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Z-Man: Breaking Down a Bassmaster Classic Winner

Andrea Marini
by Andrea Marini0462
Ladson, SC (April 5, 2023) – All three days of the 2023 Bassmaster Classic, Jeff “Gussy” Gustafson stuck to his money method, catching every one of his tournament-winning smallmouth bass on one of two Z-Man baits—a 4-inch smelt-pattern Scented Jerk ShadZ and a more compact StreakZ™ 3.75. It’s a statement that......
ChatterBait® creator Ron Davis riffs on his new topwater concept the Z Man® HellraiZer™
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ChatterBait Creator Ron Davis Riffs on the New Z-Man HellraiZer

Andrea Marini
by Andrea Marini0573
 ChatterBait creator Ron Davis riffs on his new topwater concept, the Z-Man HellraiZer LADSON, SC (February 13, 2023) – It all seems like a no brainer now. Why wouldn’t you cast the lure that’s become perhaps the greatest big bass catcher of the last two decades? But twenty years ago, when inventor......
Z-Mans HerculeZ Swimbait features a rigid zinc endoskeleton and muscular Mustad big fish hook
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Z-Man ‘Immortal’ HerculeZ: Toughest Swimbait Ever?

Andrea Marini
by Andrea Marini0673
Z-Man ‘immortal’ HerculeZ exhibits astonishing action and toughness Ladson, SC (January 26, 2023) – Admittedly, bite force is a concept best understood by anglers whose fingers accidently slip into the mandibles of powerful gamefish. With an audible snap—not unlike an angry alligator maw—aquatic predators like snook, tarpon and striped bass......