Grumpy Santa and the Striper
First, shop news.
Grumpys Santa event is coming up! Not this weekend, but next weekend December 14th and December 15th. Grumpy Santa will be in from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm each day to take pictures with kids, pets, or even bunker-stinking anglers. We will be collecting money for St Judes (and we will take donations even after Grumpy Santa goes back to his ice cave). We will have all kinds of in-store fun too, including bake sales, delicious (and some not-so delicious) candy canes, and more.
We have few new Aquaseal items for you. This is the time of year waders get a lot of use, and abuse. Replacing them is expensive, returning them and waiting for new ones takes a while, and going without them is out of the question for everyone except for maybe people born in Siberia. So what do you do? Repair them. We restocked on the Aquaseal FD Repair Kit and the Aquaseal FD Repair Adhesive (plus added a new 8 oz size for big repairs). We also added the Aquaseal FD Repair Adhesive And Cure Accelerator for those of you in a rush, the Aquaseal SR Shoe Repair Adhesive for boots that are coming apart, and Aquaseal NEO Neoprene Contact Cement for repairing wetsuits and neoprene waders.
We have restocked on Van Staal reels, both bailed and bail-les, in both colors. Just in time for the holidays! Get your favorite angler the best surf reel available and make this their best holiday yet.
We have restocked Lights Out Lures, the PNuts, Dannys and Donnys are available in store, and currently the first two are available online. The Donnys, unfortunately, have to wait until Monday for their online availability.
The fishing still remains good, but the cold weather has really cut down on angler participation. Those who have braved the frigid temperatures have found fish. What is working depends on what bait is in the area. Avas and Bill Hurley sand eels are the hot tickets when the sand eels are on the menu. When the bass are chasing bunker, pencil poppers or metal lip swimmers are the ticket. Choose lure sizes that match the size bunker the fish are feeding on.
Here are some catches since our last report (admittedly a week ago…)
@scottkuridza29 had a killer day
@landon.raabe on swim shads
@ianholmfishing with a nice one
David Duelks found the fish
Allan Bailey got on fish
@randy_spurling wanted @jimmy_pequeen to know his was bigger from yesterday. We don't judge….... (we totally judge).
@dane.leopold_22 found the fish too
@mr.matt.charron got his PB on topwater
@titmas44 broke in his new sandstorm
@brian.amantia.sr got into a few at IBSP on Bill Hurley lures
Bo Gray with a 29” 8.10 lb bass on an Ava and Van Staal that he bought in the shop that morning
@chad_ftw didn’t mind the cold thanks to is Stormr jacket
@volcanick28 broke in his ODM on this beautiful bass caught on an Ava
Jack Burdge with a 31” 10.3 lb bass caught on a yozuri_lures twitch bait
Hudson Torrado with a 29.5” 9.9 lb bass caught on a pencil
@j_sokolov_ said “thanks for the Ava’s!”
LEGENDARY LARRY is out and stirring up those stripes on TOPWATER
Chad knight fished a legal snag on his sandstorm and scored
@luke_kobel got his PB on a pencil
blark_25 looking fly (and staying dry) in the SaltX top catching on Ava’s
Sue Ann Caruso, Philip Caruso, and Tony Scilingo on their sandstorm rods
Rich swisstack with a bass caught on an Ava
@_joshdowd on the pencil
@reeling_ramos found the fish
Chad looking fly in the Grumpys hat on them again. Must be a lucky hat...
William Gropper said thanks for the rod yesterday
@wildbill1027 crushed them
@jersey_bass_assassin on poppers
@dougyd on an Ava
@blark_25 back on them for an afternoon bite.
With the holiday season approaching, everyone has a wish for something for Christmas. Some kids want a bike, others want a Playstation, and then there is Ray. He just wants a full head of luxurious hair.
