Tackle & Gear Reviews

Join The Fisherman’s Toby Lapinski with Ryan Lilly of Old Town Kayaks for an up close look at their new “top water series” premiered at ICAST 2018.

With SaltX pre-orders already stacking up, this hot, new, fully-sealed workhorse from Tsunami will be on shelves in local shops this spring when the stripers are back in the mix. Get look at both the SaltX and Evict from Tsunami in this Fisherman new product showcase.

If you take note of the shades fellow anglers are wearing on your next trip I’m sure Costa frames will turn out to be the overwhelming favorite.

Join The Fisherman’s Jim Hutchinson, Jr. from the floor of ICAST with Accurate’s Justin Poe and an exclusive ook at the new Tern star drag reel and Valiant line of performance rods.

The PENN Conflict II is perfect for targeting saltwater gamefish like striped bass, bluefish, weakfish, false albacore and bonito.

Be on the lookout in your local tackle shops this fall for the new, sealed, PENN Spinfisher VI with HT-100 drag; it’s all you’d expect from PENN and more. Learn more in this sneak peek from ICAST with The Fisherman.

A new design on a tried-and-true workhouse surf rod with applications up and down the Striper Coast and beyond.

Just in time for the fall run is the new lever drag Rage reel from Maxel, built for light lines and heavy fish. Get a sneak peek from the floor of ICAST with The Fisherman.

Costa sunglasses takes another "Best Of" award at ICAST 2018, this time for their conservation and sustainability efforts in turning old fishing nets into world class frames in the Baffin and Pescador line.

A diverse and powerful spinning reel family for both inshore and offshore fishing.

From their origins as a false albacore soft plastic bait, Fish Snax Lures have proven themselves on a variety of species from freshwater to inshore to offshore and more!

Whether you’re gearing up for the fall run of stripers or hoping to chasing down schools of bluefin and yellowfin, Daiwa is making a big splash in the Northeast during the 2018 run with new rods, reels and even lures.

New Owner "Pro Packs" make swapping out trebles for single replacement hooks a snap.

Viking Solutions has decades of experience ranging from NASA and advanced aeronautics, to the design and manufacture of state-of-the-art tree stands, game calls, fishing lures, steel targets and fishing rodholders. Two of their latest rod-holder innovations will definitely interest Fisherman readers.

If you’re in the market for a hot new American-made rod this season you might want to check out the award-winning St. Croix Legend Tournament Inshore (LTI) Series for saltwater spinning and casting.

Whether jigging vertically or horizontally, the new Berkley Fusion19 Bucktails have you covered with two different line-tie locations and a bait holder for keeping plastics and Gulp baits in place.