Bryan Jackson Lebanon, Tennessee
I first saw your spinnerbait at a tournament that I was fishing last year. One of the guys there was really bragging about this new bait that had helped him catch a big sack of fish. After talking to him for a while I decided that I needed to give them a try. I have since caught hundreds of fish on your baits and it has caused me to do what I thought could never be done, I have given up my Terminators!!! [read more]
 
Anniversery of The Passing of a Great Man
Ask just about anyone you know who the father of “Structure Fishing” is and you’ll probably hear names like Bill Dance, maybe Roland Martin. Ever wonder who came up with all the terminology we fishermen use today? Ask again and you might hear Tom Mann, one of the Lindners or any of the other legends in our wonderful sport. One man alone however owns the distinction of being the true “Father of Structure Fishing”. That man is Elwood Lake Perry. Known to his many friends as simply, “Buck”. “Buck Perry?” you might ask. “Never heard of him.”. Well pull up a chair and let me give you a little insight into arguably the greatest fishing mind we may ever know. [read more]
 
Longshank's ICAST Story Las Vegas, Nevada
Southern Outdoors America made its international debut at ICAST 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada in July. Although the company released The Longshank…its patent pending line of spinnerbaits and buzzbaits…in January of 2007 to a national audience with much appreciated success, international accounts had not been approached. “With ICAST, we were hoping to open up larger national accounts, as well as few international accounts,” says Scott Smith, President of SOA. “We were extremely pleased that the product was so well received by buyers from South Africa to Japan, and in between. So far, the reception to our product line has been extremely positive, and several large national accounts have already agreed to take us in. It looks like we’re about to be put on the map.” [read more]
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 

Southern Outdoors America was founded in May of 2003, however, the concept behind The Longshank Spinnerbait began several decades earlier. Frank E. Smith was a devoted husband and father of three sons. He was also master lure maker and, despite being a simple man, a very deep and innovative thinker. [read more]

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