A-TOM-MIK

Do we need observers this year?

The time is drawing near, just chatted with Scott Prindle from the DEC and confirmed our fish delivery for mid to later April Oswego will receive its normal amount of kings for our pens as well as rainbows Several have contacted me concerning help readying our pens, I haven't taken a look at them yet but after our mild winter they may be ok with minimal mending I will post info here as I receive it to keep all informed, if your interested in help on any level, mending, feedings, cleaning pens once fish are in etc. please drop me an E Mail [email protected] Also as a reference for me, as to what help we'll have this year, please enter a response to this thread so I can keep you in mind as I'll check this thread often Feedings are obviously crucial as well as weekly cleanings (we just use a pool brush to scrape down the sides of the pens from growth) any help you are willing to offer will go a very long way to see our baby kings do as well as possible, its our future !!!! For past help and support from the beginning and through the years I would like to thank the following people for our Oswego Net Pen Success: Don Rufo (Lil Flipper Chartres), Gerry Bresadola (Dixie Dandy), Mike Conroy (Proteus), Old Hickory, Terry House (More Marvelous), Bob Poultorak (TK Charters), Oswego Marina from Bob Walters (Water Wolf) to Bernie Bacon (American Dream) 1fish2fish Jim, Birddog Eric, Tommy Germain (Little Whip), Crazy B Steph and my kids Tom and Mik OSWEGO KINGS !!!! Tom

Okuma Solterra SLR 50L We will be loading these with 600, 700 and 800 ft sections Price TBA In stock now, will be ready to ship starting 3/26/12, once they are rigged up and priced out per section length If you were ever familiar with the discontinued Okuma Titus 50L, these reels look upgraded but awfully close in capacity, we sold a couple hundred of these reels with zero complaints (*other than the simple fact that much copper sucks !!!) the crank assembly makes for a much better answer for the larger coppers than that of the Penn 345 Limited supply of these reels were built from the first manufacture, I guess only 200 were made, not sure what will happen after that, we will have about 50 and are taking orders if you dare !!!! Tom INFO: Okuma SLR 50 L Solterra Levelwind Reel The Okuma SLR 50 L Solterra Level Wind is part of the broadest line of lever drag reels, with applications from Alaska to Panama and Hawaii to Maine. Building on a base of stainless steel main gears, pinion gears and spool shaft, Solterra’s extend outward with anodized aluminum spools and durable, corrosion resistant frames. Features Stainless steel main gears, pinion gears and shafts Durable corrosion resistant frame and side plates Holds 600 yds of 60lb test Max drag strike w/ freespool- 32lbs, Max drag full w/ freespool- 40-Pound Gear ratio 3.1:1 with 32-Inch of line retrieve Specifications Model: SLR-50L Bearings: 5-HPB Capacity: 830/30, 520/50, 310/80 Gear Ratio: 3.1:1 Line Retrieve: 32 in Max Drag: 40 Weight: 50 oz

Various materials make up various manufacturers no see em flies Mirage Pearl 1/69 pearl flashabou An Owner ST-41 #1/0 is an un-godly large and thick hook for targeting anything on Lake Ontario Tom

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HOGWASH !!! Part Time, Weekend nonsense, semi-exp, WHATEVER !!! YOU ARE SO FULL OF IT PETE You LIVE & BREATH EVERY waken moment thinking and burning out the wheels when thoughts are on the CONSTANT ROAM of Lake Ontario kings Sorry my good bud, you cant pull this one off !!!! PA Trout fisherman OMG, The poor Chinooks out there swimming right now have no clue how sharp your knives are or how ready your coolers are for the poundage of devastation your getting ready to reap !!!!! Have you forgot already Does that look like non experience !!! DOUBLES, TRIPLES, FULL COOLERS, LIMITS, BOXES OMG

The remainder of all invitations have been sent: If you were expecting one and did not receive, please drop me an E Mail by 3/19 [email protected]

Little Salmon River Challenge July 28, 2012 Fair Haven Challenge August 25, 2012 Same rules apply for the A-TOM-MIK Triple Crown (best 2 scores from the 3 events, 10 extra points for fishing each) Tom

http://www.atommikchallenge.com/index.html The A-TOM-MIK Triple Crown is for those teams who fish at least 2 of the 3 Eastern end Challenges A-TOM-MIK Challenge June 23, 2012 Complete Little Salmon River Challenge July 28, 2012 Complete Fair Haven Challenge August 25, 2012 Complete Click on area you want to blow up Final Standings A-TOM-MIK Triple Crown Thanks to all who participated, it was a great year and we had a ton of fun, as you can see it was a close race, every pound matters !!!! Congrats to Tony Chat & Bill Kopek & team "5 More Minutes", a great accomplishment for Tony to compete against many weekend warriors, captains, big name tourney guys and all. PAYOUTS

Buffet food info: Extra A-TOM-MIK Invitational buffet food tickets are available up until either a "sell-out" or until August 1, 2012 I was notified by 3 friend rec anglers who do not fish tournaments if they could purchase food tickets and watch our weigh-in ANYBODY who wishes to come watch the weigh-in is more than welcome, and I encourage it !!! Teams competing in this event are included in the buffet for their 3 or 4 man/woman team (+ observer gets 1 meal ticket) Extra meal tickets for team members over 4 persons (or) not competing, price is $20/person Contact me [email protected] Tom

Eric you sell your boat? Know a guy looking for that exact model If not lets go chase some BT's like last spring C'mon Spring

Some have been sent already Howie, won't take long and they will all be out Tom

If you would like to be an observer for the A-TOM-MIK Invitational on August 11, 2012 please e mail me and I will place you, the experience is a great one and you will get paid Must be 16 years of age [email protected] Tom

Welcome Mr. Burke aka. Burkyboy !!! Glad to have you, you always were one to add reason to any discussion !!!!

Winner of the $100 shopping spree from our site $100 worth of anything at our listed prices http://www.atommiktrollingflies.com CONGRATULATIONS Frank Schoenacker??! Please e mail me [email protected] if you get this You guessed 12,500 ft. Correct Amount 13,100 72 Guesses came in from 5020' to 54,000 ft Approx. weight is 318’ per lb., the bulk reel weighed about 42. 5lbs (-actual reel of 3 lbs) Frank also guesed 10,500' & 14,750' Have you ever worked at a wire mill? lol Other close guesses Dave? 10,000' Jason N. 10,000 Eugene St. 15,000 R. Mortimer 15,000 David J 16,102 R. Mortimer 17,000

I am excited to fish the Oswego event with my kids and my cousin this coming July on our newly formed team, I had asked a question at the Pro/Am meeting about the philosophies behind the newly formed coordinators "sell" to the teams on short box vs long box. Meaning why should I (as my intentions are to fish short box) feel competitive with my biggest 5 or 6 fish when I'm fishing against the elite's best 5 or 6 fish from their box. I credit Vince, Tom Burke, Chris L., Pete Alex and Bob for each taking a stab at rationalizing this for me. A few of their points made a valid sense. I still feel way "over-par" when thinking in terms of competing fairly, but am willing to play it out and see how I feel after the event. I feel that particular "issue" is going to be "in the jury's hands" until we get a season behind us. On a different note: and I say this with an open mind, IMO the Pro/Am is at a point where they/Bob are willing to do what it takes to make this work "now". I feel it would of only took a few much smaller changes in hind-sight, small to us as "players" that is, to achieve a prior success in the Pro/Ams, without the newly MAJOR facelift now being offered. One of them "back then" changes being CLOSING COMMUNICATION, I actually think if at this point in time the Pro/Ams were to say, "Ok, we are now implementing Closed Communication" that it would still be too late as much of the trust and respect has been lost. As far as why it still remains open is a mystery to many of us all, as 99% of those I last chatted with prior to this major re-structure, were all for closing it. As well as 100% of the same agreeing that the current reasons were 100% BS. (: In conclusion for all of us we are either in or out, those few choices of gray areas are to be voted on, as far as entry fee, etc. But its looking like the long-time Pro/Am of old will be behind us for now. One thing I’ve come to realize is that any discrepancy in rules that causes a major hurdle in our decision to play or watch from the sidelines, is that we have to respect the entity/ies who is/are making these events happen. Would we rather not see these events at all? or play along even if we do not feel the rules suit our team the best or are within our liking? I can get mad with the best of them, but I like to play !!!! It will be very interesting to see this play out, and to see if the 5 names I mentioned still feel the same way at the conclusion of the season. I hope this is fun, I can’t wait to compete against my long time hero “Vince†I’ll be rooting my team on while their fighting Oswego Kings and telling them, “Keep that rod up and that line tight, more pressure†!!! All while dreaming and hoping (even though chances are probably thin) that my biggest 5 or 6 fish are bigger than his !! Isn’t that what much of this is or should be about, maybe I am wrong and that’s just my opinion? After all if any of us are in this for the paycheck, we may not be thinking all that straight. Tom

John honestly did have a mouthful of something when I came a callin', I actually had to wait a few moments for him to swallow before he choked out the bad news, "Nope all gone" he says, with a smirk on his face !! Lilly was very polite I have to say, even still offering up the fly anyway at my request. Rod all professionally and business-like declined her offer to me ): I will give John some credit however, he came over after show hours and allowed me to take a little something of his rack, he's forgiven !!! Tom

Just so you Big Weenie guys know, I wasn't too impressed with the cookie supply and shortage issue !!! Steph also wasn't happy with me, so I'm doubly non-impressed !!! Tom

THANKS TO ALL !!! YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW Tom !!!

Last items to go into the moving van trailer T-SHIRTS: Only have about 40, some long sleeve & some short $12 and $16 Black, White, Red, Pink, Gray

Yes we do, tons of stuff Stop by for a chance to win $100 worth of merchandise Tom

The late Cahill's Fishery in Oswego would deep fry our perch, bullhead, smelt and walleye for years from the later 80's till later 90's, they went out of business though. If they weren't too busy they cleaned em for us too, plus they would buy our extra perch, smelt and bullhead, did that for a long time Price Chopper in Oswego use to do it quite a few years ago too, but I have been turned down there many times over the last 5 years Great idea and they did it cheap, of course we were always adding fries and refreshments. Those were the days Tom

I'd be willing to sponsor (pay) for something like this for my up & coming Invitational event. Maybe even have it mandatory, often talked about this, GREAT IDEA Tom

I forget the exact numbers from memory but whatever eye-up percentage is achieved they use I believe, they do what they can with all eggs taken, meaning wherever eye-up ratio falls, goal being around 3.3 (I think) Where is Tim B, he knows these numbers and percentages verbatim.

Rich, the eye-up ratio taken off from 3,500,000 + eggs from 2011 (though down from 2010) was within parameters of significant stocking numbers. The Coho eye-up of 9% was not within significant percentages.