Canyon Runner Report 12/10 - 2 Giants Boated Already & AC Seminar

[Canyon Runner]

First, I just want to give everyone a heads up that we already have 250 tickets sold for the Atlantic City Seminar and we will be closing down registration at 400. We have not even sent out our flyers yet (they are going out this week) so I expect to be sold out by New Years. Please do not wait any longer to book your tickets. Please call 732-842-6825 or email info@canyonrunner.com with your name, address and telephone number with how many tickets you need and we will immediately get back to you (below is more information on our Canyon Tuna/Marlin/Swordfish Seminar Series).

Now back to fishing - Capt. Mark DeBlasio called me at 6:45am Monday morning as two rods were screaming with line melting off the reel. He had a double on and mate Tom Kelly and friend John who showed up at the boat at mid-night last night to ride along were busy clearing lines. The bites came on the starboard rigger and starboard planner rod. At 7:30am Capt. Mark called back with an 85" Giant in the boat and was still fight the second.

I did not hear back from him for a while and was getting worried but at 8:15 he called back with a very fat 92" Giant tied off to the side of the boat and was walking the fish. They think the second fish might be close to 500 pounds but we will call it 450 for now.

They were busy cleaning up and are just now getting the rods back at to try to get their limit for the day. They are fishing about 12 miles outside the inlet down in Morehead and the bites came on horse ballyhoo skirted with Joe Shute hand tied lures. Thanks Joe for making a great product!!! Will have to get a bunch of them for next years canyon season.
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Atlantic City, NJ - January 19**Long Island, NY - March 29**Annapolis, MD - April 13**Newport, RI - April 26, 2008


Canyon Runner Sport Fishing’s mission from day-one has always been the same - put people on fish. Whether our charters, someone reading our latest article, or a guy reading our latest fishing report - if we help one person catch one more tuna we’ve succeeded. We’ve taken that to the next level in designing the most in-depth, detailed, and informative tuna, marlin and swordfish Seminar ever. Testimonials from the 3000+ participants in the last three years confirm this. But we always know there is room for improvement.

So this year, we’re going to focus on much more advanced methods and techniques to locate, hook, and land tuna, marlin, and swordfish. In addition, we have added 5 brand new breakout session topics. In total, we will offer 9 detailed hands-on breakout session topics. We’ve also added a 5th breakout session – one more 45-minute session than last year. Our 2008 Seminar Series can only be described as follows: “2008 – Going Beyond the Basic!!!!!”

New for 2008 will be 5 brand new hands-on breakout session topics focused on 1) Small Boat - Offshore Fishing with Canyon Runner Team Regulator; 2) Using Electronics to Locate Big Game with Northstar; 3) Advanced Swordfishing Tactics; 4) Jigging Tuna and Utilizing Spectra and Top-shots with Basil Pappas from BHP Tackle; and, 5) Offshore Safety with Viking Rafts. In addition, our most popular breakout session will return including Dennis Braid from Braid Tackle presenting breakout sessions on fighting big fish on stand-up tackle. Capt. Len Belcaro from Offshore Satellite Services will discuss analyzing offshore eddies and temperature breaks. You will continue to get your hands dirty rigging ballyhoo for tuna but we’ve added rigging split bill ballyhoo and circle hook rigs to this breakout session. Finally, you will learn to set up for chunking as if you were in our cockpit with demonstrations on rigging several different types of baits.

You’ll receive our 100+ page slide presentation and our detailed log book for the past 4-years with loran numbers, baits, and lures that produced best on every trip. You’ll be given our canyon checklist covering everything you need before heading to the deep. Finally, you’ll be provided every single article we’ve written. Most importantly, you’ll be an integral part of the Seminar. Your questions will guide the focus of our analysis. The show won't end until each and every question is answered.

We’ll have over $7,500+ in door prizes including our grand prize – a $2,000 gift certificate towards Canyon Runner Outfitters tackle plus a free sword trip down in Miami. Additional door prizes include Penn rods and reels, Momoi Fishing Line, Berkley line, Pelagic Gear, Sevenstrand tackle, Globalstar Satellite Phones, Hydro Glow Lights, equipment donated by the RFA, BHP Tackle, J&B Tackle, Fisherman Supply, Deep Sea Outfitters, The Big Game Fishing Journal/Offshore Satellite Services, Northstar and Regulator. We will also have a FREE continental breakfast and FREE snacks and coffee throughout the day.

Now - what is this worth? What is having your best canyon season ever worth? We have heard back from hundreds of attendees of our 2005, 2006, & 2007 Seminar and guess what – the season after attending our Seminar was their best season ever!!! Check out the 30+ pages of testimonials on our website to see for yourself.

The 2008 Seminars will be held at the Sheraton Convention Center Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ on January 19, the Huntington Hilton in Long Island, NY on March 29, the Annapolis Double Tree in Annapolis, MD on April 13 and the Newport Hyatt in Newport, RI on April 26. Registration and videos begin at 8:00am and our sponsors will have booths set up at that time, and throughout the day, to view and purchase their products.

To book your tickets ($110/person) please call 732-842-6825 or send an email to info@canyonrunner.com. You can pay with AMEX, Visa, or Mastercard or arrange payment by check. In your email, please provide your full name, address and telephone number so we can contact you if needed and send you your tickets. Please also indicate which Seminar you want to attend.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SOLD OVER 250 TICKEST FOR ATLANTIC CITY AND A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF TICKETS FOR THE OTHER SEMINARS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, PLEASE NOT THAT WE USUALLY SELLL OUT IN ADVANCE FOR ALL THE SEMINARS – SO BOOK YOUR TICKETS EARLY.

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http://powerandmotoryacht.com/columns/sfd/0705sfd/

[Canyon Runner]

Sorry guys I put the wrong date in the title line - Capt. Mark and crew caught these this Monday morning and there is a little bite going on still so hopefully they get another one for the limit.

[SeaBiscuit]

That's awesome! I hope they limit out. Can't wait for the report and pictures.
SeaBiscuit

[Canyon Runner]

Thanks - Mark sent me some great pictures of his fish on Saturday that I will post tonight. I know he has some good ones today so we will work on getting those posted soon as well.

[squirtis]

SWEET...

Tell them CONGRATS....2 SLOBS...that's getting it done.

We saw them fighting there fish on saturday while we were drowning our balyhoo's

Curtis

[Canyon Runner]

Capt. Mark just called and his fished today dressed at 382 and 285 respectively. Adding 25% to those weights and his bigger fish of the day was approximately 477 pounds.

Nice jobs guys!!! He promised me a bunch of pictures will be forthcoming and I will get them posted immediately.

Even better news - those Cummins QSM11 that we re-built our 48' Viking with this year continue to impress. They just fueled up for the first time in 9 trips so far down in Morehead and they only took 423 gallons. That is less than 50 gallons a trip. Even better we got our summary sheet from our Marine and over the past 5 years we averaged about 31,000 gallons a season up in New Jersey - this year with the Cummins QSM11s we only burn 19,450.

[Timken]

Great work Mark and Tom! Adam, keep those reports coming. Double header must have been fantastic! Looking forward to the pictures. I'm still trying to talk Brad into getting down there.
Adam - Do you have any new pics of the 60 Howell?

[BIGJAHOOTIE]

HEY CAPT MARK CONGRATS ON THE 2 GIANTS YOU KEEP MENTIONING PLANER BOARDS I WAS WONDERING WHICH KIND YOU USE???? PLEASE LET ME KNOW IT WOULD HEPL ME HERE IN MASS NEXT YEAR
P.S. SEE YOU AT NEWPORT IN APRIL

[Canyon Runner]

Thanks Guys - They are not planner boards - just regular old planners fished off of planner rods with 220# spectra line on an Penn International 80VSW. The rods are short rods that basically just extend over the gunnerl. They are the biggest planners they make - I believe #32s but I will double check.

Capt. Mark will be going over the entire set-up and application at our Seminars this year during the general session and we will have everything there for you to take a look at so we hope to see you there.

[BIGJAHOOTIE]

HEY THANKS FOR THE INFO YOU GUYS ROCK KEEP CATCHIN THEM UP

JA-HOOTIE