About Tackle Ticker
Hi, I'm Brad.I built this for myself first.
Tackle Ticker is run by one person: me, Brad C. By day I'm an associate professor who studies sports with data. The rest of the time I'm usually on the water in a kayak, chasing bass.
I got tired of checking a dozen tackle shops for the same rod and still not knowing whether a “sale” was real. So I wrote a program to check the prices for me, twice a day, and remember every one. It worked well enough that I decided to open it up to everyone else.
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Fishing, with data
The same nerdiness, pointed at bass
I don't just fish. I study it, and I help run tournaments for it.
Peer-reviewed research on the Bassmaster Elite Series
A peer-reviewed journal article on the Bassmaster Elite Series, using tournament data to look at how the pros fish.
Read the article ResearchSpatial-Competitive Analytics in Professional Bass Fishing
New performance metrics for tournament bass fishing, built and tested on catch data from a 2024 Bassmaster Elite event at Toledo Bend.
Read the paper (PDF) CommunitySlayNation PA Kayak Series
I run the Pennsylvania kayak bass series for Slay Nation Tournament Fishing: catch, photo, release tournaments on lakes across the state.
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On the water
Built by a tournament angler
Kayak tournaments are catch, photo, release: every fish goes on the board, gets a photo, and goes back in the water. Between tournaments, Tackle Ticker is how I keep an eye on gear prices and decide when to buy. Now it can do the same for you.
Price history, not sale tags
A deal is judged against what that exact rod or reel has actually cost, across every shop. A shop's “was” price never makes something a deal on its own.
No paid placement
Shops can't pay to be listed or ranked higher. The order comes from the numbers.
Open about how it's paid for
Some links are affiliate links, which pay a small commission at no cost to you. Memberships pay for the rest. Neither changes what counts as a deal.
Spotted something wrong?
Prices move fast and matching the same rod across shops is hard. If a deal looks off, or you know a shop I should be checking, find me in the SlayNation PA Kayak Series group.