I know , I know , it’s been long time coming. We been doing this magazine almost two years and yes, we appreciate your desire to wear SJ gear because you love the magazine and support us. And we appreciate it. And, yes, you have asked it many times. And ,yes, I sucks at this…

So let me make this short on words and long on pictures.

For the first time  Surfcaster’s Journal is offering Limited Edition Hoodies, Knit Caps and T-shirts with SJ logos. These are pre-order items, just like we did with those vintage shirts in the fall. We will take orders till early next week, then we will take the order page down and order and make your stuff. Figure two weeks for shipping  to you. All prices include shipping, and hooodie orders get a free $15 Old School SJ knit Cap. You can click on any pictures and it will take you right to the order page.

SJ Old Knit Hats

Made in USA to Military specs.

Super warm 100% acrylic wintuk.

with old school sewn on felt patch. $15 includes shipping

SJ Night Shift Crew t-shirts

100% cotton black t-shirt

s-xxl $20 shipping included

xxxl $22

xxxxl $25 if you need 5 xl send us an email

SJ Lighthouse hoodies…Every sweatshirt order comes with Free SJ Old School Knit hat.

Included, No Charge, FREE….capish?

$50 from s to 2 xl, 55 3xl, 60 4xl

Available in sizes S though 4xl…if you need 5 xl send us an email. Free SJ old school knit watch cap with purchase.

any question, feel free to reach out at info@surfcastersjournal.com.

I know a lot of you have asked this before so I will throw this out before I get bombarded again. The PayPal process the payment, you don’t need to have a PayPal account to complete the order. You can use your CC…If you want to mail a check you must drop us a line

A fellow called me the other night, looking for some advice on self publishing, for  his upcoming book. I was happy to help in any way I can. I know the process is not fun, you will have to trust me on this. I am actually excited to see this book in print. I will hold the details for now and no, the book is not about surf fishing, but it is about striped bass. I haven’t seen it yet so I won’t make any comments till I do. Anyway, this fellow, with whom I spoke to previously on the same subject, told me he did not know I was as he put it, a “publisher”. He said that if he originally knew, he probably would have not contacted me, in fear that I would not share my experiences and contacts. Which is silly because the first thing I did is gave him my book designer phone number and the printer that I dealt with. Why wouldn’t I help him in any way possible? Silly if you ask me, to even think like that. I don’t consider myself a publisher but if you insist, you can call me an “accidental publisher”. Meaning guys like Doc and Skinner asked me to use my experience and contacts to bring their books into the market. To me, both of these guys are my heroes, so maybe I have blinders on but I am more than happy that I helped them.

I had toyed with an idea of writing another book. It was going to be a book of stories along the lines of “shit that only happens to me”. I got most of it done but then I decided to work with these guys on their projects, and this magazine basically sucks out any life out of me that I have left…so that gets pushed back. Maybe never to be seen again. Who knows, maybe it’s for the best.

I did decide to make the series of interviews I did few years ago for the Fisherman into an eBook. I figured some who have missed it might be interested in reading it.

The second project I been working on was a book of articles that appeared in On The Water and Fisherman magazines over the years. Again, only in an eBook form. These articles are not meant to be tied together by a theme, instead, I picked the stuff I liked the best. The ones I found to be most interesting.

The first book of articles, and possible the only one, who knows what life will bring, is now live.

Surf Fishing, Collection of Articles Volume 1 is now at Amazon, Barnes and noble and our online store available for  downloading to your kindle, nook or ipad. I hope you enjoy it.

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