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Best Fishing Kayak Paddles For 2026

The expression “up the creek without a paddle” exists for a reason—your paddle is just as important as your...
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Gear

How To Choose The Best Paddle For Your Pedal...

You’re at the kayak shop and you just dropped $3,000 on a pimped out pedal boat. Another $150 comes...
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Kayak Paddles

Best New Products From The Big Gear Show 2021...

This August, Kayak Angler caught up with leading paddlesports retailers at the Big Gear Show in Park City, Utah...
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Expert Advice

Buying Advice

Best Fishing Backpacks For 2026

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Buying Advice
Whether you are looking for more storage, an easy carry option to reach the water or planning a far-flung adventure, a quality backpack is...
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PFDs

Gear

Kayak Anglers Have A New PFD Option—Here’s What You...

For agencies like the U.S. Coast Guard, convincing every angler in a kayak to wear their PFD could be...
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Gear

An Already Elite Lifejacket Has Been Upgraded For Two...

The Mustang Survival Elite 120 is an inflatable life jacket anglers have already come to trust, and now it...
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Gear

First Look: Mustang Elite Inflatable Life Vest

The big news at Mustang Survival is their new ADAPT bladder design on their top-end inflatable life vests. ADAPT...
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Buying Advice

First Look: The NRS Zander PFD (Video)

For 2024, NRS has upped their life jacket tech, and the fishing lineup is no exception. We took a...
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Gear & Accessories

Buying Advice

Best Travel Fishing Rods For 2026

The beauty of travel fishing is that it can be as simple as throwing a fishing rod in your...
Ric Burnley 0
Buying Advice

Best Fishing Knives For 2026

My dad always says, "Use the right tool for the job." When the job is filleting fish, chopping bait...
Ric Burnley 0
Buying Advice

Best Saltwater Baitcasters For 2026

The first rule of saltwater fishing: Even the most advanced baitcasting reels will fail if they aren't made for...
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Editor's Pick

Gear

Secret Level ICAST 2026 Coverage

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Gear
Hobie returns, best batteries, new lures, life vests, kayak carts and more from the largest sportfishing tradeshow in the world. There was so much...
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Apparel

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Apparel

This Techy Fishing Shoe Is Ready To Make A...

You can tell right away the Columbia Whipray looks different than your average fishing shoe, and that’s because there...
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Apparel

Best Fishing Sunglasses For 2026

Contrary to assumptions, testing the best fishing sunglasses is hard work. Waking up before dawn, paddling into the sunrise,...
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Apparel

Best Fishing Shirts For 2025

I spend half my life in a hoodie. On a chilly fall morning, blazing hot summer afternoon, spring shower...
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