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Thursday, April 6, 2023 By Tony Jenniges

By Tony Jenniges
Bass Fan Contributor

When I'm testing out a rod, I do my best not to dig into the details like cost, components or other things that may give me a heads-up on what to expect. I want the rod to speak for itself. more

Big Bass Swim Jig
Friday, December 8, 2006 By BassFan Staff
Specialization in bass fishing has gained significant momentum in recent years. Some skeptics say it's just for companies to sell more products, but savvy anglers more
Bleedin' Frog
Friday, December 1, 2006 By BassFan Staff
When you think of rubber boots, do you think of bass fishing? Probably not, but you should. Way back in the early 1950s, Harry Ehlers knew boots. He was an executive more
Components For Braid
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
It can be comical to watch a novice angler select a rod. They shake it, bend it, cast it and may even recruit their buddy or spouse to test the sensitivity by more
High Performance copolymer line
Wednesday, June 14, 2006 By BassFan Staff
For a little over a year, the buzz around the line-manufacturing industry has been about the Gamma Technologies fluorocarbon line. Gamma is a Pennsylvania-based more
DuraTuf line
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Ever been to a tackle store and watched fishermen look at fishing rods? They shake, bend and twist them. All anglers have certain things they do to test products. Legendary more
Maxxum Pro 101 Trolling Motor
Tuesday, April 18, 2006 By BassFan Staff
It's getting tougher every day to find something that wows us. Most of the lures we test show twinkles of brilliance – like the Chatterbait, Senko, Brush Hog, more
Sospenders
Thursday, April 13, 2006 By BassFan Staff
Since its origins, tournament angling has made a quantum leap, and being old enough to remember the old, yet young enough to be around for and utilize the breakthroughs more
787c2 Combo Fish Finder
Thursday, April 6, 2006 By BassFan Staff
Humminbird has been around for over 30 years, and the Eufaula-based company was one of the early innovators of depthfinder technology. But BassFans probably know more
Flipping Stick
Monday, April 3, 2006 By BassFan Staff
The new guy on the block has done it again. Less than a year old, Oregon-based Setyr Rods has developed a new flipping stick that is not only light with plenty more
Arm Support Cradle
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 By BassFan Staff
The bass-fishing industry is the land of gadgets, and anglers can usually find a way to fiddle with products to make them better. Some products, however, work more
Cavitron Buzzbait
Tuesday, March 7, 2006 By BassFan Staff
A buzzbait's a buzzbait, right? No way. Some squeak better than others, some fish slower, some are built with better components. Put Cavitron buzzbaits in the more
Big Bass Zone
Sunday, February 26, 2006 By Terry Brown
The Big Bass Zone book by Michael Jones and Bill Siemantel forces readers to completely rethink their approach to catching trophy-class bass. Think catching big more
Integrity Bomber Jacket
Monday, February 20, 2006
We've all been there: tough, early spring fishing. The weather's cold, it's misting and we have four layers of clothes on. To top it off, we add a cumbersome lifejacket more
Bronzeye Frog 65
Saturday, February 18, 2006 By BassFan Staff
Ever hear of Kermit? Not the Sesame Street skinny green frog, but the bass-catching beauty Spro has on the market. Dean Rojas sure knows about it. He designed more
Mini 3 Crankbait
Friday, February 17, 2006 By BassFan Staff
Big bass are caught on big lures, right? Sometimes, but definitely not all the time, and maybe not even a majority of the time. If you were to poll 10 anglers more
Gamma Edge
Thursday, February 9, 2006 By BassFan Staff
Products come and go, but every year, some new products spring up that make us all take a closer look. It usually happens with some new technical gadget or bait. more