Product Reviews

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.

Wiley X is one of the leading manufacturers supplying state-of-the-art sunglasses to a variety of diverse consumers, including the military, police, commercial interests, active outdoor sports enthusiasts and regular folks who just want to look cool. For this week’s product review, we are going to focus on one of the latest additions to the Wiley X “Climate Control” series, the Echo sunglasses.

When Daiwa’s first spinning reel rolled off the assembly line in 1955, it marked the beginning of Yoshio Matsui’s design innovations and high quality; traits that Daiwa has continued to build on for over 50 years. Today, Daiwa makes some of the finest reels on the market, highlighted by reliability, quality and long-lasting designs.

Eagle Claw was one of the first manufacturers to feature “surgically sharpened” fishhooks and they have been an American mainstay for decades.

There is a short list of must-have items for the surf fisherman—rod, reel, pliers, hooks and lures—but once you get past the basic tools of the trade, some “comfort and safety items” as I call them, must be added to the equation.

The made-in-USA Release SG lever drag reel is making a big splash with Northeast coastal anglers for the pursuit of a variety of inshore and offshore gamefish.

Boots and fishing boats are as natural a fit as line on a fishing reel. This is especially true if you are out fishing on a cold steel-deck boat in the middle of winter. A good set of fishing boots are mandatory to keep your feet warm and dry, as well as provide some added traction to keep you from slip-sliding down the deck in bouncy seas.

This month I had the pleasure of fishing inland striped bass with the brand new Salt Life Sport Optics on a day with changing conditions that featured early clouds and intensely bright overhead sun in the afternoon.

Boots and fishing boats are as natural a fit as line on a fishing reel. This is especially true if you are out fishing on a cold steel-deck boat in the middle of winter. A good set of fishing boots are mandatory to keep your feet warm and dry, as well as provide some added traction to keep you from slip-sliding down the deck in bouncy seas.

Introduced last summer, TUF-Line SuperCast is the longest-casting and easiest handling superline that the folks from Western Filament have ever developed.

I bought my first pair of Costa Del Mar sunglasses over 20 years ago, but it took me a long time to justify spending big bucks on a piece of equipment that did not translate directly into catching fish.