Thanks for visiting Cast Away Bait and Tackle! Cast Away Bait and Tackle is a Full Time Fully Licensed Custom Tackle Shop where my jigs are designed and tied by myself just off the shores of beautiful Lake Lanier. My name is Jim Farmer and I've been an avid fisherman all of my life. For the past 25 years the striped bass has been my main target of interest, but I enjoy sportfishing for just about any species available. I started fishing for striped bass in the early eighties in California and while traveling during my 20 year military career I've had the opportunity to fish some of our countries finest fisheries.
Professionally speaking, I've spent the last 8 years competing on two Striped Bass tournament trails; 5 years with the National Striped Bass Association Gold Cup series and the last 3 with the Striped Bass Conservation Coalition tournament trail. I have notched two top 5 National Championship finishes and four Top 10 finishes. I have logged tournament wins at Lake Hartwell, Lake West Point, Strom Thurmond and my home lake, Lanier. While on the trail, I've had the opportunity to match my skills against the best striper fishermen east of the Mississippi. I have been a member of our three local striper clubs and logged tournament wins in all three. I am a past President and Secretary of the North Georgia Striper Club. I've met some great folks and learned a lot while in our local clubs, and hope to continue to pass along my knowledege to club members
About 15 years ago I took an interest in making my own tackle. I would make a jig or two and head to the lake to try a different pattern, color or style. Over the years I've developed a line of tackle that can help you catch fish. All of my jigs are air brush powder coated and baked for a nice smooth finish. The jigs are dipped and finished in a protective clear coating before shipping. My plastics are all made from heavy duty saltwater liquid plastic at the time the order is placed so you get the freshest plastics possible. My hooks are all Saltwater Eagle Claw or Mustad extra tough nickel plated. They don't get any tougher than Cast Away Tackle!
Take a look around my online store and let me know if there is something I can make for you. I do a lot of custom work as well as custom colors to fit the anglers specific needs.
Below in the Feature Product list is my latest creations and my favorite tackle for the current and upcoming fishing season.
Look for the "Made in the USA" label and now more than ever:
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Check on the status of your order and see what's going on with the Cast Away Calendar
You can win a custom embroidered Cast Away fishing cap if you send me your Cast Away fishing tackle photo from the month of May. Just send your pics of fish caught on Cast Away tackle and you could win the custom embroidered hat and all runners up will receive a 10% discount code on their next purchase.
Here's our first entry from Fletcher on Lake Texoma. Fletcher writes:
"On Wednesday and Thursday I exclusively fished with your tackle. Man, we killed them! I love your stuff and its now officially field tested and proven in on Lake Texoma. I've attached a pic of the typical size fish we were catching. We primarily fished the ledges of the river channels for post spawning fish (you can see the spawning sores on a lot of the big breeders). FYI…Texoma is one of the few lakes in the country that has a natural breeding population of stripers. I was rigging the leadcore with both your 1 oz."H" model white bucktail troller w/paddle tails and the 1oz."H" model bullfrog bucktail troller w/paddle tails. I was amazed at how hard these fish were hitting the baits. Even though your paddle tails are very durable and can usually catch quite a few fish before they have to be replace, I went through all of the 4.5" white and 4.5" chartreuse/white. I broke out the 5" paddle tails and they are almost gone as well. I'll be ordering more later today along with a few more white 1oz "H" model trollers. Thanks again for building such great tackle"!
Fletcher
Here is some recent spring Cast Away tackle pictures
Here's a couple of pictures from my good friends Todd and Dennis with some Lanier spring Cast Away planer board fish. A few years back I took Todd and Dennis out and introduced them to Cast Away Planer Boards and they have been hooked since. Thanks guys!
This is one of my favorites from one of my favorite spots on Lake Lanier sent from Jeremy and Brandon.
This pic comes from Texas with Fletcher and Michele doing some trolling with some of my big Bucktail Trollers on Main lake humps on Lake Texoma this past weekend.
Here's one from Toby and the Cast Away Baits sponsored Nevada Striper Club, caught on a Little Paddletail Gizzard and Shad Head combo, on a Cast Away U-rig last weekend on Lake Mead outside of Las Vegas.
Guys, it's finally here. For the last year or so I've had a lot of requests for a weighted soft plastic swim bait. Well, I finally put on my design cap again and came up with a weighted soft plastic bait that I think we're all going to like for this summer and beyond. I made this bait with versatility in mind. This bait can be used as a single casting bait, throwing to those topwater feeding schools, as a leadcore or downrigger troller or used as teasers or trailers on your u-rigs. The bait is 5 inches in length, weighs 7/8 of an ounce and has awesome action. These weighted Swimmers are on sale and available in a 4 pack and a larger 6 pack for loading up the u-rigs.
For more information on the new Cast Away Weighted Swimmers
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Take a look at the video below for more on the new Cast Away Weighted Swimmers.
Take a look at the new Cast Away Rattletail Shad
Now you can add a little something extra to your Swimmers. I've designed a little pocket in the tail of the weighted Swimmers just big enough to hold a 5mm buckshot rattle. You'll get 2 rattles in a 4 pack of some of my favorite colors, for a great price. For more information on my new Rattletail Shad
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New U-Rigs and Castable U-Rigs
I've designed a new type of heavy duty u-rig with some changes that give the rig more action and flash. The rig head weighs 1/2 ounce and is polished nickel plated. I've used a synthetic hair on the head and the beaded head of the rig slides up and down a 4 inch wire. Attached to the bottom of the wire is a nickel plated spinner bait hook that will swivel freely on the wire loop. These rigs run at 15 feet in depth at 100 feet behind the boat, going 2.5 mph. I specifically designed these rigs for early summer stripers setting on lake humps and lake points. These rigs will be on sale through June. Take a look at the video below for more info on the new Nickel Head Rigs.
The Lanier Blueback pattern has been working for me lately and I've made up a few u-rigs in the Lanier Blueback pattern that has been my biggest producer. Another great producer on Lanier as well as our surrounding lakes is the Hot Pink color pattern. I have the same rig available in the Hot Pink as well. The key to the success is the Cast Away designed u-rig frames. The u-rig head has a high gloss finish and a sleek new design. The arms and snaps are heavy duty and fish don't escape the Cast Away u-rig. For more info on the Lake Lanier U-rigs
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Take a look at the new Lanier U-rig in the picture and videos below.
Here's a new video I shot on March 19th while pulling a Lanier Blueback U-rig and a 1 ounce white Shad Rig.
Take a look at this striper caught on a Cast Away Blueback U-rig by Alex and his guest during the "Outdoors Without Limits" event on Friday the 23rd of March. For more information on the Outdoors Without Limits" program
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Check out the new Cast Away designed U-Rigs!!!!
I've got 3 sizes and several different options and color patterns to choose from. These rigs are built Cast Away tough right here in my shop with the serious striper fisherman in mind. I designed these rigs to hold up to just about anything including multiple big fish!
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Here's a video of the rigs with some of the different options available:
Introducing the new Cast Away Mini U-Rigs:
Guys, the latest and greatest in new tackle for bass and stripers is the castable u-rig. Cast Away Bait and Tackle has a great little version of a Castable u-rig I call my Mini u-rigs. I've made these little guys durable enough to handle big ole stripers as well as those fiesty bass. These little guys can be used for more than casting in the striper world. I like slow freeline trolling these guys right behind the boat as well as pulling them behind my planer boards. There is no better way to emulate a small bait school than a u-rig and sometimes you have to think small. The fish thinks he's getting a mouth full of yummy free-range bait and he's getting a mouth full of Cast Away trouble. They come in four of my favorite colors, all of which weigh 5/8 ounce. Each rig includes five of my 70 lb Coastlock snap swivels. Give one a try!!
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Try a Cast Away Mini Swimbait Rig for spring bass and stripers.
Who wants to spend time on the lake hooking baits to a rig when you can just tie it on and throw it. I took all the work out of this rig for you. These bad boys are rigged and ready to fish right out of the package. Versatility is the key to using this rig. The rig makes an excellent casting rig or trolling rig. I've been pulling it behind my planer boards as well as trolling it behind the boat with the trolling motor. The key is faster speeds than trolling live bait. I averaged 1.5+ mph to make the rig effective for reaction type strikes. If that isn't working, and there are schooling or surfacing fish in the area, give casting the rig a try. I've also pulled the rig with live bait and had some success with the bass. You can replace the swimbaits with a circle or octopus hook and use it as a live bait rig. You can put artificials on the outside arms and a bluback or gizzard on the middle arm and pull it behind the boat or on my Cast Away Planer Boards. Find what works for you with this versatile little rig. For more info:
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Here's a video for more info on the rig:
Here's a video of a couple of bass caught on the Mini Rig in a Black Shad color:
Cast Away Planer Boards:
Guys, here is the last planer board you ever need. I've used the others for years and decided to engineer and design a higher quality board at a better price than most boards on the market. My planer board design came from a 25 year background in Aeronautics, Engineering and design development, as well as a 30 year background in striper fishing. My boards are made for hardcore striper fishing with heavy duty stainless and brass parts and are guaranteed for as long as you are using them. Try and get that promise from brand X. Give em a try today at a great price!
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Here's a couple of videos about Cast Away planer boards and how to use them.
Wanna see a 46 pounder we caught last spring on a Cast Away Planer Board with a 3 pound Skipjack for bait. ***Warning:*** Someone (I won't name him by name) dropped the f-bomb during filming so this is not suitable for youngins. You might want to turn the sound down.
For you local guys, you're welcome to stop by the shop and pick up orders or just stop by to take a look around to see if something peaks your interest. I don't think anyone has ever left empty handed.
I am now accepting
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Folds of Honor Foundation
Guys, I'd like to take this opportunity to let everyone know that Cast Away Baits has teamed up with the "Folds of Honor" Foundation to do our part to help the families of veterans either killed or disabled while in service to their country. As some of you may already know, my son is a soldier in the Army and just returned from his third deployment to Iraq. I visit him and his family frequently at his base at Fort Hood in Texas. Both him and I always carry a tear in our eye and a prayer in our hearts for the families of friends that we have lost while serving our country. For that reason Cast Away Baits will be making a $2.00 donation from each order we receive in hopes that we can make a difference. I thank you for helping these families of the brave young men and women that were behind the scenes doing their part to perserve the every day freedoms that we enjoy. We can never do enough to say Thank You, but we can darn sure do something for these families. We are also planning a fishing derby and fund raiser in late May or Early June. You can contact me @ 678-641-5160 for more information on the event. You can click on the link below to find out more about the foundation and the cause. Thank You!
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