2008 FISHING EXTRAVAGANZA
SAT MARCH 29th (9am-6pm)
SUN MARCH 30 (10am-5pm)
LAST CHANCE FOR BOAT SHOW PRICING
Parts and Accesories sale
BULK OIL SALE
Mercury 2 stroke premium Reg $23 gal SALE $18 gal
optimax 28 22
Yamaha 2 stroke 2M 26 20
Evinrude/Johnson XD30 23 18
XD50 26 20
XD100 39 30
*We can only refill manufacturers containers. If you have any questions on this, please call.
Tackle and Products from our friends at; Powell Rods, Case Plastics, Lunch Money Lures, KD Outdoors, Wolverine Tackle, Snack Daddy Lures, Berts Custom Tackle, Xtreme Bass Tackle, Cast-A-Way rods, Fish Hedz, Ka-ru lures, Nemesis baits, and booths from Complete Battery source, World Wide Marine insurance, and Pro-Pole.
Seminars
Lake Erie Expert Joe Balog
FLW Walleye Pro Eric Olsen
Muskie Legend Bob Brunner
Salmon Expert Chip Cartwright
Free Hot Dogs and Drinks.
If you have any questions, or need directions, call 800-226-3050 and ask for Chris or Rob
I hope to see everyone this weekend.
Rob - is the seminar schedule set yet?
Dan
Chris will have it tomorrow, and I will post A.S.A.P
Rob
Ok - I think I got the Sunday time wrong also - is it 10 am to 5 pm? or 9 am?
Looking forward to being there Saturday and Sunday. I haven't had a chance to hear Bryan Coates speak yet. He's a member on GLBass.com and has posted a few great reports in the past. Joe Balog is rumored to have read on here a time or two. I have heard a couple seminars by Joe - he usually provides some great tips.
Sundays start time is 10am, I need all of the sleep I can get.
Rob,
I contacted Chris last Friday to secure a booth space for KaRu Lures. I am just wondering since I did not see us on your line up of vendors if we have been accounted for. If not, please sign me up.
Thanks,
Josh Clark
joshimoto son ;D
You are on the list, I apologize for missing you on the list, I was trying to do the post from home, and had to do it from memory. I look forward to seeing you on Sat..
Whew... thanks.
I'll be looking forward to meeting you on Saturday as well.
joshimoto son ;D
pssssst.........NemesiS Baits will be there, too. I also look foward to meeting the one they call Thy Robeth of Bakeman. Maybe, if we are lucky we can talk him into a pint at ye old pub with us after the show???
McCarter himself :-\'
McCarter
I know that guy, and he could probably be persuaded into joining you afterwards.
Looking forward to this event, great deals and great people at this. Plus it is great to have the support for the local fisherman and get some good local tips from their seminar speakers.
Seminars for this weekend
SAT & SUN
11-12 - Capt. Chip Cartwright "GREAT LAKES SALMON"
12-1 - Joe Balog "LAKE ERIE SMALLMOUTHS PART 1"
1-2 - Bob Brunner "MUSKY FISHING LAKE ST. CLAIR"
2-3 - Joe Balog "LAKE ERIE SMALLMOUTHS PART2"
3-4 - Jose Garza "LAKE ST. CLAIR SMALLMOUTH"
If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call.
Rob
18 minutes to go before Joe Balog starts his seminar! If you're close to Howell you can still make it!!!
The show was great!!! Lots of tackle. Cool boats. Great hot dogs. Saw all my GLBass.com buddies out there. LAPORTE, fiker, McCarter, Cheetam, WayneC, djkimmel of course, (I put the stickers on my truck DK. The truck looks better than it ever did. The KaRu sticker is on it too.), Got Fish?? was there, Mojo, Joshimoto son sold me some Vibraspins, and a whole cast of characters. My son got some freebies....thanks again to the vendors. The kids really like that free stuff. He said he is ready to fish. Depending on what time the Wings are playing, I just may head out there again.
Outstanding!!!!!
BD ;D
Well... we start over tomorrow and do it again!! GREAT to see everyone!! Joe Balog is a must-see for improving your performance on the big lakes, particularly Erie. And our very own Jose Garza (it's too late to type out his screen name ;D) is doing justice to catching big smallies on the St. Clair River. 3 bass seminars tomorrow. TONS of tackle. And it's all FREE including the food!!!
That's right - FREE FOOD!!! So you can't lose.
I hate to admit it, but that was the first time I had ever been to Wonderland Marine. I never realized that it was so big!! All the times I've driven by and thought "Man that's a pretty small building to hold a fishing show in". ???
Got a chance to speak with Wayne Carpenter and Josh Clark for a few minutes. These guys were great. I think Wayne must have told me to call him at least 3 times if I have any questions about baits to use or those that are hot. Josh was really helpful explaining the different techniques for using the KaRu lures. I can't wait to get out there today and see how they work.
Great job Wonderland!! And thanks for helping me keep my weight up ;D ;D
Once again a big thanks to Wonderland for hosting this event. They moved a few boats out so that more vendors could be there. Speaking of vendors some of our sponsors are there: Xtreme tackle, KaRu lures, Case Plastics. Make sure that when you stop by, you thank them for their support of this web site.
Our very own, McCarter, and Bender are there with their hand poured soft plastics. I love your slogan guys, "Hand poured goodness in every bag." I also like the feel of your plastics, softer than most brands.
Joshimoto mans the booth for KaRu. I know in your day job Josh, you're an engineer, but if that ever falls short, you need to take a look at sales. There was much excitement over the line of KaRu lures, and Josh's enthusiasm over pointing out the finer points of each of their lures.
Hopefully I can get back today....
Unfortunately I am not going to make it back to Wonderland today. My son and I are headed to the Joe for the Wings vs. the Predators. They drop the puck at 1500. I will be leaving the house in the next 30 minutes or so. It is about 1355 right now. It takes me about 25 minutes to get downtown, park the car, and get to my seat with beer, pop, pizza, and dogs. The boy likes that pizza. I can't understand why he says the pizza tastes better there than at the neighborhood Little Caesars. Probably because he is hanging with his Dad. Anyway Go Wings. Thanks again to Wonderland and all the Vendors that were there for a great show and a great time Saturday.
BD ;D
Thanks everyone for Coming, we really enjoy getting everyone together for the extravaganza. If you missed it, you missed a good time.
Thanks Dan and everyone who came out and sold their tackle at discount prices and made this year great.
I made it to the show on Saturday and watched Joe Balog's seminar and then checked out the vendors for a while after a few hotdogs. Joe was a very entertaining and informative speaker and though I don't fish Erie, I still picked up some valuable information that can be applied elsewhere.
I was finally able to get my hands on a couple of Vibraspins and Vibrashocks from Karu Lures. After talking to Josh, I am convinced that these will definitely catch fish. I also picked up some good looking baits from snack daddy and now all I need is some open water to try them all out.
All in all, a good show and definitely worth the trip to Howell.
-Ryan
It was a good show! I had my 4 year old with me and he sat through Joe Baylog and Jose's seminars. They both did great seminars, and my son was listening intently for 2 hours straight. If these guys can keep a 4 year old's attention, you know they are good to listen too.
Seth
Just want to say thanks to Wonderland for putting the show on and to all the people that stopped by the booth. I was great to see a lot of familiar people and to meet many new ones, even though shows seem like a blur. I know that we put a lot of work in and I'm sure that everybody else did that was there so thanks again to everybody that came. Hope to see you all on the water soon, very soon!
HUGE thanks to Rob, Chris and the rest of the wonderland marine staff for not only making it easy for us, but making us feel very welcome.
It was great to see everyone (wished I had time to write down all the names) and meet some more members.
I have to tell you that it felt great to be on the "other side of the table" for a fishing show. I gave the report to Rudy and Karl and they are very thankful and happy with the results.
The biggest thanks goes to my fiance Racheal. She had a blast being there and very proud of me as she just watched me " in the moment" so to speak. She really is my best fishing partner (in the grand sceme of things) and we work together as a team. My goal is now her goal. Thanks babe.
joshimoto son ;D
Huge thanks to EVERYONE at Wonderland. From the owner all the way down to the younger guys driving the carts, each was very friendly and and always willing to help the vendors out in any way. It is Huge for little guys just starting out, like Nemesis Baits, Karu Lures, etc..., to be able to showcase our products at no cost. The Karu stuff was flying out the door and Chris and I sold twice what we had originally thought we should be able to move. All in all, it was a huge success for us and really helped to get our name out to some serious fisherman.
Huge thanks to Jose Garza who made our Goby bait the highlight of his seminar. It was a little slow going for the first couple hours, then all of a sudden Garzas seminar got out and we literally had a line at our booth. How do you repay someone for that?
Huge thanks to everyone who stopped by and talked to us, bought something, grabbed a card, whatever. Like Josh said, it was nice to be on the other side of the table, for me, actually selling my own stuff for a change. I think this is the first show i have ever done where i could answer any question a customer had. Usually, i am on the phone calling Minn Kota, or Humminbird, or Save Phace with question i am not qualified to answer. It was nice to have all the answers.
Huge thanks to my partner Chris for putting up me as well for the past few weeks. I think designing and pouring baits and new colors is my true calling. Its the only thing i can think of that i have ever done and gave a true 100%. Most things i get a little half-behind on but with the bait thing, i get pretty crazy and stuck on making them perfect, or as close to perfect as humanly possible. Chris gets it and feels the same way i do about making everything right. So thanks brother, i really could not have done this on my own.
Huge thanks to Lt. Dan Kimmel as well. I really felt that 75% of our customers were GLB members so without Dan and this great site, no one would even know who we are. Plus, he is just an all around swell guy to talk to even if i feel the need to repeat myself and my stories 4 times in a row because i had one too many at dinner that night. Thanks Dan!
McCarter himself :-\'
What about the two fellers on the other side of you?
It was a great show for "JL" and I as well! It was great to meet you guys that I haven't met before and ofcourse to finally see all the new homebaked (you can use that) soft plastics you have been concocting.
My Top Pics of the show:(in no particular order)
Nemisis - Garza Goby (sweet horizontal float & color)
KaRu - Vibraspin (Josh I forgot to buy some! :-[)
Snack Daddy - Elite Series Hand Poured Tubes (soft like butter!)
Crooked Creek Baits and Extreme Bass Tackles - 2 1/2" tubes
South Street Tackle - (too many great baits to list, just need some Optimum Swimbaits and Wacky Shads! :o)
A big thanks to Wonderland (Rob, John, Jose, etc), especially for the Hot Dogs nice work Keith W. and the Parts Dept!
Duane
Quote from: McCarter on March 31, 2008, 10:36:27 AM
all the way down to the younger guys driving the carts
Good point McCarter, I forgot to mention it, but the little shuttle service they were running between the hotdogs/seminars and the vendors was a great idea and there always seemed to be a cart ready and waiting to give you a ride. Thanks guys.
-Ryan
I am glad everyone had a great time. I know it was hard not spending every penny I had on all of the tackle that was there. If anyone has any ideas on how to make it better, let me know. I was very impressed with the knowledge, enginuity, and profesionalism (even McCarter) of some of our young tackle desingers/makers. I think our sport has a bright future. I don't know a total head count, but we cooked almost 600 hotdogs (I am not sure how many Dan K accounted for). I look forward to seeing everyone throughout the year, and we'll do it again next spring.
Thanks
Rob
Quote from: robtheboatman on March 31, 2008, 10:35:09 PM
I don't know a total head count, but we cooked almost 600 hotdogs (I am not sure how many Dan K accounted for).
Thanks
Rob
596 of them must have been eaten by about that many other anglers and boaters. Thanks Rob.
Quote from: McCarter on March 31, 2008, 10:36:27 AM
Huge thanks to Jose Garza who made our Goby bait the highlight of his seminar. It was a little slow going for the first couple hours, then all of a sudden Garzas seminar got out and we literally had a line at our booth. How do you repay someone for that?
McCarter himself :-\'
For his age, height and weight... I'm suggesting 5 gobies...
Quote from: McCarter on March 31, 2008, 10:36:27 AM
...Plus, he is just an all around swell guy to talk to even if i feel the need to repeat myself and my stories 4 times in a row because i had one too many at dinner that night. Thanks Dan!
McCarter himself :-\'
Um....One? :D
What do Wonderland's Open House and McCarter's stories have in common?
They both last a weekend and take about 600 hot dogs to get through.
Quote from: TournamentReadyTackle on March 31, 2008, 09:46:34 PM
It was a great show for "JL" and I as well! It was great to meet you guys that I haven't met before and ofcourse to finally see all the new homebaked (you can use that) soft plastics you have been concocting.
My Top Pics of the show:(in no particular order)
Nemisis - Garza Goby (sweet horizontal float & color)
KaRu - Vibraspin (Josh I forgot to buy some! :-[)
Snack Daddy - Elite Series Hand Poured Tubes (soft like butter!)
Crooked Creek Baits and Extreme Bass Tackles - 2 1/2" tubes
South Street Tackle - (too many great baits to list, just need some Optimum Swimbaits and Wacky Shads! :o)
A big thanks to Wonderland (Rob, John, Jose, etc), especially for the Hot Dogs nice work Keith W. and the Parts Dept!
Duane
Duane,
I had the same problem, on the way home I felt real bad because I forgot to pick something up. Get a hold of me, maybe we can do a little swap, I really want to get a couple of those swimbaits.
joshimoto son ;D
Quote from: Eric on April 01, 2008, 09:22:13 AM
What do Wonderland's Open House and McCarter's stories have in common?
They both last a weekend and take about 600 hot dogs to get through.
Tell on bad story and your a bad story teller for life. Your a hard person to impress Eric. But i will keep working on new ways to make you love me.
McCarter himself :-\'
Your stories are awesome. You had us all laughing like crazy. And remember, you are the one that got me started in all this east side stuff anyway. How many people other than me consider it a privilege to stay at your house? I love you enough now, so save your love efforts for teaching me how to fish over there.
Well, I was gonna make you my famous Spam and eggs next time you crash over. But since you already love me, whats the use ;)
BTW, I hope that last post didnt come across like i was serious. i was trying sarcasm on for size. Did it work?
I know the story was horrible. Its actually a good story when i get it right and im not sluring and drooling. But it definatly wasnt the right company to be telling that particular story. Live and learn.
I only know how to fish one lake in MI and only sometimes do i actually get it right. But you know Im always more than happy to go fishing with you.
McCarter himself :-\'
The spam and eggs will be shore lunch for us, unless the dogs get it, and we have to go to BK.
As for sarcasm goes, I am king. You are minion. Lots of us that know each other, know how we are, but lots don't know us, so I try to be careful sometimes as to not give some the wrong impression about us. So, even though we have fun and pick on each other all the time, I want to make sure everyone doesn't think we're turds (just ugly donkeys). The only time I don't like you is when I get to some of my honey holes on Kent Lake and you are already there.
As for the one lake, as long as you get it right when you are helping me, I don't care about the other 100 days you fish it.
Besides, I'm fat, and like to eat, so stories just give me more time to eat.
Cheetam, stay out of it.
:-X
I just wanted to say thanks for all the GLB members who showed up to the show and HUGE thanks to Josh and Racheal for working the KaRu Lures booth for us and also for doing a fantastic job on explaining our product to the crowd ;D
GOTSTAFISH
I was realy impressed with your line of tackle, it was the first time I got to put my hands on it. I cant wait to try out my new Vibraspin. You should be proud to have a Pro-Staffer like Josh, you were well represented. I look forward to you attending next year.
Rob
Hey guys,
It was nice to see everyone at the show. I saw a few people that I have not seen in a while and a few people that I saw just a couple days before.
When Chris called me up the day before the event to do a seminar, I jumped at the chance. One of my biggest passions is to teach people about what I love to do and thats fish. It was tough going on after big Joe Balog, but I had a good audience. I hope I helped you guys out some.
Brian, its easy talking about a bait when I have so much confidence in it, the only bad thing is that I believe my "edge" is now gone since we supplied every bass angler with gobies...
Duane, I threw around that swimbait in the Detroit River on Wed... its SWEET... I was walleye fishing but I had it on the boat and I wanted to see how it looked... it's gonna catch some pig smallies on St. Clair. I hope those Nemesis baits Gobies produce for you as well... and i'll look you up for some more swimbaits...
Eric, nice seeing you again bud, and if you come over to our neck of the woods, give me a call...
Dan, it's always a pleasure seeing you and I hope I didn't break you camera with my ugly mug... ha...
Josh and Racheal... awesome time hanging with you guys, i'm gonna have to get soem jigs from you guys...
There was a ton of people there and I KNOW i'm missing a bunch of people, but it was nice seeing everyone and it was nice talking fishin...
Now... it's time to get out and do what we've been talking about all winter...
Take care and God bless,
Jose
www.fishingwithgarza.com
Quote from: robtheboatman on April 03, 2008, 01:49:44 PM
GOTSTAFISH
I was realy impressed with your line of tackle, it was the first time I got to put my hands on it. I cant wait to try out my new Vibraspin. You should be proud to have a Pro-Staffer like Josh, you were well represented. I look forward to you attending next year.
Rob
Thanks for those kind words ;D I'm going to try my best to make it up there next year.... ;)