Grumpy Santa! And a Slight Uptick in the Fishing. And...
But First, shop news
Grumpy Santa is this weekend. This will be our last weekend of the year that we are open from 4:30 am until 8:00 pm (see below) and we will be collecting for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital while we are open. Grumpy Santa Hisself will be there from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM each day. Come get your picture, your kid’s picture or your pet’s picture with him and pick up a potentially delicious candy cane, or maybe a not so delicious one. Also come by for Jenni’s bake sale. She has baked 856 cookies, and all proceeds will go towards St Jude. If you have not sampled Jenni’s cookies yet, come by this weekend. She is an excellent baker (and one of the reasons no one at Grumpys is skinny).
On Monday after our Grumpy Santa event, our hours are changing over to our winter hours. As of Monday and until further notice we will be open 7:00 am until 7:00 pm.
Have you all been feeling the chill lately? We have added some new warm socks from FishMonkey. The Yeti Heavyweight Merino Wool Over the Calf Socks. These heavyweight socks are perfect for under waders, tall deck boots or muck boots. They will keep your feet exceptionally warm and will stay put. And they are made in the USA.
We restocked on the popular, and comfortable Gamakatsu Shoulder Bag Tackle Storage. This is a great light tackle surf bag, and works real well for the surf fluke angler. Just in time for the holidays.
How is the fishing? Not dead yet. We had some anglers out on Thursday report back that they picked up fishing using either avas or tins and teasers. There were not many fish reported, but there were not many people out fishing either. Jenni did mention she had a banner day blackfishing recently.
So has anyone noticed any drones flying around NJ at night? There seems to be a lot of speculation about what they are, and why they are flying. We can explain that, but first, a little background information. Ray is addicted to blackfishing. Seriously addicted. He will do anything to catch more blackfish. He has a theory that eating all these crustaceans gives blackfish a case of bloating. Abdominal gas, if you will. Ray believes these little gaseous releases have a heat signature. This is where the drones come in. Ray has deployed a fleet of drones with thermal imaging cameras looking for the gaseous excretions of blackfish. Yes, the drones are looking for fish farts.
So why are they flying over land in north Jersey? Ray sucks at piloting drones.