ROFFS™ Fishy Times Newsletter – 30th Edition – Pirates Cove Billfish, New Catch Reports/Tournament Winners & Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone

NEWS

2014 Pirates Cove Billfish – Get Your Orders in Early!

Please click HERE to place your orders for your ROFFS™ analyses today for the 2014 Pirates Cove Billfish Tournament…

Updated Catch Reports Section of ROFFS™ Website

Chris Vennetti & John Gallager fishing in the Heyes Canyon last Friday on the “Raging Bull” (See Photo Above.)

Be sure to visit the section titled “Catch Reports” located under the “Insights” tab on our ROFFS™ website that will feature current catch reports from areas such as the Northeastern U.S., North Carolina/Hatteras, South Carolina/Georgia, Florida, the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, and the Gulf of Mexico.   We continue to post weekly updates in this category so please check back often.

Please click HERE to view last week’s catch reports…

Congratulations to our clients Captain Matt Tsiklistas, Brian Gattie, Courtney Dillard & Dave Feldman fishing on the “Double Trouble” who won 2nd Place Overall in last week’s Sapelo Kingfish Tournament (GA) with their nice 39 lb. kingfish. (See Photo Above.)

ROFFS™ Recent Tournament Results

Congratulations to our recent tournament winners!

Texas International Fishing Tournament (TIFT): 1^st Place Overall, 1^st Place Blue Marlin & 1^st Place Highest Offshore Points Bill Cannan & Joey Mahmound (No Compromise).

Nice Blue Marlin! Congratulations to ROFFS™ Clients Bill Cannan, Joey Mahmoud and the crew on “No Compromise” in the Texas International Fishing Tournament. 1st Place Overall, 1st Place Blue Marlin and 1st Place Highest Offshore Points (photo above).

Ocean City Marlin Club Overnight Tournament (NJ): 1^st Place Release, 2^nd Place Overall & 2^nd Place Dolphin (tie) Brian Sullivan (Emanon); 3^rd Place Release Joseph Roberts (Love Boat).

Heels & Reels Ladies Tournament (MD): 1^st Place Billfish Release Captain Chris Martin, Vicky McCann, Debbie McCann, Suzette Frank & Maria Herron (Sea Slammer); 2^nd Place Billfish Release Captain Bobby Pastorius, Jenn Pastorius & Kristen Brown (Jenny Poo); 3^rd Place Billfish Release Captain Frank Goodhart, Monica Freese & Brenda Goodhart (Brenda Lou); 1^st Place Dolphin & 2^nd Place Dolphin Captain JoJo Joachimowski, Bernadette Mumford & Maria Baiocco (Knot Again); 3^rd Place Dolphin Frank Pettolina & Jen Otto (Last Call); 1^st Place Tuna & 3^rd Place Tuna Patrick Svehla & Tamara Sears (Grande Pez).

Sapelo Kingfish Tournament (GA): 2^nd Place Overall Captain Matt Tsiklistas, Brian Gattie, Courtney Dillard & Dave Feldman (Double Trouble).

Mobile Big Game Fishing Club Ladies Tournament (AL): 1^st Place Dolphin Chris Haley & Amy Snedeker (Skin Deep); 1^st Place Wahoo Jon Pinney & Elizabeth McVean (Donny D III).

Please click HERE to view the newly updated 2014 winners list on our website…

Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zone” is the Size of Connecticut

Scientists from the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found an area of 5,052 square miles of “low oxygen water” or hypoxia in their annual survey.

The Gulf of Mexico dead zone is caused by nutrients that wash into the Gulf’s waters, which in turn boost the growth of algae blooms that suck up the oxygen.

These nutrients come from “human activities, such as agriculture and wastewater” according to NOAA and the U.S. Geological Survey. The nutrients end up in the Mississippi River which deposits them into the Gulf.

Scientists first discovered a dead zone in these waters in 1972. The patch varies in size from year to year.

This year’s dead zone was right in line with predictions and is smaller than the five-year average of 5,550 square miles. The survey was taken from July 27 to Saturday.

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