Tackle Review?

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What is your number one tackle review source?

e.g. magazine, friends, forums, tackle review site?

[Grey Wolf]

You are logged into it right now.

[Wayne P.]

Me, with stuff I see on display at tackle shops/shows. I buy it, try it, and decide if I want to buy it again. If I really, really, like it, I'll tell others about it, or-------- maybe not.

[CookieMonst3r]

Forums!!!  

[warmer]

I'll tell others about it, or-------- maybe not.

Thats always the challenge, eh?

And it really leads to the problem... who can you really trust.

Forums do seem the least biased... with some obvious exceptions.

[MALTESE FALCON]

BassResource.com

Falcon

[roadwarrior]

I only buy lures highly recommended by people I know or trust.

The guys on this Forum are basically it for me, the rest is just hype.

8-)

[skillet]

Don't think I've come across anything related to bass fishing that someone on this forum hasn't used. Even the advertisers, for the most part, on here can be trusted to not be full of it ...

                                    As Ever,

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[HopelesslyAddicted]

Don't think I've come across anything related to bass fishing that someone on this forum hasn't used. Even the advertisers, for the most part, on here can be trusted to not be full of it ...

Well said.

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                                     skillet

[HopelesslyAddicted]

Well said skillet

[paul.]

i agree on this site being the best.  another one i like is tackletour.com.  

[LadyRattleHead]

Being a manufacturer, I  could write pages on this subject, but will try to be brief. But thought, you guys might like a little inside knowledge on various tackle review sources.  

Bass Resource- As most already know, Excellent! We have advertised with several forums and I have to say I don't know of any other forum that restricts their advertisers to ones that they feel sell quality products. You have to give Glenn a thumbs up for sticking with his principles!      

Tackle Tour- Excellent! You can not send Tackle Tour product samples and ask them to do a review. They will not respond. If they do  choose to do a review on a product, the first time the product's manufacturer will actually hear anything about their review is after it has already shown up on their website.

Magazines- Have had dealings with BassMaster, Bass Times, FLW Outdoors, Bassin', North American Fisherman and Heartland. Was impressed with the integrity of the information published in ALL of these magazines. Why? Because we are a small company and to this day, have yet to spend a dime advertising in any of these magazines It simply costs more that we have to spend on advertising. Yet, our spinnerbait has been featured in all of them. This tells me that the focus of their articles is more on the quality of the product itself than on how many advertising dollars a company has spent with them.

On the downside, I've have had one magazine, (not one of the ones mentioned above, but one I shalll leave nameless) tell me that they wouldn't even look at our product unless we advertised with them first.      

So , to sum up, As a manufacturer, I have been pleasantly surprised with the integrity of most media resources pertaining to the sportsfishing industry.  

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So , to sum up, As a manufacturer, I have been pleasantly surprised with the integrity of most media resources pertaining to the sportsfishing industry.  

This is encouraging to hear!