Product Reviews

First introduced at last summer’s ICAST show, Okuma’s new Azores saltwater spinning reels are coming to market just in time for the 2016 season.

Savage Gear Lures is well known around international sport fishing circles, but over the past few years has been gradually making a name for itself in the USA.

The winner of the prestigious “Best Saltwater Rod” at last year’s ICAST tackle show, St. Croix’s new Avid Inshore rods are ready to hook ‘em up in style with a full lineup of 16 spinning rods and a half-dozen trigger grip conventional casters.

For more than 25 years, Charleston, SC based Z-Man Fishing Products has prided itself on bringing technology to anglers. Z-Man has long been one of the industry’s largest suppliers of silicone skirt material, but until recently the Z-Man name was unknown to many fishermen. Today, Z-Man’s amazing 10X Tough ElaZtech soft plastics and Original ChatterBait brand bladed jigs are among the world’s premier fresh and saltwater baits.

Introduced at last July’s ICAST tackle show, two of Owner’s new hook products that should make a big splash with coastal anglers for this season are their heavy duty STX-68 trebles and Dual Dancing Stinger hooks.

Tsunami, a division of Bimini Bay Outfitters, has developed a solid reputation for producing quality rods at affordable prices, and even more important, rods that are designed to meet the needs of anglers here in the Northeast.

Fresh off an introduction at last season’s ICAST tackle show, Mustad is bringing their new Elite Jig Heads to market just in time for the opening of the freshwater and saltwater fishing seasons. Mustad has been in the fish hook business since 1877 and they know a thing or two about hooks, jigs and how to put them to good use. In response to the increasing use of super-braid line and the corresponding advances in rod and reel technology, Mustad has introduced a new Elite Series of jig heads to complement this next-gen gear and tackle new angler demands.

SPRO has just introduced its new Squid Tail jig for the 2014 fishing season.

Shimano has introduced a quartet of surf reels that feature some truly innovating features in addition to a new line of Tiralejo surf rods.

EPoseidon has managed to combine high quality with affordable pricing.

The Battalion Surf rods are a perfect match for Penn Spinfisher and Battle spinning reels.

When fishing and the action is slow, having music onboard is a great way to pass the time while waiting for the tide to turn or the bite to improve.

Baker Manufacturing makes some of the coolest precision fishing tools on the market and has been doing so since 1956.

If a picture tells a thousand words then a video tell millions!

Braven makes a portable backup battery that you can use to charge or power your devices when you are off of the grid.

Cuda boasts a fairly comprehensive line of tools that all utilize a patented Titanium Bonded Passivation technology coupled with German 4116 steel for outstanding, all-around corrosion resistance.