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We got a Winner !!!

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The winner of the STRIPERTHON 2011  Junior Contest is …Ty #2 !!!

Ty wins a brand new Tsunami Airwave rod and a basket of lures, donated by our friends at Tsunami.

Congrats Ty from all of us at Surfcaster’s Journal Magazine.

 

We are SJ going to kick in something for all the participants so please all the dads, email me us your mailing address to info@ surfcastersjournal.com

 

 

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This and that

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Winner of Lemire’s Plugworks  metal lip lure is anglerace@hotmail.com

The winner of the 8 1/2inch, 3 ounce mammoth Wave Jammer who guessed Lou’s favorite picture is …well, no one. Not one of you guessed that Lou favorite picture is on page 75…looks like a fine picture to me 🙂

So the plug goes back into the rotation, to be given away at another time.

Wait, its holiday season…so why not just pick another guy randomly?….Ok ,the winner of Wave Jammer is ….Zeno Hro….wait, that would be a bit weird…and unethical.

Ok ,the real winner is Ryan Chenette, the guy who says “I never win anything”

Both of you must furnish your mailing address to info@surfcastersjournal.com within 5 days or you forfeit the prize. Remember that big loot of AOK Tackle tins? The winner never stepped forward so I will give you a chance to win it again soon.

We might be fishlanthropists but we got rules…capish ? 😉

 

Few thoughts on last minute gift ideas. What do I want? More St Croix Legends and CTS rods would be nice…not sure if can get that passed by Da Wife

 

From Camp Site Sports in Huntington NY, comes the news that they are now a GoPro dealer. Now you can check out these little gems in person  and see what the hype is all about

 

This is from email I received from them,

Everyone should have one of these little marvels in their tackle box, on their boat, their car, their skis, their fishing rod, wherever you want to put it. The list of potential mounting spots is endless. Capture true 1080p HD video and 11Mp stills in a pocket sized, waterproof, shock proof, virtually indestructible package. We have a host of GoPro accessories in stock including many mounting options, LCD backs and spare batteries. While stocks last we are offering a free 8Mp class 10 SDHC card with each Go Pro camera purchased.

In other news, Burford Books, publisher of many surf fishing titles  have a new redesigned website. Check it out at www.burfordbooks.com

Reel Women of Fishing is a calendar that some of you might like to find under the Christmas tree…you can check it out here http://www.amazon.com/REEL-Women-Fishing-Calendar-2012/dp/B0069OOLGK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323984640&sr=8-1

 

Last and definitely not least, tune in this weekend for a Commando Surfcasting Custom Bag giveaway. As soon as I come up for air I will hook you guys up. And yes, that comment about Johnny Walker was a joke…I can’t hold liquor of any kind so I don’t bother. Hell, if I drink a dozen beers in  year that is a lot..although I must say, on a warm summer night, a big juicy steak on the grill…it calls for a nice, cold Sam Adams. Its funny thing, no one i fish with drinks. We all show up at the beach, each guy with a thermos of 7/11 coffee. Then we make another pot after we drain what we brought….old men 😉

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STRIPERTHON 2011 VOTE…Let's get the party started

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The time has come to pick winner of the Surfcaster’s Journal  STRIPERTHON 2011 contest. We believe that STRIPERTHON 2011 with over one thousand participants is the largest season long catch and release contest in United States. We narrowed down the submissions to 14 pictures out of which you guys will choose 10 winners.

Every blog subscriber gets one vote. The picture with most votes wins the first place ,the one with second most votes win a second and so on. The ties will be decided by who submitted their entry first. DO NOT register now for the blog to vote. Only our current subscribers are eligible. We will disqualify any vote from new subscribers.

But before we do this, I want to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors for providing these wonderful prizes for our contestants. Not only that but their participation  is an evidence of their support for conservation and future of our fisheries..

Grand prize winner will receive the St Croix Legend rod of his choice, from the fine folks fat  St Croix Fishing.

Second prize winner will receive a custom bag from Commando Surfcasting

Third prize winner will receive a Penn Battle Spinning reel

Forth prize winner will receive pair of Wiley X polarized shades

Fifth place winner will receive pair of Hansom Saltwater pliers

Sixth place winner will receive set of lures from Super Strike

Seventh place winner will receive a set of lures from Choopy Lures

Eight place winner will receive a set of lures from Guides Choice Lures

Ninth place winner will receive a set of lures fro Line Stretcher Lures

Tenth place winner will receive a Complete Set of Lure Tube System

Here are some of the pictures of prizes

  AND HERE ARE YOUR  ENTRIES…one vote per blog subscriber please! Continue reading →

Win a special Super Strike Lure

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Today is one of those winter concert/field hokey/basketball, physical therapy days…actually, after my wife and I are done tonight around 10, we will need a therapy.,..it’s called Johnny Walker…

 

But you don’t need to suffer along with me, because Mr. Musso, as if he knew that I need a pick me up, is offering this special Super Strike Bottle plug to one lucky individual. Wait an minute, how does that help me? Oh geez…:-)

Here you go, we will roll with many more prizes in coming weeks but today belong to Super Strike. Merry Christmas to the Musso family

 

 

pst..you can win another lure just like this at Super Strike facebook page

 

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Crazy Commando Bucktails a Big Fish with a ZeeBaaS

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One thing we try to do at Surfcaster’s Journal Magazine is to bring you a stories, videos and pictures that you haven’t seen before. Let’s be honest, there are only so many ways we can write about casting up current, looking for deep holes in the sandbar or casting your offering to shadow lines without being redundant. We are lucky to have Tommy, our Art Director and head of our “Cool Department”, dismiss any stories that he finds boring. Because if it was up to me, this magazine would have not looked the way it does. Fortunately I had good sense of listening to his advice. Along the way, I even tried to be a little more artistic although that is still work in progress. What can I say, I am as square as a 2×4. While giving the Cool Dude the props I should mention that he not only designs the mag, all the logos, stickers, shirts and soon a sweatshirts but he also designed covers of the books, Secrets of Surf Fishing at Night, Surfcaster, Fishing the Bucktail…and who knows how many punk band album covers and other things you really not need to know 🙂

 

Here is a preview of some things that we have coming up for you guys.

When you finish watching this video you will understand what we mean by “ Crazy Commando Bucktails a Big Fish with a ZeeBaaS”

 

Enjoy…I don’t think you will find this kind of a content anywhere

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Who's got it better than you guys ?

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http://www.commandosurfcasting.com/

http://therodvault.com/

 

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STRIPERTHON 2011 Junior contest…time to pick a winner

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Let’s get the party started with Junior STRIPERTHON vote. In few days I should have the main STRPERTHON 2011 entries ready to go.

 

The Junior Striperthon 2011 contest was open to all children under age of 17 and any species. We wanted to promote getting kids involved in fishing.

 

This year like last, the prize for the Junior category is generously donated by fine folks from Tsunami. It consist of a 9 foot Tsunami Airwave rods and basket of lures. Not only is Airwave an outstanding rod and quite affordable but the Tsunami lures are always in my bag, I wouldn’t even dream of going to a local jetty without some shads in my pouch. So again, thanks to generous folks from Tsunami, particularly their superrep Nick Cicero on their generosity. When you pass by their booth at the winter shows, please stop by and tell them that you appreciate their support for Surfcaster’s Journal. They have always been very generous in supplying prizes for our giveaway, advice when we were starting the magazine and as advertisers in the magazine. We are proud to call them not only supporters, but also friends.

 

So here is how it work. We have 5 pictures for you to vote on. You can only vote once and only for once picture. The picture with most votes wins. You MUST be a blog subscriber to be eligible to vote The winner will receive Tsunami Airwave and basket of lures which will be shipped directly from Tsunami. I have to warn you, if you register to blog just to vote your vote will be dissqualified. READ THE RULES.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Win two great looking lures from Lemire's Plugworks

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Today we have a special giveaway. We will give you a chance to win two lures for the first time on the Surfcaster’s Journal Blog. Two lures made by Lemire’s Plugworks. If you remember, Al Lemire, the creator behind Lemire’s Plugworks was one of the featured lure builders in the current issue of the Surfcaster’s Journal Magazine .

You can check out all the Al’s creations on his website at  http://www.lemiresplugworks.com/

We will give you a chance to win two outstanding looking lures. And you can win big, because you can also win twice.

Here is the deal

Lure one

Lemire’s Plugworks 8 1/2inch, 3 ounce mammoth Wave Jammer. Pick the page our rod guru, Lou Caruso’s favorite picture is located and win the Wave Jammer

 

The second lure from Lemire’s Plugworks is 5 1/2 inch, 2 ounce Ambassador metal lip swimmer. All you have to do is say “I  am in” and we will pick a random winner.

How do you like that ?

 

Our thanks to Al from Lemire’s Plugworks for making this possible

 

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This and that

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Today is the second anniversary of the Issue # 1 of the Surfcaster’s Journal Magazine. Few guys thought you guys deserved your own publication. Most though we were just plain crazy. Hell, I still think we were nuts to do this.

What you see today, is a result of a lot of hard work by a lot of people. Our editors, columnists, writers, Tommy the Art Director and also many of you who made suggestions, and gave advice over these two years. I am not sure what the future will bring but I do have one wish. A hope that more of you will contact us at info@surfcastersjournal.com with an idea you might be interested in putting on paper. We are always on a lookout for fresh voices, new ideas. We don’t only cover how-to but instead we try to cover the sport of surfcasting as a lifestyle. Catching the fish is truly just a bonus some days. You might be a close friend of  a lure builder, you might have something unusual happen to you while fishing or maybe you visited  a place you want to tell us about. Our doors are always open…

This being a holiday season, I am sure many of you have a Christmas Wish List, either a  things you are looking to get as gifts or something you are buying for yourself. Care to tell us what is on your list?

My list is short. A trip somewhere warm where there are some warm water species close to the shore would be all I really want. I have more tackle than I can use, so anything warm would do. I am not a big fan of NY winters. After breaking three 7 foot rods in 24 hours last week I will look into replacing some. Story for another day..lol

One note, our STRIPERTHON 2011 contest, Junior Category in particular. We are not sticklers for rules here with kids. We will extend to this weekend for you to send us any picture of your child with this year’s surf caught fish, any species. Send it to info@surfcastersjournal.com. We’ll take a vote next week

 and last not but definitely not least

ZeeBaas is having their first self-service seminar on Sat, Dec 10 at 9:00 AM

It will be held at their shop 335 Benton street, Stratford CT

Ron will be demonstrating self service of the reel and answering questions.

He will be going over the different lube options, how to use the new tool kit they just came out with, and the different o-ring kits they now have.

As an added bonus, Gary Soldati will be there to brag about getting the first 50 with a lefty ZeeBaas!

Enjoy

 

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