Fishing
Shimano Exage baitcasting rods
Fishermen ready to get a jump on bass this summer have a line of Shimano baitcasting rods to choose from that carry the usual Shimano quality with a reasonable price tag.[…]
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Bass Fishing
Kahara Diving Frog
The Kahara Diving Frog is a great summertime bass lure, especially on waters that get choked with surface weeds this time of year. Unlike traditional hollow-body frog lures which stay on the surface full time, this one dives underwater, and even under lily pads every time the angler moves the lure.[…]
Fishing
Z-Man Trout Eye Finesse Jigheads
Z-Man’s Trout Eye Finesse Jighead is the logical next step for a line of jigs that has offered a great fishing platform for swim baits.[…]
Fishing
Daiwa J-Braid
Braid is perfect for flipping for bass, working corks for trout, battling shallow reds, and snatching offshore species off the rigs and wrecks, and there are a lot of options on the market. Daiwa’s J-Braid offers all the advantages in a tightly weaved package at a price point that will make you smile.[…]
Hunting
Weatherby Mark V CarbonMark rifle
The latest edition to the Weatherby line is the Mark V CarbonMark, a bolt-action rifle with the company’s 9-lug magnum action attached to a carbon-fiber barrel from Proof Research.[…]
Fishing
Mercury’s V-6 four-stroke outboards
Mercury Marine decided that its 75- to 150-horsepower FourStroke outboards were so successful, the company has debuted a line of bigger engines with the same features.[…]
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Cranka Crab
Sheepshead fishing is part fun, part frustration, and one of the frustrations comes from the fish’s ability to steal your bait before you know it. The main bait of choice among sheepshead anglers is a live fiddler crab.[…]
Fishing
Spro Taru swivels
One of the reasons I hate using spoons is the line twist that invariably happens, but the solution is to use swivels. And Spro’s new Taru swivels offer all the lure movement necessary to catch more fish.[…]
Fishing
Flying Fisherman polarized eyewear
Good, quality polarized sunglasses cost an arm and a leg, right? Wrong. Flying Fisherman polarized eyewear offer quality protection at a price that won’t hurt the pocketbook.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Best bets for Toledo Bend crappie
Toledo Bend’s brush piles normally are filled with hungry crappie this time of year, but something has changed that pattern this spring, one of the reservoir’s veteran guides said.[…]
Fishing
Sportsman’s Cool Breeze shirt is now even cooler
Meet your new favorite fishing shirt.
Sportsman’s popular high-performance Cool Breeze shirts — and they’re made from a revolutionary fabric with moisture-activated cooling technology. They’re now available in a variety of colors, prints and styles and are so lightweight, you’ll barely feel like you have a shirt on at all.[…]
Deer Hunting
ElimiShield scent-control products
Here’s the equation deer hunters need to know. Any kind of physical exertion can lead to bacteria on the skin. Bacteria leads to body odor. Body odor leads to deer turning up their noses at areas where stinky hunters are set up in stands.[…]
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Big Lake’s Breaker Box
Hugh McLaurin of Big Lake Outdoor Products has been making game calls out of a variety of woods for years, and he knows that dymond wood, a laminate that isn’t easy to come by, is one of the hardest, most-dense woods around, often used in the handles of custom knives.[…]
Hunting
N°12 Explore Survival Knife
It’s always a good idea to carry a knife when hunting or fishing. The potential uses are unlimited, and one thing’s for sure -; if you ever go on an outdoors adventure without one, you’ll surely need it. And just in case the unthinkable happens, it’s always good to have a knife with multiple uses.[…]
Fishing
Daiwa LT spinning reels
Daiwa has introduced a full line of spinning reels designed to meet every angler’s needs and budget.[…]
Fishing
Z-Man SnakelockZ
The new Z-Man SnakelockZ jighead perfectly marries the inshore and freshwater fishing worlds, offering what amounts to a freely swinging bullet weight on a heavy offshoot hook that increases lure action and hook-up ratio.[…]