Thought I would let everyone here know that Ron Z passed away last night after a long battle with cancer.

RIP Ron you will be missed.

Such a nice guy, he will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family. May he rest well as he is no longer suffering.

This sucks...,, My condloences to those he leaves behind..

Sorry to hear this.RIP Ron

R.I.P. Tand Ps to family and friends.

Ron Z will never be forgotten for the passion he had for people and for the design of his ultimate fish catching lure. We all wanted to be his friend and talk fishing techniques with him. Ron was a very special person and will continue to be, for ever in our hearts. Many Condolences and prayers go out to his family and friends.

Sad news but Ron fought hard through this terrible sickness. He's in a better place.

RIP RON Z

This is terrible.......my condolences to his family. Thanks for letting us know Mike.

Sad news for sure. Too many too soon.
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RIP Ron. T's & P's to family and freinds.

I wil tell you guys a story about how cool he was.. When i was making surf hog eels, I met him at Wildwood Outfitters for one of their surf casting events.. He was so excited to meet me and told me that he loved my surfhog eel.. He went on to ask me what i was using for molds and offered to make me some aluminum molds free of charge.. 'just because'.
That same day i gave some of the eels to a charter captian that worked at another tackleshop and his response was "nice bag.. at least i will use the bag".

Theres all kinds of people out there.. Ron was one of the nicest fishing related people i have ever met.

Very sorry to hear this. I am relieved he is no longer suffering. I don't recall having met him more than once, but by all I've been told he was a great guy.

What Eben said. A really nice guy. He had that little kids fishing excitement...
Last time I saw him he looked great this is a surprise :(

Rest in Peace

Very sad :( sorry to hear this.
another gone way too soon.
Condolences to his family and friends

Sad to see him go. real good guy. My condolances to his family. Another good one gone. This has been a rough year.

The fishing world has lost a good one........

Seems like he was a great guy. Thoughts and prayers to his family and loved ones.
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I never met RonZ but his contribution to our sport was noteworthy. He developed a product that was a genuine fish slayer but even more important,he earned the respect of anglers whose opinion speaks volumes. The Hab man was a big fan of RonZ as they worked together on the Tallywhacker. Catch large upstairs RonZ,some good fishing mates to swap stories with...

Ron will be missed by all that knew him! He would go out of his way to help anyone and never was condesending no matter how dumb the question was, god knows I asked quite a few. I will see ya when I see ya Ron and I hope you have all the good spots scoped out when I get there. Bye for now brother. Clambo/Mike

Never met him but heard him on the vhf radio many times, you can tell he was admired and well liked by the conversations.

I remember the very first night I tried a RonZ...it was a special night.

It is sad to see all these good fisherman die, the last few years has been brutal on our sport.

He will be immortalized in his Lures.. sympathy's to friends and his family

RIP Ron,,prayers go out to his loved ones.

unfortunatly i never met Ron,but working in a tackle shop i had the pleasure of talking with him on the phone.we had a few good laughs with the original name of the baits ''the penetrator''.one conversation was on the color of what we liked to fish,i mentioned how just about everything i fished was yellow,sure enough when the shops order came in there was a couple packs of yellow tails for me.once again RIP Ron

Very sad when one of us passes away. God be with his family in this time of sorrow! RIP Ron, may the tides always be in your favor!

Never had the pleasure.......never heard anything but wonderful things about RonZ.

Met him through QLB&T a few years ago. Steve McK. & I had a few cold ones with him after one of the Saltwater Edge gigs years back. Funny guy who knew his $hit. We lost another one.....

My gopro is mounted in the cockpit near the external speaker for the VHF. I recall hearing him on one of the videos I did last season at the RS in late sept. Anyway I just edited the video and posted segment with RonZ on YouTube. The music is fitting I think.

RonZ - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srGRNNtOr4Q&feature=youtube_gdata)

Sad to hear it. Ran into a couple of his fishing buddies at the Goose yesterday. He is definitely going to be missed by many. Sad indeed
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Ron was an extremely nice guy,and most people don't know,he could fix anything.I mean anything at all.One of the most clever people I have ever known.Rest in peace.

Never met the gent but thought this was a nice gesture and you folks would appreciate this
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my thoughts go out to his family and friends .

RIP RonZ!