Darren Jacobson Sponsors

A.R.E. is not only the largest single brand manufacturer of truck caps and hard tonneau covers in the U.S.A, they are the only ISO certified truck cap manufacturer in America. A.R.E.’s commitment to a higher quality standard was established at the founding of the company in 1969 and has remained the highest priority.

The Trusted Original!

Our trek started in a small Colorado garage over 40 years ago. Since then, we’ve been traveling the world on the backs and shoulders of the best photographers on the planet. We’ve learned. We’ve innovated. We’ve become a leader.

For over 40 years, we’ve worked to develop and perfect camera carrying systems – maybe to the point of obsession. But we’ve never stopped at just innovating and improving products. We strongly believe that we owe it to ourselves, and to our industry, to do whatever we possibly can to protect and save the environment.

We take as much pride in this aspect of our business as in the work we put into the products you’ll see.

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The Power-Pole Advantage:

Sport fishing requires the ability to stop your boat and work an area quickly and quietly as you spot or find your fish. With a Power-Pole shallow water anchor you can stop your boat quickly and quietly with the touch of a button and keep your boat securely in place, even in heavy wind and current. A Power-Pole anchor is also eco-friendly and causes no damage to the environment.

Swift.

A Power-Pole hydraulic anchor extends quickly, fully deploying in under 5 seconds, allowing you to position your boat right where you need it to make the perfect cast. The fast action also gives you the control to stop as soon as you see a fish or hook one, regardless of wind and current conditions. The Power-Pole anchor is the only tool that offers this advantage to anglers.

Silent.

A Power-Pole anchor slips into the water using a smooth and quiet pump system that doesn’t disrupt what’s going on below the surface. The clean design of the patented technology keeps your boat quiet and allows you to fish an area accurately and thoroughly. No more school blows from a noisy clanky anchor or backwash from the trolling motor.

Secure.

The amazingly strong Power-Pole shallow water anchor with Ever-Flex™ technology, combined with ample hydraulic pressure will let you virtually lock your boat down right where you need it, no drift, no tangled lines, and no damage to the environment.

Seize The Day!

Lowrance has been a world leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of high-quality sportfishing SONAR and Global Positioning System (GPS) mapping instruments for more than 50 years. Additionally, Lowrance maintains its own sales force in the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia, with product distribution centers located in the U.S., Canada and Australia. With 50 years continuous manufacturing experience, Lowrance designs products that provide the ultimate in high-performance features at highly competitive prices. Its GPS+WAAS mapping products are used by boaters for navigation, as well as by hunters, backpackers, RV enthusiasts, pilots and others to locate their positions precisely (to within 10 feet at select WAAS coverage areas of the U.S.) and to record up to 1,000 waypoints (favorite spots) in a unit’s memory and return to those locations at any time in the future.

The Lowrance brand has continued to expand with the success of the multiple award winning iWAY® automotive GPS family as well as marine radio and radar products. Lowrance presently offers the most comprehensive range of sonar and GPS products available from any one manufacturer for use in outdoor recreation and aviation.

Clearer Charts For Better Navigation:

The Beginning: In 1984, Navionics established itself as the pioneer in electronic charting, introduced the first electronic charts to the world, and opened a new era of navigation. Navionics quickly established an early lead in electronic cartography followed by a series of technological innovations, and continues to be a leader in quality, coverage and value.

In 2004, Navionics celebrated its 20th anniversary. We have grown from a small group of engineers and entrepreneurs to a multi-national team operating from four continents that prides itself in developing the best products for safer and easier navigation.

Navionics is very proud of it’s superb cartographic database comprising more than 25,000 charts and port plans; the largest privately owned database of its kind, and the only one using full seamless technology.

Navionics electronic charts provide more information than paper charts and provide it on easy-to-use plug & play cartridges that work with the most popular chart plotters. Navionics works closely with the leading manufacturers of marine electronic plotters to provide the best electronic charts. Navionics charts are now a fundamental tool of navigation, featuring water depths, navaids, obstructions, and other information necessary for safe navigation.

Strike King Lures is an industry leader.

Strike King’s Perfect Plastics are the softest, saltiest plastic lures ever produced and feature Strike King’s exclusive coffee scent. These baits contain the world’s best blend of soft plastic ingredients! This allows use of large amounts of salt yet keep the bait soft, pliable and fishable. Coffee adds to the appeal as it masks human scents and oils and causes added bites and longer hold times which increase your hook-up chances.

The Strike King Lures company is known to provide various top notch anglers with superior lures that they will use in competition fishing as well as fun fishing. With one of these lures in your fishing bag you will have the chance to see if the bass or other fish like crappies take a liking to these lures from Strike King Lures.

The Strike King Lures company was first established in 1966. The person who started this company is one Mr. Charles Spence. From that day this company has striven to provide their customers with quality products. The company is also engaged in overseeing various types of fishing competitions like the Bassmaster Classic.

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Yamaha Outboard Motors

The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA®) and Boating Writers International (BWI) honored Yamaha Marine Group with its Innovation Award in the outboard motor category for the Yamaha VMAX SHO® during the 20th annual International Boatbuilders’ Exhibition and Conference (IBEX®) at the Kentucky Exposition Center.

The Innovation Awards program is one of the marine industry’s most prestigious honors. It recognizes products that demonstrate innovative distinction from other products, with tangible benefits for both consumers and the marine industry.

The Innovation Awards judging committee is comprised of BWI members who perform product testing throughout the year and have specific expertise in marine OEM products and equipment. “We are delighted with this honor,” said Ben Speciale, Yamaha Marine Group President. “Innovation is a necessity if you want to break paradigms, and that’s what we did with the VMAX SHO®. We have a four stroke with breakthrough weight that out performs two strokes in many ways and provides best-in-class acceleration.” Very seldom in engineering does adding one material to another result in a decrease in weight and an increase in efficiency, but that’s what one innovative new process does in the Yamaha VMAX SHO®. Its powerhead uses plasma fused sleeveless cylinders instead of steel sleeves.

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Everything Else is Just a Watered-Down Version of the Original

Sixty years have passed since we built the first Skeeter, which just so happened to be the world’s first bass boat. Since then, we’ve been setting the standard, raising the bar and leaving the rest of the boating industry in a wake of innovation.

It was way back in 1948 that Holmes Thurmond designed and launched the first Skeeter boat. By no means was it the last “first” for Skeeter. In 1961, we built the first bass boat from fiberglass, a huge leap forward in performance and durability.

Then in 1975, Skeeter introduced the “Wrangler,” the first V-bottom bass boat ever built. As time passed, Skeeter introduced a host of other innovations: the first full-length rod box, the first bass boat rated for a 150 HP, and the first to introduce “space age” composite materials with the X-Treme and X-Cel composite construction. From then on, cutting-edge technology and attention to detail have been the key ingredients of securing value for long-term owner satisfaction.

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