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Thanks everyone for the kind words - it's great to watch her interest in the outdoors grow with each passing trip we take together.

I was up in the 1000 Islands last week for a quick trip - didn't get to fish much but did have a chance to sneak out for a couple hours. Got to take the family and grandparents out fishing with me. It was pretty cool getting to fish with both my dad and my daughter on the same trip. Ended up boating a couple nice muskies but my 3-year old daughter stole the show when she landed her first ever musky! I hooked the fish, adjusted drag slightly and handed the rod over to Charlotte. She laid rod flat on gun rail of boat and cranked her trophy in. She got to catch the first ski’ of her life and was soooooo happy! Proud daddy moment there If you look close in the picture, you can see 1.) the diaper I changed on my other daughter 2 casts before catching that musky and 2.) A lamprey that was on the fish. This was the first ever lamprey I've seen on a musky before. A quick picture and Charlotte helped me release the fish. The fish kicked hard away and splashed us both. My daughter now calls all fish larger than a sunfish a "Muskie". We will work more on species identification once she turns 4 years old – Chad

Hi guys - Sorry to see this post go negative. Please be mindful of the fact that sometimes people are selling items for a variety of different reasons (i.e., no longer fish, death in family or moving out of state, etc.), and regardless the reason it benefits all members to see these deals and have the opportunity to purchase them. Our site policy is not contingent on number of posts or membership level but rather simply the demonstration of respect for each member. We try hard here to run a family-friendly site that encourages user engagement even if the interest is only in the classifieds section. Our classifies are a free service with a very targeted audience - this is a big appeal to many, and we openly welcome all to join and use the section. Thanks again for the understanding and continued support - Chad

Welcome aboard Tom! We are glad to have you and GL Tackle & Outfitting on board as official LOU sponsors! Thank you for support - lots of great guys here!

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Wow - what a giant! That is too bad to see.

Nice hump-back Mike! You guys staying at the Glen House for the outting?

Thanks Zach man. I know many of the Canadians don't even bother to start fishing up there till 10 am. Always surprised me too Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Muskies CA is a great group of guys; always willing to share information. My family belong to Gananoque chapter and its great to see them so willing to work with NY Muskies Inc. Looking forward to fishing you in Sept. Bob!

yeahhh buddy

Sweet reel Mike, very smooth - what are you replacing it with?

Wowowow! That is unreal!

John - wow!! Nice fish buddy. Mark got a really nice one too on Saturday up by us. Fat 46'. Team Ortho!! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Had a lot of fun fishing the tournament. Tough conditions all around with the wind. Friday fishing was better than Saturday for us. I believe the biggest fish of the tournament was 44". We got a couple mid-40's fish on Friday and "the hump back of Chautauqua Lake" on Saturday. Joe did his best to impersonate the hump back... haha Lake is really setting up nice and the fishery looks to be very healthy. Lots of bait out there.

Hi Dennis - Yes, let me give this some thought. I think that is worth consideration as the finger lakes section on LOU has become increasingly popular over the years - far beyond anything I imagined. I wouldn't make Pro-member-only but I think that making it at least a site member is a reasonable request like we do for the main Lake O fishing reports section. Thanks again - Chad

Thanks guys for the kind words - there is a Pro Members only forum if you wish to post topics there. That is only accessible to Pro Members so it is a little more private. http://www.lakeontariounited.com/fishing-hunting/forum/21-lou-professional-members-only/ There is also a private message system well. We do our best to run a family-friendly community and encourage open discussion and debate within the confines of the site policy. With over 18,000+ members, of course there is going to be issues but we do our best to keep a family-friendly atmosphere. The associated IT expenses are very high to run a site with this kind of traffic so thank you to all those who have supported us over the many years now!

Nice pike! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Nice fish Bill - fished the bay earlier this year and it looked good then too. Nice to see the DEC put some nice habitat for them in the back of the bay - should help just about everything that swims there.

That's a giant man! Nice going Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Nice fish man! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

I'll be there in the evening. Should be fun! Hope weather holds out. To bring the kids or not is real question?? Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United