We have been having a great time at the show this weekend. We've met a lot of the NC folks on the board there. A bunch of people have got the Hawg Sauce in their hands now and a lot of repeat customers have re-supplied. Several of the "big" boys have come by the booth and got them some too . I will let CB do the name dropping when he gets back . I am going to try to get away from the booth today and buy something.
BMD I see Indy held on!!!!!! weird score though

Great news rat, glad to hear you guys are doing well..
Aren't you supposed to be working the booth and not playin here?

Yea, I got the morning off . CB's boss is with him this morning. I am leaving right now to give her a break

Dianna Clark is a Great Pro staffer ,She is on staff with B and M Baits ,The guy at B and M swear behind her , If Hawg Sauce closes the deal ,she will make a differences! Good Luck!

Rat,
We got our money's worth out of Vinateri, that's for sure. Now New England comes to town...you know what they say, to be the man you've gotta beat the man. Put up or shut up time at our house...should be a great game. The superbowl is on my birthday this year...you know what I'm asking for...a Colts victory.

CB...I had fun with you and Rat yesterday...could you tell my mind was on the game when I left? Forgot my jacket and my thermos...DOH! I hope you got Ike and Shaw on board now and can take that next step forward. When all those new customers try the Sauce this season and see how it works you'll have your hands full with repeat orders.

Roy...good to see you again and talk a little fishin. We will hook up this year for sure...I'll let you know when the time is right at the ol honey-hole. Good luck in your club this year.

Thanks guys. Enjoyed getting together with everyone and hope CB was able to pull down some of the big boys and girls.

Good lord I don't know where to even start with all that has happen over the last 3 days in the Bass Expo show. First off I want to thank Rat once again for all the help he gave working this show with me. If it was not for him in the first place I doubt this would have ever happen. Rat you are the MAN is all I can say, Thank you so much for all your help and support. Next I want to thank BassDan, Roy Reter and Jonathan Upchurch for helping out in this show. All of these great guys went out of there way to make sure people stopped in my booth to check us out to see what my Hawg Sauce was all about. I have to say this show was a great success for me. I met a lot of folks from these message boards that stopped in to shake my hand so we could put a face with the screen names we go by. It was my pleasure to meet each and every one of you at the show and want to thank you all once again for your kind words and support you gave me at this show. Over the last three days I had some Pro's stop in to talk about my products. I will list a couple so this will not get longer then it is now. Let’s start off with Shaw Grigsby as he was the first to stop in. After talking to Shaw for a bit I handed him some of my products and ask if he would use it then give me an honest review back. This man is one of the most down to earth folks you could ever want to meet. Shaw was very happy to accept my products for testing and told me he would be proud to give them a good work over then send me a review of what he thought of my products. Next was Mike Iaconelli, I had sent Mike some product a while back to test out but never got a review from him. Well Mike walks in front of my booth talking to a ton of fans but he did not notice whose booth he was standing in front of as his back was to me. I let him yak for a few mins to the fans then I walked up behind him and grabbed him by both shoulders then picked him up off the floor and said HEY Mike what’s up? He turned and looked at me and yelled CROSSBOW how are you? I replied back oh now you know my name huh? He laughed and said I know I am way over due on getting back to you about that review but I will tell you right here and now that I have been using your product and think its great and have a bottle on my boat at all times! I told him that was great news but I would still like a written review on this matter so I can share it with everyone. He told me this would be done very soon. The next day Mike returned to my booth to take a break as he was between seminars. He sat with us for a bit asking how things were going at the show and so on and said if he had a microphone he would announce over the loud speakers to everyone at the show right then on how well he liked the Hawg Sauce. Man that would have been killer for my booth but no microphone was to be found. We laughed over it and chatted for a few more mins then he had to go get ready for his next seminar. I made sure he had a package of Hawg Sauce to take with him to hold him over for a good while. Just hope I get his review soon to share with everyone. One more before I end this, Hal Abshire stopped in to say hello. He is one of our local NC pro’s that I have known for a few years. After talking with him he has now joined the Hawg Sauce Pro-Staff team plus Hal is good friends with the #1 WBT’ s Dianna Clark, Hal will be taking to Dianna about becoming a Pro-Staff member for me as well. Some major steps happen over the last three days for my small company no doubt! Thanks again everyone for all your support over the last few years. If it was not for you guys pushing me back then to bring my secret sauce to market then none of this would be happing for me!

Sound like you had a blast .Are you coming to Richmond at the end of the month like to meet you .

Here are a few pictures of the Expo Setup. Only got a few as my camera went dead on me

First up is River Rat:



Next as Rat said the BOSS was with me today. She is the one of the left and her friend that came to help out is on the right. Can you tell they enjoyed having their picture taken?



Next is yours truly with my wifes friend.



Last but not least is a picture of the Hawg Sauce shirts I had made for this show. I will have some of these on the website for sale next week if anyone would like to buy one.

Swimbait, Mat spoke of this show that will be in your area at the end of this month. I would have to get more details on this to see if I could pull this off. Can you hook me up with some information on this show?

Bassarama 26-28 Richmond Raceway contact Sandy Jamerson 804-779-3770, I'll be running a booth in the first room flying banners of Daiwa,True-tungsten and working with Motor Guide which will be right beside me .Do you do business with Dave Tournament tackle or Green top?

Other then buying some of Daves products I have never done any business with them on my sauce. Never dealt with Green top either. Thanks for the information. I will look into this. Rat did ask me today where the next show is being held.

Glad to hear things went so well CB! That's great! And I'll definitely have to get me one of those shirts. Congrats on a good show!

That's great news CB, glad you called me to let me know that things went well. So many good contacts made and many more to make at the next show you attend. We are all behind you, keep at it. Shirts look great, can you get a CB's thong made for the Mrs? Don't think you will fit that fish and logo on that string in the back.

She said she would let me take a pic if you posted a pic of you wearing one, LMAO!

CB this is great and thanks for sharing

I need a shirt as well, tell me where to send the money order (no checks, the wife will see and I am over the limit on fishing type purchases )

I bet rat would pose too, lol..

Ohhhhhhh nooooooo. No way, I aint got the money for a new computer and eye glasses too

Rebel just called and said he would pose too, if you guys will.. He suggested a fund raiser.

I might could wrap that big banner around my a$$ to look like a thong .

Hell, I'm game. We did discuss a guys of FF calendar....CB could be the main sponsor and supply all of the wardrobe

Edit: And Matt, you could crop my arse and use it as your avatar since the Mrs. shut you down

Hope that was Rebel on the phone...

I sell product to Dave and Green top and most of the Mom and Pop stores in Va . If your product is as good as the guy's say it is on this form ,Retailer shouldn't have a problem selling it . Shoot me a e-mail and let see what we can work out!
bandits1232001@yahoo.com

CB, First off congats on the new pickups and a great showing. I will be by the site next week to order a shirt and some more of that sauce....I was flavoring up my deer meat the other night and the scent of it reminded me of the sauce man I would try it as marinade but the wife may get upset,......

Sounds like a great show CB ... I expect Hawg Sauce to play a part in winning the Classic this year ... Congratulations on your success ...

Congrats on your booth's success at the expo CB! It looks like doors are opening for you and you are having the sense to walk through them. If Diana becomes a Pro-Staff member can you just give her water in a spray bottle to use during the first couple of tournaments this year? I need all of the advantage I can get.

The T-Shirts look great. I know I will be getting a couple to wear on practice days.

Glad to hear that things went so well for you Cb. Although I must say that I much prefer to keep you all to myself. Since the more people that know about your sauce the worse my chances are for winning.


Matstone! We must talk.

Glad you did so well up there, Mr. Jones, that's good to hear.

What's bad to hear is rat in a thong....

ROFLMAO.... Have you guys done went off the deep end here? Me & Rat in a thong? Man what a site that would be. Hey I am trying to get my company off the ground not put it in the ground....LOL Oh though it would be put on the front page of every new paper out there....Hmmmm Na we better see about getting Mrs M to wear one for us. Now that would be a major seller no doubt.

Thanks again everyone for the kind words and all your support.

Reading this I'm reminded of an old Foxworthy joke about the men's section at Victoria's Secret. "Cast and tug, cast and tug."

CB I would gladly slip on a thong anyday of the week. They are just more comfortable. However I sure as hell ain't wearing one on the internet. Besides that you all would look much better in one. Whats the name of that movie I think it was the full Monty or something. We could have our own Fishin Fanatics version of it. Whatcha think?

Mrs. M, I think the server would over load and blow a fuse or maybe even crash a hard drive of two if we done this. Might be best to let the females stick to wearing these things..LOL

I would just as well wear 30# test line as a thong, either one is going to cut me in half when I bend over

You guys r crackin me up here.


Edit: let us not forget about matsones tiny hiney too..

If Matstone has a tiny hiney we better stick with him and Rebel and DP. Me and CB have has a couple of wheelbarrow loads of hiney

Hey! I don't want any part of this!!

I can tell you though, after spending the summer in the back of the Pirate ship, with an unwanted view of Mr. Rat's arse, I don't want any part of seeing it in a thong, fishing line, or much of anything at all!

do i hear the peoples thong!!! now thats a name for a bait...

That's as close as it gets!

That's actually the best seller in the JBFC store, might be on to something

DP, I was kind of thinking the body art would add a bit of class to a gross subject. The tats would keep me from looking at other things, like the thong

Hey guys, some of us still have to try and eat dinner tonight. Now with those images in my mind I guess it will be straight to the whiskey! DP, send me some shine.

DP has the right idea. Maybe we should get some with the fishinfanatics logo on them. Staff could field test it.

Jeeze, looks like all you guys really want one deep down inside and are just having troubles admitting it. As for me, I'm too skinny, if I used 30lb test line, you wouldnt see me and it might cut off circulation to my brain.
Rebel, DP and Bassinky will do it though. Send them one of yours DP to get the feel of them..

Something Free I don't know if I would go that far. Nothing like a big hairy white arse!!! Mrs. M I think it is time for a little payback with Matt

CB...I just realized that you're in Olivia. I've got a sister near Garner and one in Youngsville. Next time I'm down that way, I'll have to give you a holler!

The ability to visualize is not all it is 'cracked' up to be.

What's she look like?

I mean...I live like 10 minutes from there

LMAO, I must have meant rebel, wasn't it him that called me, he must have said something about it.
Really, i figured you would just want to step up with the rest.
Everyone can ride the little bus for awhile, even nixie can play.
Seems this is becoming a team event, who's next?

About 5'8" ..maybe a lil taller, and blonde. She has a little farm out there with some horses and stuff. But, she lives with her boyfriend, so good luck Do you play poker? If so, it's very possible that you know them.

Who cares about that stuff, does she have a pond?

Too, too funny!