Mass. Bass Show? - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Crazy Alberto · 03-10-2003, 03:05 PM

Hiya folks,

I understand that the following week there will be this huge bass show in Mass....

So, since I am from NY - tell me about it and who's going?

"Crazy" Alberto

milo · 03-10-2003, 03:29 PM

Dont know it all depends if you have a booth there

It gets cold in that place too so ya might wanna bring a couple of spare jackets

Got Stripers · 03-10-2003, 03:31 PM

If you come up, make sure to stop in my booth and introduce yourself.

fishweewee · 03-10-2003, 03:33 PM

Alberto-

CALL ME!

I'm heading up with Hans and maybe Surfpirate on Saturday morning (3/22).

-WW

fishsmith · 03-10-2003, 03:48 PM

The Mass Bass Show is just a bunch of Red Sox fans bad mouthing the dreaded Yankee's.
ha ha ha. Crazy, this will be my fourth year going to the Mass Bass Show, I don't know if its worth the ride from NY, but around here it's the best fishing show. It focus' on local saltwater fish, the selection and price on gear/tackle is great, and you get to bump into some the faithful from this site and others, plus the lectures are always good and where else can you see two 73lb stuffed stripers. The warden at my house gave me saturday the 22nd off, so I'm still hoping to go codfishing in the morning and the show in the afternoon, but right now my boat is frozen to the ground in my back yard, it's supposed to 0 degrees tonight so who knows when the melt will happen.

STEVE IN MASS · 03-10-2003, 03:56 PM

BTW, have they lined up the speakers yet? If so, what's the schedule....not sure which day I'm going yet, and it depends upon the fore-mentioned, and also who might be going when, as there a few guys I'd like to run into. But I'll be there one day or the other....and hoping to fish before or after, somewhere nearby, weather dependent......

redlite · 03-10-2003, 04:17 PM

Distance from Ma and Pa's to show: 1.8 miles.
Nice.
Keep in mind that it is at the mall in Kingston this year rather than Cordage Park in Plymouth as in years past.

milo · 03-10-2003, 04:31 PM

And Steve where do you plan on wettin a line

,there aint no fish around there and its too cold

.I might be goin there too,if you're thinkin what I'm thinkin.Been wettin it for a few yrs. now before the show and we dont catch many ,but always get a few

,and we couldnt be happier,at this time of year

STEVE IN MASS · 03-10-2003, 04:43 PM

Milo - had a few areas in mind.....one of them involves powder....

......(oh boy, BIG secret there...

)..I'll send ya a PM in a day or two, as right now I gotta make some dinner, but we can talk...

Van · 03-10-2003, 04:46 PM

Its at the independance mall in Kingston. Downstairs...

Make sure you stop by the MSBA Juniors table, I will be working it with my son on saturday. They will have a great raffle. (I spied a nice 7 foot custom rod for the table the other night complete with an Okuma reel). All the proceeds will go the the junior division of the MSBA club...

Gonna be some great host speakers too.

Stop by and say Hello...

V.

Oznavad · 03-10-2003, 04:57 PM

Al,

Don't you have anything better to do than drive 4 hours for the same old, same old.

I'll extend the same invite to you that I gave Danno. Come to my place, you can look at some tackle, we'll swap some of the same old stories, I'll charge you $12 for a pretzel and a coke, then you can go home.

macojoe · 03-10-2003, 05:19 PM

Hey thats only 40 min from my house and maybe 1.5 miles from my brothers house. I will be there sometime after noon time.
Lets see what will I were?? I guess I will were a tan coat with ebroided sport fishing boat on the back. So when you see a 6+ foot guy that is 300 pounds wereing that coat its me. Just tap me on the shoulder and say Hi.
MacoJoe

BasicPatrick · 03-10-2003, 10:46 PM

I know I have cabin fever but take a good long look at the cartoon at the bottom of macojoe's post.....

Isn't this an all ages site

BasicPatrick · 03-10-2003, 10:50 PM

Speaker schedule has not been released yet...will be out in the next few days

Speakers are

Tony Stetszko (w/ special guest Al Gag)

Charlie Soares

Ron "The Striper Maine-iac" McKee

RFA Legislative Dude Mike Doebley talking about the "Freedom To Fish Bill"

more suprises.....

fishweewee · 03-11-2003, 09:24 AM

Directions, as well as time and place for us out-of-staters would be much appreciated.

-WW

JohnR · 03-11-2003, 10:00 AM

Quote:

MSBA will be holding our Fishing Expo at the Independence Mall in Kingston, Mass, in the area that formally held Filene's Basement.

Saturday March 22nd 10AM to 7PM
Sunday March 23rd 11AM to 5PM

This is right off exit 9 on Rt 3 in Plymouth - maybe 12 miles from the Sagamore rotary... Looks to be a good show as usual..

fishweewee · 03-11-2003, 10:35 AM

Okay, I know where the Sagamore Rotary is. 12 miles ain't so far.

Crazy Alberto · 03-11-2003, 11:08 AM

Thanks for the info but nobody is really giving up the “meat” of the show.

Is it really worth the trip from Long Island?

How about the other speakers?

Approx. how many booths do they have?

and what kind of deals do they have (plugs, lines, hooks, flies etc)?

Is silly BM , Sir Slip , Saki man Habs , Tattoo man , and Mr. JohnR going ?

Hey Got Stripers… If I am there… I will make sure to stop by.

Yo WeeWee… I will be sending ya an email.

"Crazy" Alberto

JohnR · 03-11-2003, 12:31 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Crazy Alberto
Thanks for the info but nobody is really giving up the “meat” of the show. [quote]

Is it really worth the trip from Long Island?

that's pretty subjective - odds are you won't see too much different than at other shows but here its pretty much all saltwater fishing shops involved

How about the other speakers?

A few other people, Charlie Soares, Doebly from the RFA, Bill -n- Juls...

Approx. how many booths do they have?
About 100

and what kind of deals do they have (plugs, lines, hooks, flies etc)?
Many tackle shops will be there and the prices are usually real good (and the odd shop stays high too

)

Is silly BM

, Sir Slip

, Saki man Habs

, Tattoo man

, and Mr. JohnR going

?[/b] I'll have a booth. Can't speak for the rest (cept when Habs needs people to speak for him

)

..... In a nut shell - it's 100 vendors & shops but 98% of just fishing and almost all saltwater. Lots of guides, some marine stuff, several reps, but mostly fishing. There are a handfull of big shops there including CMS (think Beachmasters

)and Hatteras Jacks! I have not been to the big NY show (this past weekend??) but compared to both Wooooster & Springfield, this show is far better for stuff & prices for FISHING gear. If you want a portable smokeless turkey frier you might want the other show

JHABS · 03-11-2003, 02:13 PM

CRAZY AL, Not going to make the SHOW , Out straight with ORDERS, Will miss the laughs and everyone , well almost everyone............JOHNR, I can speak for myself except when it involves

utin:

Later back to drilling HOLES........

Saltheart · 03-11-2003, 02:29 PM

I'll be there. I think its a good show. Very specialized to striper fishing in the talks and I always have gotten good deals there. They don't give the stuff away but usually its the best prices you'll see all year. Is it worth the 50 minute ride from my house....definitely. Is it worth a 4 hour ride from NY....depends on what else you have to do.

Best part of the show is seeing everybody there.At least in the local area , just about all the serious striper fisherman go one day or the other or both.

I think the talks are pretty good too. Last year stetzko's talk was good and so was Bill and Jules.

There are sometimes booths with guys selling nothing , just showing a collection of plugs. One year a guy was demonstarting some flytying , one year not. One year a guy had add on and retrofits to Keep Alive live bait systems which was nice.

Big assortment of people and booths. Hatteras Jacks had all kinds of reels and stuff for tricking out reels like ceramic bearings. CMS always has good plug deals and reel deals. One year (long time ago) I bought about $250 woth of Gibbs plugs from CMS at about $7.50 each (don't expect that this year!

) They usually have a good assortment of Mombo Minnows at good prices too. one year I got nice tackle bags cheap and very inexpensive blanks from M+D's but he's not there this year. There are some regulars and some new tables every year.

Anyway , I like the show , much better than the Worcester show. As John said , no cell phone booths or big boat displays , just stuff for striper fisherman.

chris L · 03-11-2003, 02:58 PM

Al
I think its worth the ride if there are no other fishing shows in your area . I drive from southern Ct and its worth the 2.5 or hour ride . As everyone said its a good show , good deals , good people and it never seems crowded either . All fishing mostly saltwater and striper heavy . The talks are good Tony S always has something worth listening too and he may even have his mr wiggly for sale . LOL

If ya go Ill make sure I say Hi !

Crazy Alberto · 03-11-2003, 03:48 PM

Now ya talking... Thanks for fessing up and giving me the nitty gritty stuff!

Yo Habster... I will call ya later bud. Just keep them plugs going cause my Montauk buddy is gonna need it bad!

"Crazy" Alberto

Mr. Sandman · 03-11-2003, 04:37 PM

I am looking forward to my first MSBA gathering...not a member but it sounds like it should be an interesting event.

JohnR · 03-12-2003, 08:50 AM

Here is the link to the show schedule: http://www.striped-bass.com/msba/msba03sched.shtml

Crazy Alberto · 03-17-2003, 11:51 PM

OK folks,

WeeWee and a few LI guys are gonna visit this Mass. show (Saturday)... Also, we are gonna have the new AquaSkinz drytops to show ya.

So, who's going?

"Crazy" Alberto

TheSpecialist · 03-18-2003, 06:48 AM

fishweewee · 03-18-2003, 08:15 AM

Van · 03-18-2003, 08:22 AM

I'll be at the striper swipers raffle table for part of the day.
I'll have on a bright red striper swiper t-shirt and probably a name tag.

stop buy, say hello, and buy a raffle ticket for the kids club.

Slipknot · 03-18-2003, 09:11 AM

CYA there