The Inside Line

In 2023, I’ve gone to Guatemala for sailfish, and I fished El Salto for bass. Domestically, I’ve been to Alaska for trout, salmon, and halibut, to Table Rock for the bass fishing trifecta, and the …

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There is no doubt that bass absolutely love to eat crawfish. If you read the Inside Line you know that Bass Pro Tour Angler, Roy Hawk, has throughout his career relied on Yamamoto soft plastic cr …

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ICAST 2023, the sportfishing industry’s biggest trade show, is rapidly approaching, and many of you are headed there for the first time. If you’re not careful, it’s easy to g …

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For years, I was jealous of my wife Hanna, not only because she seemingly caught big fish effortlessly, but because she had so many new ways left to catch them. She didn’t catch her firs …

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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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