Happy Thanksgiving! Now let’s get to shopping for the Christmas holiday season, if you are looking for a special gift for a bass fisherman than the following items can be excellent choices. These gift recommendations are all higher end fishing items and may not be considered the best stocking stuffers, but if you are looking for a serious item to get that special bass angler something that they will use every day on the water and love you for it everyday then think about getting one of these items. We have provided several additional blog posts with additional holiday gifts for anglers in different price categories.
Every bass fisherman can use a set of really high end rain gear that will keep them warm and toasty in any weather that they are out in. If you are looking for that special gift that will get used throughout the year a set of Bass Pro Shop 100 Mile Per Hour Gore Tex pants and jacket is the way to show your love to your favorite fisherman. All tournament bass fisherman have fished in some weather that the normal fisherman wouldn’t venture out in but if you have to fish when it is down pouring rain and gusting winds then this is the bib and rain jacket that you want to keep dry and comfortable while out in the elements. Bass boats do not have a canopy so if you are fishing in a rainy day in March you are out in it all day so you want the reliability of Gore Tex to get through an entire day. The Gore Tex Parka has room for a hat and lined with fleece in the right places for comfort. The Jacket comes in the following colors Red, Black, Green, and Blue – The jacket ranges between $225-$250.
Cold Weather Clothing – Jacket and Bib
The 100 MPH Gore Tex bib pant really makes sure that your legs will stay dry all the way down to your boots. These bibs stay secure and positioned due to the easy clip on straps. There are a few pockets for storing those important items that need to be easily accessible like pliers, etc. These heavily reinforced bibs will make sure to stay in top condition even with a person that fishes hard in lots of different weather. These high quality fishing pants range between $199.99 and 219.99 and they also come in the same 4 colors as the jacket: green, red, blue, and black.
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Get The Kids Off the Bank with a Pontoon Boat
If you have a kid that loves fishing around the local ponds and lakes and they are serious about bass fishing or just fishing of any kind. While they are too young to run and operate a boat most kids ages 12 and up can operate a float tune or a kickboat with some parental supervision. For the little bit older angler a kickboat / pontoon boat is no question. Let them experience fishing like the pros by fishing from the water casting towards shore and around cover and structure that is too hard to reach from the bank. A normal kickboat set up requires some breathable waders depending on the temperature of the water in the summer months you might be able to fish with just fins on your feet. A pair of fins for using your feet to position and move around, the oars are for distance and the fins for maneuverability. This particular outcast Fish Cat which is a quality kickboat / pontoon style boat is an excellent starter boat at $600 and might be all that is needed to keep your younger kids into fishing until they are old enough to operate a big boat. These are all also a great gift to the fisherman that has a boat but also likes to fish small private places too as getting onto the water is all the difference sometimes in catching them all day from the water or struggling from the bank.
Premium Fish finder / sonar / chartplotter
Every fisherman should have a high quality fish finder that also serves as a GPS and chartplotter so that they not only can find the fishing spots they have the ability to get back quickly without getting lost out on the river or lake. The Hummingbird sonar units are special due to the built in Side Imagining capabilities. The side imaging technology allows the boat operator to not only use the sonar to detect the depth and structure below the boat but to also get a visible image of the lake bottom to the left and right of the boat. This can be very a effective way for fisherman to locate the hot spot within a lake by being able to visually see an underwater tree or rock formation that the fish are holding next to. Check out either of these models for an option for a great fishfinder to give as a special christmas present for the angler in your family.
Humminbird 898c SI Sonar GPS+WAAS Chartplotter Combo – This beautiful sonar GPS with side imaging capabilities along with WAAS Chartplotting gives any boater all of the capabilities that they would require to run their vessel for a short on long range fishing trip. This unit is currently around $1500 plus requires installation.
Humminbird 1198c SI Combo Color Sonar GPS+WAAS Chartplotter Fishing System – With a large display screen and stuffed full of features and capabilities this graph is a complete fishing system and coupled with side imagining will get you to where the fish are and back with no problems. This unit is a significant investment but for the serious angler or the person that needs to have the best of the best in everytjing they do the $2800 is all worth it when it is all about getting there and getting back the Hummingbird fishing electronics make it happen.
The rest of the gift guide broken up into a few different budget segments. Hope you have a blast shopping for the bass fisherman in your life this year.
Part 1 of holiday fishing gift guide
Part 2 of holiday fishing gift guide
Part 3 of holiday fishing gift guide
Part 4 of holiday fishing gift guide
And a Fisherman Stocking Stuffer Special
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