It’s time to announce our winners for Super Strike Killer Bee darter the winner is…

Karl kjellberg

Karl, you got five days to get us your  shipping address to info@surfcastersjournal.com so we can pass it on to Super Strike. Thank you all for entering and thanks  to Super Strike Lures for their generosity.

Winner of Angelo Peluso’s signed first printing copy of Fly Fishing Long Island is

peter douma

Peter look above for instructions

Again, thank you Angelo for your generosity, and we are looking forward to your new book. Btw, you will soon have a chance to win his highly acclaimed signed book, Saltwater Flies of Northeast

Stay tuned to SJ Blog for more details.

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This is written exclusively for SJ Blog by Charles Witek ,chairman of the Costal Conservation Association Atlantic State Fisheries

For more information on CCA please click here http://ccany.org/

On March 23, a joint committee of the New York legislature announced that it had agreed on a proposal to suspend the fee charged for New York’s salt water fishing license for two years, and would permit the state’s anglers to register with the state, in compliance with federal requirements, for free.  Since that announcement, there has been considerable buzz in the angling community, with license opponents cheering their “victory” and many thoughtful anglers wondering about what, if anything, they had won.  Right now, the answer isn’t completely clear.

Assuming that the conference committee’s suspension of the license fee survives the final Senate and Assembly votes on the budget, which it almost certainly will, the lost license revenues will be made up by payments out of the General Fund.  That will certainly be the case in the upcoming year, and legislators will likely do their best not to upset the deal in the year after.  However, should overall state revenues fall far below predicted levels, or if other state spending needs soar, there is no firm guarantee of General Fund money being available in the second year.  If it is not, the DEC will be unable to fully carry out its programs, including those which are of benefit to anglers. 

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It is midnight and I been doing something I haven’t done in a long time. I read a book, cover to cover in one sitting.

Except this book is different. It has no cover or pictures, just hundreds of sheets of text, titles and summaries. That is because this book is not done yet but I sincerely wish it was, and that you can read it.

It’s that good.

What is it?

Its first pure surf fishing book written by William “Doc” Muller in over 20 years. His last surfcasting only book, Secrets of Surf Fishing at Night was updated and reprinted last fall. This book, , let’s call it for lack of better term, ultimate guide to surfcasting, covers it all,  in the way only  Doc can.  From gear to lures to bait to fishing clubs to tackle to fighting fish to proper release, from eels, to shads and plugs and teasers to mindsets, structure and who knows what else, twenty three chapters so far.

Here is your chance, just like last year, when I asked to contribute photos. You want to be a part of this book ? We are actively looking for photos , if you have anything you would consider submitting, please email it to zhromin@optonline.net

Scenery, fish, people, lures, you name it, I am interested

Expected release? Sometimes in the fall of this year. Man , it felt good to read 200 plus pages in one sitting…it’s been a long time

and now, good night…tomorrow, a winner of Super Strike Killer Bee Darter..your last chance to enter is today

Today we will give you a chance to win  a special book

As many of you know, our friend Angelo Peluso has written some highly acclaimed books on flies and fly fishing. He has a  new book that should hit the shelves late summer or early fall 2011.  It is meant to be a  companion book to Saltwater Flies of the Northeast but the new book takes it from Virginia all the way around to the Texas Gulf Coast

His website is  http://angelopeluso.com , a really neat site with a lot of information. I always found his photo skills, especially pictures of his flies fascinating. Never mind that he is a writing machine with numerous blogs, weekly fisherman column, books and who knows what else.

One of you will have a chance today to win first editions author’s copy of his book,  “Fly Fishing Long Island”.

Good Luck

Glad the show season coming to an end and fishing starts to pick up. Love see everyone but after few weekends of gulping down bad coffee and hot dogs for breakfast and lunch, it’s nice to wake up in the morning and make some homemade waffles for the family.

Go to church and then throw some Nicaraguan yellowtail snappers on grill whole, Croatian style (You think they mind being called that :-))

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No, we didn’t catch one. Actually, I shouldn’t  speak for Tommy or Roger or anyone else that contributes here. I know I have to untangle the clump of tangled plugs in the back of my truck that has been sitting  there since December. No better way than remembering you have a leak in your waders then walking into cold water in march and feeling the water rush in. It wouldn’t be the first time…

Are you catching?

We should come up with a contest, kind of informal thing

Maybe for first fish over ,I don’t know, 15 pounds one of our readers catch wins a hat or something ?…let me come up with something.

I know some of you are readers of the Saltwater Sportsman magazine…can one of you please scan and email me the Dodge Outdoorsman ad on the back of the mag…I think you know why 🙂

Speaking of  interest outside surf, how many of you actively kayak? I used it in Cost Rica and had a ball. Our guide (and I use that term very generously) had brand new,. week old foot paddled kayaks. We had a blast catching skipjacks, hound fish, groupers and Spanish macks on them.

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To make your weekend a little more pleasurable we have a special giveaway for you today

Courtesy of Super Strike Custom Lures

Here is your chance to win this limited edition “Killer Bee” Darter

This lure will only be available for purchase from Super Strike on Facebook. I figure I throw that out there although Mr. Musso insisted I just do a giveaway. Hey, if you are not a fan of Super Strike on Facebook, you should be.

If you are not a fan of Surfcaster’s Journal on Facebook…give us your home address so we can give you an ass whooping

Good Luck ladies and gentleman….

Surfcaster’s Journal Blog Giveaway…always free entry

Winning 🙂

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Occasionally we feature guest bloggers on Surfcaster’s Journal Blog. Today we have a pleasure to present an article from Mr. Eric Brunley, noted author and fisherman whose books many of you have read…Zeno

A BRIEF HISTORY OF STRIPED BASS MANAGEMENT BY ERIC BURNLEY

The current system of striped bass management had its beginnings in the mid 1970s with the formation of the State-Federal Striped Bass Management Advisory Committee.  Each state from Maine to North Carolina had three representatives on the committee.  One from the commercial industry, one recreational fisherman and one representative from the state or commonwealth’s department of natural resources.  I was the recreational representative from Delaware.

Our first meeting was in Salisbury, Maryland and it was a major education for me and I expect many of the others.  The first thing I learned was everyone there knew exactly what was wrong with striped bass.  The recreational members said the problem was the commercial men, the commercial men said it was the environment and everyone agreed the problem was caused by someone or something else.  The trouble with that line of thought was we were all killing as many striped bass as we could and dead stripers do not make little stripers.

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I don’t want to keep you in suspense too long.

Eric P guessed first that Roger’s favorite picture is one of the squid found on  page 153. For his good guess Eric will win this custom lure made by Big Rock. Eric, please email your shipping address at info@surfcastersjournal.com. Some of you have asked if Big Rock has a website, he used to have one, not sure why is down now. If I get some info I will share it with you.

I ran into a friend few nights ago at a social event. This fellow surfcasters has been plying the beaches for more years then I have been walking. This alone should tell you that dude is aged like a fine wine. But he has not only a lifetime of experience in the surf to draw from, he is also one of the most knowledge surfcasters when it comes to fishing with lures.

He told me he bought a small 2 ounce Danny Darter kit from Salty and assembled it. He took it for a swim recently and could not believe what this lure did! He said the last time he seen a darter dart that unpredictably was when Danny Pichney made them and never since. I thought it was interesting  observation coming from a guy who’s been at his craft for so long. Having guys from that generation excited about something….let’s just say that those guys have seen it all and went out trough a lot of overpriced crap over the years.

It is my pleasure to bring you another original video by Surfcaster’s Journal.

In this video , Surfcaster’s Journal Rod Guru Lou Caruso will show you a  guide layout using  a concept system . Pretty neat and can be used on just about any surf rod.

Enjoy

Of course you can always reach Lou by just clicking on the button on the right hand side at the bottom of this page

 Or by visiting http://www.louscustomrods.com/

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