By Mark Romanack
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Bruce DeShano, owner of Off Shore Tackle Company, was recently awarded Honorary Lifetime Membership from the National Professional Anglers Association. |
DeShano quickly earned the respect of professional and amateur anglers alike, by walking the walk and testing his own fishing knowledge and skills against the nation’s best. DeShano also used the tournament trail as a proving ground for his many trolling products and as a platform for critical feedback on how best to improve existing products. The many influences of the tournament trail and countless brainstorming sessions lead to a host of new product concepts.
Products like the wildly popular Side-Planer Board, Tattle Flag Kits, Tadpoles, Snapper Releases and the Pro Weight Kits all came to market thanks to input from Off Shore Tackle’s extensive pro staff of professional anglers. Bruce DeShano and his son Nick work closely together in their business and have hand picked an army of professional anglers representing all the species commonly targeted through trolling tactics. On the Off Shore Pro Team are anglers who specialize in walleye, trout, salmon, striper, pike, musky and even panfish like crappie!

At their annual conference DeShano was recently presented a “Honorary Lifetime Membership” award for his service to NPAA. DeShano is in good company as other individuals who have received this award include Al and Ron Lindner of Lindner’s Angling Edge and John and Duane Peterson of Northland Tackle.
One of the founding members, DeShano served on the NPAA board of directors from 2001-2011. His service to NPAA has helped the organization grow and encouraged countless professional anglers to pursue careers in the outdoors industry.
“I think becoming a member and getting involved in NPAA is the single best step a professional angler can take towards growing a career in the fishing industry,” says DeShano. “Off Shore Tackle is so dedicated to NPAA and their mission statement that we require all our National Team Pro Staffers to become supporting members.”

Crappie are the “food fish” of the south and countless anglers are passionate about trolling for crappie. New OST products like the OR34 Mini Board were designed especially for the growing panfish trolling market and the many tournaments and tournament anglers who live to fish crappie.

The company slogan at Off Shore Tackle is “Your Leader in Trolling Technology” and those few simple words pretty much say it all. This family owned company takes fishing very seriously and they are even more serious about growing the industry. Thanks to the influence of Bruce DeShano, aka “The Chairman of the Boards”, Off Shore Tackle is pioneering new markets, gaining market share and more importantly helping countless anglers become more successful on the water.
For more information visit www.offshoretackle.com or the Off Shore Tackle Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Off-Shore-Tackle-Company.