PUBLISHER
Dan Dannenmueller
EDITOR
Keith “Catfish” Sutton
SR. WRITER
Ron Presley
ART/ CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Matt Mullikin
WRITERS
Alan Clemons
Brad Durick
Brent Frazee
Michael Giles
Anietra Hamper
Terry Madewell
Ron Presley
Richard Simms
Keith Sutton
Brad Wiegmann
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Cover Photo Credit
Norfork Lake in the Arkansas Ozarks produced this nice channel catfish for Jim Spencer of Calico Rock. (Keith Sutton photo)
2024 ICAST
ICAST 2024 is now in the history books. My lovely bride, Sue, and I attended, and we have sore feet to prove it. The good news is that the number of vendors and new products were significantly up.
In recent years, the number of vendors and attendees to ICAST have suffered due to COVID and the weakened economy. Disposable income for small companies and their fishing clientele has taken a hit. This year saw a big upswing, in my opinion, as new products and vendors appeared to reach out to a hopeful 2025.
Read more on these new products in our ICAST article in this month’s issue.
This is by no means all of the great products that we found at the show. Many more are being posted on our Crappie Dan, Crappie Mates, CatfishNOW and Dan Dannenmueller Sr. social media channels.
I also recommend that you go to the ICAST 2024 New Products Showcase to see everything they highlighted. There are more than 900 new products that hit the fishing market this year, including equipment, apparel, storage, new boat companies, sunglasses and much more.
Many the new products revealed at ICAST will not be available to the public until September or, in some cases, the first quarter of 2025. But you can make your “want lists” now and follow up with your favorite vendors or retail chain to purchase it.
The bottom line: the sport is alive and well!!
God Bless, and Good luck fishing,
Dan Dannenmueller, Publisher
