JIM BEHNKIN

"Brian Huskins handmade crankbaits are solely responsible for my $38,500.00 cash and a new 519/Yamaha boat which I won at the FLW Texas Tournament Trail on Texoma April 25th 2004. I had located some fish prior to the event in some standing trees. Tournament day however, the fish moved off the bottom and suspended about 3 to 4 feet below the surface in those trees. Normally, suspended fish are troublesome at best to catch. Not this day however! They slammed the B2 in both natural shad and Rootbeer/Chartreuse! Every fish had the bait entirely in it's throat! I finished day one with 15# 6 oz. and was 3rd going into day 2. The second day the fish moved once again. They abandoned wood altogether had to scramble around and start throwing the B2 on transition areas which went from sand to basketball sized rocks. I switched over from a 5.3 to 1 retrieve reel to a 3.8 to 1 and started slowly bumping rocks in 3 to 4 foot of stained water. I had 5 keeper bites all day and managed to weigh in 12# 13 oz. and take the tournament by just over 1/2 lb.

Once you fish these baits and gain confidence in knowing you are cranking a bait that 99% of the people in the field do not own, it really keeps you focused for the quality bites YOU KNOW you are going to get. They are my supreme confidence baits and have accounted for 2 seconds and this first in my past 3 tournaments.

$20 bucks is NOT a lot to pay for a bait when it runs perfect every time, has a lifetime warranty and keeps you mentally in the game all day long. If you can stay in it mentally, your better than 90% of the field already! Brians baits do that for you!

Behnken wins Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail event on Lake Texoma

Pro Jim Behnken of Garden Ridge caught a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 28 pounds, 3 ounces to win the Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail event on Lake Texoma.

25.Apr.2004

SHERMAN, Texas — Pro Jim Behnken of Garden Ridge caught a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 28 pounds, 3 ounces to win $10,000, a fully rigged Ranger 519 VS Ranger boat plus $20,000 in contingency prizes at the Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail event on Lake Texoma.