Hanna Robbins and Jennifer Combs with a cooler full of crappie from Lake Sam Rayburn

The Outdoor Gear We Recommend

We may have a little bit of a hoarding problem. Good gear need not be expensive, but it has to improve the experience in some way. Whether it’s the right rod, a certain bait, or the world’s best rainsuit, we’ll give unfiltered opinions on what we use and why we use it.


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How Hanna Learned to Crawl

It’s rare that Hanna gets to use a particular lure class before I do. Even though I was the one who packed two crawler-style topwater baits for our most recent trip to El Salto, she was the one who tied them on first and got the insane bite going.  

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The Hunt for Mexico’s Next Great Big Bass Snack

As we pack for our annual May/June trip to Anglers Inn Lake El Salto, I always throw in a few “experimental” baits in the hope that I’ll be able find a new tool that becomes a consistent part of my repertoire – and fools more than a few big fish.

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New Lures and New Approaches for El Salto – May/June 2023

We’re headed back to El Salto for a week at the end of this month. We’ve been going multiple times a year for a decade-plus, and we’ve narrowed down the lures that we’re most likely to use, but I still reserve some time each trip to work in new possibilities. Here are four new lures that are already packed and ready to go.

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