I  know that you have heard enough about Sebile lures  to peak your curiosity. How do I know? I read too, you know 🙂

And there is more coming..two of our columnists are singing praises in the upcoming issue. I will keep you in suspense for few more days until the new issue comes out. In the mean time I will give you a chance to win a Sebile Magic Swimmer

In case you are wondering, we at SJ have no idea what our columnists are writing. Neither do we give them instructions, nor do we have any clue of what they are working on. By the time the article ends up in our email its usually two weeks late already and too late to change anything anyway…lol

I guess we could “suggest” or “nudge” our columnist in the direction we wanted to go, like write about a specific lure or advertised product. But then again, that wouldn’t be a Surfcaster’s Journal way, instead we would be like all other publications.

I think we’ll stick with creative freedom..people seem to like creativity, unexpected results and honesty. Which on the end of the day, it’s the only thing that matters.

Good luck….

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First, I need to tip my hat to Jersey Shore Surfcasters for putting together a hell of a show. Everything they did was fantastic, could not think of a thing that they did not respond quickly and effectively. We are proud to be a part of it.

I been burred printing labels for shirts, sweatshirts and caps. Some of the stuff should be in the mail tomorrow and hopefully all or most of it by Wednesday night. I still cant believe that I spent more than 15 hours in my chair this weekend printing labels…holy crap…..Most of the stuff is done, few more items we still have to make so bare with us for few days until we get everyone’s orders filled. Hopefully by weekend all of you will have what you ordered. This was definitely a bit more that I can chew or expected but we will make this work. As you can imagine, I had time to take my wife and kids to a diner for a quick bite to eat, and other that five trips to 7/11 to get a large coffee to keep me going, my Sunday was spent in this chair.

So you might as well be listening to someone who goes fishing AND knows a thing or two about catching a big Bass on this Monday

Our friend, Crazy Alberto Knie as he talks about a the Hunt for Big Stripers

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We are on the way to NJ for a Surf Day…if you are atending, stop by and say hi.

For those of you who ordered hoodies, shirts and caps with SJ logo we have an update. The caps have been made and sweatshirts and shirts should be done by Monday. Barring some unforeseen development, we expect to be shipping all items by Tuesday or Wednesday. We understand there are some of you that missed out on the gear and are asking for more. Please let us ship all the preordered items and then we will talk if any additional items might be made in the future.

Here are the new videos from this week, just in case you missed them

Great Bill Wetzel, a friend and Montauk crazy full time

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a little “under the light” compostion i put together, working on something else, hopefully in few days

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcLsKqx-Jy8[/youtube]

Spro new Split Snaps

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7snVE70p2EA[/youtube]

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I have to apologize for being behind a bit this week but its been crazy.

To those of you who attended my seminar on Wednesday night at Cow Harbor Tackle, thank you from a bottom of my heart. I expected 6 people on a weeknight, not 60!

Now the winners, something that is overdue but like I said, I didn’t want to just pick the number and call it a day, I wanted to make sure I had time to sit down and use the Random Number Generator to the dirty work and give me the #

The winner on Tactical Angler Clips and A Tactical Angler hat is ..Dan Radman…(same last name as most of my wife’s family…lol)… danielradman@optonline.net

The winner of Super Strike “Super Bread ” Darter is …Bob… RMF0913@AOL.COM

You both have 5 days to email us your shipping addresses at info@surfcastersjournal.com. We don’t hear from you, you lose.

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And since is Friday, and we like to send you into the weekend on a right note, let’s give you a chance to win something special.

First dude or dudete that guesses what my favorite picture in this current issue of the magazine is will win this super-mint metal lip swimmer from Lemire’s Plug works…I mean really sweet.

This is a one kickass plug at 8.5 inches and 3.5 ounces , made just for that cow with your name on it. 🙂

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Some days you don’t need anyone to tell you anything about fishing. You don’t want to read, you don’t want to talk about it. You just want to go and do it.

Today is one of those days. The days are getting longer, the temperatures are warming up. Maybe I can make your day a little better, (or worse) by giving you these mindless few minutes of fun :-)..sorry, no celebrities here , just regular guys who fish their asses off. Leave the  filming of celebrities to other people

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcLsKqx-Jy8[/youtube]

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We don’t do many shows over the winter, mostly due to lack of time. But we are looking forward to this weekend Surf Day, put together by Jersey Surfcasters. We hope to see some old friends and also, we’d like to meet some of you we haven’t met yet. So stop by our table and say hi.

In addition, I will be at Cow Harbor Bait and Tackle this Wednesday at 6 30 for a weekday seminar.

You can visit http://www.cowharbortackle.com/ for more info

Tomorrow ,if I have some time, winners of Tactical Angler hat and clips and Super Strike Super Bread Darter..and yet another video so to make your winter go by a little faster.

The Jersey Shore Surfcasters
5th Annual
SURF DAY 2012
“A day dedicated to the surfcaster.”

HERE IS THE COMPLETE SURF DAY LINE-UP!

SEMINAR SCHEDULE
8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
All seminars will begin and end promptly.

8:30 DOORS OPEN SD 2012 OFFICIALLY BEGINS! Continue reading →

Today we have a video blog. I did two video sessions this weekend, one with Bill Wetzel and one with William ” Doc” Muller. This is just a little trailer from upcoming interview with a man we like to call “The hardest working surf guide in Montauk”.

He doesn’t need any introduction. He is passionately insane, he either fishes or dreams of fishing, and he loves nothing more the juicy big water in Montauk.

He runs a forum at www.surfratsball.com, he guides, he lectures and somehow he hold down a regular job and round the clock guiding in Montauk in season.

our one and only, Bill Wetzel

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I am constantly amazed at transformations that are slowly but surely taking place at Super Strike Lures last few years. First there were weighted bottle plugs, then the whole line of needlefish got a makeover with a “Heavy” versions. And then they are new colors Steve Musso has been painting…oh my. If you are a fan of super strike on Facebook, you already have seen some of his latest creations. I am very much of a proponent of keeping my lures simple and carrying only those that I feel that have good “mojo”, regardless of the moon phase, time of day or conditions. Yet I look at the picture below and I start to droll uncontrollably.

Yeah, that is a new “Super Bread” pattern from Super Strike. I was told that it will be available at Surf Day, River’s End Show in CT. From what I understand, it will be available in all models in near future but in limited sizes.

It’s only fair that Surfcaster’s Journal Blog readers get a first crack on winning one today. There are few, if any  sites out there that have more SS fans than here at SJ. Thank you Mr. Steve “DudeBro” Musso for making this possible. Happy Sunday ladies and Gents from us at SJ and SS crew.

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We are shutting down the pre-order page for SJ Hoodies, Knit caps and t-shirts Monday afternoon. You must get your order in by then if you want us to pre-order any SJ gear. Monday afternoon, we will take the order page down and place your orders for hoodies, shirts and caps.

After then it should be about a week or so before they are made and shipped to you. You will recive a Paypal notification once the item is shipped and we will make a post here on the blog

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You didn’t think we’d go a whole week without giving you a chance to win something neat, did you ? 🙂

Here is a video I shot with Crazy Alberto when I was in Florida recently. He is the kind of guy that you can spend hours talking to on camera about fishing. And I did…and one of these days I will sit down and get to the really fun part…editing.

But right now, here is a video we did with Al talking about his clips

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1hR9QaVsto[/youtube]

And yes, after watching the video you will be eligible to win these Tactical Angler Clips and a Tactical Angler Hat that has some mojo . I swear Crazy One (or Mr. Miyagi as some have called him recently) rubbed it for a good luck…honest. 🙂

Good luck

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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