤣🤣
So dumb
Thanks for keeping it real!
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Look forward to going with y’all every year 😂😅
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Wish we went . Maybe some year 😮
2” Sakamata….I’m all in. That will be so much fun on the Extreme Climber
Hope you like tiny!!
I understand that this is a sneak peek into the industry but it would be nice if they dropped the products around the same time instead of hyping a product that isnt released for a year! So many people have released icast videos they should just let consumers come for a couple of days.. thanks for the walk through!
Thanks for watching!
Love to see Pheonix Company doing well
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Love the Cap ❤️👍
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The knock off company is called Suk wang 😂. You couldn’t have made this name more perfect! Come on Ben , you are slipping! Nothing? Companies are holding back. You are right on ! Things have slowed and then you got all the changes with FFS. The companies are doing a few but not big line reviews or major updates.
Here we go again!!!! 😂😂😂 Look forward to the “real uncensored” report from ICAST every year.
Wish was Griff was there…the voice of reason. I’d have to drink a 6-pack of Orion before going in there.
Haha! Reason until he’s around all the “pros”
Ben forgetting if he had a rod or a reel is the Orion kicking in. 😄 Or maybe he needs an Orion.
All of the above
SUK WANG!
26:30 I've caught wakebait fish in 30 degree air temps. Year-round bait for me.
Solid!
$1,400 for a rain suit? I better be able to sink down to the Titanic's resting spot without getting wet.
That Nishine finesse underspin (?) head with the triangular blade could be sick with a mylar minnow
Yes it could!
PB&J DoLive beaver?!!!!
Boooom!
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I am sure Berkely was there showing all of their clones! Thanks for showing what's happening in the tackle business.
Thank you for watching!
5:34 PM in Westgermany NRW in ready for the Knockoff roast🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
There surprisingly wasn’t many knockoffs this year - which is awesome! Of course, a knockoff still won best of category 😂
@@thehookuptackle_usa Rapala do it again, i don't understand why, why this Showerblow knockoff, Rapala has this good reputation and i'm sure Lauri is spinnig in his crave!
That BKK OCD organizer box is speaking to me
you said it best 'not a consumer show'....IS ridiculous!
💯
ill take the entire stock of that pb&j beaver
Got to fight me over some of them 😂
What is the name of the bait that was on that range roller at the owner booth?
The Hooked Up Tackle and Mark’s Outdoors. The big two.
Supposedly the Strike King “Final Copy” (Magdraft) knock off is made from a heavy density plastisol that weighs a good bit more than the original Megabass Magdraft so it will fish at a higher rate of speed blah blah
😂😂 what a joke ICAST
Indiscriminately copying Asians superior tackle
What bait is that on the owner range roller?
Juster stick
I like the crazy blue!😢
The Suck Wangs booth was wild 😂😂 maybe we’re not hard enough on knock offs.
Also nothing from berkley? Did they clean up their act this year?
Well they won an award with the riser knock off - but it launched months ago and everyone already knows it’s a knockoff so I assumed no one cared to include them. Other than that though - almost nothing from them 👍
I wouldn’t go if it was open to the public. JDM all the way
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have the 1610m adrena 24 and it's dope...is ferraled. so curious to see you covering the lineup with particular interest with the 7-3MH and the 7-4H; want to know if the 7-4H will be all that for 3/4 oz chatters and heavier.
None of the USA models will be ferruled.
We’ll do a full breakdown on the lineup
I LOV SUKWANG
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START UR OWN SHOW WITH JDM BRANDS. UR THE OG ANYWAY
OPEN TO CONSUMERS
Shh 🤫
@@thehookuptackle_usa aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!
Sukwang just like all these damn custom "exclusive" lure folks who be selling painted KO blanks at the freaking original lure prices. Drives me nuts when folks pay the same $ for a damn KO vs the OG lure
Anyone else notice the booth with all the knock-off shit was called "SUK WANG"?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣LMFAO!!!!
Do you still need a Fluor leader on the XBraid or just straight braid
Depends what you’re doing - but lighter sizes usually leader
@@thehookuptackle_usa to big. I was looking at something 10 or less
I got the KAGE in spinning and it’s a bad MFR😊
Bro we're those suk Wang guys serious wtf was that bro... Strange dude!?
It was really wild
How was that allowed at icast?
“Don’t like it… go suck wang.”- them probably
Og Tony rose whattttt Florida legend what’s up my friend
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Pretty wack they let a knock-off company get a booth. Who vets these vendors?
And then stupid iCast wonders why the real brands don’t want to pay to show up.
Love your icast videos and transparency. I've been curious - How come you guys don't stock Geecrack baits?
I choose to work with good brands run by good people 👍
Nishine is top shelf...trying to push the industry FORWARD rather than overtly copying other companies successful designs.
Geecrack? Would like to see you guys carry them. Their stuff may smell but it gets bit.
Send it in Jerome!!!!
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Not sure if they have a JDM icast version but I need to see one with you guys covering it.
They used to, but not anymore
SIMMS IS good stuff though... Can't argue that - if you don't wanna go home early.. BTW if you haven't already visit a dermatologist.
That kage lt is sweet. $250 to have the anti-reverse give up in 6 months instead of buying a luvias for 50 bucks less
the ebidance...rod, reel & line? the duckbill is getting bought!
Ebidance - spinning probably - or medium, fast casting rod with a bait finesse reel
I love that the company doing all the Knock-Off's is named "Suck Wang" ROFL.... Ya can't make this stuff up folks...
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The new Gloomis BFS line is going to be so dope, and they're even offering them in the conquest line! *Said nobody for yet another year* SMH
Haha! They’ll release those after everyone already has amazing BFS rods in their arsenal 😂
Enjoyed the previews at the end. Any word on the IXI crank or possibility of Kirinji full production?
No - no eta sad😢