Best Fishing Reels 2025 - Budget, Lightweight, Baitcasting, & Heavy Duty! Links to the best Fishing Reels are listed down ...

In this video, we explore the essentials for fishing with a focus on various gear and tools. Featured equipment includes the ...

The X-Series took home the best overall award in our 2025 baitcasting rod test. Here's our bass expert's full review ...

The Okuma Makaira 50WII SEa stands out with its dual-force drag system and helical-cut gears, providing smooth and consistent performance under heavy loads. The reel’s customizable drag cam allows ...

Beginners can get an inexpensive rod and reel combo kit with everything ... may want to try a pole like the Okuma X-Series, specifically designed for bass fishing. It’s made from durable carbon ...

If you’re using a standard spinning reel, that means either loosening the drag so a trout that picks up a bait can move freely or leaving the bail open. Neither approach is ideal. The Okuma ...

The ice fishing for 2025 is over, reports Capt. Mike Sperry with Chautauqua Reel Outdoors. Currently, the ice is not safe. It’s time to get your boat ready. Perch will be ready when you can get ...

Further evidence of this trend came to me recently in the form of a series of press releases from fishing tackle giant, Shimano. While I am easily distracted by the new, very shiny, Antares ...

and on the right is the new Pflueger Medalist fly reel that Pure Fishing offers today. / Ken Baldwin Moving Forward With a View of the Past I wasn't expecting to like this reel. I viewed re ...

OKUMA’S Inspira ISX has been engineered to be a stronger and more efficient reel, with metal Torsion Control Armor ... and perfect internal alignment to ensure an outstanding fishing experience.

Strategically combining strong aluminum with lightweight carbon allows Okuma’s X-Series to produce 22 pounds of drag pressure in a 2500-size spinning reel. Carbon-fiber drag, a carbon-injected side ...

A fishing crew recently set a new state record after reeling in a huge bull shark at the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo. The Bon Secour Butchers team on "The Orca" vessel caught the 494.5-pound ...