Why I Use The Tattle Flag™ System BY ZAK JOBES Tournament pro and Off Shore Tackle Pro Staffer Zak Jobes has mastered the use of the Tattle Flag™ system for trolling up walleye in the weeds and also in open water. The use of Off Shore Tackle Tattle Flag™ can greatly improve your success rate when trolling for...
Using The “Feedback” Method For Light Biting Walleye BY BILL LIMAGE For years many of us have spent countless hours watching our Off Shore Tackle planer boards from the back of the boat. Learning how to read these boards for detecting strikes has become an important and necessary fishing skill. The versatility of the OR12 Side Planer is...
Tips For Off Shore Tackle Planer Board Fishing For Crappie BY DAN DANNENMUELLER After pulling the Off Shore Tackle boards for several years now, I have found that it’s the little things that matter when using them to catch crappie. I thought I would share some tips to improve your experience using them. First and foremost is the...
The Making Of The Perfect Planer Board Release BY MARK ROMANACK The weakest link in any planer board set up is the line release. If the line release doesn’t function flawlessly, the board trolling presentation suffers. That’s why Off Shore Tackle doesn’t manufacture just one line release for board trolling applications, but nine uniquely different line releases and...
Retrieving Unreleased Boards From The Outside Position BY CAPTAIN JULS DAVIS I’ve been guiding on Lake Erie’s Western Basin for 11 years now but have been using Off Shore boards for the past 22 years. I often have customers on my charters, who want to learn how to properly use the boards, before they attempt it on their...
Ohio Crappie Club Youth Tournament BY LEANNE SIX The Ohio Crappie Club held its annual Youth Tournament at Hoover Lake, July 2, 2022. The kids fished from 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and could fish from the shore or in a boat. They could weigh in up to seven crappie. There were also non-species entries as well. Our...
Off Shore Tackle, Made In The USA Off Shore Tackle has been proudly producing their products in the USA from the beginning. At OST, we believe there is no substitute for American engineering and labor. We are proud that our products help American families put bread on the table. New for 2023 many of Off Shore Tackle’s...
Monofilament Or Braid, Which Is Better For Trolling? BY MARK ROMANACK One of the most common trolling questions I get from anglers focusing on trolling lines. It seems everyone is curious which line types are the best option for trolling. My answer often confuses folks for a few seconds. The truth is all the common line types on...
Jake Romanack (left) of Fishing 411 TV teamed up with Off Shore Tackle Pro Staffer Mike Six to catch a pile of Hoover Reservoir crappie. This little-known Ohio fishery contains both black and white crappie in huge numbers. Trolling crankbaits in combination with the Off Shore Tackle OR38 Awesome Crappie Board proved the ticket for a live well...
Letter From The Chairman Oft He Boards, Bruce Deshano This is the 30th year of the Off Shore Release and it has been fun being part of this paper for all these years! Hopefully this will be the best one ever and just as a reminder, our website offshoretackle.com has many years of the past papers available for...
