Treasure Coast Tackle's New Year's Contest

We would like to start by wishing each and every one of you a Happy New Year from all of us at Treasure Coast Tackle!

Be sure to visit our Facebook page and Twitter tweets January 1st, 2nd and 3rd 2013 to see our biggest Redfish, Trout and Snook caught in 2012 and to enter for a chance to win our New Year's contest!  We will be giving away a spool of WonderBraid (you pick the size, 12lb, 20lb, 30lb or 50lb) each day!  Spool up your favorite reel with this high quality braid; which is only available in pink (light red for the insecure angler).  The daily photo will be posted/tweeted at 8:00 a.m. EST and the contest will close each day at 7:00 p.m. EST. The winners will be chosen randomly and announced at 8:00 p.m. EST on January 1st, 2nd and 3rd 2013.  When we announce the winners, we will also announce how long the fish was.

If you know someone that loves to fish, share this contest and Treasure Coast Tackle's Facebook and Twitter page with them!

This contest is open to all of our fans on Facebook and Twitter; (if you are on both, you can double your chances of winning).

*Facebook Rules*

Maximum of 1 share per person per day.  Participants must share the daily Treasure Coast Tackle Facebook photo  AND comment "shared" in the comments section of that photo in order to be eligible.  In addition to commenting "shared", comment with your guess on how long the fish pictured is and everyone that gets it correct will get an additional entry!  Participants are numbered according to the order/time in which they comment "shared" on the daily photo.  The daily photo will be posted at 8:00 a.m. EST and can be shared until 7:00 p.m. EST that day.  (There will be three different posts/photos to share; one on January 1st, 2nd and 3rd 2013).

*Twitter Rules*

Maximum of 1 re-tweet per person per day.  Participants must re-tweet the daily TCoastTackle Twitter tweet in order to be eligible.  In addition to re-tweeting, comment with your guess on how long the fish pictured is and everyone that gets it correct will get an additional entry!  Participants are numbered according to the order/time in which they-re-tweeted the daily photo.  The daily photo will be tweeted at 8:00 a.m. EST and can be re-tweeted until 7:00 p.m. EST that day.  (There will be three different posts/photos to re-tweet - one on January 1st, 2nd and 3rd 2013).

A number will be selected randomly after 7:00 p.m. EST on January 1st, 2nd and 3rd 2013 and posted/tweeted at 8:00 p.m. EST each evening.  When we announce the winners, we will also announce how long the fish was.

Happy New Year everyone and GOOD LUCK!

David and Erica
Treasure Coast Tackle

Know Your Tides to Catch More Fish

Did you know that tides play a huge role in determining when and where you should fish? Often times when you don't catch anything, it may not have been because the fish weren't there, they just weren't feeding.  Fish usually feed when the water (or tide) is moving.  If high tide is at 12:00 p.m. and low tide is at 6:00 p.m., you would want to start your trip about an hour after high tide and fish the outgoing until "slack" tide.  Slack tide is the period of time when the water (or tide) is not moving.

You'll find some spots where the fish bite better on a particular tide, either incoming or outgoing.  Remember that fish typically face into the current so if at all possible, make a presentation that brings your lure with the current.

A moving tide is crucial when fishing.  The tide moves the bait fish around and all of the predator fish will be much more active.  Just by simply using a tide chart, you can catch more fish each trip.  One that we like that is very reliable is www.tides4fishing.com.

David and Erica
Treasure Coast Tackle

What's the Hype About Unfair Lures?

Hello everyone!  Since the addition of Unfair Lures to our store, the questions about them have been flooding in.  In this article I’ll point out the features that in our opinion set these lures apart from the competition.

The first and most obvious feature you will see on Unfair Lures are the bleeding gills. They come alive in the water and really say “I’m injured…come get me!”.  The fibers are glued in place and the adhesive is waterproof so nothing is pulling them out.

Unfair Lures - Mullet (Pearl Olive)

Next are the hooks.  How many times have you spent top dollar for a lure then changed the hooks because the manufacturer got cheap where it counts the most?  It is probably my biggest gripe with most lure manufacturers.  I guess that’s why I was so impressed with the fact that the Unfair Lures come with top of the line Eagle Claw “triple grip” style hooks. I have used these for years on my lipless crankbaits with great success. If you’re not familiar with this type of treble hook, it is basically a wide gap style hook, so once they dig in they almost always stay hooked up.  Like to use single hooks on your hard baits? No problem, the Unfair Lures hook eyes are rotated so your hooks will hang properly without the use of extra split rings.

This happened to us twice and cost us two really nice fish!

The third and most important feature is one you won’t see.  Unfair Lures are ultrasonically welded together. What does this mean?  It means that once they are assembled, they’re not coming apart!  We have had lures actually pull apart after catching a lot of fish on them; not Unfair Lures!  The Rip-N-Slash pictured has caught over 150 fish in the past three weeks!

Torture tested and still going strong!

Combine all this with a fantastic, flashy, durable finish and you have an unbeatable combination.  You can read more about Unfair Lures and their inventor, Paul van Reenen, at http://www.unfairlures.com/.

If you have any questions regarding Unfair Lures or any of the products carried at http://www.treasurecoasttackle.com/, please don't hesitate to contact us!

David and Erica
Treasure Coast Tackle

Treasure Coast Tackle's "12 Days of Christmas" Grand Prize Giveaway

Be sure to visit our Facebook page and Twitter tweets daily, to enter for a chance to win our end of the year "12 Days of Christmas" Grand Prize Giveaway.  This will be our best giveaway yet and will include:  (1) Unfair Lures Mullet, (1) Unfair Lures Rip-N-Slash, (1) Unfair Lures Floating Shrimp, (1) pack of Stinky Fingers Twitchin Shads, (1) pack of Charlie's Worms Viper Minnows, (1) pack of Scorpion Jigheads and (1) pack of 3/0 Mustad Wide Gap Screw-Lock Hooks.

*NOTE* MIDWAY THROUGH THE CONTEST, THE OWNER AND INVENTOR OF UNFAIR LURES HAS GENEROUSLY DONATED (5) ADDITIONAL UNFAIR LURES FOR US TO ADD TO THE PRIZE PACK, BRINGING THE RETAIL VALUE OF THIS PRIZE PACK GIVEAWAY TO $87.66!!!

* NOTE* Due to the overwhelming amount of entries into our contest so far and the generosity of Unfair Lures owner/inventor, Paul van Reenen, we have decided that in addition to the grand prize giveaway, we will have a 2nd and 3rd place drawing as well!  The 2nd and 3rd place will each win 3 Unfair Lures!  Our contest, our rules...so here is what else you need to know:

- the 2nd and 3rd place drawing will run simultaneously with the grand prize drawing and the names will randomly be chosen the same way as the grand prize drawing.

- all 3 winners will be chosen after 10:00 p.m. EST on December 25th.  The 3rd place winner will be announced at 8:00 a.m. EST on December 26th, 2nd place winner will be announced at 11:00 a.m. EST on December 26th and the grand prize winner will be announced at 2:00 p.m. EST on December 26th. 

If you know someone that loves to fish, share this contest and Treasure Coast Tackle's Facebook and Twitter page with them!

This contest is open to all of our fans on Facebook and Twitter; (if you are on both, you can double your chances of winning).

* Facebook Rules*

Maximum of 1 share per person per day.  Participants must share the daily Treasure Coast Tackle Facebook photo in order to be eligible.  Due to some people's privacy settings on Facebook, it may not show me your name after you share it; therefore after sharing please comment "shared" on the daily photo to make sure your name is entered.  Participants are numbered according to the order/time in which they shared the daily photo.  The daily photo will be posted between 6:30 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. EST and can be shared until 10:00 p.m. EST that day.  (There will be a different post/photo each day to share).

* Twitter Rules *

Maximum of 1 re-tweet per person per day.  Participants must re-tweet the daily @TCoastTackle Twitter tweet in order to be eligible.  Participants are numbered according to the order/time in which they re-tweeted  the daily photo.  The daily photo will be tweeted between 6:30 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. EST and can be re-tweeted until 10:00 p.m. EST that day.  (There will be a different tweet/photo each day to re-tweet).

A number will be selected randomly after 10:00 p.m. EST on December 25th, 2012 and posted/tweeted sometime on December 26th, 2012.

Happy Holidays to everyone and GOOD LUCK!!

David and Erica
Treasure Coast Tackle

Do You Know Your Snook?

Did you know there are 4 different kinds of snook that live in Florida? There is the common snook, fat snook, tarpon snook and swordspine snook.

Common Snook

The snook that makes up most of the population is the “common snook”. The snook has a distinct lateral line down the side and it is what defines a snook.  Common snook can grow up to 40 pounds, but 10-20 pound snook are most common.

Fat Snook

This is a fat snook. This type of snook has a much shorter body than the common snook and a much smaller mouth.  You’ll notice the body is more filled out or “fat”.  These snook are also much smaller, with the world record only being 8 pounds.

Tarpon Snook

These are tarpon snook.  The jaw on a tarpon snook swoops upward much like that of a tarpon. It also has much bigger eyes than a common snook.  This species only grows to be about 3 pounds.

Swordspine Snook

This is a swordspine snook. The smallest member of the snook family and they only grow to about 15 inches long. The swordspine also has much bigger eyes than that of a common snook.  What really distinguishes a swordspine is the long anal fin. The anal fin will actually be able to touch the tip of its tail, unlike the other 3 species of snook. The swordspine snook is also the rarest of the 4 species of snook.

David and Erica
Treasure Coast Tackle

November Jensen Beach / Stuart Fishing Report

We started off this month with a bang.  Our first trip of the month resulted in a 31 inch, 11 pound trout and a respectable 25 inch redfish on the west side of the Indian River.

31 inch, 11 pound monster

25" redfish

The cold fronts are slowly rolling in over Southeast Florida and the trout bite is starting to turn on.  The redfish are starting to make a strong showing on the flats as well.  We also stumbled upon a few flounder here and there.

Nice redfish

Nice flounder on the Viper Minnow

Night time has been snook, snook and more snook.  We have been hitting the dock lights in our kayaks and each night we were rewarded with 7 or more snook.  Of course, we couldn't land all of them, being towed into the docks by some well over slot fish.

Night time snook

The freshwater bite has been surprisingly good.  We found a pond this past week that holds freshwater snook!  We took advantage of it and caught 3 snook from it, all ranging from 26 to 29 inches.  As if that wasn't enough, we also landed a 6 pound bass on fly rod! We are also excited to announce that we now have our line of hard baits, Unfair Lures; these lures are designed to the gills!  We have been field testing them the past week and they have produced 25 snook!  This past month we also became a dealer for Stinky Fingers Bait Company.  Stinky Fingers Bait Company has created a revolutionary design like nothing else on the market - SPONGE BAIT.  They are the only soft plastic to make the cover of Bassmaster Must-Haves for 2013 with a sponge in every bait.
 

Freshwater snook

Beast on the fly

Bass on the Stinky Fingers

David and Erica at Treasure Coast Tackle

December Photo Contest

Thank you to everyone for your interest in our "December Photo Contest"!  If you win, you will have your prize in time for Christmas!

HOW TO ENTER:  Email a photo to us at david@treasurecoasttackle.com of yourself (or your child) with one of your favorite catches.  Please include one sentence telling us your first name, the species of fish, what bait you caught it on and where you caught it.

We will then place your photo in the "December Photo Contest" album on our Facebook page.

HOW TO WIN:  After your photo is placed in the "December Photo Contest" album by us, you can then start having your friends vote for your photo by "liking" the photo.  Whoever's photo has the most "likes" by the end of the contest wins.

CONTEST ENDS:  Monday, December 17th, 2012 at 6:00 a.m. EST.

NUMBER OF WINNERS:  1

PRIZE:  The winner has their choice of (1) Unfair Lures hard bait OR (2) packages of Stinky Fingers soft plastic sponge bait, along with (1) five pack of 3/0 Mustad Wide Gap Hooks with Screw-Lock from our website at http://www.treasurecoasttackle.com/.

That's all there is to it!  Email those pictures and let the contest begin!

Here's just a few of the awesome baits you can choose from if you win.

UNFAIR LURES - Paul's Dinkum Shrimp (Floating) Pale Yellow

UNFAIR LURES - Paul's Rip-N-Slash (Suspending) Liveglow White

STINKY FINGERS - Craw - River Bug

STINKY FINGERS - Twitchin Stick - Baby Bass

David and Erica at Treasure Coast Tackle