Elken Bragging Board

Free Jig!

I like to hear from my customers that are doing well using my products, so starting July 15, 2009, Elken Customers sending in a picture(s) of big fish caught with an Elken lure or jig for use on the Bragging Board will receive a free Elken jig!

For each picture sent in, please include the following information:

    Your name
    Species of fish
    Size or weight
    What Elken lure or jig you caught it on
    Where you caught it
    Date the fish was caught
    Any other information you want to include

The limit on this offer is one free jig per customer per month.
You can send the pictures and info to the e-mail address at the bottom of this page.
Thanks to everyone for using Elken lures!

Elken customer David Parnicky with a nice limit of smallmouths caught in the Lake Whatcom Spring Open tournament on April 24, 2010. Four of the five bass were caught on a 1/2 oz. Columbia River Craw Football jig with a Smallie Beaver trailer.

Elken customer Duane Snyder with two nice largemouths caught from Patoka Lake in Indiana on April 17, 2010 in a BFL Hoosier Division tournament. The fish weighed 5.9 lbs. and 5.3 lbs. and helped Duane to a 2nd place finish in the tournament. The fish were caught on a Elken Columbia River Craw Football jig in 11 to 15 feet of water.

Elken customer Ian Highway with another nice largemouth caught from Lake St Francis in Quebec Canada on September 12, 2009. Not the biggest bass but very decent for up here. No scale but guessing in the 4-4.5 range. It was caught on a Elken 5/0 wide gap Swim Bait hook 1/8oz. with a 152nd Street Swim Bait on it.

Elken customer Ian Highway with a good largemouth caught from Lake Henry in Quebec Canada on August 26, 2009. The bass weighed 4.11 lbs. and was caught on a Elken 5/0 Frog/toad hook with a 152nd Street Big T Toad on it.

Elken customer Ian Highway with a nice largemouth caught from Lake Henry in Quebec Canada on August 24, 2009. The bass weighed 4.8 lbs. and was caught on a Elken 5/0 wide gap Swim Bait hook with a 152nd Street Swim Bait (white/red flake) on it.

Steve Day with a good smallmouth caught from C.J. Strike Reservoir on November 6, 2009; it weighed 4.30 lbs. and was Big Fish for an informal state club championship tournament; the Snow Bowl. Ten clubs from Southern Idaho brought 5 boats each, so 50 boats participated. It was caught on a #4 Elken Dropshot hook with a power leech on it.

Steve Day with a good smallmouth caught from Cascade Reservoir on May 16, 2009; it weighed 4.02 lbs. and was 2nd Big Fish for a club tournament; big fish for the event was 4.04 lbs. It was caught on a 3/0 Elken Stickbait hook with a Senko on it.

Bill Kriner with very nice Smallmouth from C.J. Strike Reservoir on March 14, 2009. It weighed around 4.5 lbs, was just over 20" long and very fat!. It was caught on an Elken football jig in the new Columbia River Craw pattern and a custom Elken rod!

Brian Purtell with a very nice Smallmouth from the Snake River. He's a future pro for sure!

Brian Purtell with a nice perch from a pond near Marsing. Good job Brian!

Kevin and Von Sitts with the Big Fish from the Snake River Bassmasters' Hot August Night night tournament from Owyhee Reservoir on August 23, 2008. It weighed 7.57 lbs. and was caught on an Elken Football jighead with a hula grub attached.

Bill Kriner with very nice Smallmouth from the Snake River Bassmasters' Brownlee Reservoir tournament on August 9, 2008. It weighed 4.84 lbs and was Big Fish for the tournament. It was caught on an Elken football jig in Kitchen Sink Craw pattern and a custom Elken rod!

Kevin Sitts and Josh Obendorf with some good Smallmouths from a Cascade Reservoir tournament on June 28, 2008. They were caught on Elken dropshot tackle.

Bill Kriner with two good Smallmouths from the Cascade Reservoir tournament on June 28, 2008; the bigger fish weighed 2.81 lbs. They were caught on an Elken Fluke Hook and a Super Fluke.

Roger Hill caught a good river smallmouth from the John Day River in 2007; it measured 19.5" long. It was caught on an 1/8 oz. Elken Jig Worm jighead with a Tiki Bamboo Stick on it. It is the third time Roger has caught, photographed and released this fish in the last two years.

Denny Burrow of Tri State Marine in Nampa, Idaho with a good largemouth caught from Clear Lake in California in October 2006; it weighed almost 7 lbs. It was caught on a Elken Minnow Spin jighead with a ringworm on it.

David Lynds of Nampa, Idaho with a good largemouth caught from Clear Lake in California in October 2006. It was caught on a Elken Minnow Spin jighead with a ringworm on it.

Steve Day with a good smallmouth caught from Brownlee Reservoir on October 21, 2006; it weighed somewhere over 4+ lbs.(scale battery dead). It was caught on a dropshot rig with an Elken Finesse Drop Shot sinker and a Matzuo Sickle Dropshot hook used in the Drop Shot Kit.

Steve Day with a good smallmouth caught from Hells Canyon Reservoir on September 23, 2006; it weighed 3.32 lbs. and was the Big Fish for a club tournament on a tough day for fishing. It was caught on a 5/8 oz. Elken Minnow Spin with a fluke body on it.

Steve Day with a good smallmouth caught from C.J. Strike Reservoir on November 12, 2005; it weighed somewhere around 5.5 lbs. It was caught on a dropshot rig with an Elken Finesse Drop Shot sinker and a Matzuo Sickle Dropshot hook.

Steve Day (left) with a 4.69 lbs. smallmouth from Brownlee Reservoir. The fish was caught in a Superior Bass tournament April 6, 2002 on a finesse split shot rig with an 1/8th oz. Elken SlimLine Finesse sinker.

More Photos or Stories needed from Elken Customers!!!