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Letter From The Chairman Of The Boards, Bruce DeShano

Greetings and I hope you enjoy this year’s edition of the Off Shore Release. We have tried to bring new information and keep the basic product applications in this issue. There are many new items for 2010 and we are proud to bring them to the angler. First off, all our products are now 99.99% lead free. The ballast in the Side Planers, the new Pro Weight System (formerly known as the Snap Weight System) with the newly designed Guppy
Weights, and the all new Resettable Diving Weights (known as Tadpoles) have all been changed to be more eco friendly. These products are all explained in this paper and I am sure you, the angler, will show us even more uses.

We have been working for over two years to get these new products right, and we are the first company of our type to go GREEN with their products. It was expensive but we felt it
necessary to do our part in keeping our environment cleaner. It is a small move and with all companies doing something to save the earth, together it will make a big difference.

 

I fished as a co-angler in a couple of the new AIM walleye tournaments this year. The Catch Record Release format is great. I had a lot of fun and fished with some great anglers. I feel this is the way tournaments will be held in the future. Check it out at www.aimfishing.com. The live internet coverage and the support we had from other websites was great! Thanks to Juls Davis LaCourse for all the time she put in covering this and many other tournaments for Walleye Central. I am looking forward to fishing more of them next year. All the tournaments have made changes in their format and entry fees to help anglers during these tough economic times.

I went to Sweden again this year and Cory and I had a great time. No big zander (walleye) but we caught a lot of them using the new Guppy designed weights and running the OR34 Mini Planer. We spent some time with Bait Rigs bottom bouncers and spinners and found the fish like them too. Not many people in Sweden fish with bottom bouncers. There are some really big fish there and one day I will catch the weather just right and have some nice photos of really big zander.

The boating industry is in disarray and it will probably be a few years away from being back on track. This has happened before and it will be worked out in time. I wish them luck because as their business grows so will Off Shore Tackle’s.

We had many Pro Staff victories in the tournament trail this year and we had Todd Riley win a tournament in Minnesota (a one rod state) using Off Shore Side Planers. That shows you can win trolling boards in states like Minnesota. Thanks Todd! Tommy Skarlis won the first AIM tournament here in Saginaw Bay and Bret King won at Green Bay. Our products played a big part in these wins. All the Great Lakes tournaments have also been kind to us with most victories from anglers using Off Shore products.

We are going to have more information during the year on the new Tadpoles and how deep they go. Mark Romanack of Fishing 411 and Precision Angling will be keeping us up to date on the dive curves. Be sure to check his television program on the Sportsmans Channel or on the web at www.myoutdoorstv.com.

As always, thank you for using Off Shore products and helping us make them better as well as more user friendly. We are always looking for new ideas so please send them to us and we will look at them all. I know there are a lot of anglers fishing our products different than we write about them and it is always great to hear these methods as we add them to the following years Off Shore Release in the form of tips. Also, we are updating our new website more often in 2010 to keep everyone informed as to what is happening at Off Shore Tackle.

Thank You, the angler, for your part in helping to keep Off Shore Tackle Company LLC “Your Leader In Trolling Technology”. Have a Great 2010!