2000 Update History of StripersOnline.com

12/27/00- 1/6/01	StripersOnline.com	The entire site is moving....it's been quite a chore but now is done and we just wait for the official DNS changes! Sorry for the lack of updates on the site in general since Christmas, this has been time consuming to say the least! ;-).
12/25/00	Photo Pages!	Added 8 new photo pages and updated another...just in time for Christmas and the beginning of the off season! Yes, I still have at least as many to add...but hey, gotta start somewhere! ;-)
12/24/00	Rockfish Cartoon	Santa came early!! Updated Rockfish cartoon and added last one to "Past Rocks".
12/21/00	Hab's Needlefish	The 1 1/2oz Hab's Needlefish are back in stock!!!!! Also, just for your enjoyment, a nice, new dark yellow over white needle was added. The the other sizes should be along shortly.
12/20/00	Removed the banners	Being completely unsatisfied with the ad folks, I removed all their banners. Looks like I will need to put together a package personally and sell my own ad space...that way all ads will be 100% relevant!
12/20/00	Invasive Cookie problems...opt out and remove them!	Unsure of where to put this info, I decided to put it here...yer all supposed to check this page anyway ;^) Everything you ever wanted to know about cookies right from Doubleclick...the biggest cookie/personal info thieves out there. Also, you can "opt out" from all their cookie/personal info scams here. Instructions on removing bad cookies too!
12/20/00	Odyssey Vices	Added the Odyssey Vice to the catalog. This vice is possibly the best value in true rotary vices. It's perfect for both flies and jigs, it'll hold an 8/0 hook...and it'll hold a tiny #20. Did I mention it's true rotary? ;^)
12/19/00	SurfChat Registration	Registering for SurfChat (chatroom) is NOW FIXED!!!
12/18/00	Articles	Added a couple more articles..."Fishing the Breakwater" by Mike Laptew and "It's still a nighttime game" by Bill Nolan. Also added some new definitions to "Fishing Definitions". Don't worry folks, if your article is up there yet, I'm workin' on it! ;^)
12/18/00	Striper Fishing and Distance Casting Videos! Laptew Productions	Updated this page with some of the coolest pictures that I've ever seen! If you like these pictures, you'll love these videos! Thanks Mike, makes the winter seem almost bearable ;-)
12/14/00	100 Top Sites	Done with this...I thought playing fair would be involved :-(
12/10/00	Rockfish Cartoon	Updated Rockfish cartoon and added last one to "Past Rocks".
12/10/00	Bomber - Black/Gold/Orange	Added the black w/gold insert and orange belly bomber...just for you guys at IRI ;-)
12/10/00	SPRO Swivels	Added SPRO swivels to the catalog. These are the tiny, super strong swivels that Alberto says the sharpies are using....them bastages! ;-) They are quite amazing, 80# swivels that are not much bigger than a blood knot!
12/7/00	VMC 3X 9171PS	Added Open Eye Siwash hooks...the good ones, VMC Perma Steel! Plain or dressed in white bucktail, your choice!
12/7/00	5 1/2" MegaBait Plugs	Just added pictures...I forgot, there were no pictures of these beautiful babies! Also, I added that cool script that lets you click on a color and have a nice close up picture pop up for you to get a real good look!
12/7/00	100 Top Sites	Just something I wanted to see ;-) I stumbled across another Top 100 site...this one caught my interest enough to see if we could take over 1st place in a day or two. Check it out, I don't think we'll have any problem.
12/6/00	SurfChat Registration	Sorry folks, registering for SurfChat (chatroom) is not currently working. I think we might have reached the max users for the password program. I'm currently working on a band-aid till I can find a new program that I can export the current users to. Will keep you posted!
12/6/00	5 1/2" MegaBait Plugs	I didn't think it was fair to lower the 3 1/2" and 4 1/2" MegaBait plugs without lowering the 5 1/2"...so I just dropped that one by .70 each...thought you should know ;-)
12/4/00	3 1/2" and 4 1/2" MegaBait Plugs	Added a new, super cool feature to this page. Click on any lure on that page and a hi-res photo of that lure will pop up in a separate window...so you can see exactly what you are looking at, not a small group photo.
12/4/00	3 1/2" and 4 1/2" MegaBait Plugs	Just lowered the prices of these two most spectacular fall plugs...the 3 1/2" is now $6.99 and the 4 1/2" is now $7.49!
12/2/00	Rockfish Cartoon	Updated Rockfish cartoon and added last one to "Past Rocks". **Please check Rockfish 28 from the Past Rocks as it wasn't listed here when it was new, just on the main page...and it's classic I tell ya! ;-)
12/2/00	Monthly Tide Chart	Updated monthly tide chart for December.
12/1/00	Striper Fishing and Distance Casting Videos! Laptew Productions	Added the most unique and necessary videos ever produced for those who seek to understand the striped bass. Hours of underwater encounters with stripers of all sizes in all places, fishing trips, locations, and techniques...featuring many fishing names you'll recognize! Also, for those of you that really want to reach out and touch some fish, Ron Arra's Surf Fishing & Distance Casting video! Buy all 4 and save!
11/26/00	Hab's Perfect Poppers	Just added the most impressive Hab's 2oz Perfect Popper...and this time we got the Squid Poppers, too! These things are awesome!
11/26/00	Hab's Lil' Scrappers	Reduced the price of these little gems one full American dollar! Figure you "day bite" guys might as well educate some of our local fishes with this Rhode Island specialty! ;-)
11/22/00	VMC 4X 9626PS	Added possibly the strongest treble hooks made. The 9626PS 4X treble, needle sharp right outta the box, super strong! I spent 2 hours yesterday changing every hook in my jetty bag to these. With the X strong split rings, these trebles will make any plug as cow proof as possible!
11/15/00	Fireline	Added 300yd spools of Fireline...for those of you that like a full spool! ;-)
11/15/00	Gibb's Casting Swimmer	Added a new picture showing the black scale color that was recently added.
11/14/00	Gag's Mambo Minnow	Added 5" Mambo Minnows to the catalog. **Added picture 11/15/00
11/13/00	Yozuri Mag Darters	Added " to the catalog. Wow, are these things sweet or what? ;-)
11/9/00	Lex A-40 Swimmers	Added Solid Black to the A-40's...and lowered the price a little while I was there ;-)
11/8/00	Fall Fling T-Shirts	Added photo of the back of the Fall Fling 2000 T-shirts!
11/8/00	Hab's Lil' Scrappers	Added photos for the Lil' Scrapper! Get 'em while they are here...they don't seem to last very long in stock!
11/8/00	Gibb's Polaris Popper	Added photos and reduced the price to just $9.99 ea!
11/8/00	Gibb's Stubby Needlefish	Added photos and reduced the price to just $9.99 ea!
11/6/00	Shark River Surf Anglers	Updated the Shark River tournament page and results page...we are, apparently, kickin' butt and takin' names this tournament season! ;-)
11/6/00	Bronco Jacket	Added photos of these super popular jackets....I'm having a hard time keeping them around...but I'll keep trying! ;-)
11/3/00	X-Hvy Split Rings	Added X-Hvy stainless steel split rings to the catalog.
11/2/00	Monthly Tide Chart	Updated monthly tide chart for November.
11/1/00	Gibb's Polaris Popper	Added the Pogie and Red Head/White Polaris poppers in 1 1/2oz to the catalog. Also, the price on all the Gibb's Polaris poppers was just reduced to $9.99!
10/30/00	Trilene Big Game	Added 12# Big Game to the 15#, 20#, and 25# lines already there. Both green and clear.
10/30/00	Shimano Stradic FG	Added the Shimano Stradic FG (2000 model) to the catalog. Only the 4000 size...but if necessary, will be adding the 6000 size as well!
10/30/00	Mr. Twister	Added the wonderfully slim and long 6" Mr. Twisters...wonderful trailer for all yer jig needs! In white or yellow now...looking for black!
10/29/00	SurfChat	Updated the SurfChat pages...trying to clarify the fact that registering multiple times in a few minutes does nothing but frustrate me...among other things ;-)
10/28/00	Fall Fling T-Shirts	Added the Fall Fling 2000 T-shirts to the catalog! Only about 40 of them left!
10/27/00	Gibb's Polaris Popper	Added the Gibb's Polaris Popper to the catalog. Just $9.99 ea!
10/27/00	Gibb's Stubby Needlefish	Added the Gibb's Stubby Needlefish to the catalog. Just $9.99 ea!
10/26/00	MegaBait 6" and 7" Long Distance Style Plugs!	Added the most spectacular "red head/white" colored plugs...in both 6" and 7" sizes...these are beautiful! Pictures soon.
10/26/00	Gibb's Casting Swimmer	Added the black scale color (my favorite night time color) to the Gibbs Casting Swimmers (Bottle Plugs) in 1oz and 2oz size, but the 2oz size was backordered. Pictures soon.
10/26/00	Gibb's Wooden Darters	Added the blue over white color to the Gibbs wooden darters, in both 1 5/8oz and 2 1/2oz! Pictures soon.
10/26/00	Slugg-O	Added Rainbow Trout, Chartreuse Ice and Chartreuse Pepper to the 9" Slugg-O colors. Pictures soon.
10/24/00	Uncle Josh Pork	Added Uncle Josh pork trailers to the catalog. Pictures soon.
10/23/00	Fall Fling Page	Preliminary Fall Fling Page is up...more to come!
10/22/00	Articles	Added "Catching Roosterfish" written by Sergio Escutia.
10/20/00	Articles	Added "Slug-Gos" written by Rich Russo.
10/19/00	Fall Fling	Added If you have Korkers and are comfortable on the rocks, bring them! to the Fling Page.
10/19/00	Product Reviews	The first of many to come! This review covers the Breakaway 1145/2 as submitted to me by Tres at Hatteras Outfitters.
10/18/00	Articles	Added "Everyone is Clueless....Sometime!" written by Ben Spinelli.
10/18/00	Articles	Added "The Striper Fisherman" written by Bob Thomas, Jr.
10/18/00	Fall Fling	Added directions to the Fall Fling Pages!
10/17/00	Articles	Added "Leader, Shock Leaders, and Leader Knots" written by Brian Mulholland.
10/17/00	Cross-Lok Snaps	Added Berkley Cross-Lok Snaps in size 3, 60# strength to the catalog.
10/17/00	MegaBait 5 1/2" Minnow Style Plugs!	Man, I've been waiting for these puppies since May! After opening up the box and scrutinizing these things, I can assure you, it was worth the wait! Same shape/design/profile at the ultra-deadly 4 1/2" MegaBait but 1" longer and weighing in at 1 1/4 ounces....the fish are gonna faint when they see these things!
10/15/00	Hab's Lil' Scrappers	Added the super cool and unique 5/8oz Hab's Lil' Scrapper popper to the catalog! These things are perfect for imitating small peanut bunker or mullet. They come with no belly hook and a barbless bucktailed treble hook on the rear for good hookups and easy releases.
10/15/00	SurfTalk	Archived another 10,000 posts from the Main Forum to the Main Forum Archives. *When searching SurfTalk, make sure you search all open forums or at least search the archives to be thorough!
10/15/00	Gibb's Wooden Darters	Added 2 1/2oz Solid Black Gibbs wooden Darters to the catalog.
10/15/00	Gibb's Casting Swimmer	Added 2oz White Casting Swimmers to catalog.
10/15/00	Smilin' Bills	Added 1/4oz, 3/8oz, 1/2oz, and 5/8oz Smilin' Bills in white!
10/6/00	Shark River Surf Anglers	Updated the Shark River Surf Angler page!
10/6/00	Fall Fling	Updated the Fall Fling page to include the 2000 South Shore Classic tournament information.
10/1/00	Bronco Jacket	Added Bronco Neoprene Jackets. For extreme conditions or if ya just don't wanna get soaking wet ;-) **I recently had the pleasure of "testing" the pullover jacket...awesome...I'll never be wet/cold again!
10/1/00	Gudebrod Spectra	Added Gudebrod Spectra fly line backing. Awesome stuff, the tightest braid I've ever seen! Chartreuse in color for hi visibility so you can tell where that dastardly fish is trying to take your fly! ;-)
10/1/00	Eagle Claw 4X Black Trebles	Added size 2, 4, and 6 Eagle Claw 4X replacement trebles. These are my new favorite replacement treble on all lures that use hooks this size. I'm hoping to get these in bigger sizes soon!
10/1/00	Monthly Tide Chart	Updated monthly tide chart for September.
9/30/00	Stumpy Needlefish	Reduced the price on the Stumpy Needlefish, now $8.29 plain and $8.99 with bucktailed siwash tail hook.
9/30/00	Pencil Poppers	Reduced the price on the Lex Pencil Poppers...being that it's Pencil Popper season and all that! Now 2oz is $9.29 and the 3oz is $10.29!
9/29/00	Slugg-O	Added Albino and Red Shad to the 9" Slugg-O colors.
9/24/00	Black Bomber	Added the extremely popular Solid Black Bomber to the catalog.
9/23/00	Gibb's Wooden Darters	Added Gibbs wooden darters to the catalog.
9/23/00	Gibb's Casting Swimmer	Added Gibbs Casting Swimmers (Bottle Plugs) to the catalog.
9/22/00	Fall Fling 2000!	Just updated the Fall Fling pages to include 18 (legal) fishing locations within the area. Also updated the recommended tackle and outfits section...I had inadvertently left the old Spring Fling recommendations there!
9/22/00	Rockfish Cartoon	Updated Rockfish cartoon and added last one to "Past Rocks".
9/20/00	Smilin' Bills	Added 2, 2 1/2, 3, 4, and 5 ounce BLACK Smilin' Bills! Also, added 4 and 5 ounce Smilin' Bills in white.
9/20/00	Cross-Lok Snaps	Added Berkley Cross-Lok Snaps...size 6/100# now, the others are back ordered by my vendor but should be here very soon!
9/20/00	Hab's Needlefish	Added a long awaited specialty plug, the HAB's plug line! Just added the gorgeous Hab's needlefish page.....WOW!
9/19/00	Catalog Index	Changed the whole layout of the Catalog Index...much simpler, much quicker, and more organized!
9/18/00	Women in Waders	Added the spectacular Women in Waders 2001 Calendar to the catalog. This you gotta see, beautiful women wearing in nice outdoor fishing environments...the scenery is worth the cost of the calendar, the women make it almost irresistible! ;-)
9/17/00	Links Page	Updated the links page and changed the format. Still not real happy with the layout, look for another change here soon.
9/15/00	Triplefish Fluorocarbon	In an effort to round out your choices a bit, we just added the Triplefish Fluorocarbon in 15# and 25# test, both 50yd spools and 125yd spools! This stuff is excellent and very economical to boot ;-)
9/14/00	Fall Fling 2000!	Finished up and added the registration form for the Fall Fling! Register now, avoid the rush! ;-)
9/14/00	Guest Book	Responded to and updated the Guest Book.
9/12/00	Fishing Reels!	Added fishing reels to the site...not a lot of them, but we'll get there! Right now there's Penn International 975, Penn 525Mag, Abu 6501 (left handed) conventional, and the Mitchell Neptune 7500....all of which are proven reels that are unique unto themselves.
9/12/00	Rockfish Cartoon	Updated Rockfish cartoon and added last one to "Past Rocks".
9/8/00	Fall Fling 2000!	Posted the first of the Fall Fling pages! The registration page will be up by Monday...that is if the fish don't drag me outta here, kicking and screaming ;-)
9/7/00	Terminal Tackle	Updated Terminal Tackle page to include snaps and swivels.
9/5/00	Archives	Updated and changed the Archives to reflect all of August and September.
9/3/00	Tidal Differences Chart	Updated and changed the tidal differences chart. Includes all areas from NJ south in the Atlantic Ocean and portions of the Gulf.
9/3/00	Monthly Tide Chart	Updated monthly tide chart for September.
9/2/00	Rockfish Cartoon	Updated Rockfish cartoon and added last one to "Past Rocks".
8/29/00	Rigged Eels	Added black/pearl 10" Ultimus eels to catalog.
8/27/00	Reel Service Tips	Steve Barratt from Let's Go Fishin' and StripersOnline are proud to bring you some of Steve's finest work, a continually growing collection of Reel Service Tips! Complete with photographs and step by step instructions, this are should give folks more confidence to open up their reels for maintenance, upgrades, and tune-ups! Thanks Steve!
8/27/00	Shopping Cart!	Finally figured out, pinned down and fixed the dreaded intermittent failure that some folks were having at the very last page (order confirmation) of the online shopping procedure!
8/26/00	Rockfish Cartoon	Updated Rockfish cartoon and added last one to "Past Rocks".
8/22/00	Korkers Safety Sandals	Added X-Large size to catalog. Also, added foot size chart for Korkers.
8/19/00	Rockfish Cartoon	Updated Rockfish cartoon and added last one to "Past Rocks".
8/18/00	Hab's Perfect Poppers	Added a long awaited specialty plug, the HAB's plug line! Actually, we've only received the Perfect Poppers so far, but they are up now...and they are spectacular!
8/17/00	SurfTalk	Had to remove the additional smilies, they were causing the board to become unstable and our domain host was upset. Oh well, we'll keep trying!
8/16/00	3 1/2" MegaBait Plugs	Added the deadly 3 1/2" MegaBait 1/2oz perfect peanut/mullet imitation plug to the arsenal available in the catalog here.
8/14/00	Articles	Added "Roof Rack Rod Carrier How-to" by Chris Marenghi.
8/14/00	Articles	Added "Home Again" by Chris Marenghi.
8/13/00	SurfTalk	Changed smilies config. No more big smilies. Added many new smilies. The new smilies FAQ page will be up ASAP.
8/13/00	Check-out Page, Catalog	Made some changes to the final stage of checking out of the catalog..
8/13/00	Lex Pencil Poppers	Updated Pencil Popper page, added picture of all pencil poppers.
8/13/00	Fireline	Updated the Fireline page to include tech aspects and a hints section.
8/12/00	Rockfish Cartoon	Updated Rockfish cartoon and added last one to "Past Rocks".
8/12/00	SurfTalk	Add inline statistics for the main SurfTalk page, including "newest member", total posts, total threads, and last post.
8/11/00	Complete Archives	Finished organizing and cleaning up all of the archives dating back to November 11, 1999. 100% complete compilation of every main page ever posted on this site.
8/11/00	Guest Book	Redid all Guest Book pages, cleaned up and organized.
8/10/00	Fishing Reports	Redid all the fishing report pages, updated and cleaned up.
8/10/00	PowerPro	PowerPro added to catalog pages.
8/8/00	SurfTalk	Updated SurfTalk to newest version, added some interesting features...more coming!
1/14/00	StripersOnline.com	StripersOnline.com was born! Previously, it was TimS' NJ Striped Bass Site, a small site who's original intention was just to be a place for some online friends to keep their fishing photos. The name StripersOnline was suggested by our good friend Saltheart on the message board as we toyed with a new name. Thanks Saltheart!