Why We Fish: Ali Shakoor

by St. Croix Rods 21 Dec 2023 17:36 UTC

St. Croix pro staffer, Ali Shakoor © St. Croix Rods

Get to know fisheries biologist, tournament walleye angler, and St. Croix pro staffer, Ali Shakoor.

The Great Lakes guardian, PhD candidate, super stick, and fishing educator from east Michigan is neck-deep in research that may play a critical role in the future of the Lake Erie walleye fishery.

A seven-pound smallmouth story
Pennsylvania fishing guide, Joe Raymond, recently caught his personal-best smallmouth Sometimes referred to as "a foot deep and a mile wide," the sprawling Susquehanna River rises in Central New York's Otsego Lake and drains over 27,000 square miles in three states before dumping into the Upper Chesapeake Bay. Posted on 19 Oct 2024

How to tune your SEVIIN GS Casting Reel
3 levels of adjustability built-in to ensure maximum performance All-new GS Series Casting Reels have been available for two weeks now. If you've picked one up - or are thinking about it - here's how to tune it for max performance with the line and lure you're fishing. Posted on 17 Oct 2024

All-new Physyx Minnow Shakers
Built to shake what you've got Whether you use forward-facing sonar or old-school intuition to locate bass, shaking a Damiki rig or similar jig-and-plastic-minnow combination is a deadly way to catch them. Posted on 1 Sep 2024

Jesse Wiggins on the Power Shot technique
And the Mojo Bass JOS73MXF Drop shotting is typically viewed as a deep, open-water, finesse presentation, but it catches bass everywhere. When deployed on more powerful tackle in and around heavy cover, it's called power shotting. Posted on 15 Aug 2024

New Rods & Reels for 2025!
SEVIIN expands its workmanlike GF Series We couldn't be more excited about the new-for-2025 products we unveiled on behalf of you, our anglers, at ICAST 2024 last week. Posted on 25 Jul 2024

The most advanced rod we've ever built?
Spend enough time chasing hatches on technical trout fisheries, you realize the deck is stacked If you spend enough time chasing hatches on technical trout fisheries where SX is maximum, 6X is the norm, and 7X lives in your pack because some days that's the difference between looks and eats, you begin to realize the deck is stacked. Posted on 7 Jun 2024

CAD 2024 FREE Fishing Seminars, in-person & online
Soak in the knowledge at the St. Croix Factory in Park Falls, Wisconsin We can't wait to see you at our 2024 Customer Appreciation Day, Saturday, June 22 at the St. Croix Factory in Park Falls, Wisconsin! Posted on 30 May 2024

Help St. Croix Rods help fishing guide community
You could win a prize package worth over $17K! Help support the fishing-guide community through Guides Across America, and you could win a prize package worth over $17K! Posted on 12 May 2024

Want to come to our place?
Ever wonder what it's like inside the St. Croix Factory in Park Falls, Wisconsin? Ever wonder what it's like inside the St. Croix Factory in Park Falls, Wisconsin? The Discover Wisconsin television show took a factory tour, and so can you! Posted on 10 May 2024

Dropback Steelies
Steelhead and salmon: Bobber down! Whether they're colored-up and double-striped or dime-bright chrome - 21 inches or 40 - catching a Pacific Northwest and Great Lakes steelhead is unforgettable... especially on a float rod. Posted on 19 Apr 2024

Why We Fish: Ali Shakoor

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