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Robalo R277 Dual Console: Family Fishing Boat
Whether you're casting topwater lures on the surface or fishing bottom for flounder, nothing brings an entire family together like going out for a day of fishing aboard the family fishing boat. Too bad that if you get a good family boat, you’ll have to give up on getting a serious fishing boat, right? Balderdash! The all-new 2026 Robalo R277 is…
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Sportsman Open 402 Center Console: The Quad Squad
May 10, 2026
Four outboards, four-across seating at the helm, four fishboxes in the deck, and lounger space for four people to stretch out in complete luxury in the bow—if you say double the fun is great but…
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Mayworm Madness
May 8, 2026
You see rockfish rolling on the surface, cast time and time again, and you can’t get a bite… What the heck is going on?!? Then, you notice a steady stream of little red worms wiggling as the current…
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LIVE with Lenny
May 7, 2026
Join us on the first Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. for new episodes of LIVE with Lenny. Tune in for an interactive live stream with Angler in Chief Lenny Rudow where he discusses various seasonal…
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Fishing Lures Not Working? Add Fatal Attraction
September 7, 2025
The FishTalk fishing reports say there’s an epic bite going off in this very spot, you bought the exact same lure everyone raves about, and the conditions look ideal. But… you’ve caught bupkis. Could…
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Contender 24 Bay: No Holds Barred
September 5, 2025
In a world full of frou-frou boats it’s rare to come across a fishing machine, even a center console, that truly lets an angler do battle with no restrictions. Contender has a rep for building…
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Notes from the Cockpit: Drone Fishing
September 3, 2025
Okay, I admit it: marine electronics have long been a crutch and now side-scan has become a critical part of my fishing repertoire, but drone fishing never struck me as an imperative. Yeah, the bow-…
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Fishing Forecast for September of 2025
September 1, 2025
We look back at the past years of FishTalk's fishing reports to put this forecast together, and it does not include the latest angling intel. For current reports please visit our Reports section …
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Five Best Saltwater Fishing Lures for Beginners
August 29, 2025
Last month we took a stab at IDing five must-have freshwater fishing lures for freshwater beginners, and since we live here in Bay country it’s only natural that we follow that up by picking a top…
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Hot New Fishing Gear, September 2025
August 27, 2025
Will that flow of cool new fishing gear ever slow down? We sure hope not! Here's what grabbed our attention in September of 2025. Eric Packard put the Handing Cruiser Shadow Slow Pitch Jigging Rod…
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