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Today I reconnected with an ole' work buddy, Jerry Johnson.  He fishes just up the road and was kind enough to forward these pictures of some of his catches from this summer.  Jerry had never caught a sail until this year when he caught 3.  Kinda gives you the fever doesn't it?  When you get finished shoveling snow come on down!

Couple of reminders...the trip to D.C., and the Rodeo are upcoming!

To jump on Capt. Rickey's info about Rosco jigs, he is right.  These BWC Rosco's are the dealio... In addition, Capt. Brant and I procured some new trolling lures that we are very excited about. These baits are made by Fishizzle lures and we are expecting the shipment very soon.  These lures are loaded with color and sparkle and I for one cant wait to add them to my spread. Stop by the shop and check us out.  We literally have new items arriving daily.  Everyone knows, February is the month to get your gear ready for the season because the wind sure isn't gonna let us out...

The weather is keeping everyone in our neck of the woods off the water which makes it very difficult for the OIFC Fishing Reporter.

But, along came Jodie of Blue Water Candy to the rescue.   There's been a lot of talk around the OIFC about how effective the Blue Water Candy Roscoe Jig is.  But when we watched the new DVD Jodie sent a new feel of excitement came over the staff.  I have heard great things about bottom fishing withe the Roscoe Jig, but king mackerel, dolphin and wahoo?  It was in living color on the DVD.  Stop by the OIFC and check it out.  I think you'll get pumped about the Roscoe Jig also.

The Roscoe Jig comes in 2, 4 and 7 oz's and in blue, brown and pink tailed colors.  Combine the Jigs with the OIFC Jig Combos and you are armed and dangerous.  One I have had an eye on is the Custom Offshore Spinning Combo.  It comes with the Shimano Saragosa 1400 spinning reel on a Travala Spinning Rod.  This set up is spooled with 350 yds of Daiwa Boat Braid.  The cool thing about this braid is that it is color coded to have a different color every 10 meters so you'll know how deep you are.  We also have 3 different combos with the the Tyrnos 16 Conventional Reel.  Take advantage of this rotten weather and come shop or just hang out and talk fishin'.

Today another fuel customer told a story about fuel with ethanol causing expensive repairs to his boat.  In this case he was lucky enough to get by with a $ 900 repair.  We have had reports of double that amount.

There is a fuel additive that is supposed to take care of the ethanol problems.  We had some but at the moment are sold out.  If you have ethanol fuel in you boat I strongly suggest you run it out or treat it ASAP.  Please, only run pure gasoline in you marine motors.  We sell 100 percent gas plus provide the proper tax forms to take your road tax off.  If you don't buy from us make sure that the store you buy fuel from sells100 percent gas.   I don't think N. C. stores are not required to post that their fuel contains ethanol.

I currently have a 5 seats left on the bus- below is the list of everyone I have seats saved for- We will be calling to confirm you seat or you can EMAIL HERE to confirm you are coming:

Rickey Beck, Ron McManus and grandson, John Bearden, Zack Faulkner, Chris Eckert, Brandon Sauls, Rick and Matthew Ryan, Russ Martin, Butch and Barbara Foster, William Parker, Englis Glover and camera man, Grant Pait, Jeff Drake, Cain Faircloth, Richard Croom, Forrest Taylor, Brian Richarde, Dan Barber and family, Mike and Amy Baird, Ronnie Atkinson, Ed and Randy Elliot, Bill Whitesides, Brant and Amy McMullan, Jerry Dilsaver, Rob Barton, Paul Pancake, Dan McManus, Braxton Lewis, Buddy Dennis, Jim Moore, Chris Carbone, Mark Bender, Richard Flick, Jim and Keith Page, Billy Little, Robert Mazur

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Trip is on Wednesday, February 24th- Bus leaves the OIFC at 4:15am SHARP- plan to be here at 4am.  The drive will take roughly 7 hours with 2 stops on the way to get food and stretch your legs.  The rally begins at noon and is scheduled to end at 3pm.  We should get out by at least 4pm and be back to the OIFC by 11pm, making 2 stops on the way home for food and exercise.  The bus has a bathroom and a DVD player.  Bring your favorite DVD and we'll vote on what to watch.  See you at the OIFC for the trip.

**** I am sure that there will be people who want to go that we will not have seats for.  If you reserve a seat and do not show, it would be a shameful.  **** If you are on the list above and can't go or have made other arrangements, EMAIL ME immediately to let me know.

Thanks to all and continue following the OIFC site for updates on the trip and additional information as I recieve it.  I encourage you to check out the RFA website at www.joinrfa.org for more detailed insight on the rally and process.

This comes from a SC fisherman- apparently SC state legislature is fighting back against federal government fisheries rulings- very interesting- worth reading:

H 4497= http://www.scstatehouse.gov/cgi-bin/web_bh10.exe?bill1=4497&session=118

S 1095= http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess118_2009-2010/bills/1095.htm

The Senate version was introduced by Senators Ray Cleary and Ronnie Cromer. The House version by Thad Viers.



As the resolution states, the fishing area closure is clearly not justifiable with SC’s red snapper landings amounting to only 11% of the total red snapper landings in the South Atlantic.

Jobs and the coastal economy are at stake and the resolution is about protecting both. 

My opinion is this rally is more than to just show support for the Flexibility in Building Fishery Resources Act. First, you need to understand the dynamics of whats going on in fishery management. The fishery managers are required to make policy based upon the best available science. That sounds good, until you dig deeper and learn that the science they are relying on for the most part is created by grants provided to various research groups by the Pew Foundation. Dig further and you find the Pew folks are known as somewhat of a radical environmental group. I'm sure they do a lot of good things with their grants, but when fishery management is moving to the radical direction we are seeing with total closures and no fish zones; well you start to put the dots together and you can see whats really going on. Add to that the recent appointment by President Obama of the new head of NOAA, a lady who has spent her entire career doing various fishery research projects, funded by guess who...The Pew Foundation. SO....my view is this rally is the fishermen's Tea Party, a demonstration to the elected folks that hey, we're out here, and we have a different perspective on the issue, and maybe the actions being taken by the fishery managers are a little too radical. See us; hear us; and pay attention to this "silent majority" that is suddenly becoming louder and louder in our world of politics.
Rube McMullan