Canyon Runner Crews - 6/29-30 (HU2 - 4 Yellowfin - CR - 0 Fish)

[Canyon Runner]

Captain Mark DeBlasio had the Karl Schweinshaut charter from Newport, RI out on the Hooked Up 2 on Friday to Saturday and headed off to the 71 degree water east of the 1000 fathom line of the Toms. He arrived to find the water but it did not look as good as he hoped as the water was a mix off bluish/green but he did find a few fish. The first was a white they lost before the official release and had another one up and put 4 nice 12-15 pound mahi in the boat before dark. On the drift at night they lost a mako but had no other bites. Up on the troll in the morning working 9000 feet of water 30 miles east of the tip of the Toms canyon they read a ton of bait and finally pick 4 real nice yellowfin. The first which was also the biggest ate a Braid Marauder 15 feet from the transom and was close to 100 pounds. The rest were 60-70 pounds and ate ballyhoo. Those 4 yellowfin while real nice fish were the only tuna bites of the overnighter.

Capt. Phil Dulanie had the Jim Dovico charter out on the Canyon Runner leaving very late Friday they did not get off to the water until 11pm and thus went right to the drift. They did not have a touch at night and saw barely any life in the lights. Up on the troll in the morning they stayed in around the 1000 - 1200 fathom line in 68 degree water and did not have a touch all morning. They worked down from the 1000-1200 fathom lines of the Toms to the Carteret and struck out. Trying to bail out the trip they ran up to the Toms to drop for tilefish and also struck out. All in all a very bad trip. They did read a ton of bait all day (see pictures) attached of our Northstar recorder but to no avail - which made it that much more frustrating for them.

[LuckyLady]

Something is better than nothing but that makes it a very long and flustrating day for sure!

Do you have the sat water temps on your north star? How do you like it? Heard its awesome, I am putting one on a 8000i this week and I haven't heard much feed back on them yet.

[Canyon Runner]

Yes we do and it is outstanding. The full Sirius Weather System give us water temp, wind and wave information and parcipiation information. So far it has been extremely accurate. Can't beleive we've been going offshore without it.

You can overlay alot of that info including the water temperature right on top of your charts which really stands it apart from some of the other packages we've seen and used.

You will love it!!!! Give me a call if you have any specific questions.

[Capt. Mark]

Luckylady .. just to add to Adams comments, the 6100 is the only Northstar unit that is currently supporting Sirius satellite weather/temps. We opted for the 6100 instead of the 8000 series for this reason. The ability to view SST's while fishing is awesome and the Northstar overlays the SST right onto your bathy chart, making it easier to locate breaks along structure. Either way, I wouldnt want to go offshore these days without it ...

Mark

[LuckyLady]

Yes we do and it is outstanding. The full Sirius Weather System give us water temp, wind and wave information and parcipiation information. So far it has been extremely accurate. Can't beleive we've been going offshore without it.

You can overlay alot of that info including the water temperature right on top of your charts which really stands it apart from some of the other packages we've seen and used.

You will love it!!!! Give me a call if you have any specific questions.

Luckylady .. just to add to Adams comments, the 6100 is the only Northstar unit that is currently supporting Sirius satellite weather/temps. We opted for the 6100 instead of the 8000 series for this reason. The ability to view SST's while fishing is awesome and the Northstar overlays the SST right onto your bathy chart, making it easier to locate breaks along structure. Either way, I wouldnt want to go offshore these days without it ...

Mark

Thanks!

Kind of figured you guys had it, it would make sense not too!

I have heard awesome things with the Sirius stuff just haven't got to tinker with it on too many units, people are really starting to add them in this year with the newer systems coming out. So I was curious to the feed back, nothing but good so far!

I know Furuno is releasing Sirius soon on more of their units and the rest should be right behind it.

I know down at the Miami and AC shows they said there was a lot more coming with the 8000 series, sure it soon but not sure how soon.