From: Jason Stock
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 8:27 PM
Subject: The Past week of fishing

Hey guys,

This last week was a action packed week of fishing. Sunday night Me and my buddy Brian threw in the yaks and got on some nice snook. I ended up getting a 24, 26 and a 34 and my buddy Brian ended up getting a 26'. We both were throwing the DOA CAL Jigs I was using the arkansas glow and he was using the greenie on a 1/4 ounce Jig Head. They were busting the mullet pretty hard,and we made it back to the house in an hour and a half. So Monday me and my brother Jeremy went out after we closed down the shop. I got a chance to try out the new Wilderness Systems Ride 135 which is really actually a extremely stable boat and it kept up with the Tarpon 140 with no problem. Anyways 2ND cast caught a nice fat 34 inch snook and ended up getting 4 more snook 22-32 inches and my brother got 3 from 22-26 inches on the same CAL arkansas glow on a 1/4 ounce jig head and they are just crushing the jigs. Same deal as the night before made it back to the house in about an hour and a half. Wednesday the conditions were pretty nasty so I jumped on Tyson from Dogfish Tackle's boat and his buddy Justin who used to work at Dogfish but now is a commercial fisherman for Salt Rock. We put in at Bellair Boat framp with the wind blowing at least 25 mph we were able to tuck behind a couple of islands on the lee side and ended up finally getting some real nice trout pretty much every cast was a good thing to see using the CAL, Spooks, and 17MR. Had a few nice blow up by big snook on the Spook. Tyson ended up managing getting this nice 33 inch snook which surprisingly hit it three times before he was hooked. So we slid way up in the Inter coastal I was ready with the Cal and was able to manage 4 snook between 20-27 inches and showed them how deadly the CAL can be. For a ruff day of weather we did pretty good. Friday I had the Opportunity to fish on my buddy's 43 Cabo for the King Of the Beach Tournament we didn't end up getting the King. We had the right bait and just wasn't place, but we made it look good.

Till next time,
Jason Stock
JMSnooky Kayak Charters

From: Mark "CooKnFish" Bellotte
To: cooknfish@knology.net
Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 4:17 PM
Subject: Snook Thumb

My thumb is a little roughed up after this afternoon. The snook are stacked up in the backwaters and feeding pretty well. They were crashing schools of mullet and ladyfish that moved up and down the creek. My CAL Greenback (419) shadtail got whacked a few times too. Here's some pics.

Until next time... Who says you can't have your fish and eat it too?

Mark "CooKnFish" Bellotte

From: "Alex Schulze"
To: <jerry@doalures.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:16 PM

It was getting near sunset when i got the nerve wrecking THUMP. I had been fishing the D.O.A. glow 1/4 shrimp all day and had been doing excellent. I set the hook on the fish and it made a tremendous run out into the pass. After three more tremendous runs and a ten minute fight, it turned out to be a 34.5 inch bull redfish. The head on this redfish was bigger than mine! This was an amazing catch thanks to the help of D.O.A. The only lures that i use are the D.O.A lures and they have been an amazing help with me catching fish. Thank you for such an amazing product!

for Marco River Marina,
Alex Schulze

From: Jon
To: jerry@doalures.com
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 2:00 PM

On the last jaunt of my four day weekend, i decided to fish a bridge and a few docks. Plan was to get up at 5AM go wake up Ian...then head to the bridge. Alarm goes of at 5AM, but i just couldn't do it, i waited another hour to get up...6AM rolls around and a knock myself out of the bed, "ITS TIME TO FISH!"

I go to Ian's house, get him up, then we off...to get food. Its our thing, we like to eat =) We got some breakfast, THEN we were off! When we got there the tide was extremely high, higher than it showed on the tide chart. (Our original plan was to go wading) Glass minnows were everywhere! It just looked way to fishy. We climb on down, and fished for a little while. I was throwing a 4" Pearl fire tail jerk-bait on a 1/16th DOA jig-head, and Ian was throwing a Capt. Mike spoon. Ian was casting in the general direction of the minnows, and i was casting a little further to the side and towards a dock Something ran through the glass minnows and made a few nice pops, and i cast. I got a hit but in the ruckas of reeling in my line in the wind, the line wrapped around my spool and i lost it.

On our way over to the other side of the river, we spotted a few jacks then we ran over to catch up with them! We made it to the opening, and start casting for the jacks. First cast, i didn't feel and thumps, but something to the right of me, caught my eye. A nice shadow, over some sand was swifting in the tide. SNOOK! "Hey Ian check out that snook i said". Kind of funny after i think that is all i said in a calm manner...I reeled up my line, cocked back my rod, BAD CAST! The fish didn't spook, he just sat there in the tide swifting back and forth. He knew we were there, so would he eat? Only one more cast could tell... Cocked back the rod again, it wasn't a great cast, but i worked it anyway. Slowly bouncing it, hoping to kick up some sand, the fish seen it. =). There she goes! SHE ATE IT!

The fish didn't even attack the lure, just slowly picked it up. I gave it a second, then set the hook! The fish didn't take off, stayed in one place, shook her head, i bowed, THEN she moved. She swam parallel to land, not making any big runs at first. She made a few nice, slow motion head shakes, but amazingly she didn't spit the hook. She swam left and then a little to the right until i tired her out and brought her right to the land. "IAN GET THE GRIPS!" I hollered. He did his job well, getting the grips right to me ASAP! ;) The fish has been landed! He even had a Remora stuck to him! How cool is that..... I still couldn't believe the fish ate it after a bad cast, and the fish seen us standing there.

A few pictures were taken, and the fish was released. He measured about 33" 1/2 natural lay, so im thinking it would have went a little over 34" pinched? In that case it would be considered over slot! But for now ill just call it, "Top of the slot!" My biggest snook yet! Im so excited...

Tight lines,

Jon mulliken - P13A

From: Jonathan Matthews
To: jerry@doalures.com
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 8:28 AM
Subject: Picture Contest

I was out fishing with my dad in our pond in our backyard. This pond isn't a newly stocked pond, we have caught fish in their that have been 13+, landed them, and weighed them on a certified BogaGrip. Well we were out fishing with some shiners and we didn't get anything the hole entire day. I mean not even a float moved. We threw some topwaters and didn't get anything. We couldn't believe it. I had my little light tackle out fit, I looked down in my tackle box for anything that I could use, I hooked up a Rapala X-RAP, and caught nothing, still. I looked down again to this box, I glanced over the Storm Lures, that did me no good today. I then looked into my saltwater section of my tackle box. We had already used a Zara Spook, so it was already out. I decided to tie on a 1/4 Oz 3 in DOA Pearl Shrimp. I cast it out, around some lillypads and was jigging it on the bottom, I feal a strong tug and no run. I thought to my self "Catfish". I then ripped off about 100 yards of my Powerpro. I looked at my reel and I could see the backing. I then tighted my drag and started to reel. I kept feeling strong tugs. Maybe a carp? on a shrimp? nah. I then felt slack in my line. "BAM" The fish jumped out of the water like a whale jumps out of the water. I landed with a big splash and took another line stripping run. I then tighted my drag, even more! I then reeled in the fish with no problem at all. I lifted the fish out of the water with my Bogagrip and placed him on the ground to take the hook out. I am sitting on my knee's and I look up to my dad. He is there with his mouth wide open, his jaw touching the ground. I said "Whats amater?", All he did was pointed. I took a look at the fish. It was gigantic. I lifted the fish up and weighed him on the Boga Grip. 15lbs 6oz, A MONSTER. There was egg's dripping out of her stomach. We snatched a picture of her, and then revived her and then she was on her way. ALL ON A DOA LURE, THE ONE THAT CATCHES THEM ALL. Thanks for everything I have caught 20+ species on your shrimp, I have tried Gulp Shirmp, Storm Shrimp, but yours is the best.

From: Mark "CooKnFish" Bellotte
To: DOA Mark Nichols ; DOA Jerry
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 4:07 PM
Subject: The Flats Pirate

Hey guys,
Hope all is well. Just thought you might want to see the new pirate flag on the kayak.

Until next time... Who says you can't have your fish and eat it too?

Mark "CooKnFish" Bellotte

From: Glenn
To: jerry@doalures.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:09 PM
Subject: photos and questions

Hi,

My name is Glenn from Boca Raton. I have been wanting to write for awhile just to let you guys know of my recent discovery that the bass in the canal behind my house love the DOA baitbuster. I went online today to see what other colors you have and if I can buy them in bulk because they have been working so well both for saltwater and freshwater fish.

Yesterday I caught 2 small jacks on the same black/grayglitter baitbuster ( I'm not sure which one but it has a silver hook that comes out the front. It seems to run fairly shallow, so I guess it could be the shallow runner or trolling version.) The one I used today to catch the bass was definitely the shallow version.

After checking out the info on the baitbusters, I noticed your contest and went outside and caught these 2 bass within about 20 minutes. I'd say they're both about 2 lbs. maybe a little heavier. Not too big, but not bad for less than 30 minutes of fishing. I wish I had a good fight story like the last guy with the snook but these are just bass you know. Im hoping to catch some more out there soon and may send in some more pictures of bigger fish if thats allowed. I also couldn't include myself in the pics because it was just me out there. You aren't missing anything special there though.

Thanks Glenn

From: "BuckFan"
To: <jerry@doalures.com>
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 9:19 PM
Subject: First keeper Snook

I know I can't enter the contest with this photo, but I wanted to share it anyway.

We moved here a few months ago and I was quickly addicted to fishing. I've found plenty of places around the base to fish but the keeper Snook have always alluded me. I've caught a few, but nothing to write home (or you) about. The other day I was in the store and saw your Terroreyes and thought I would give it a try. Today on my lunch break I tied it on and threw it out a few times. On my third cast and second crank, this little baby nailed it and nailed it hard. I fought her for a few minutes and nearly lost her when my leader broke as I lifted her out of the water. It was a good thing she landed on a rock and not the water (I almost lost the lure).

Thanks for making such a great product. I look forward to landing even bigger ones in the future.

Matt