Since it is now officially release day I will share the info on the new items this year. I will include a link to the new items on the Clam website at the end of this post. so with that let's begin.
new houses :
Sled based houses :
-Ice Team 20th Anniversary edition Legend XL Thermal (Limited edition color, has neon green along with the blue and gray )
-Ice Team 20th Anniversary edition Voyager X Thermal (Limited edition color, has neon green along with the blue and gray )
-Warrior X Thermal
-X300 Thermal (new three man house with both front and side doors)
-Blazer Stealth one man
Hub houses :
-Stealth Spearfisher
-Escape Ice (replaces the 1660 non thermal)
-Escape Ice Thermal (replaces the 1660 thermal)
-Refuge Ice Thermal (replaces the Bigfoot 4000T, same size, 900 denier fabric vs 600 denier)
now for the rest of the new stuff as it appears in the catalog :
sleds by them self without a house on it :
- Clam Transport (it is a scout size sled with a bracket that hold 3 five gallon pails).
Ice Armor suits and gloves :
- Ice Armor Ascent floating suit (this replaces the Men's Lift suit) ( also comes in kids sizes) (Women's model is still called the Lift suit)
- Waterproof Tactical Gloves
- Utility Gloves
- Chopper Mitts
Clam Pro Tackle :
- Super Leech Spoon (larger size of the Leech Flutter Spoon from last year)
- Panfish Leech Flutter Spoon (down sized for panfish)
- Peg Flutter Spoon
- Pinhead Jigging Mino Spoon
- Small Pea Slab Spoon
- Drop Spoon
- Dropper Spoon
- Gold colored Drop Kick Jig (new color added this year)
- 3 new colors of the Snow Drop XL Jig added this year
New Maki Plastics for this year :
- Leechi
- Neki
Frost Ice Fishing Line (made by Sun Line Co for Clam)
- Mono (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 LBS) (clear or metered orange/clear)
- Fluorocarbon (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 LBS) (clear or metered chart/clear)
- Braid (4,6,8,10,15 LBS) (smoke or hi vis yellow)
Metered line is 20 inches of clear followed by 8 inch of color (orange in mono & chart. in Fluorocarbon) running the entire length of the spool of line.
Rods :
- Dave Genz Legacy Series Premium Rods (features a Winn Grip)
- Dave Genz Split Handle Series Rods.
- Ice Spooler Combo (can get Spooler Reel separate from the combo too).
- True Blue combo
- Meat Stick series has been redesigned (new look)
- Mackinaw Big Fish Series has been redesigned (new look and grips)
Tip Ups :
- Blue Ice Pike Tip Up (spool capacity is double of the original Blue Ice Tip Up)
Misc items :
- Skirt Snakes (sand bags for the skirt of your flip house or hub house, you add the sand)
- K drill Adapter for the Clam Plate (no longer have to buy directly from Vexilar unless you want too)
- redesigned snow shovel
- Magnetic tool holder
- Redesigned Rod Locker Bag
This should cover most if not all the new products for this year.
here is the link to the Clam Website for these new Products :
http://stores.clamoutdoors.com/new-for-2017-2018.html?_ga=2.48497318.1023122495.1503034319-1681588279.1497620033here is a online copy of this years catalog :
http://96bda424cfcc34d9dd1a-0a7f10f87519dba22d2dbc6233a731e5.r41.cf2.rackcdn.com/clamoutdoors/2018/2017-18_Clam_Master_Catalog.pdf