Dear 2016 Ocean City White Marlin Tournament Anglers:

You do not have to use ROFFS™ to win at the White Marlin Open, but it certainly helps. In the last 13 years (2003-2015), we had many clients who won a total of 142 major categories at this Ocean City tournament. These totals do not include the daily or Calcutta winners. In 2015 there were many winners including 1st & 2^nd Place White Marlin, 1^st & 2^nd Place Boat, 1^st & 2nd Place Release, 1^st Place Tuna, 1^st Place Dolphin, for a total of 13 winners (not counting the daily and Calcutta winners). In the 2008 tournament, the Maryland State Blue Marlin Record and first place winner was set by one of our clients.

Not only did our clients win big at Ocean City over the last several years, but overall in 2015 they won 387 different categories in 98 major tournaments. Over the last 25 years the total numbers of reported winners tallies at 7381 which includes five World Records, one United States Record and 24 State Records. In 2016 we already have one state (MA) wahoo record and a pending IGFA world record wahoo.

We are ready to help you find and catch the next winning fish and next record fish. Our clients still tell us that they fish our ROFFS Hot Spot selections and catch fish 85% of the time and more when the conditions are favorable! They value our expertise and call us regularly to discuss our fishing oceanographic analyses. They certainly do not want to guess using internet or radio delivered satellite images or other less meaningful products.

Above: Special ROFFS™ northeastern U.S. analysis from the 2015 Ocean City White Marlin Open. Please click HERE to read the entire article and to place your order via our online VIP order form on our website now! Updated Videos on ROFFS™.com – Be Sure to Check Out the “Hot News” Button on the ROFFS™ Homepage

Sailfish on the Flats!          Captain Christian Yergens won the lottery with this catch! On the flats while Tarpon fishing this sailfish shows up. Congratulations buddy! Video Courtesy: The Fish Hawk | Facebook Please click HERE to watch the video on our website now! Hammerhead Shark Vs. Tiger Shark!       For those of you who didn’t see on Facebook or just wanna see again, here’s the 40 second clip of a 7-8 foot hammerhead being eaten off my line by a 1,000+ pound tiger shark while I was out tuna fishing with @pelagiccharters  Video Courtesy: Gulf South Outdoors | Facebook Please click HERE to watch the video on our website now! Jumping Mako!           Hooked a giant Mako shark this morning, by far the coolest experience I’ve had in two decades on the water. We broke it off after 5 minutes as we needed to be back for our PM 1/2 day trip. Fish was over #500 easy. Unreal fish and glad we could put a few super nice NFL pros on a giant fish! Video Courtesy: El Gato Sportfishing | Facebook Please click HERE to watch the video on our website now! Texas Bull Mahi!         Texas bull mahi-mahi with Capt Scott McCune. Video Courtesy: Scott McCune | Facebook Please click HERE to watch the video on our website now! Trolling Inshore Lumps for Tunas!             The eighth episode of the 2016 season with Captain Ricky Wheeler takes place aboard the 52′ Ocean Yacht ‘Saltitude’ targeting tuna on the inshore lumps 30-40 miles off of the coast of NJ/DE/MD. The bite was on during this trip with some nice bluefins in the 50-55 inch class and they even managed to sneak in a yellowfin tuna. Video Courtesy: CaptainRickyWheeler | YouTube Please click HERE to watch the video on our website now! Lady Luck!            INCREDIBLE- ADDITIONAL footage (Aerial/Underwater) of the Sinking of the ?#LadyLuck yesterday at ?#Shipwreckpark. A new artificial reef and International Dive Destination in ?#PompanoBeach Florida. Video Courtesy: WIOD | Facebook Please click HERE to watch the video on our website now!

Updated Client Photos 

Above: Congratulations to ROFFS™ Clients Captain Allen Gagnon & Shawn Brennan (Brennan’s Grin) 1st Place Points Overall & 1st Place Billfish Release Points in the Oak Bluffs Bluewater Classic (MA) last week.

Please click HERE to our newly updated 2016 client photo gallery on our website now! NEWSFAU Harbor Branch Releases Recommendations for Improving Distribution of Indian River Lagoon Data Report  Press Release Courtesy: FAU / Carin Campbell Smith | Originally Published: July 7, 2016

In the midst of the algae crisis, FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) will release recommendations on better utilizing the important research being conducted on the Indian River Lagoon (IRL). The recommendations will be presented by Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D., HBOI research professor and IRL Observatory director, at the IRL Council Board of Directors on Friday, July 8 at 9:30 a.m. at Sebastian City Hall, 1225 Main St., in Sebastian.

This workshop is the first organized effort to address where IRL data is housed, what types of data are collected, how the data is used and whether or not scientists and agencies can do a better job of collecting, organizing, translating and sharing the data.

“We need to answer these questions,” said Hanisak. “If we do, then we may be able to understand how we can all work better together to share the knowledge and make changes in how we manage the Lagoon in the future.”

The recommendations are based on input from scientists, policymakers, developers and other stakeholders that were given during a recent workshop. All the findings are outlined in the report “Connecting Users to IRL Data,” which is available online.

Please click HERE to read the full article on our website now! Backlash? Feedback?

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