Had a great day today at the show. I think we bought a years supply of everything! Extra good deals everywhere. Got to see Tony Stetzko's talk. Very good talk. Good Q and A too. Got to see a boat load of striped-bass people. Met a lot of new people too.

Seeing Cinto and Stezko' s fish in the same place got you thinking about what if ...someday.... :)

as always a great show put on by the members of mass striped bass ass. its nice to see 90 dealers of all fishing relayed. it ws also nice to see alot of you guys from the site. crisp thanks for the plugs good deal.alot of guys i know bought them.i know AVEA MARIAcharters bought alot of them .i saw alot of people buying rods and reels . good deals. all asound and the grand raffle prizes for tommrow are great.if you havent gone to the show yet i recomend you go tommrow. sunday. you wont regreat it. dont forget if you have a question about a product alot of the reps are at the show this is the time to ask them your questions. i know i had a problem with a techna rod and the rep took care of it today for me.well hope to see more of you tommrow

brought the family.. wife and one daughter got a little yancy after about an hour or so and ended up buying some stuff in some of the other shops in the area. Now myself and my other daughter had a real good time.. bill and jules show was pretty interesting and even kept my daughter interested and infected her a little more with the fishing bug;) . there are quite a few great deals along with all kinds of information. it was good to see the crew that was there.

Anytime you get to meet up with great people and talk fishing and buy lures is a great time!!!

Nice rod Salty....I just might have to order one for myself in the near future.

I had a ball - good seeing everyoneagain, meeting some new people and a great, no - FANTASTIC burger at the Charlie Horse after the show - now, I'm going to bed...

Later, and thanks to everyone that makes this a great place!!!

John R - Chief cook & Bottle washer

Hi All, it was great to see the support of the Striped-bass.com group out in full force today. Baitcaster & I had a great day, and want to thank you all for you support!!! Can't wait to see the rest of you that might make it out tomorrow. Was nice to meet a few new guys and visit with some of you we have met before.

We are both fried and going to crash, looking forward to tomorrow.

Had a great time talking old school with some friends from years back to the newer guys. Saltheart great work on those rods another 5 minutes and I would have bought it! GS pour those baits tomorrow you will need them.:D

John,

Good to see you at the show. Bottle washer?? Do you home brew? I hate washing bottles. I plan to get a keg system in the next month then I won't have to wash bottles again.

Mike

As usual another great show ! reels a nice saltheart rod and plenty of lures .
Krispy
my daughters loved them little plugs ( they have names now ).

Saltheart
My daughters gave he rod 4 thumbs up " Daay is that rod for me ?" " Its beautiful and sparkly . She has my eyes !

J habs and Tatoo
Nice set up you had setup . things I didnt pick up yesterday a pair of flying fisherman sunglasses ( $16.95 I dont think so ) and a c-lite never found one .

It was a pleasure seeing everyone at the show !

The show was as good as you all said it was! The eel show was just what I was looking for very informative. Now who knows where I can pick up a eel pot? Looks like catching my own is the way to go would like to get one with in the next few weeks. Was nice seeing lots of striped-bass freinds there and to meet Nor-Easter brought back lots of Cuttyhunk memories of my uncle Joe who was a charter guide out of the island back in the 50s and 60s. Think it is time to start setting up the Cuttyhunk derby and the rules. I have the list that had signed on and will post it to see who still wants to go and can still go? If you have not been to the show yet get out of the house today and go you will not be disapointed:happy:

Gb
Nor-easter made a good suggestion about your Uncles stuff ;) ! Im still in I have a 4 day weekend for a visit to your island oasis !

:( ......I got drafted yesterday for some family projects.....and it seems today isn't gonna hear it either.....:crying: :crying: :crying: ...and I've had this show marked on my calender for weeks now!!!......:af:

...just when I think I have my priorities straight....I get confused!!


:smash: :af: :smash: :(


.....and please, please please.........NO MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE SHOW!!!!...:eek: :(

....Goose, give my regards to the boyz...:rolleyes:

Originally posted by chris L
As usual another great show ! reels a nice saltheart rod and plenty of lures .
Krispy
my daughters loved them little plugs ( they have names now ).

Saltheart
My daughters gave he rod 4 thumbs up " Daay is that rod for me ?" " Its beautiful and sparkly . She has my eyes !

J habs and Tatoo
Nice set up you had setup . things I didnt pick up yesterday a pair of flying fisherman sunglasses ( $16.95 I dont think so ) and a c-lite never found one .

It was a pleasure seeing everyone at the show !

Chris,that is great :happy:
I didn't find a C-lite either :( maybe we can get J Powers to set us up with some.

Mike T has those glasses for even less than that I think.

I had a blast seeing and meeting many fellow fishermen and women and good to see you too John.
Thanks again Saltheart, Danny's eyes lit up when I showed him his new rod :D Please remind me what it is rated for?
And what model Loomis was that jigging stick? Thanks

now I have 2 Saltheart custom sticks:happy:

canalratt1, I am all set up for the year with those bullets:happy:

Krispy, thank you very much also:D

I didn't get a chance to chat with Fisherwoman but I did get to talk with Bill.

Won't be long till we get out fishing again:happy:

Bruce
Mike has them glasses for like 12.95 and I forgot to pick up a couple pair when I was there yesterday ! Great deal for glass lens sunglasses . I need them for river watching ( amber/tan ) with the cool tourtise shell frames .

Man I got to get that snap fixed . You know the one that holds my head on my shoulders ! Where is that one brain cell when you need it !

Excellent show, spent more than I expected to of course, and very nice to finally place a face to a lot of the folks here.
MZ

Finally ! Something everybody agrees on - the show was terrific. Great to see all the old faces and meet some new ones. I couldn't stay long and it killed me to have to leave early. That Beakaway booth could've put a serious dent in the wallet. The Hab's plugs are too damn nice to fish with - they belong in a museum.

I'll see you guys soon - you know where.

The story about your daughter gave me a big smile Chris. It is a pretty rod do to the opal effect of that holographic thread. The funny thing is , she could fish eels and land Moby #^&#^&#^&#^& with it too!.

So I'm all warm am fuzzy about Chris's daughter and then Slip says his son loves his too!! Very gratifying! :) Glad to see those rods going to kids. All I can say is ...I wish I had a rod like that when I was a kid! :)

Slip , the Loomis you won in the tourney is a 1087. Its rated 2-5. It will really zing 4 OZ like you need. I would fish it with a BG7000CL filled with 50 LB Spectron. The light rod is perfect at 1 OZ. I would rate it 1/2 to 2. Its built to use a very small reel.

Thanks everyone for the compliments on Smokey's rod. It is beautiful but I hope everyone also noticed what a lethal weapon it is too. It was an All Star 1265/2. Can you say eeeeel ! :)

Saltheart I'd tell you my son, or daughter loves it also, but I don't have any yet. So I guess I will have to keep it for my self :D, I love it though I think it was the best deal of the day. Krispy's plugs were another great deal, it was nice meeting you. Bill and Juls show was very informative, and they are down to earth. It was nice to talk to you. If I get evrythinig in order on my little tub I will give you guys a holler. I thought Tony's show was informative, those beaches in the picture had me drooling. He was very down to earth as well, I got to talk with him for a couple of minutes be fore I left.

gboutdoors i had a freind show me about 8 years ago how he makes his own eel traps out of three 5gal bucketts. its easy and it works great. i happen to have an extra one all set up ready to go your welcome to have it if you want. save your self some money.if you want it pm me

Chubsdad
I was wondering if you could post how you made your trap.

Thanks!

Last night I felt like crap, a long day and a cold wiped me out last night and today I was in a fog. Still it was nice to meet a bunch of the new striped-bass gang and some of the old farts. John and I had diner last night after the show and then I died a horrible death on the family room couch. I'm sure it wasn't a pretty site, but luckily there was no film at 11:).

It was good to see Clamdigger out and about today, although he was probably in violation of his doctors orders. Enjoyed talking to Habs and Tatoo, meeting Krispy and some of the other active and lurking striper nuts here, along with some of the other guys behind the booths. It was quite a learning experience for a first time rubba guy. I had nothing but possitive feedback from both seasoned and newbies, so I have to say it was a success for me. Very satisfying when your competitors buy and then ask for a brown paper bag to package the baits in.

Based on some feedback and contacts I made I've got to get busy restocking and I've already sent out 3 key emails to set those wheels in motion.

gREAT SHOW ,GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE,EVEN THOUGH MOST WENT YESTERDAY,IT WAS STILL NICE TO BE THERE11111
BOUGHT WHAT I THINK ILL NEED AND DIDN/T GET CARRIED AWAY THIS YEAR
GOOD TO SEE BOB DO WELL.......BUT THE PRICE OF SUCCESS?????
HOPE I GET TO BREAK THEM IN ////
LATER,MIKE:happy: :happy: :happy: :happy:

had a good time, got some goodies, and got to see some of my favorite fishers!!!!;) :D

heySB....SOON!

GS....cant wait to try 'em out......I am excited for you! not easy starting a new venture but I am happy you had a positive and inspiring weekend!!!!! all the luck to you!

GREAT show as always Thank You MSBA! I guess its true what they say about the Striped-bass crowd....they still smell like bait....LOL....so do I!!! "Great bunch a guys and gals" Enjoyed the show and these little babies look very catch, if you know what I mean.

Thank you to all I met up with yesterday. Learned a lot. Bought a lot too. JR sent me in the right direction for a new Okuma TDS 60 ten bearing reel! Bartered at least five times with Krispy! Loaded for bear and ready for the fish to come back.

Count me in for Cuttyhunk GB.

Ross

Glad you all had fun at the show - me, I was wiped but I had a ball... Just glad the show's over ;) 'cause the next thing to do is Fishing!

Also glad to see that everyone of our group that had a booth did pretty good too!

So who bought what? Although I wanted to get just a few things, the onlything I wound up getting was an T.S. "Eet my Eel" bumper sticker.... I also wanted to see his seminar but maybe next year :rolleyes: .

I did get to see FW & BC's show for 5 minutes because somebody asked me to figure out why the projector didn't work :eek:

... Again - thanks for everyone that swung by & said hello. Thanks to Krispy & GS for the goodies :D ...

Bloo - sorry you couldn't make it t the show but unfortunately, stuff happens but just think, you'll have an extra get out of jail free card to use up soon...

Goose
I was at Mike T's on Saturday and showed me the 2 rods you built . Man you do some real nice work ! Dont think you dont !

Just wanted to say it was super meeting everyone from S-B at the show. I had a great time. I wish I could have stayed longer :( , but had to leave pretty early. The show really got my juices going for the upcoming season. This will be my fourth season fishing the salt, and I think I finally have a decent handle on things. I guess we'll see....:rolleyes:
Just a little while longer now....:happy:

The show was great, I ended up buying a couple new handmade plugs that's i'm sure i'll manage to loose soon fishing the rivers and coasts on the North Shore. By the way John the Striped-Bass.com booth looked great as well, I was going to stop by and say Hi but you seemed pretty busy talking to a crowd that formed around the laptop.:)

Great Show!!
I left with 4 14oz cod jigs for less than $22!! It was good to meet you this weekend John, Thanks again for keeping this site up and running. I have no memory for names, who was in the booth with you when I stopped by (3:30 sunday). It's good to put a name with the face, I just can't remember names.

Coco - wish I had a chance to introduce myself!

Fishsmith, I think Clamdigger was with me at that point - look on the front page of the site and see if that was the guy...

Ernie, nice to meet you too...

hey John,
It was as different guy than the one on the front page here. No big deal, I'm just putting a face with a name.

This was my first year at the show... it was pretty cool. It was good to see you John, as well as Bill and Julie and the Plastic Man. I missed Krispy. I forgot to ask which booth and stop by... sorry dude.

Got to see some of the crew and met some new people too. Didn't get to see any of the lectures, but next year I'll come without child. 4 year olds are tough at these functions.

I came away with a bunch of Bob's magic baits and some of Julie's flies and teasers. I've gotta tell both of you that I'm very impressed with your work. We are friends, but honestly, this is some good quality stuff. My hat's off to you. I know they're gonna be killaz.

I can't wait to field test this stuff! Double trouble when I hook up a GS shad with a FW teaser... zzzzzzzzzz... that Stradic drag's gonna get a workout this spring.

I also got a sweet assortment of Habs plugs from John's year long tourney. Someone mentioned they are just too pretty to fish with... I just know that the pink popper would just murder those blues munchin' on squid on the cape, but man I'd hate to see any teeth marks on that guy. Thanks John... and as other's have mentioned... thanks for this awesome domain. This one heck of a community that's developing here. I made a joke last week or so about the homegrown talent with Saltheart startin' up with the rods, FW's teasers/flies, GS' plastic, etc... but it ain't a joke. There are some really neat things developing here and its sounds like things are just taking off. I'm happy to be a part of it.

Can't wait to see you all out on the water... we be in the stretch run now.

Lemme see, rubba from GS, plugs from Habs and Krispy, teasers and fresh bucktails from BC and FW, new reel, surfbag. Just didn't get the phone call for any of the raffle prizes.

FW if you get a chance, tell me which rod and reel combo that were recommending for my twins.

Delivered one bucktail to a fly buddy of mine, and found him tying feathers and glitter to some leadheads. Think I've got him to try some fly/spinning!

Please let me know when the fish start showing up down there. We are 2-3 weeks behind you guys here on the north shore.

Cuttyhunk dates?

Still waiting for an invite to mecca BM.

Getting the boat graphics done this week. 13' whaler being re-christened, "Stars 'n Stripers"

Ross

I got some more rubber from GS. A couple of Habs plugs at CMS, and some Krispy plugs. I got a sweet Lami schoolie rod from Saltheart, a deal I could'nt pass up. Some great tips from Baitcaster, Fisherwoman, and Tony Stetsko. Some new freindships. It was great. Now all I need is a couple of spinning reels, and a conventional reel for the rod that Mike is making me. Oh yeah and now that I saw how small those keep alives are and how many herring they can handle I guess I will get one of those setups......

Echang was that you on Sayurday over by Habs booth lookin for the eel skin jigs? If that was you I was there with Tattoo.

It was the best fishing show this year. I can't wait to try out my new gear. I already started to do the pee dance.

I also picked up some rubber from GS. Those Hab's plugs are beauties, I now see why they are in such demand. Tony Stetsko's talk was very informative, especially on reading the beach. I also picked up a Roberts "Pepe". I'm looking forward to trying out some of the stuff I picked up the shows this winter.

Marguerite and I had a ball at the show! It was great meeting everyone, thanks to everyone for stopping by and taking the time to talk w/ us, it made the weekend.
SOme of you guys are real maniacs:D

:crying: :crying: :crying: ....you know you guyz iz killin me right??....



...look what you done did, you made me go out and do some "IMPULSE SHOPPING!!!"......:rolleyes:

Baitcaster & I want to thank all of you for your great support this weekend. We had a great show, would have posted yesterday but was pretty beat up.

It was great seeing & meeting all of your. JohnR has put together quite a great group of fishermen & women here on this site and I want to thank him for such a fantastic job.

Without John putting such an effort into this site and doing getogethers thru out the year, most of us may have never met.

Krispy & GS, thanks for the goodies and glad the show was a success for you both.

Nightfighter, try getting them Penn Power Graph- 7 ft medium heavy action rod. & putting on a Shimano Spirex 4000, loaded with 10 lb berkley big game green line. If you have any questions please give me a shout, was great bs'n with ya at the show.

Jenn, sorry we didn't get more time to gab, was looking forward to that. I guess we will just have to do a few spring flings on the cape after the bassies and ketch up a little. Hope you found some goodies at the show.

Clammer was great to see you out and about.

Had a great little chat with Jhabs and Brad from Hawg Hunter. Great guys.

Mr & Mrs. Schoolie Monster, great to see you guys and look forward to putting some time on the water together this year.
Have a safe and very fishy trip. LMAO

We will all be on the water soon. BRING IT ON!!!!

I didn't buy much my self, a half dozen of the little Rangers and a Berkley Boga Grip wantabe. I did manage to come home with a couple freebies, some of Krispy's work I'll try dragging around behind the boat and some poppers I think might work ok.http://www.ledgerunnerbaits.com/habs.jpg :).

Glad to have been able to get to Plymouth and see you folks again. Always good times when friends get together.
Hi mr. Habs and the Tattoo. Will force myself to wait for May-June.

"I got rubber,too";)

Mr. Krispy, Hello again. Have already "tested" a couple of those wooden thingy's. Are they supposed to have the hooks on the TOP?:o

Before someone gets the wrong idea and thinks something is wrong with Krispies Plug. The above bit about the hooks being "on top" is a joke! Those of you who really know me know that I have a weird sense of humor! I hope!

Good fishing to every one.

That was me at the Habs booth talking to Tattoo. Nice to have almost met you. Now you know what I look like, so you have an advantage over me :D :laughs:

Yeah I know what you look like. Where are you in Boston?

Live in the South End and work in Back bay, which is pretty convenient. I notice by your profile that you like hockey. I'm a HUGE hockey fan. Where are you located?

I am from Jamaica PLain, but I reside in Quincy now. I work for the phone company, cover from Mass ave in Roxbury/So end to Dedham. I love hockey myself. I played in my local unions tournament this past weekend and we won the whole thing.

way to go!!!!! what was your record???

Ben and I had a great time at the show. Love those Habs and Tatoo special order jobs:D . It was good meeting up with a few folks I haven't seen since last fall. Now to get some time on the water.:rolleyes:

Red we were 3-0. The way the tournament was set up the team on Friday night with the most goals got a bye the next round. We won friday night 9-2. We play the third round on Saturday night winning 5-2. Then on Sunday night we beat the heavy favorite 5-2, winning the championship game.

Hey specialist that's super(hockey team). I'm just a fan. I used to play when I was younger. J.P. I used to go to a bar called the Brendan Behan a lot. My friend Denis Brennan played there every Monday night for a long time (this was many moons ago though).

I just ordered my first Saltheart rod thank to seeing his handywork at the show!!:p

Rich - That is a very nice rod. I was going to build one myself but I already have 4 rods to do :eek:

Welcome to S-B!

Hi Rich , welcome to Striped-bass.com. This is a site with great people and very little trouble. You'll like it here.

The blanks have been ordered and should ship monday. You'll get your rod about 2 weeks after that.

Thanks for the welcome gentlemen! It certainly seems like a very laid back board. Kinda like hanging out in your favorite tackleshop for a half hour or so. Not that I ever do that!!! :)

John, I have some rods to build as well so when Saltheart gave me his more than reasonable price for that rod, I just had to jump at it! Too many things to do and not enough time. PLUS I got tabbed to be assistant soccer coach for my son's team. Maybe I could work off some of this insulation I built up over the Winter!

Saltheart, my son and I are heading to the post office with money order in hand! Should be there early next week. Let me know when it arrives.

...Welcome aboard Rich, I don't know if I can read this thread any longer...I'm disgusted with myself that I didn't make it....360 days until the next show..:mad:


...Tattoo, I tried contacting you earlier....(not sure if you got my message)....but I'd like to add another 200 darters to my order....and I'll get back to ya on the needles....:)

....these babies are gonna go quick!!!......;)...you better forget fishin this season...and just stay in your shop all summer...:D