As many of you know we are celebrating the first Anniversary of the most awesome surf publication in the universe

Surfcaster’s Journal Magazine

www.surfcastersjournal.com

To help us celebrate in style, as usual, we got you, the readers of our blog, “hooked-up” with possibly the finest giveaway we ever had. We gave away in contests and giveaways some really nice stuff but this handmade, custom bag from Commando Surfcasting ( http://www.commandosurfcasting.com/) might be a cherry on the top of the cake.

It is our sincerest pleasure to introduce to you, one of the finest handmade surf bags we ever laid our grubby little fingers on…and now one of you will win it 🙂

Features:

• Over sized top flap so there are no gaps on the sides
• 4 – 3″ D x 8″ H heavy wall tubes
• Holds 10 bucktails
• Inside pouch
• Double layer heavy duty material
• Heavy duty webbing reinforcement on all the high wear areas
• Large stainless steel grommets for super fast drainage
• Large side pocket for all the extra essentials
• Side pocket 6″H x 2 1/2″W x 2 1/2″D
• Main bag 9 1/2″H x 12″W x 5 1/2″D

who is eligible to win the bag?

Only Surfcaster’s Journal subscribers…..

How do you become a Surfcaster’s Journal Blog Subscriber?

Easy, just enter your email address into the subscriber box, that it

We were so impressed by Tom’s from Commando work, we figured it deserves a corny video clip featuring yours truly. Hey , you don’t get to celebrate your FIRST Anniversary often? Kind of weird when you consider that Surfcaster’s Journal has more facebook fans than any other saltwater publication on USA including OTW, Noreast and yes, even Saltwater Sportsman.

The bag we are giving away is the one in the video, with four large tubes, two large side pockets, belt loops, D-rings, bucktail holder and inside pouch, flaps and front pouch.

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Since there is a three way tie for   8th ,9th and 10th prizes we are going to have another vote for only those pictures.

Here are your choices

please vote only for one picture.

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Ok. here we go again

Since there is a  tie for 4th and 5th prizes we are going to have another vote for only those pictures.

Here are your choices

please vote only for one picture. We are going to make this short so vote away and we’ll close it in a day or so

Again, you must be a registered subscriber who registered before 10/31/10 to the blog. If I deleted your vote on the previous vote chances are I will do it again. One vote per subscriber and you get to vote only once

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ok ladies and gentleman, i think we can all agree that all who sent in shots of their fish that were released are winners…but by contest rules, you had to pick your favorites

It is my pleasure  to announce the winners of STRIPERTHON 2010.

Here they are

Prizes

• Grand Prize – Penn Torque rod and reel #14
• First Prize – Van Staal FP7000 Pliers #2
• Second Prize – Lamiglas Rod Surf and Jetty XS 10MHS rod #3
• Third Prize – Korkers Guide Boots #4
• Fourth Prize – 5 Salty’s Custom Plugs #tie #1 and #11
• Fifth Prize – 5 Super Strike Custom Plugs tie#1 and #11
• Sixth Prize – 3 Lordship Lures Custom Plugs #5
• Seventh Prize – 4 Big Water Custom Plugs #7
• Eighth Prize – 5 Rhode Island Poppers Lures tied between picture,#9 #10#12
• Ninth Prize – 5 RM Smith Custom Lures tied between picture #9 #10#12
• Tenth Prize – $50 Gift Card from LI Outdoorsman tied between picture #9 #10#12

As you can see, there is a tie for 4th and 5thprize… 8th and 9th and 10th prizes. We are going to have a vote again for only those pictures.

Ocean Pro Ltd (Profish) plus its vice-president and its fish buyer were sentenced recently in US District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, for illegally harvesting striped bass for over a decade from the Potomac River. This has been called the largest ever commercial fish poaching plot in the Chesapeake Bay.
Timothy Lydon, a part owner and officer in Profish, one of Washington’s primary seafood wholesalers, last week was sentenced to 21 months in prison and fined USD 60,000. Benjamin Clough, a fish-buyer for the company, was sentenced to 15 months in prison and fined USD 7,500.
Profish was sentenced to three years probation, fined USD 575,000, restitution in the amount of USD 300,000 and a special assessment of USD 5,000. Gordon Jett, a fisher who supplied the striped bass or rockfish, was sentenced to five months in prison, five months of home of detention and fined USD 4,572 in restitution.
All the defendants’ fines will go to the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund and restitution will go to the Commonwealth of Virginia Marine Resources Commission and the State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
“When fishermen and fish wholesalers do not comply with the law, they imperil the entire fishery and adversely impact livelihoods of those in the fishing industry who abide by the law, and reap an impermissible economic advantage through their non-compliance,” said Ignacia S Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice. “The Chesapeake Bay watershed is a national treasure, and the striped bass fishery is an important resource that we must protect from plunder for our enjoyment and that of future generations.”
Following a five-week jury trial, Lydon, Clough and Profish last July were judged guilty of purchasing illegally caught striped bass from the Potomac River in Virginia and Maryland from 1995-2007. All were convicted of conspiracy and violations of the Lacey Act, which prohibits the transport, sale or purchase of illegally harvested fish and wildlife.
In total, the defendants were sentenced to more than 140 months in prison, and total fines and restitution exceed USD 1,361,000.
A unit of federal and state lawyers as well as undercover officers investigated the black market operation for five years. It ended in 19 men and three corporations being convicted.

I  am writing this while looking at a giant poster of Johann Sebastian Bach….you know, the classical music dude with wig on his head and sheet of music in his hands. Where am I ?

At my daughter clarinet lesson..

I am already tired…before picking her up I picked up my son from high school and made him dinner. I engulfed something that I honestly don’t remember what it was or what did it taste like, took him back to high school for his basketball practice. Then to the other side of the school where middle school is located to pick up my daughter and her twin friends that live few houses away. My neighbor drops all the kids in the morning, including mine, I picked them all up including hers.

So after dropping their kids I feed my girl and drove her to the music lesson. And here I am….you figure it’s enough running around for one day? I am just getting started

I have to drive her home and set up homework, then go pick my son up from volleyball. Then I have to drop him home and take my daughter to Nassau-Suffolk youth band practice in next town. By the time I get home it should be around 9 PM. That’s why I am typing this on a net book at the music lessons. It gets a little easier when my wife is around as she does a lot of this herself but today she is at our Goddaughter confirmation.

Why am I telling all this?

Because while I was writing this , the bite was really on. Unfortunately it wasn’t on the beach next to my house but on a beach good ride away. And unfortunately, the best of action took place during the day. And I could get on it….not without severely pissing my wife. Continue reading →

I am sorry if I caused any confusion when I wrote to vote with an email you registered with to the blog. I meant that you should use the same email you registered at the blog when you vote. However, voting is taking place on the blog and not via email. Only few people got confused by this but we took care of it and sent them to blog to vote. No harm, no foul. Don’t count the chickens before they hatch either, I had to delete few votes due to ineligibility

The winner of two beautiful plugs from Charlie at Choopy Lures (http://www.choopylures.com/) is …

Terry Farell… bunnie37@verizon.net

Congrats dude, you have 5 days to get back to us with the shipping address. Contact us at info@surfcastersjournal.com

One pet peeve I have to get off my chest.

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Ok, ladies and gentlemen

What you have below are 15 pictures we picked out for you. You will vote for (one) picture, your favorite shot. The winner of most votes will receive the grand prize. The one with second most votes ,first prize and so on. The ties will be broken by another vote for only the pictures that are tied. You can click on each picture to make them larger.

We spent a lot of time and effort in putting this together, please take a minute to read these few rules.

Most important, remember that we are celebrating the release of these big fish. Every one of these beauties was released to swim and spawn again. I personally congratulate each angler on their wonderful achievement. Of course we would like to give you grand prize in person and snap a few shots if possible. If not ,we will get it to you by mail. Please take into consideration that the grand prize, Penn Torque 5 bailess reel is according to Penn on order and we should be receiving it within next 10 business days.

Rules

• Only Blog Subscribers, who registered to the blog before October 31st are eligible to vote. If you are not a subscriber or you registered at the latter date., your vote will be deleted when we do a final tabulation. We will go over each vote and compare it to the email we have on file from you.
• Voting is not open to friends, family, ex-girlfriends and mistresses 🙂
• Please vote with an email you receive Blog updates.
• You can only vote once and for (1) one picture

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