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I agree Brian, the way it was explained last night we will be ok with our Kings for 2012, the percentage was down from 70% to 50% but there were also a few hundred extra thousand eggs collected so it's a smaller percentage than last year but from more eggs, prolly non significant, but not way off normal eye-up percentages if average from normal ratios. Also taking into consideration our strong King take from 2011 (being from a horrible adult crop) we seemed to do real good. The Coho situation was also bad in Michigan for 2011 egg take/eye up correct, but the Canadians DID reach expected goals and percentages. Tom

I'll grab some for Steph and our kids, no problem

Also just packed up a couple hundred of the hottest E-Chip attractors in mostly custom colors Stop by for a chance to win a $100 shopping spree at our online web site after the show (by guessing how many feet of copper on one of our bulk 12" reels) we will bring one Pat Comerford said he would carry it in for us (: Also bulk 3500' spools of copper $150 American Fishing Wire 1000' $40

Can you grab me Rod, I have a lil bit of stuff with me also?

Hope to see you there -Copper spools: 200 - 600 ft, buy 1 get one for $10 while qty last -Spinnies in over 100 colors, mostly custom 5 for $50 -13# and 15.5# Torpedos $70/2 & $100/2 -Approx. 2000 fly bodies in over 100 patterns -Live Series, Shred Series, Standard Tournament Series, lots of new shreds -New Thrillseeker, Kevin Davis and G-041 ST Series flies -All other normal specials -Mention this thread on LOU get a free fly body of your choice with a purchase of $20 or more -Look for New Shreds in 42 nd, Pro/Am, Pro/Am Glo, B-Fly & B -Fly Glo (Big Fin Series) Blue Glow Hammer and New TG Shreds also Look for the hard to find Steven's Series of purple mirage patterns and L231 Live pattern, and a new purple mirage glow Also the Songin' 42 nd Gold Series to match the gold E Chips Very sorry no call in orders, first come first serve, limited numbers of hotter colors Thank You, Tom

Thanks Vince !!! After 5 months its starting to come together Jerry you will have invite #063 coming your way Tom

-Invites will start going out March 1, 2012 -60 teams is a full field for projected payout with a contingency of added teams -Those original 38 teams who wrote us letters for an invite will be guaranteed a spot if deposit is sent in on time, I firmly believe we will sell this event out, however we feel at this time there is still room to get in before the allotted amount of deposits are received, when we are full (including contingency teams) we will notify the public via, FB, Internet fishing forums and at http://www.Atommikinvitational.com (see link for deposit and balance deadlines) http://www.atommikinvitational.com/entry.htm Tom

Nice Rod !!!!

If it helps these are the dimensions of our bulk spools Available in 1000', 2000' or 3500' Flange 6 1/2 Traverse 3 1/2 Barrel 3 1/2 Arbor 5/8 http://www.atommiktrollingflies.com/037_Copper.htm

IMO I like the diversity of them all. Its fun to fish the derbies, the GOSD and the LOC !!! The smaller entry fee events we now have in the Eastern Basin are very popular, I find we get 75 to over 100 teams per event on our end of the lake. Its great to rank your self up against some of the top dogs The higher dollar events along with the series that come along with them are a goal for many to work their way up to, not all but some Lake Ontario !!!! Its a great place, the current diversity is awesome !!! Tom

Update: If you want to order more Invitational shirts just e mail me [email protected] Price is $15 plus a 1 time $6 shipping fee I need to thank Kevin Jerge for doing so much, sort of the man behind the scene making me look good and also to Penny Hartman and her nephew, the DEC for their hard work, my mom, dad, aunts, uncles and cousins for getting together so much like trophy's, selling shirts, and organization as well as my son who set up over 200 chairs and the tables. I need to thank Steph for the many hours she put in with me, Joe the caterer and my long time friend Tommy Germain for helping Joe. There were so many bodies that made this happen. Thanks to Mr.Clean for his great donation and Stevie Hot Rod, also to Troy at Lake Ontario Outdoors, also Bob Cinelli/Twin Villiage Recycling for their great donation and to the Shark people. 2012 Inaugural A-TOM-MIK Invitational Results 1st Place Great job by Rich Nau & crew for putting it together the day it counted the most !! Praying Mantis 2nd Place Nicely done by Chad and his team Son of a Gun 3rd Place Mark Eroh, Dennis and his team rounding out the top 3 Ironman 4th Place Pete Shellhamer On The Lam 5th Place Pete Lahosky PrimeTime 6th Place Kevin Clark Breaktime 7th Place Lester Zimmerman Zip-n-Zim/Time Fly's 8th Place Tim Thomas/Jeff Thomas Finders Keepers 9th Place Tom Allen/Eric Burger A-TOM-MIK 10th Place Brian Kegg GOIN' DEEP 11th Place Eric Marcinkowski Striker 12th Place Rod Keyser Oh Baby/Lucky Enuff 13th Place Tom Burke/Andy Bliss Cold Steel 14th Place Greg Gehrig Top Gun 15th Place Craig Hajecki/Rob Hideout 16th Bill Kopek Strong to Quite Strong 17th Dave Rubley Triple Deuce 18th Dan Peschler (also won 2- 15# shark weights) Fish Magnet Largest Salmon of the event Finders Keepers 31.64 Pre-fish Friday winners (largest 2 Salmon) 1st Place Praying Mantis 2nd Place PrimeTime 3rd Place Hideout 25- Hot Wires 57.86 26-Sparks/Warship 51.88 27-Prize Fighter 48.24 28-Salmon Tracker 32.28 29-Smash Mouth 25.60 30-Popey Charters/Crazy B*tch 16.90 31-AllOut/DA 32-Instedda Wurkin 33-Tackle Buster 34-Sea Devil 35-Screamer 36-Out for Trout 37-I'll Have Another 38-Hot-Rod 39-Hot Pursuit Two 40-Hook-n-Up 41-High Voltage 42-High Adventure 43-Flatout 44-Fish Chopper 45-Dodger/Outcast 46-Addiction 47-Ace Charters 48-Liquid Plumber (Did not fish) Pre-fish Friday (Largest 2 Salmon) 1st Praying Mantis 52.25 2nd PrimeTime 51.36 3rd Hideout 51.11 4th Royal Flush 50.14 5th Hot Wires 50.08 6th On The Lam 49.22 7th THRILLSEEKER 48.30 8th Fish Chopper 48.17 9th Zip-n-Zim/Time Fly's 47.89 10th Hook-n-Up 46.86 Largest Salmon of Event Finders Keepers 31.64 http://www.AtommikInvitational.com -HUGE Buffet (included in buy-in) -$800 Entry -Invitation only -6 rod maximum -Shootout style start -1 day -Mandatory observer -NO COMMUNICATION -Port of Oswego -Salmon Only, King or Coho -Heaviest weight 6 fish August 11, 2012 Oswego, NY Tom

Today's derbies & tourney style events are formatted in many ways Glen I agree changes almost always come with much ado. The said market place is now an evolving spectrum of hopeful positive moves. I have been as passionate as anyone about the competition we have all come to love. My feelings for 2 years now have left a few sleepless nights to say the least !! I've felt betrayed but that is in the past and I certainly hope the new changes will favor the fishermen in a way that is satisfiable. I would like to wish the Pro/Am's good luck, public perception is the TOUGHEST feat to stay on top of. The work behind the scenes is endless, so many personalities to overcome. The new changes are coming in with not just one, but many of the top heads in the business, some names that are well known and liked & looked up to and also respected by those who have been around this scene for a while. I was surprised when I heard the new accepted thoughts were coming from many minds !! Tom

The fall fishing can be to die for From Henderson to Chaumont from Sept till December

Just got back from Stewarts Got me a l.otto ticket

Look'n good !!!! Tempting

Great job by all !!! 2011 A-TOM-MIK Triple Crown Results 1st Fish Hawk 342.25 2nd Big Fin/Sea Devil 338.45 3rd Praying Mantis 324.90 4th Cold Steel 324.45 5th Two & a Half Men 324.35 6th Hot Pursuit Two/Whiplash 323.85 7th Thunderstruck 318.80 7th Breaktime 318.80 9th 5 More Minutes/Sunchaser 314.40 10th Cold Water Affair/Lucky Enuff 311.55 11th Seaducktion 304.35 12th Thinking Big 289.20 13th Rockwood 288.65 14th Hot Wires 284.75 15th Ace Charters/TroubleShooter 282.00 16th Team A-TOM-MIK 273.50 17th Finders Keepers 273.35 18th Liquid Plumber 269.70 19th Horsin' Around 263.85 20th Broad Horizons 263.45 21st Iron Man 262.20 22nd Subject to Change 259.65 23rd Team Buffa 255.90 24th Out for Trout 250.90 25th High Adventure 242.00 26th Good Times/Big Weenie 223.50 27th Screamer/A-TOM-MIK 220.10 28th Trout One/Fish Chopper 220.08 29th Goin Deep 220.00 30th Blue Eyed Lady 211.80 31st Flash 5 205.10 32nd Team TK 204.00 33rd Salmon Tracker 196.40 34th Popeye/Crazy B*tch 187.45 35th Dixie Dandy 180.80 36th Off Track 174.60 37th BV Express/Team Minnow 167.60 38th Team Sparks 164.10 39th Fast & Silver 151.00 40th Hat Trick 135.70 41st Fish Nuts 109.80 42nd Daniel Fishing Team 107.40 43rd More Marvelous 105.60

Yes Boat will be killing KINGS saturday am !!! Tom

as long as your not jigging a hunk of lead with pointed barbed thingys sticking out of it then you'll be fine

Thanks again to all involved A questionnaire will be sent to all involved after winter If you have thoughts or concerns please forward to [email protected] TYVM Tom

Good luck to all this coming weekend for those involved in the Fair Haven Challenge !!! Also Best of Luck to those in the hunt for the 3rd Annual 2011 A-TOM-MIK Triple Crown Out of a possible 240+ total team entrants from a 3 port structure, this 3rd annual event (but 1st under new rules) was an awesome showing Once again a special thanks to the 50 teams that committed to fish for the over-all title Over $5000.00 to be handed out in cash to the top 10 over-all teams this weekend in the Triple Crown Another $3000.00 in cash for The Fair Haven Challenge alone Tom

Just an update once again We are terribly behind Please expect about 5 to 6 business days for delivery from online direct sales (for almost all orders) Very sorry, its been our best season ever THANKS TO ALL Tom

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Screwy Louies in Fair Haven will be the only spot

Best of luck to all

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