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Our team is def still intertested...would like an Am spot as this is our first round...but open to possibilities. Glad your hosting your Invitational again as well Tom! Even dont have a team together certainly look to observe again! Great time!

Selling her already Casey??

Still have these Dave??

NIce post Kevin! Wondered how the gunning has been up there? Now that the smoke pole is put away we are going to try & get a few more hunts in on Champlain..

YUP!

Nice Job Kevin! Just finished our season opener over here in Vt and have to say quite dissappointed in the number of ducks around so far?? Not much gunning but still fun out with my son! Enjoy!!

Hey guys, I certainly agree with patterning & palying with new loads. I currently shot an 870 sp & 3&1/2 for turkey...but stick with 3" for ducks. I found that HS shot much better with standard full choke (again for Turkey hunting) as the super full from HS strut that i shot with lead really blew up the HS loads. Now for ducks....I have usually shot Kent or Rem #4 steel for dabblers back here in Vermont. I did a weekend on the Cape for Sea Ducks ( your right MIss D....they are a P.I.T.A to kill) But shot the new Black Clud #2 in advice from the guide. Really liked the kknock down & Range. I am going back down Halloween weekend & plan on trying the new Winchester Blind Side with a MOd choke. Have heard good stuff & the tests seem to make sense. Now for back home I will probably stick Win #4 steel as we do a ton of pass shooting...& it gets fast & furiouse! BTW....any body that has ever had the itch to try sea ducks.....Last year we hit 3 species of Scoter, Eiders & Squa....check out Jack Renfrew at Coastline Guide Service. http://www.coastlineguideservice.com . Jack is one of the best on the New England Coast....he won't steer you wrong!

certainly have hit many thoughts & details on the nail head! As many have said.....should be a great read for newbies! I would have cut my learning curve much shorter over the last 6 years if some one had filled me in on half the stuff! Well done!

Congrats Ed! Cant wait to see her in person! [ Post made via Android ]

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name:Flashpoint ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s): Time on Water:20- 24 hrs Weather/Temp:clear sunny Wind Speed/Direction: Waves: Surface Temp: 71 Location: LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits:13, 16, 11 Total Boated:9,10,6 Species Breakdown:14 Kings, 9 Browns,1 Coho, 1 Laker Hot Lure: Chrome Spinny & Chips with Tg Fly & Hammer Live Fly, Green Gator UV Spoon, Die Hard & Moonshine spoons in the am Trolling Speed: varied Down Speed: 2.4 - 2.6 Boat Depth: 75 to 150 Lure Depth: 80 to 110 ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS Just an incredible run the last week. No doubt the Evening bite has been hotter then the AM but we have done fish all times out. The temp really moved in early in the week & so did the fish. We have been getting a really nice mixed box with the kings running in tighter, leaving a couple small spoons down on the riggers has picked up browns while the Kings have been killing the dipsies! Friday we had a king spooled the 300 copper got him back about half way only to have him cross up another line and break the copper at the knot! arrgghh...300 copper Gone! FRiday we made a troll out to 150 ( as we have been doing a mainly east-west troll) found some VERY cold water , made our turn back and the 500 copper pops. Not a a screaming run but some good weight. Bring it in to find a Laker pushing the 20 lb mark! Really pretty fish that my client decides to put on the wall. Sunday we dropped a few that should have helped the box, had a screamer on the 500 that we finally get in, only to drop him with a head shake 30 ft from the boat. hour later we hook up a beautiful Coho on the dipsie, make some awesome tuna like runs coming right out of the water! get him in, the client couldnt keep the dipsie up ....as cohos do he went around the out drive & then a rigger cable before I could get him in the net....GONE! A very nice fish I have no doubt would push 20 pounds.....Oh well. We still finished with a very good box & all groups rebooking for next year! Lets hope this week keeps up the action! Here is a few pics.. Here is the nice laker taken on the copper. Sundays take ====================

Fishing Report Atommik Invitational & beyond Your Name / Boat Name: ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):8/10-12 Time on Water:20 hrs Weather/Temp: Wind Speed/Direction:Varied from Friday through Sunday..east Friday & early Sat. Turned to west SW Waves: 1-3 & 3- 6 on 8/12 Surface Temp: Location: LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 7, 8, 6 each day Total Boated:2 , 4, 2 Species Breakdown:2 -Coho's the rest Kings Hot Lure: You name it..we tried it! Trolling Speed: Down Speed: Boat Depth: Lure Depth: ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS Came in town to attend the Atommik Invitational with an invite to Prefish with Team Popeye/Crazy B!tch on Big Fish Friday. We worked our way out to the 350 area east of the harbor with one 10lb king coming to the boat with the first rigger we set down. This hit came in about 140 fow...things pretty quiet after that for a couple hours. we worked the 350 to 600 area east of the Harbor in building seas & decided to troll west. Things were prett snotty out in the 600 fow area so we pointed Capt. Stengers Tiara towards shore on a sw troll. As luck would have it, rods started popping about 12:30 with brighting skies. We picked up a really nice Coho on the Port dipsie , but had a case of the dropsies for a bit after that. We finished with a nice King missing the 20lb mark by 6 onces...coming on the 500 copper! Capt Stenger with The nice Coho! Robin from Team C.B. & her King that came off the copper! Thanks so much for Capt Stenger & Crazy B!itch team for having me along! Had a great day with an awesome crew! Saturday I was picked to Ride with Team Striker out of Wilson for the main tourney. First time getting to ride on a 33ft Trojan, what a Tournement machine! The crew had plans of running quite away to the east to stay on some fish they had found in the waters Northeast of the Salmon River area. The Team had a pretty good morning started after putting four really nice fish in the box before 10:00, one on the rigger all the rest of the hits for the day came on copper of variouse lengths. We had been working the 140 to 200 area but our fish seemed to have moved deeper & the bite slowed. About 12:30 after a pretty quiet stretch the 600 copper takes a hit and a MASSIVE Run! This fish went deep into the backing & never came up in the column. After working the fish for close to 40 min & getting him with 100 ft of the boat , one shake of his head & fish gone. The team could only guess what the fish could have weighed, but after three huge runs no doubt it had some size. The team ended up coming in 11th out of the field of almost 50 teams...not to shabby for a team coming from the West end! A great crew that treated me like one of thier own. We had a the best weather day of the three days with almost calm seas, but never had that extra bite to get them in the high $$ area. Team Striker cleaning up after the weigh in. A big Thanks To Tom Allen & the Atommik Team for putting on an awesome event! A Great group of folks who put on a wonderful dinner & awards banquet Saturday evening on the Oswego water front! No doubt you will see an all VT team in this tourney next year! Sunday I stayed in town to mate for Capt. Eric Steele & MadSierra Charters. Saturday evening was a goose egg for his group with the hard w- sw wind building. Sunday we headed to the west with the plan of working our way out till we found fish & troll east with the wind. Once we got out to the 350 area ( a slow ride in 3 - 6ft seas) we had marked some pretty good arcs in the 325 area so we set up & begain our troll. We fired a rigger & two dippsies with out a fish hitting the deck! Could not keep them hooked up! We moved back & forth between the 330 - 300 area trolling past Alcan. We finally got a good rip on the 450 copper & a really nice Coho hit the deck. Get it set back up ( with aanother dipsire grab & go in the mix) and the copper takes a ride again! While the fisherman has this fish halfway we have another grab & go on the starboard rigger...no body home!! (hhmmm....Coho's??) We get the fish on the copper in turns out to be a Juve King about 15lbs. We trolled a bit longer & the crew had decided they had enough of the 3 to 6ft swells & we called it! Green glow spinny with a Sweet Pea Fly took both hits on the copper. Chrome/Green Dot Chip with a Hammer fly took a couple hits, along with a Blue Dolphin Stinger on the rigger. Temp was deep, any where from 90 to 120 down we found the low 50 degree stuff. Over all a pretty good weekend in less then stellar conditions! Met a ton of great people & made some wonderful new friends! Be back out to O'town next weekend & there right through the month & into sept. Lets hope for some stable water & winds! ====================

ARRGGHH...on my way out right now! I am going to blow a gasket if the came on the boat!

I have found the same...leave it on Auto then zoom once I find what I am looking for. I have a Raymarine unit, sometimes I will split & zoom on the area that I have my my riggers & dipsies set at (temp) Many times it's just the bait your looking for..sometimes you see arcs streaking up, but many times we have hits & dont even see any fish on the screen. But OHH BOY is the bait there!

There are some fish inclose...but very scattered. If you find some bait you have to stay on them and work over a tight way point. When the winds have allowed the 350 to 500 run has been better.

The DEC guys were very thurough but curtious. They checked all clients lic, equipment, My Capt. Lic & Insurance etc. They wished us good luck & on our way! First time it has happened for me!

Just got back from Oswego & ran the 3 weights you see posted. The ran awesome ...virtually No blow back down 90 ft at 2.5 & they ran true as promised! Def worth the $$ [ Post made via Android ]

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name:Flashpoint ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s): Time on Water:12hrs Weather/Temp:clear Wind Speed/Direction:5 to 8mph Waves: 1&1/2 to 2 Surface Temp: 73 Location: LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 14 Total Boated 6 Species Breakdown:5 Kings, 1 laker Hot Lure: Capt Valium with TG fly, White Crush green dot Spinny with Sweetpea fly, UV Stinger mag spoon in Green Gator Trolling Speed: 2.8 to 3.5 sog Down Speed: 2.4 to 2.7 Boat Depth: 120 to 140 fow Lure Depth: 80 to 95 down ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS Fished wed evening west of the Harbor, found some bait at the 130ft line & kept working it. Ended the evening 2 for 6 with a 15 pounder on a dipsie & a 25 on the Gator spoon off the riggers. Went back to the same way points on Thursday as everyone else was running out to 500. First pass and the port dipsie fires....20 pounder in the box. We kept working this way point until the DEC decided to crash our show & vist for a bit. They were good to work with, but we drifted out to 200 while with them. Got back on the fish with one more in the box, ended up 4 for 8 3rd time was the charm for Scott & this fat female. The morning catch minus the laker. ====================

All Flashers arrived safe & sound Casey! Thanks man!

Sweet pea, Glow Hammer & Little Boy Blue in the low light are winners to!!