Today I joined two of my Krenzer Marine tournament team mates, Dan and Tim, for an afternoon at the SSS tackle show on Grand Island.  We visited with a lot of the manufacturers reps that were there and had an opportunity to see some of the new tackle that will be in stores in 2010.  There's an awful lot of exciting stuff coming this year! 

We visited with Matt Edwards from Cannon/Humminbird/Minn Kota and saw some of what's new from them for 2010:



We also spent some time with Shane Ruboyianes from Dreamweaver and got to see some of their hot new colors for this season:



Even though I didn't get pictures of them, we were also able to visit with John Ruffino from Daiwa, John Distaffen from Northern King, Tony Salerno from Great Lakes Planers, John Williams from Big Jon, Yvan Charrios from Scotty, Darren Ford from Walker, and Tom Allen from ATOMMIK.  It was pretty obvious to me that these folks have been very busy in the off-season.  Look for some cool new products from them in the coming months as you visit your local tackle shops.

We also ran into a few of our local Lake Ontario friends there too.  We bumped into Andy Bliss, Rob Ripka, Troy and Shelly Creasey, and Sharon Narburgh.  I really enjoyed being able to spend some time talking fishing today, and I can't think of a better group of people to do that with than the folks we saw today.

I guess that's about it for now.  Keep an eye out here for more new product info as it becomes avaialble to me.  Until then, THINK SPRING!

Until Next Time,
Fish On!!

~Capt. Bill