Oswego 8/10 - 12

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Fishing Report Atommik Invitational & beyond

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TRIP OVERVIEW

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Date(s):8/10-12

Time on Water:20 hrs

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Wind Speed/Direction:Varied from Friday through Sunday..east Friday & early Sat. Turned to west SW

Waves: 1-3 & 3- 6 on 8/12

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FISHING RESULTS

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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!

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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!

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[SHAKE-N-BAKE]

Great report Flashpoint, sounds like a fantastic weekend.