Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour - Bass Pro Shops Equipment Pack

I'll be straight with you: I cover shooters, and Dovetail sent me fishing. So let's treat this the way I treat any gear-heavy game - does the kit actually change how you play, or is it just cosmetic padding dressed up as content? With this pack, the answer lands somewhere uncomfortable in the middle. What you're buying is 316 items ported directly from the Bass Pro Shops edition of Fishing Sim World and injected into Pro Tour. That includes 20 Johnny Morris rods, 6 Johnny Morris reels, 142 lures, 133 soft baits, 9 line types, and three boats - the Tracker Pro Team 175 TF plus the Nitro Z19 and Z21, all running Mercury engines ranging from 75 to 250 HP. For someone who cares about gear loadouts the way I care about weapon meta, that list is genuinely interesting. The boat and engine variety matters in Pro Tour because your hull and motor affect how quickly you move between the 10 venues, and having Mercury 250 HP under you versus a stock engine is a meaningful difference when you're racing a tournament clock. The lure and soft bait volume gives bass and predator sessions real variety - matching bait type to weather conditions and fish AI behavior is the closest thing this game has to a skill expression loop. The problem is context. The base game, Pro Tour, sits at around 79 percent positive on Steam with roughly 900 reviews - a solid but not extraordinary number. Community feedback points to the tackle-point economy as a persistent friction point: TP gating unlocks means that without grinding tournaments, your gear access is limited. This pack sidesteps that economy entirely by handing you everything upfront, which is genuinely useful for new players who want to hit the water with competitive setups immediately. Community members have specifically flagged the Bass Pro lures as a smart first purchase because the 50 lb line included lets you chase bigger fish without waiting on the unlock grind. That's a practical data point worth knowing. What the pack does not fix is the game's broader structural issues. Dovetail has effectively stopped active development on Pro Tour, which means the Dovetail Fishing League's online tournaments are in uncertain shape - reports of online contests stalling and not resetting have surfaced in the community. The multiplayer lobby design is also awkward; you can join a session without knowing whether it's bass, carp, or predator fishing, which is the session-browser equivalent of joining a random game mode without a filter. For a mode-aware player, that's irritating. The pacing is slow by design, character visuals show their age, and the game's overall scope hasn't expanded since support wound down. Bottom line on the pack itself: if you're already committed to Pro Tour and want the widest possible lure and rod selection without grinding tackle points, this is a functional shortcut. If you're on the fence about the base game, fix that question first - no equipment pack rescues a game you're not already enjoying. Fred, Scout Team