While air travel with just about any rods these days is often a monumental pain in the butt, serious surf anglers are particularly burdened. Unlike most of us, who use 7- or 8-foot sticks, theirs are often in the 10- to 11-foot range, or even longer. There have also been a dearth of high-end travel surf rods. Daiwa aims to remedy that with their Ardito Series, as we found out from the company’s Chris Martin.
While sapphire blue chunk jig trailers are a dirty water staple, sometimes the profile of a craw provides greater vibration and slips through cover more easily. Here are some top Tackle Warehouse options.
We’ve fished flutter spoons for bass and Blue Fox Pixies for Alaska salmon, but on our Zambia tigerfish trip, a weird double spoon absolutely outfished everything else… and it wasn’t even close.
At ICAST 2026, Salty Crew’s Matt Florentino shares three must-have fishing apparel and gear items for anglers who want technical performance and forward-facing style.
For a non-contact sport, fishing provides a lot of opportunities for the frank and beans to end up in a world of hurt. My most painful recent example occurred in Mag Bay last November when I ended up with a case of crushed nuts. The Aussies may have a solution.