A RECORD SETTING YEAR OF FISHING ACTION

As we count down the days remaining in 2011 I want to thank you for being a client and for realizing that every one of your fishing trips is important enough to have the comprehensive fishing forecasting information that ROFFS™ provides. Our goal is to get you to the concentrations of feeding fish fast using science and experience. From the reports you sent back, we achieved this again. In addition to many fish and big fish, the fishing oceanographic analyses increase your fish per hour rate, as well as, increasing your fish per gallon of fuel (i.e. increased catch efficiency). The 2011 fishing year was another excellent year for ROFFS™. Our clients (you) won awards in 561 categories in just 124 major tournaments. This increases the 21 year tally to 5698 winners! The 558 winners is a ROFFS™ record as it surpasses the previous number of winners (537) set in 2009. We suspect that there are other winning efforts we still have not heard about.

We are often told that ROFFS™ helps level the playing field for people who are not on the water everyday, yet helps the good fishermen produce more. ROFFS™ clients also won top awards in multiple tournament venues such as the North Carolina and South Carolina Governor’s Cups, SKA Yamaha Professional Kingfish Tour including SKA Lady Angler of the Year, Ocean City (MD) Marlin Club Seasonal, Beach Haven Marlin and Tuna Club Seasonal, the Cape May Marlin and Tuna Club Seasonal, Mobile Big Game Fishing Club Seasonal, and Corpus Christi Big Game Fishing Club Seasonal tournament. Please review the enclosed Winners List and send additions, photos, videos, video links, and other corrections. We also received many calls and emails of great fishing days independent of tournaments. Thank you for those happy notes, photos, and videos. Please send more!

Again, we were able to fulfill 93% of all requests for analyses this year which is an amazing accomplishment by our team of expert satellite fisheries oceanographers considering how challenging clouds, fog, and smoke are when trying to observe the ocean. This was accomplished due to the experience and astuteness of our analysts that manipulate (re-calibrate, re-navigate, etc.), as well as, interpret and integrate the satellite with other oceanographic data. ROFFS™ is now using all the functioning NOAA infrared satellite data (NOAA_15, 16, 18, 19), along with the NASA Terra and Aqua satellites (infrared and visible ocean color-chlorophyll + dissolved colored organic matter misnamed “plankton” or “clarity satellites”) and the European Space Agency (ESA) Metop-A (infrared) and ENVISAT (visible ocean color and synthetic aperture radar) satellites. We plan to continue fulfilling your orders at this rate even as the satellites are aging and degrading. We are working on receiving additional infrared, ocean color, and other satellite data.

With the abundance of satellite data, as well as, other hydrographic and meteorological data we are better able to visualize and understand the ocean circulation and water mass boundary features related to fish distribution and catch success. This allows ROFFS™ to continue providing our unique and superior detailed fishing oceanographic analysis, even though it is a time intensive process. We continue developing state-of-the-science customized tools and techniques in our never tiring attempt to provide more accurate, precise, and reliable analyses.

Nineteen state records, one U.S. record, one Gulf of Mexico record, one Bahamas record, and four IGFA world records have been set by our clients when using our analyses:

Other honors and accomplishments by our clients include: