Salt Water Sportsman seminar coming to Mohegan Sun
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Circle Saturday, March 13, 2010, on your calendar!
That's when the Salt Water Sportsman National Seminar Series' New England presentation lands at the Mohegan Sun Casino (Uncasville, Connecticut) with an information-packed and entertaining day on how to catch more and bigger saltwater game fish off New England -- inshore, nearshore and offshore. The 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. event, presented by Sperry Top-Sider, will be held inside the Casino's Uncas Ballroom.
Headlining the event will be George Poveromo -- Host of George Poveromo's World of Saltwater Fishing on ESPN2, and a Senior Editor for Salt Water Sportsman. Along with Barry Gibson -- A prominent tuna captain and striper guide with over 40 years experience in fishing New England waters. Gibson also served as Editor for Salt Water Sportsman for 25 years.
Now in its 23rd year of touring, the Salt Water Sportsman National Seminar Series has earned the distinction of being the nation's most popular and longest-running educational seminar on recreational marine angling.
Joining Poveromo and Gibson in Connecticut will be Captain Rick Mola -- Legendary Norwalk-based Long Island Sound striped bass veteran and offshore tuna expert; Captain Greg Dubrule -- Distinguished skipper of the Niantic River-based Black Hawk II and authority on fishing the Sound and Race; Captain Mike Marro -- Noted New England trophy bass and tuna fishing authority aboard his Clinton-based Bluefin Charters; Captain Eric Matland -- Innovative light tackle/artificial lure pro who specializes in River and shallow-water fishing for striped bass and bluefish, as well as fishing top waters offshore for bluefin tuna.
Jimmy Price -- legendary North Carolina-based trophy flounder authority and that state's Number One flounder fishing pro going on ten consecutive years; Dr. Mitchell Roffer -- the nation's leading authority on locating surface temperature breaks and ocean-circulation features that hold fish; Captain Joe Trainor -- Legendary captain of the Over-Under Adventures charter boat and a veteran northeast shark and tuna pro; and Zac Harvey -- Rhode Island-based authority on fishing for trophy striped bass, fluke, tuna and sharks in New England waters.
Courses for the March 13, New England presentation will focus on: Live-baiting for trophy striped bass; Spinner-and-worm fishing for striped bass; Stripers on topwater lures; Diamond-jigging for striped bass and bluefish; Chunking for big striped bass; Inshore wire-line techniques; Secrets of fishing the rips; How to keep track of and locate the largest bluefish in the Sound; Bluefish on surface lures; Targeting jumbo bluefish.
Other courses include: How to choose, rig and fish the most productive New England artificials; How and where to catch winter flounder by the numbers; Trophy fluke tactics; Chumming up big fluke; How to catch a tournament winning fluke; Southern tactics that will take more and larger New England fluke; Secrets of fishing Long Island Sound; Secrets of fishing the Mystic River; Bottom-fishing for inshore table fare (flounder, black sea bass, blackfish); Targeting trophy blackfish; How to locate blackfish when they seem scarce; Bucktailing for trophy black sea bass; Chumming and chunking for bonito and false albacore; Florida-style tactics that catch more and larger New England bonito and false albacore.
Bluefin tuna on light tackle and lures; Cutting-edge tactics that take bigger Mako sharks; Kite fishing for sharks and tuna; Can't miss tuna trolling patterns; Cutting-edge tuna chunking tactics; Live-baiting for tunas; Advanced methods for bluefin and yellowfin tuna; Zeroing in on big eye tuna; How to choose, rig and fish the best lures and natural baits for tuna; Tournament winning offshore trolling tactics; Subsurface offshore trolling tactics; Cutting edge spreader bar and dredge tactics; Secrets for catching more inshore tuna; Top tricks for fishing the canyons!
"One of the big things that sets the Seminar Series apart, in addition to amount of information taught by our faculty, is the elaborate visual support that backs the individual sessions," says Poveromo. "To support the key points we are making on stage, informative visuals, video footage, line art, fish, action, and rigging images will beam from twin 10' by 10' foot screens. Our teaching teams are flanked by these screens. It's quite the production, and the audience gets to see in explicit detail the fine points of what we're explaining up there on stage. And no two shows are alike. In fact, we have to tear down our visuals after each seminar and recreate them for the next city."
"The best endorsement the Seminar Series has is the fact that we've been filling major auditoriums going on 23 years now," says Poveromo. "Sometimes I feel like it's just us and the Rolling Stones! You certainly can't do that with a second rate show. That's a long time, and quite the credit to the seminar."
A ticket to the Seminar Series costs $ 55.00, and includes a course textbook, a one-year subscription or extension to Salt Water Sportsman Magazine, one Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecast Analysis (offshore tuna, dolphin and marlin only), a bottle of OrPine Wash & Wax, one spool of Sufix fishing line, and a $ 20.00 discount card for Capt. Harry's Fishing Supply (based on a purchase of $ 150.00 or more).
The names of all attendees of the New England seminar will be entered into the Grand Prize drawing to win an incredible bonefishing excursion to the Bimini Sands Resort and Marina. The drawing will be held at the conclusion of the seminar that day and one lucky person will win the trip for two!
In addition, the names of all attendees from the 2010 Seminar Series Tour will be entered into the drawing for the Super Grand Prize -- a brand new Mako 18 LTS (Light Tackle Skiff)! The drawing for the boat will take place one week after the completion of the final seminar on the tour, and one lucky winner will take home the boat!
To order tickets by phone using a major credit card, call 1-800-448-7360. To order tickets on-line or for more info, visit: www.nationalseminarseries.com.
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Last week was a tough one for most anglers especially ice fishing fans. Ponds and lakes near the coast no longer sport safe ice due to the January thaw. Inland ponds and lakes have some safe ice but if you plan to try ice fishing please be very careful.
Last week Marc Tomassullo, Ray Cook and Mike Hickey fished Candlewood Lake with lots of success. Mike led the way with a nice brown trout estimated to weigh 5-pounds. Marc and Ray caught an assortment of perch and bass. They were using live shiners for bait.
Fred Bonilla fished Kensico Reservoir last week. Using shiners for bait and fishing from shore, he pulled in a 4.5-pound and a 6-pound lake trout.
Cross River Reservoir is red hot. Gene Barry and his friend, Phyllis, fished there last week with lots of success. Using a jig with a spike, they caught lots of white and yellow perch and some trout.
Paul McFarland used a jug sweetened with fatheads to catch of pair of brown trout and a hefty smallmouth bass at Cross River. The browns weighed 2 and 3 --pounds and the smallie was 4.5-pounds.
Chris Miller limited out twice last week on brown trout at Cross River. He also caught some white perch and crappies. The largest trout tipped the scales at 3.5-pounds. All of the fish were taken using fatheads.
Pete "why should I work when I can fish" Miller caught several brown trout weighing up to 4-pounds at Cross River. He also caught some smallmouth bass and a few perch. He was also using fatheads.
A little closer to home Sean at Sportsman's Den says that he has seen a few anglers catching panfish and crappie on the lower Mianus River. Sean also said that a customer came in and said that someone caught a 16-inch largemouth bass in the lower Mianus.
On the saltwater scene, herring have moved back into the area after a short hiatus. Sean at Sportsman's Den says that his customers are catching plenty of herring at Grass Island. And Nick at Fisherman's World says that his customers are catching lots of herring by the Norwalk Maritime Center.
Martin Armstrong is a member of the Fisheries Advisory Council, a lifetime member in Trout Unlimited and a member of the Outdoors Writers Association.
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Circle Saturday, March 13, 2010, on your calendar!
That's when the Salt Water Sportsman National Seminar Series' New England presentation lands at the Mohegan Sun Casino (Uncasville, Connecticut) with an information-packed and entertaining day on how to catch more and bigger saltwater game fish off New England -- inshore, nearshore and offshore. The 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. event, presented by Sperry Top-Sider, will be held inside the Casino's Uncas Ballroom.
Headlining the event will be George Poveromo -- Host of George Poveromo's World of Saltwater Fishing on ESPN2, and a Senior Editor for Salt Water Sportsman. Along with Barry Gibson -- A prominent tuna captain and striper guide with over 40 years experience in fishing New England waters. Gibson also served as Editor for Salt Water Sportsman for 25 years.
Now in its 23rd year of touring, the Salt Water Sportsman National Seminar Series has earned the distinction of being the nation's most popular and longest-running educational seminar on recreational marine angling.
Joining Poveromo and Gibson in Connecticut will be Captain Rick Mola -- Legendary Norwalk-based Long Island Sound striped bass veteran and offshore tuna expert; Captain Greg Dubrule -- Distinguished skipper of the Niantic River-based Black Hawk II and authority on fishing the Sound and Race; Captain Mike Marro -- Noted New England trophy bass and tuna fishing authority aboard his Clinton-based Bluefin Charters; Captain Eric Matland -- Innovative light tackle/artificial lure pro who specializes in River and shallow-water fishing for striped bass and bluefish, as well as fishing top waters offshore for bluefin tuna.
Jimmy Price -- legendary North Carolina-based trophy flounder authority and that state's Number One flounder fishing pro going on ten consecutive years; Dr. Mitchell Roffer -- the nation's leading authority on locating surface temperature breaks and ocean-circulation features that hold fish; Captain Joe Trainor -- Legendary captain of the Over-Under Adventures charter boat and a veteran northeast shark and tuna pro; and Zac Harvey -- Rhode Island-based authority on fishing for trophy striped bass, fluke, tuna and sharks in New England waters.
Courses for the March 13, New England presentation will focus on: Live-baiting for trophy striped bass; Spinner-and-worm fishing for striped bass; Stripers on topwater lures; Diamond-jigging for striped bass and bluefish; Chunking for big striped bass; Inshore wire-line techniques; Secrets of fishing the rips; How to keep track of and locate the largest bluefish in the Sound; Bluefish on surface lures; Targeting jumbo bluefish.
Other courses include: How to choose, rig and fish the most productive New England artificials; How and where to catch winter flounder by the numbers; Trophy fluke tactics; Chumming up big fluke; How to catch a tournament winning fluke; Southern tactics that will take more and larger New England fluke; Secrets of fishing Long Island Sound; Secrets of fishing the Mystic River; Bottom-fishing for inshore table fare (flounder, black sea bass, blackfish); Targeting trophy blackfish; How to locate blackfish when they seem scarce; Bucktailing for trophy black sea bass; Chumming and chunking for bonito and false albacore; Florida-style tactics that catch more and larger New England bonito and false albacore.
Bluefin tuna on light tackle and lures; Cutting-edge tactics that take bigger Mako sharks; Kite fishing for sharks and tuna; Can't miss tuna trolling patterns; Cutting-edge tuna chunking tactics; Live-baiting for tunas; Advanced methods for bluefin and yellowfin tuna; Zeroing in on big eye tuna; How to choose, rig and fish the best lures and natural baits for tuna; Tournament winning offshore trolling tactics; Subsurface offshore trolling tactics; Cutting edge spreader bar and dredge tactics; Secrets for catching more inshore tuna; Top tricks for fishing the canyons!
"One of the big things that sets the Seminar Series apart, in addition to amount of information taught by our faculty, is the elaborate visual support that backs the individual sessions," says Poveromo. "To support the key points we are making on stage, informative visuals, video footage, line art, fish, action, and rigging images will beam from twin 10' by 10' foot screens. Our teaching teams are flanked by these screens. It's quite the production, and the audience gets to see in explicit detail the fine points of what we're explaining up there on stage. And no two shows are alike. In fact, we have to tear down our visuals after each seminar and recreate them for the next city."
"The best endorsement the Seminar Series has is the fact that we've been filling major auditoriums going on 23 years now," says Poveromo. "Sometimes I feel like it's just us and the Rolling Stones! You certainly can't do that with a second rate show. That's a long time, and quite the credit to the seminar."
A ticket to the Seminar Series costs $ 55.00, and includes a course textbook, a one-year subscription or extension to Salt Water Sportsman Magazine, one Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecast Analysis (offshore tuna, dolphin and marlin only), a bottle of OrPine Wash & Wax, one spool of Sufix fishing line, and a $ 20.00 discount card for Capt. Harry's Fishing Supply (based on a purchase of $ 150.00 or more).
The names of all attendees of the New England seminar will be entered into the Grand Prize drawing to win an incredible bonefishing excursion to the Bimini Sands Resort and Marina. The drawing will be held at the conclusion of the seminar that day and one lucky person will win the trip for two!
In addition, the names of all attendees from the 2010 Seminar Series Tour will be entered into the drawing for the Super Grand Prize -- a brand new Mako 18 LTS (Light Tackle Skiff)! The drawing for the boat will take place one week after the completion of the final seminar on the tour, and one lucky winner will take home the boat!
To order tickets by phone using a major credit card, call 1-800-448-7360. To order tickets on-line or for more info, visit: www.nationalseminarseries.com.
q
Last week was a tough one for most anglers especially ice fishing fans. Ponds and lakes near the coast no longer sport safe ice due to the January thaw. Inland ponds and lakes have some safe ice but if you plan to try ice fishing please be very careful.
Last week Marc Tomassullo, Ray Cook and Mike Hickey fished Candlewood Lake with lots of success. Mike led the way with a nice brown trout estimated to weigh 5-pounds. Marc and Ray caught an assortment of perch and bass. They were using live shiners for bait.
Fred Bonilla fished Kensico Reservoir last week. Using shiners for bait and fishing from shore, he pulled in a 4.5-pound and a 6-pound lake trout.
Cross River Reservoir is red hot. Gene Barry and his friend, Phyllis, fished there last week with lots of success. Using a jig with a spike, they caught lots of white and yellow perch and some trout.
Paul McFarland used a jug sweetened with fatheads to catch of pair of brown trout and a hefty smallmouth bass at Cross River. The browns weighed 2 and 3 --pounds and the smallie was 4.5-pounds.
Chris Miller limited out twice last week on brown trout at Cross River. He also caught some white perch and crappies. The largest trout tipped the scales at 3.5-pounds. All of the fish were taken using fatheads.
Pete "why should I work when I can fish" Miller caught several brown trout weighing up to 4-pounds at Cross River. He also caught some smallmouth bass and a few perch. He was also using fatheads.
A little closer to home Sean at Sportsman's Den says that he has seen a few anglers catching panfish and crappie on the lower Mianus River. Sean also said that a customer came in and said that someone caught a 16-inch largemouth bass in the lower Mianus.
On the saltwater scene, herring have moved back into the area after a short hiatus. Sean at Sportsman's Den says that his customers are catching plenty of herring at Grass Island. And Nick at Fisherman's World says that his customers are catching lots of herring by the Norwalk Maritime Center.
Martin Armstrong is a member of the Fisheries Advisory Council, a lifetime member in Trout Unlimited and a member of the Outdoors Writers Association.
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