The show goes on! The tsunami passed by with no effect, but Seaguar's booth has been swamped by show goers taking advantage of the great Fred Hall specials you can find on the Fred Hall iPhone app. Remember, the Fred Hall iPhone app is free to download and if you show the SFR folks in booth 712 your app, you get $5 off any SportfishingReport.com clothing.

The Seaguar deal is almost too good to be true, and long rangers in particular are taking advantage of the fact you can buy two packages of Fluoro Premier (or InvisX) fluorocarbon and get one package of equal or lesser value free. When SFR went by the booth, a bunch of guys with Vagabond hats on were picking up free package of 100-pound test Fluoro Premier Seaguar.Let's just say that Gerry Benedicto and John DeVries of Seaguar and local pro staff like David Choate were kept busy redeeming the offer.

Also in the booth despite the fact he retired just the day before was Richard Hightower, who's turning over the reins of H&H Marketing to his son Dale. Richard says he's not pulling out of the fishing biz completely and will continue to consult with his first love, Newell Reels. In fact he was showing off a narrow 500 series prototype with a 5-stack drag capable of 45 pounds of drag. Talk about a wahoo killer!
Anyway, it's Friday and the show goes on. Look for more updates and c'mon by the SportfishingReport.com booth and say hello. And don't forget that the SportfishingReport.com iPhone app is now only 99 ? and you can all the reports as they happen right on your phone.

Photo caption: Gerry Benedicto, Richard Hightower and John Devries at the Seaguar booth (number 540).