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

Soft Plastic Weightless Rig

In this YouTube video, we will show you the best way to rig a soft plastic.  



A Mustad wide gap hook with the screw-lock post is designed to provide outstanding hook up ratio and provide a longer life for your soft plastics by not tearing the nose every time you catch a fish!  This is the PERFECT hook to use when rigging any soft plastic weightless! 

David and Erica at Treasure Coast Tackle
http://www.treasurecoasttackle.com/

Thanksgiving Giveaway

We decided to call this giveaway "Thanksgiving Giveaway" because we are so thankful for all of our fans on Facebook and Twitter!

We would like to take this opportunity to announce that we will be a dealer for Stinky Fingers Bait Co.!  If you've never heard of them, you are missing out and if you have heard of them you know just how great they are!  Here's an excerpt from their About Us page on their website: "Stinky Fingers Bait Company has created a revolutionary design like nothing else on the market - SPONGE BAIT.  With our patent pending technology, soft plastics will never be the same!  Our sponge bait is just that - a sponge encapsulated inside the plastic bait.  Specially designed chambers dispense potent attractant giving you cast after cast of alluring scent that fish can't resist!  Fish smell our scent, lock on, hit hard and won't let go!  Fish it and you'll be hooked - literally!  SPONGE BAIT - HANG ON!  Recharge by putting sponge bait back in bag (hook and all), give a squeeze and you're instantly reloaded for more non-stop action!"  We will have these amazing baits on our website later this week!

THANKSGIVING GIVEAWAY CONTAINS:  One pack of Stinky Fingers bait, one pack of Mustad wide gap spring lock hooks (not pictured but will definitely be included), one SnookAttak t-shirt and one gold colored TAC Ace LED flashlight.

Gold colored TAC Ace LED flashlight

Stinky Fingers baits are sure to excite all!

SnookAttak t-shirt - snook not included!

HOW TO ENTER:  You can enter up to three times -

1. Comment on Treasure Coast Tackle's Facebook status "Thanksgiving Giveaway" with "My favorite place to fish is ____________" (and tell us where your favorite place to fish is).  You can click the link here or it's the top status on the page. 
2. Retweet Treasure Coast Tackle's Twitter Update "Thanksgiving Giveaway" (the easiest way to find it is by clicking the link here).
3. Leave us a comment under the Contact Us / Discounts on our website with "My favorite place to fish is ______________" (and tell us where your favorite place to fish is).  Please put your name in the "Details" section also.  (You can click the link here or click on "Contact Us / Discounts" near the top of the website.

GIVEAWAY ENDS:  When Thanksgiving ends....Thursday, November 22nd, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. EST.

NUMBER OF TIMES YOU CAN ENTER:  3 (once by commenting on the status on Facebook, once by retweeting the Twitter update and once by leaving us a comment on our website).

NUMBER OF WINNERS:  1

*NOTE* The winner will be chosen by random using random.org.

Thanks again to everyone for your support and your business, we truly appreciate it!  Happy Thanksgiving week to everyone and let the "Thanksgiving Giveaway" begin!

David and Erica at Treasure Coast Tackle

http://www.treasurecoasttackle.com/

Attention to Detail

With the fall season upon us we begin to usher in a steady parade of cold fronts.  Finding the fish can be a challenge and convincing picky fish to bite in post-front conditions will challenge even the most seasoned angler.  

Sometimes all it takes is a slight modification to your favorite lure.  It's no secret I'm a huge fan of the Charlie's Viper Minnow and on a recent trip, the trout were snubbing their nose at my pearl color viper minnow. The conditions and water clarity had me confident in my color selection.  
Instead of changing colors completely, I decided to color the tail with a "Spike-It" chartreuse dye pen.  

"Spike-It Garlic Dip-N-Glo Marker"

Bingo!  I fished through the same area again and picked up five trout, still a tough day but going from zero to five fish was a real confidence booster.  On tough days sometimes it's the attention to detail that can save the day!

You can see the contrast the chartreuse tail offers in this underwater shot!

David at Treasure Coast Tackle
http://www.treasurecoasttackle.com/