Spring Apparel and Footwear Sale–At Our Store and On-line

 

Celebrate Spring with fantastic prices on our best selling and newly arrived apparel. Take a look at  Hook and Tackle's new Spring line, Luau classy silk shirts, Suroviec's new fishing tees, and great fashions for the ladies by Country Sweet, Sporty Girl and our own designs by Legaci.
Break Out of the Ordinary and Wear Something
Elegant and Unique this Spring

   FROM TACKLE TO APPAREL, COUNT ON STINGRAY TO DELIVER THE  BEST VALUE EVERYDAY

WE WILL BEAT ALL BIG BOXES ADVERTISED PRICES ON FISHING TACKLE!

Directions:From I-95 (Exit 87-A) or Turnpike (exit 116), take the Indiantown Road exit to Alternate A1A, head North (left) and cross over the Jupiter Inlet bridge. Go past East Riverside Drive. Yellow building on right. For Google map, click here

REACTOR WATCHES

 

The Best Built Performance Sport Watch…Period.

That says it all.

Reactor keeps accumulating accolades in the watch world as well as in the fishing world. Recently Reactor replaced Rolex as the IGFA’s official tournament watch.

We have the complete Reactor Watch product line at the store and on-line. These awesome watches are priced right and can go head to head with any sport watch at any price. Yes, even those fancy Swiss watches.

If you are interested in the Graviton 2 Tide Watch, please send us an email to reserve yours. We are taking orders for this great watch that is due for release early next month. StingRay will be one of the first retailers to have this long anticipated watch in stock, but quantities are limited.

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San Salvador Fishing

Our first San Sal fishing school was a hit. San Sal is a unique island and a place to come back to. The school is sold out for this year but we will start booking for this winter in a few months. If you are interested on these trips, send us an email (sales@stingraytackle.com) and we will keep you updated.

Our Fishing Report For Our Radio Partners

We need help with the local fishing reports we put together for WIRK. Send us news and pictures of what you have been catching. Be specific. Area, bait used, etc. If we post your pictures on the WIRK and BUZZ page, we give you a $ 20 gift certificate. If we use your picture in our sites, we give you another $ 50 . Get... your name mentioned, picture posted, 15 minutes of fame, etc. Send to catch@stingraytackle.com

SAN SALVADOR BIG GAME FISHING SCHOOL

We still have a few openings for San Salvador. This Bahamian island is one of the best places for monster fish. From wahoos to big blue marlins. San Sal has it all. Bottom fishing, spearfishing, bonefishing and more. If you are ready for a vacation out of thE ordinary, join us.
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STINGRAY FISHING OUTFITTERS OPEN HOUSE

Don't miss our open house this coming Saturday December 11th.

With live broadcast by WIRK and The BUZZ, many door prizes, food and incredible prices. Our new store additon will be open and will be packed with new products, including resortwear, sportwear, shoes, jewelry and many other great items to complete your Holiday gift. Santa will be visiting with gifts for children, gift wrapping to benefit the Girl Scouts. Our friends from the Snook Foundation will be joining us with great items to benefit their importat work.

Visit us, have fun, complete your shopping list and have a great time.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 11TH - 1405 NORTH ALTERNATE A1A, JUPITER FL

Stuart & Jupiter Florida Sailfish Bite "Heating Up"

This weeks weather allowed the Reel Candy crew to get offshore a couple of days in Stuart, Florida. Charters got  alot of action but most of it was on bonitas. LARGE bonitas! After a while we had to give our anglers a break. Bonitas were biting so fast sailfish and dolphin didn't have a chance to get to a bait. We did manage a few dolphin. A friend of ours fishing a little south of us saw 8 sails yesterday. After this coldfront sailfishing should really pick up. We are booked the weekends for November, but have a few weekdays open. Full day Charters booked with the Reel Candy can stay Free at the Hampton Inn & Suites Stuart, with complimentary breakfast. Visit our sponsor "Stingray Tackle & Outfitters" in Jupiter and receive discounted rates on Sailfish charters with our team. Congratulations  to Tom from Raleigh, NC, on your 1st sail on the RC. Also listen to this weeks fishing report from Candy on WIRK 107.9 Palm Beach. Reel Candy  is also a proud sponsor of Talkin' Tourism on the Treasure Coast with Gary Guertin each Friday morning.

OUR TOURNAMENTS SCHEDULE

We Sponsor and Fish the Following Upcoming Tournaments Saturday October 23rd (Sailfish Marina, Palm Beach) Rachel's First Annual KDW Fishing Tournament Summer 2011(Stuart to Palm Beach Inlet) The First Anglers Summerlong Fishing Tournament Stand-by for a new tournament that will rock the boats. The first Anglers Summerlong® South Florida tournament is expected to see over 800 anglers compete for cash and prizes worth over $ 100,000. Join our mailing list, become our Facebook Fan to receive the latest information on this exciting tournament.

Daydream Island

We all daydream of finding a beautiful island where we can forget all the hustle and bustle of our daily life. One where the weather is always perfect, the locals friendly and the water crystal clear. And if you are like us here at StingRay, you daydream about fishing. Big fish, plenty of fish.

Recently we returned from an eight-day trip to San Salvador, Bahamas and I can say I fell in love with the place. Not only did it meet all of my daydreaming expectations but also exceeded it in every aspect. Quiet, friendly, beautiful and with an abundance of fish…big fish!

Our quest started with an invitation from our own Captain Marvin. Marvin spent the summer chartering the Ms. T out of San Salvador and was having a great time catching big blue marlins on a daily basis (before he got a mild case of Ciguatera, but that is another story), and was ready to take the boat back to the States so we (John, William and my nephew Pete) figured that he needed company.

Wahoos Are Back

Reports of Wahoo catches continue to increase daily at our store with Guy Rettig reporting a Godzilla size hoo caught off Jupiter Inlet last Monday (see picture). It is exciting and welcomed news after a couple of slow months off our coast.

To get your share of the Wahoo boom, leave port early in the morning as these guys like to feed at sun-up and hide for the rest of the day. Although high speed trolling seems to be the latest craze, most of our customers report a leisurely troll speed under 9 knots. As for bait, they are striking trolled ballyhoo and any live bait. Trolled lures are more of our liking and as effective. Our Strike-Pro wood lures always do well and a number of our pre-rigged heavy head lures such as our jet Laser Knight or the Silver Bullet has been extremely successful. These are available pre-rigged with multi-strand cable (a must) or ‘naked’ for your own rigging.

Marlin University Guatemala

I had arrived from our week with Marlin University in Guatemala only to board a plane for the Orient to visit our vendors and manufacturers. Luckily the long flight is a perfect opportunity to catch up with my reading, answer emails and write this entry for my often neglected blog. After all, this year’s trip was a memorable experience and well worth a good entry.

My yearly trip with my friends from Marlin University (www.marlinuniversity.com) has become a ritual that I look forward to. It is always a great experience and an opportunity to spend time with some of the best in our sport. The ideas and inspiration for many of our products have come from late night discussion with fellow anglers and by observing the crew and captains that call the productive Pacific coast of Central America home.

This year’s StingRay group included staffers John Tobias and Walker Holcomb (a MU staffer), my son in law Mike Kress, his brother in law Orazio Nastase, my good friend and frequent partner in crime Alan Seidel, Reel Candy’s captain and friend Marvin Steiding and one of our favorite customers, Tony Oliva.

From the outside, Casa Vieja looks just like many other walled compounds down the road; non-descript guarded gates and very little indication that this is a place where our four day long adventure will begin. After a three hour ride from Guatemala City’s airport with a stopover in the colonial city of Antigua for a typical (and awesome) lunch, we are ready for action. Although reports from down the pacific’s central American coast are all the same; a slow bite since soon after the Chilean earthquake, we are all hoping for a return to earlier this year, when the average Marina Pez Vela boat was releasing in excess of 50 billfish a day.

The security gate swings open and our first impression of Casa Vieja soon changes. We find a half a dozen smiling senoritas waiting for us with cold ‘mojitos’. A warm greeting from Antonio, casa Vieja’s general manager, assures us this is no ordinary place. Soon we are ushered to the dining room to experience an excellent dinner, consisting of local fish, excellent steaks and an assortment of fruits. Our beginning to the first fantastic meal of many in the days to come. The comfortable rooms with quiet and excellent air conditioners, a ‘must’ in this hot country, and deliver a good night rest.

Next day, with our group divided, my half is assigned to the legendary ‘Finest Kind’, a 44’ Whitaker with a long history of winning tournaments and record catches. The Kind is captained by another legend, Captain Ron Hamlin. Although I have not met Ron, I feel like I know him from the stories I heard and read, always involving big game fishing, skills and a temper of great proportions.
Lucky for our group, friend and IGFA Hall of Famer Capt. Peter Wright is our instructor for the day. Peter is undoubtedly the best in the business. A wealth of knowledge and experience he shares willingly with all. We headed out of Marina Pez Vela and set course west. After an hour’s full speed run, Ron trims back and we are trolling. Five minutes later, Ron screams ‘left outrigger’. Marvin makes a run for the rod and skillfully feeds the ballyhoo, but fails to hook the first sail of the day. As we are in the middle of telling Marvin that captains not necessarily make good fishermen, the sail makes another pass and heads to the freshly deployed left rigger. This time Marvin executes his dropback perfectly and soon is fighting a beautiful Pacific sail. The first action packed day set the pace for a perfect week with 44 sails tagged and released for the week. We had several closed encounters with good sized blues as well during the week, but unfortunately they did not stick for the count.

In subsequent days we fished aboard the Release with Capt Nico Melendez, the Rum Line with Capt. Chris Sheeder and Intensity with Capt. Mike Sheeder.These meticulously maintained boats are awesome fishing machines and deliver every day under their crew’s skillful care.

Every day we arrived back at the Lodge tired but looking forward to the next day and each new day did not disappoint us. Great fishing action, great accommodations and world class food made our Casa Vieja experience one to remember.

If you are interested in joining us at a future Marlin University trip or other fishing outings, let us know by email or signing up for our newsletter.

Totals for our four days of fishing Guatemala: 92 raised, 76 bites, 44 sails released and 9 blues raised, 5 bites

www.casaviejalodge.com
www.marlinuniversity.com

below from left to right: 1: an early tag and release, 2: the boys and the crew of the 'Finest kind'. 3: release No.2, 4: The StingRay boys and MU's staff, 5: Mike sporting a 'cuban' and StingRay's fashionable cap, 6: Orazio showing off his unusual catch, a Mexican needlefish, 7: Peter doing what he does best..sharing his vast expertise.
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StingRay Fishing Outfitters Radio Advertisement

This week marked the beginning of our first local radio advertising campaign. WIRK, the area’s top country station and the BUZZ, its sister station is now broadcasting our 60-second commercial spot throughout the day. We are also sponsoring the hourly traffic report and Captain Marvin’s fishing report (Reel Candy Fishing). Marvin is reporting on action from Palm Beach to Saint Lucie every Friday and Saturday.

To hear Marvin’s Fishing Report, click here

Our Pro Staff

We are fortunate to have some of the best in the business working with us.

WALKER HOLCOLM

I never met a person with such a diverse fishing background and experience. Professional tournament fishing has taken Walker all over the world and has crewed with the best in the business. As a result, he has accumulated an incredible amount of knowledge. Walker is consistently ranked in the top 10 of his profession.

In addition to being our resident expert, Walker is a regular Marlin magazine contributor, Marlin University instructor and a Rolex IGFA World Championship winner.

WILLIAM FERNANDEZ

Our fly-fishing and inshore guru, William honed his fishing skills as a pro in Yellowstone. Escaping the cold weather, he moved to Florida to work for ‘In The Bite’. An expert on local fishing at all levels, We share William’s time and expertise with the magazine.

For questions on fly fishing, inshore or our local waters, William is the person to call.

CAPT. CHARLES PERRY

Hailed as the best leaderman in the world today, Charles is our consultant and advisor. Charler’s experience is worthy of a best seller biography. His name is usually associated with the stars of our sports like World of Famers Capt. Peter Wright and Stuart Campbel. Charles is also an accomplished photographer.

Check out Charles new professional big game rod collection at our store and shows.

NEW YEAR, NEW STORE

2009 was an exciting year. Continuing growth during hard economic times, expansion and finally a move to our new offices left little time for fishing, something we will rectify in 2010.

Our Outfitter Store in Jupiter Florida represents our first step in our plans to expand our internet sales to include multi-store retailing. After many months of planning and construction, the store opened its doors November 1st and rapidly became a hit. Another confirmation that our mix of exciting products, quality and value sells well even during this down economy.

We learned a lot in the last few months. We learned that selling our products to a 'live' audience is less difficult than retailing over the internet. At our store the customer can 'touch and feel' the products and instantly recognize their value. In contrast, purchases over the internet requires a certain degree of faith that makes the process more difficult.

As we face this new year, you can expect us to continue our quest for great tackle at great prices. In 2009 we added over 300 new products and we plan on doubling our inventory in 2010. Look for new Omoto reels, Invicta premium fishing line, inshore lures and much more.

Fishing the '09 WMO

Instead of offering my version of our week in Maryland, I will let our Captain Dave Ferrell do it for me. What follows is his recent posting in the Marlin Magazine's blog (http://www.marlinmag.com/blog.jsp).

Author Dave Ferrell (Marlin Magazine's editor)

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Well, I just got back from my first "captain's" job at the White Marlin Open up in Ocean City, Maryland, and I didn't win a dime. I did, however, have a blast fishing with the boys from StingRay Tackle, Ray Lorenzo and John Tobias, as well as mates Charles Perry and Walker Holcomb, Orazio Nastaze and Alan Seidel. We fished the brand-spanking-new 34-foot Jarrett Bay center console, and I really put her in some tough situations.

On the first day, after loading what seemed like a literal "ton" of gear onto the boat, I tried to keep up with the crew on Big Oh since they had caught five whites a couple of days before the tournament started. Once we cleared the inlet, however, we hit some pretty thick fog and I had to start navigating by the boat's radar, a first for this Florida boy. As a bonus, the seas were a confused two to three foot with virtually no period in between. But since I had to keep up with Big Oh, I had to make 25 miles per hour in that slop or risk losing them. Unfortunately, I forgot that the trim tabs had a switch on the main panel and I couldn't get them to work, so the boys in the back took a bit of a beating.



Big Oh didn't get a bite that first day and neither did we, so I decided to trust Mitch Roffer at Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasts and fish the next day since the weather looked like it was going to be perfect.

We headed out from the inlet at 6:30 a.m., did about 40 mph in glass-calm seas (Charles Perry said, "I can't believe this," about 50 times) and wound up on the wall of the Wilmington Canyon, 72 miles later, at 8:15. It was a pretty ride and a gorgeous day all around.

After about two hours of trolling up and down the canyon wall, I got fed up with Walker's ballyhoo and decided to rig a couple of swimmers like the ones used in Costa Rica with the X of floss on the head and a small chin weight. After rigging three or four, I started to put one out on the left flat when Charles Perry yelled down that there was a white marlin trying to eat our mackerel on the right flat. As Walker slowly teased the white in on the mackerel, I slid over and put the swimming ballyhoo in the lane and called Tobias over to take the reel. Walker pulled the mackerel out of the water, and the marlin spun around and pounced on the ballyhoo. Tobias fed the fish for about three seconds, locked up the drag and came tight. We had our first fish on! I climbed the ladder and put the boat into a slight turn as the little white started jumping all over the place in the flat-calm water. Less than five minutes later, Walker got the leader and gently eased the fish up to the surface for a quick cutoff. The guys got to see that our circle-hooked Spanish mackerel did work as teasers for the whites and that the fish would make the switch from the swimming mackerel to a swimming ballyhoo.



It sure is great when a plan comes together. (See more in an upcoming issue.)
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