The Inside Line

Did you make a Black Friday tackle purchase? How about a new graph on Cyber Monday? I made the former, and was greatly tempted by the latter. In the end, it was only about $75 out of pocket …

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Lake St. Clair is considered one of the best smallmouth destinations on the planet and for good reason. Every time the Elite Series visits this storied fishery, records fall. The lake offers m …

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I don’t remember precisely when the Senko was introduced or if Yamamoto was at ICAST that year. I know it was developed before I became affiliated with the company circa 2005, and while I wasn’t …

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I am excited about the Yamatanuki because to me it’s altogether new, and I’m excited about the new Yamamoto Livescope bait because that’s still a foreign language to me. There are some great new …

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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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I’m in Mexico this week, at Lake El Salto, doing some of the painful research necessary for my job as an outdoor writer.  I’ll be honest, we go in June every year (since 2013, with the excep …

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