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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2/14/11

Ted Takasaki Joins Off Shore Tackle Pro Staff

Off Shore Tackle, “Your Leader in Trolling Technology”, recently signed walleye fishing legend Ted Takasaki to a pro staff agreement. “We are very excited to have the opportunity to work with one of the most successful anglers on record,” says Co-Owner Nick DeShano. “His impressive list of tournament accomplishments encompasses numerous first place finishes including the coveted PWT National Championship in 1998.”

A past Top Gun recipient, Takasaki is also among the top 20 in all time money earnings. A Hall of Fame Legendary Angler, Takasaki is also the publisher of the popular www.walleyecentral.com/takasaki internet site and a frequent contributor to North American Fisherman, Fishing Facts and Midwest Outdoors magazines.

Back in 2002 Takasaki set the one-day all time weight record with an amazing catch of 53.2 pounds for five walleye! That record will likely never be broken.

Takasaki is a past president of Lindy Little Joe Tackle Company and currently fishes both the FLW and AIM professional walleye tournament circuits. As a member of the Off Shore Tackle professional pro staff he will help the company showcase popular products including the OR12 Side Planer, OR34 Mini Planer Board, OR36 Tadpole, OR12TF Tattle Flag, OR20 Guppies and a host of other popular trolling hardware.


Letter From The Chairman Of The Boards, Bruce DeShano

Welcome to the 18th issue of the Off Shore Release. I hope you enjoy the change in format with more Tips, Tricks and Techniques for using Off Shore and Riviera products. We are always looking for ways to help the angler whether, a hard core professional or a fun seeker, catch more fish. Don't hesitate to pass along any tips you have to us online at www.offshoretackle.com under our contact information.

We are continuing to promote our new "nearly lead free" products, the Tadpole and Guppy. We're getting a lot of positive feed back from the anglers, especially on the ease of using the Tadpole and the dual use of the Guppy. Walleye, salmon and even muskie have been targets of these new products. The OR34 Mini Planer Board has shown anglers that you do not need

 

expensive rods and reels to get lures away from the boat. We have fished this Mini Planer on 6 pound line using push button reels and spinning reels with great success. Crappie anglers are now beginning to see the advantage of the Mini Planer when searching for crappie post spawn.

Congratulations to FLW for securing a long term contract with the National Guard and Wal-Mart along with several other companies assuring the professional angler, a choice of tournaments to fish. Their schedule will be great and so will the payouts! AIM also had a great season with anglers having a lot of fun and fishing hard all day to catch one more fish in the AIM catch, photograph, release format where slots have no effect on the outcome. I have fished both and enjoy both of them. The live feeds are great when you cannot physically attend as this allows you to watch the weigh-in as if you were there! Thanks guys (and Juls) for helping us feel part of the tournament. There are many out of the industry companies looking at both circuits as promotional tools for their products.

Once again, the Off Shore Pro Staff was dominant in almost every tournament there is. We had so many winning anglers using Off Shore products. Bob Blosser (I fished with him at the Green Bay AIM) not only won the Green Bay tournament, but AIM Angler of the Year as well. Marianne Huskey was voted the "David Anderson Sportsman of the Year" by her peers. Quite an accomplishment! Paul Meleen had a great FLW season and topped it off with the coveted Angler of the Year award as well. Paul proved that consistency pays off. Other Off Shore anglers were top at FLW events. They include Tom Keenan, Dean Arnoldussen and Eric Olson. New Off Shore team members, Michael Knippenberg and Ryan Buddie earned the Masters Walleye Circuit Team of the Year. This award is probably one of the hardest team awards to earn in the country. Congratulations to these anglers and all the competitors in the 2010 season.

I had a great hunt at Campdodge.com in Michigan this fall. We saw a lot of nice deer and Rich Mealey took a nice 10 Point that was a trophy and a half! His son Richard harvested a big 9 point that weighed in at 292 pounds. Matt Hullander from Tennessee also took home a nice 12 point. I did not shoot a deer at Camp Dodge, but that was because I was looking for a non-typical buck and did not see one I could shoot. Matt and Tim worked hard to help me get a deer, but no luck. This is a great hunt for big deer.

Please check out all the videos, tips and products found on this site. We will be doing more videos as the year goes on and will try to answer the questions you email into us about Off Shore products.

Thank you, for all the support you have given Off Shore Tackle and we look forward to continually being "Your Leader in Trolling Technology".