Eidolon Style
I was once given the sage advice to “fish like you would as if on your own” and that has evolved to become my charter fishing style over the years. Embodying the Eidolon’s namesake, my comfort zone is away from the fleet, slipping in and out of the fog, or stretching out to find fish in spaces alone and off the beaten path. I am laid back to a fault and truly derive joy from the success of my clients. I enjoy sharing new experiences with novices and veterans alike while the perpetual child inside can be just as happy chasing Tuna as sight casting sea robins. I leave the dock with a plan but adapting to opportunity is where I shine. A fly and light tackle angler at heart, I am the type that enjoys fishing as both an escape from the stresses of every day life as well as the reward from accomplished challenges as a quiet, yet fiercely competitive person.
Capt. Shaun Ruge
I grew up as a fly and light tackle trout and warm water angler from the Hudson Valley Catskills area of upstate New York before trading my 5wt for a 9wt and transitioning to salt in 2000. Started with a brief five year stint exploring the rips, rock piles, and sand bars in and around Boston Harbor, Rhode Island, North and South Shores, and Cape Cod while based out of Winthrop MA.
I served as mate and co-captain with Riptide Charters from 2003 to 2019 fishing the Cape and Islands inshore, offshore and everything in between from scup and squid to Tuna, Mahi, and Marlin. I have authored, contributed content, or assisted with numerous fishing and boating TV, print, and digital media publications as well as engagements at some of the regions more popular seminar series, clubs, and retail venues. I am a Marine Electronics industry veteran, a licensed USCG Master, and currently reside in Centerville MA with my wife and two daughters.
Latitude Tournament Boats - Competitor 25
25’ LOA, 180 gal fuel capacity, Garmin Electronics.
Coming for the 2025 season!
A hand-built cedar strip Crystal River 16 technical poling skiff designed by Smith Marine Design and constructed in 2021.
The “Flatwing” is titled after one of my favorite fly patterns and offers a very stable, intimate platform that glides through backwaters, salt marshes, and sand flats. It is equally suited for slinking around under the cover of darkness or bright greasy bluebird days poling over shallow white sand.
At a stealthy 15 foot two inches in length it can accommodate two adult anglers or one adult and two children.
The Flatwing
The Flatwing is equipped with Garmin electronics including LiveScope sonar that can efficiently and accurately track individual fish within one hundred and twenty feet of the boat in any direction, a true force multiplier. While I prefer the timeless stealth of a 20’ Temple Fork push pole, a Garmin Force Kraken trolling motor and PowerPole micro aid with finer boat control.