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Forward-facing sonar units are now the store’s No.1 electronic item, Francisco said. “We are ordering more every week. I’m shipping them out all over the country,’’ he said.

Forward-facing sonar is changing the ways that anglers approach competition and the ways that fans consume content. “It’s also reducing the methods and baits that anglers use to compete.