BlueEye

Had a great time (as always) fishing in the Mark Troy memorial tournament headed by Jim Renolds (Mr. Toothy) and Capt. Ed Cragg (Reel Rippin' Charters). There was a good turnout for the event but the fishing proved to be pretty tough. 9 fish we boated total with the top three being 42", 41" and 36". Congrats to buddy Mike for 2nd place finish after winning the event last year. My boat was short one guy when buddy Joe came down with terrible flu/cold so we had to call in the super sub - my father! It was great being out there with him and my brother and that time on the water with family is something that I really treasure. Our team was able to boat 4 fish - 42", 33", 32" and 32" and lost a couple more. Dad caught this scrappy 32" on a Bob Fuller painted Jerkbait. Brother got this 33" fish on Leo Jerkbait 42" Fish on Lunge Lumber. My favorite part of this picture if my father's tackle box in the background that you can see being held together by wire springs. He has had this tackle box for at least 30 years now... haha I have musky lures bigger than that old box. For those of you who haven't fished in the Mark Troy tournament, its a great time and relaxed atmosphere that I'd highly recommend. The lake itself is still very murky with low visibility and will need another couple weeks to setup better IMHO. Lately I've been getting more and more reports from friends down on Chautauqua who have been doing very well to say the least. We will be heading down there next weekend for the Muskies Inc. tournament - should be fun! On a different note, I was able to sneak out there earlier that same week and catch a new personal best for me. I got this fish on the figure-8 boat side.... he followed the lunge around eight times before deciding to strike - it was the coolest thing ever to watch in person that close! She was pretty thick fish 51.5" new personal best for me Another one I got that same day earlier in the morning fog... Sorry I haven't been able to post as much as the new baby is taking up most time these days and limiting my time on the water. Hope to get some fall fishing in though as baby Charlotte finally slept all the way through the night for the first time this week!! Wooohoo!! Hope to see everyone next weekend down on Chautauqua and I hope you feel better soon Joey!!

Thanks for feedback on this issue guys. I will look more into what it could be - sounds like specific to certain versions of Internet Explorer.

Glad you enjoy the site Ralph - lots of great guys here always willing to help and share info.

Happy Birthday Hank man!!

This tourney was so much fun last year! Looking forward to participating again this year.

Welcome to the site Baskor! We are glad to have you - lots of great guys here

Hi Up-trim - I know a couple guys that do well casting up there. I plan on trying it myself later this year. I've never done it before up there (only pike fishing) so I'll let you know what I learn but won't be till fall time anyways. Good luck if you make it up there! Chad

Thanks Larry & Teveor! And congrats to you as well Trev on the birth of your little girl Arabella! We are going to have to look further into the youth divisions now

Thank you everyone for the kind words - they mean a lot to me and wife. I make sure she see's all your responses It certainly flips your entire world upside down... but in a good way We are enjoying every sleepless minute of it so far...

Thank you everyone for the kind words! It's been a real "game changing" experience... but in a good way I am living vicariously through each of you for a little while now anyways.

Hi muskie buddies, I wanted to introduce you to Muskies Inc. newest and youngest member at only 1-week old - Charlotte Lapa! My wife Katherine and I celebrated our first born child this past week and I purchased the family membership for Muskies Inc so now Charlotte and Katherine are official members. This is also the first grandchild for parents. Can't wait to take her out fishing with me someday! If you get a chance to take a kid fishing....... do it! They might just look back 30 years later with that same opportunity and recall all the great times they had growing up doing the same.

Hi guys/gals, My wife Katherine and I celebrated our first born child this past week. Please welcome LOU's youngest member now at only 1-week old Charlotte Lapa! This is also the first grandchild for parents. Can't wait to take her out fishing with me someday! If you get a chance to take a kid fishing....... do it! They might just look back 30 years later with that same opportunity and recall all the great times they had growing up doing the same.