The Inside Line

Retired

Retired

Posted by Pete Robbins on Jul 21st 2024

The first time I tied on a Whopper Plopper in Mexico, my longtime guide gave me the side eye and then laughed. Five minutes later, he wasn’t laughing. The fish had clearly never seen anything lik …

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Hopped Up and Ready to Go

Hopped Up and Ready to Go

Posted by Pete Robbins on Apr 19th 2024

For most of the past decade, my wife, Hanna, and I have been fortunate enough to take two trips a year to Mexico for bass. Usually the first one comes in January or February, just to escape the c …

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Lures That’ll Make You Feel Like Larry Nixon

Lures That’ll Make You Feel Like Larry Nixon

Posted by Pete Robbins on Jun 15th 2023

Thirty years into the industry, I’m under no illusions that anyone is ever going to ask me for serious feedback on what lures to produce, how to make them better, or what colors they should add t …

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The Forgotten Mid-Sized Shad

The Forgotten Mid-Sized Shad

Posted by The Inside Line on Jan 22nd 2020

Through all of my trips to Mexico to fish, we’ve focused on the prolific tilapia as the forage of choice. After all, they fill the shallows and treetops, and pretty much every other trip we fin …

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America's Next Top Popper

America's Next Top Popper

Posted by Pete Robbins on Jan 21st 2020

After another week of topwater exceptionalism in Mexico, I have to decide whether to rehabilitate or euthanize on …

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