Salt Water Sportsman National Seminar Series Returns to West Long Branch!

Circle Saturday, January 12, on your calendar! That’s when the Salt Water Sportsman National Seminar Series returns to the Jersey Shore with an entertaining and information-packed day on how to catch more and bigger saltwater fish off New Jersey - inshore and offshore. Now into its 21st year of touring and regarded as the most popular educational course on marine sportfishing tactics, the Seminar Series New Jersey leg will be held inside Monmouth University’s Pollak Theatre (400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch). The event will be hosted by George Poveromo – Host of George Poveromo’s World of Saltwater Fishing on ESPN2, and a Senior Editor for Salt Water Sportsman, and Gary Caputi – Offshore Editor for Salt Water Sportsman. The 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. presentation is being brought to you by Boater’s World Marine Centers.

Joining Poveromo and Caputi in West Long Branch will be Captain Sal Cursi – Legendary Raritan Bay expert with over 35-years experience at catching trophy stripers, weakfish, bluefish and fluke aboard his vessel – Cathy Sea; Captain Melanie Boytos – Premier Barnegat Bay weakfish and trophy fluke specialist. Boytos is also a noted light tackle striper and bluefish pro; Captain Trey Rhyne – Nationally-recognized big game captain and noted Northeast canyon-fishing specialist. Rhyne heads up Over-Under Charters; Captain Lou Grazioso – Trophy striped bass authority and a specialist at catching jumbo fluke and weakfish. Grazioso has over 20 years experience at fishing Raritan Bay/New York Harbor waters; Dr. Mitchell Roffer – the nation’s leading authority on locating surface temperature breaks and ocean-circulation features that hold fish; Captain Ken “The Big Kid” Gallop – Distinguished canyon fishing pro and tuna specialist. Gallop is also an accomplished shark and trophy striped bass angler; and Captain Nick Neuberg – Renowned skipper of the charter vessel “Benchmark” and specialist at fishing offshore and in the canyons for tuna, marlin and swordfish. Neuberg also excels at catching striped bass, bluefish and bottom fish.

Courses for the January 12 presentation will focus on Trophy stripers on ultra-light tackle:

• Live-lining for trophy stripers
• Top trolling tactics for stripers
• Secrets of fishing Raritan, Sandy Hook, Silver and Barnegat Bays
• Sure-fire weakfish tactics
• How to target and catch trophy weakfish
• Chunking for bluefish
• Bluefish on surface lures
• Inshore wire-line techniques
• Jetty tactics
• How to catch more and bigger fluke
• Targeting trophy fluke
• Cutting-edge fluke tactics
• Top tactics for big blackfish
• Catching blackfish by the score
• Variety fishing in and around inlets
• How to locate and fish productive bottom (blackfish, sea bass, spot and fluke)
• Back-bay stripers
• Can’t miss tuna-trolling patterns
• Cutting-edge tuna chunking tactics
• Live-baiting for tunas
• Advanced methods for bluefin and yellowfin tuna
• Zeroing in on big eye tuna
• How to choose, rig and fish the best lures and natural baits for tuna
• Tournament winning offshore trolling tactics
• Subsurface offshore trolling tactics
• Cutting edge spreader bar and dredge tactics
• Secrets for catching more inshore tuna
• Reading water temperature charts
• Targeting trophy makos
• Basic and advanced sharking techniques
• Offshore kite fishing for sharks and tuna
• Florida tactics for daytime swordfish!

A ticket to the Seminar Series costs $ 55.00, and includes a $ 50.00 Boater’s World Gift Card (Via mail-in rebate with your next purchase of $ 150.00), a Boater’s World Duffle Bag, a One-Year subscription or extension to Salt Water Sportsman Magazine, One Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecast Analysis (offshore tuna, dolphin and marlin only), a 16-ounce bottle of OrPine Wash & Wax, One 330-yard spool of Sufix fishing line, and one tub of Feeding Frenzy Chum.

The names of all attendees of the Jersey Shore seminar will be entered into the Grand Prize drawing to win an incredible bonefishing excursion to the Bimini Sands Resort and Marina. The drawing will be held at the conclusion of the seminar that day, and one lucky person will win the trip for two! In addition, the names of all attendees from the 2008 Seminar Series Tour will be entered into the drawing for the Super Grand Prize - a brand new Mako 212 Center Console complete with a FLOAT-ON trailer! The drawing for the boat will take place one week after the completion of the final seminar on the tour, and one lucky winner will take home the boat!

To order tickets by phone with a major credit card, call 1-800-448-7360. To order tickets on-line – and for more information – visit: www.nationalseminarseries.com

Remember to order your tickets early, as this seminar sells out quickly!

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