Achigan

Consumer Goods

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The Story

Achigan is an outdoor recreation brand specializing in smallmouth bass fishing gear and apparel. The company designs and produces high-quality equipment for anglers, focusing on the needs of bass fishing enthusiasts. Achigan is an outdoor recreation brand specializing in smallmouth bass fishing gear and apparel. The company designs and produces high-quality equipment for anglers, focusing on the needs of bass fish Achigan is an outdoor recreation brand specializing in smallmouth bass fishing gear and apparel. The company designs and produces high-quality equipment for anglers, focusing on the needs of bass fish

Key Facts & Metrics

📅 Founded 1900

📍 Saint Liguori, Quebec

Products

Smallies Hat Realtree Camo

Smalljaw, Football, Bronzeback, and Brownies are all names that Smallmouth Bass are known by. One name though is universally known by anyone who has caught one; Smallies. Our "Smallies" line of shirt

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Recycle Smallies Hat - Realtree

Catch and release fishing, one of the best conservation tactics for our Smallmouth fisheries. Catch - Release - Achigan...Free the Fighter! Richardson 112 hat. Classic trucker hat with snapback encl

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Mudbug Bottomland Hat

Crawdad, crawfish, crayfish, crawdaddy...mudbug. A favorite snack of smallmouth. This Mudbug design is so delicious, you should probably watch dropping in the water where Smallies Roam. Richardson Um

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Recycle Smallies Hat - Black

Catch and release fishing, one of the best conservation tactics for our Smallmouth fisheries. Catch - Release - Achigan...Free the Fighter! Featuring a flat visor, flip-up buckram, 5mm rope, and UPF

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Smallies Hat Bark Duck Camo

Smalljaw, Football, Bronzeback, and Brownies are all names that Smallmouth Bass are known by. One name though is universally known by anyone who has caught one; Smallies. Our "Smallies" line of shirt

Available for purchase

Company Timeline

1900 — Achigan founded
Achigan was established in 1900.

Episodes Featuring Achigan

EP 810

Advice Line with Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali of Chomps

Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali

Chomps

Guy Raz hosts an Advice Line special with Chomps co-founders Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali, who offer real-time guidance to three founders facing growth dilemmas. Yadi Derisse contemplates expansion beyond her successful campus empanada shop. Zachary Bonder wrestles with e-commerce logistics for his frozen pies. Josh Shrenko seeks direction for his niche Smallmouth Bass apparel brand. The Chomps founders draw on their 13-year journey to advise on scaling thoughtfully, avoiding premature complexity, and staying close to core customers.

Feb 19, 202648 min

Founders Featured

Josh Chrenko

Josh Chrenko is the co-founder and President of Achigan Brand, a company creating smallmouth bass fishing gear and apparel. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, he also founded medical device sales company 2 Circle Medical and co-hosts the Smallie Talk podcast.

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