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.
No tackle shop on earth provides more specialized gear for bass than Tackle Warehouse. If you want it, they've got it in stock — whether it's a proven winner or the newest items on the market — and their service is exceptional.
What Keith Combs Throws at Sam Rayburn in May
Keith Combs built his dream house just a short distance from Lake Sam Rayburn because he wanted to have easy access to what he considers consistently the best big bass tournament lake in the country. Here are five lures he’s likely to have on the deck when May rolls around.
Crickets for Combs
Most bass fishing fans know Keith Combs for his prowess with a crankbait, but they sometimes overlook how good he is with other techniques. Increasingly in recent years, particularly when bass are shallow, he’s put his faith in Strike King’s Thunder Cricket vibrating jig.
Building a 6XD Tool Box with Keith Combs
Three-time Toyota Texas Bass Classic champion Keith Combs has won well over $2 million in his career as a professional angler, and a substantial portion of that has come on a variety of Strike King’s XD crankbaits, most notably the 6XD. Here are four of his go-to colors.
A Better Kind of Patch Pirate
I’ve been on oceangoing boats dozens of times over the years, and I’ve been seasick once, which was enough to know that I never want to experience that again. On a later trip I was out in rougher conditions and did not get sick, so I don’t know what triggered that one bad episode.
