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Nick, Have faith my friend, they will be there. We will need to team up to herd up into a feeding frenzy. I am hoping they will be in the mood. I will be in touch. Rich

Nick, Did you get my phone messdage? It sounds like the numbers I gave, but not sure. Glad to hear you took a shark, at least it was not a big fat 0 for the day. Keep in touch, it won't be long and we will be out there in your neck of the woods. Rich

Chris, Glad to see you had a good time this weekend. It is nice to see that you got dad into some nice fish, also nice to see you kept the boss happy. lol I will be in touch. Rich

Al, Thanks for the reports, keep at it and you will get another one for the board. I hope the Sharks are on the way, it is time to hear the scream of drags on the east end. Keep up the good reports. Billy, Good Luck and let us know how you do. Rich

Thabks guys for the comments. It was a fun day, wish they were all that way, but we know that will never happen. Chris, Thanks, I will listen for you, but will probably not be up this weekend. Good Luck, I want to hear how you did. Auggie, Let me know when you will be up, I will be up there Wednesday or Thursday or Friday, not sure yet. Good Luck, I will pm my cell #later. Guy, I will not be up Saturday, dad is going to do some bass fishing, so I will hang back with the family, I might hit Mexico Bay with a buddy. Good Luck up there. Erin, thanks, the boat is running good(knock on wood), the kicker is awesome. I will be working the next 3 days so I will give you a shout tomorrow. Hope everything is going good for you. Al, We do eat walleyes, but not those. The fishery up there is over exploited as it is, I am tdoing my part to ensure that my kids and grandkids will have eyes to fish for in the years to come. I do not allow any eye over 5 lbs to be kept unless it is going to be mounted. Those fish are our bredders, I wish more people would see that and put them back. the fishery is not what it used to be due to the fact that so many eyes have been taken over the years. It will get better when they start stocking again, hopefully next year. What is really sad is the number of eyes that die after the MWC gets done doing their tourneys. In the past I have heard the percentage is as high as 50% a few years ago, and I heard it was close to 35%-40% this year. that is not good in my book. I have nothing against the guys that fish it, but I think the MEC should be held responsible for the mortality rate. Sorry to vent, but I have sat on this for a few years and it needs to be heard. Pete please do not take this personally. Good Luck this weekend guys. I will post more when I get out again. Rich

A great day out on Lake O today, we finally put some Eyes in the boat this year. We got 1 brown on the rigger down 39 over 42 on a Stinger Alewive, about 6lbs. Another pass and on the turn back we had a big Eye hit the same spoon down 31 over 55, the little guy did a great job until the last 50 feet when he said" Daddy I can't do it any more". I took the rod, got the fish to 10 feet behind the boat, the fish came up and showed itself. I saw what looked to be an Eye about 12lbs, it opened it's mouth and did a head shake and the spoon came flyin out. I set the rigger back up and turn around and the 3 color core with a clown Husky Jerk takes off. I hand the rod to my cousin and he lands a beautiful 10lb eye. After a couple of pics, it is back in the lake. Set back up, get to our upper way point and the other rigger goes with a SAVANT Jake in the froggy paint, down 35 over 52. Dad grabs the rod and he is into his first Eye of the year, ends up being a nice 8lber, a couple pics and back in she goes. We had a little lull and we get back to our way point and the Savant fires again. Dad hands it off to Tommy, I hear " it is coming up", I look to see a sweet brown clear the water, est approx 12-15lbs, the fish lands on the 8lb leader on bye bye goes the fish with my Jake in it's mouth. Oh well, still a great day, we fished from 830 am until 100 pm and called it a day. A great looking screen most of the day, wish I could have been out there earlier. I hope you enjoy the pics. Hope this water stays like this for a while, Good Luck guys. Sorry for the being long winded. Rich

Mikell, Now I am going to ask, did you have your Summer LOC ticket? If not get it. By the looks of that fish you might have been in the lead, along with possible bid fish of the day. This derby is running until mid July, so you still have time. Congrats on the awesome Shark. Good Luck. Rich

CLarke, Thanks for the info, that sounds pretty rediculous for them not to take reservations. Yes we will be fishing out our boat for the Oswego leg. I will be putting in on Thursday, so I may be over at the International, depending on what is available. Rich

Rod, We will be there, did you get your slip for the Oswego ProAM yet? I will be in Wright's also I believe, I need to call tomorrow for a slip. Talk to you later. Rich

Chris, Nothing can compare to the dancing I heard you were doing on your way out west when you encountered some problems. no dancing for this dude, hopefully the only dancing will be up getting the first place $$$$. Can't wait to meet some of you guys. Good Luck. Rich

Pat, Give Beth a call she has the whole menu. I know there was all kinds of salads, hamburgers, hot dogs, some type of BBQ, deserts, I believe non alcohloic beverages, live music, if I missed anything she will be able to tell you. If anyone has any problems getting this to print email me at [email protected] and I will send them to you. The deadline for entry is July 22, 2007. Hope to see a few of you there. Rich

Seeforellen, It sounds to me like the company did right by refunding your money no questions asked. There are a lot of companys out there that would not have done this, so this tells me that Savant is a company that stands by it's product and wants happy customers. I am going to look into getting some of these spoons, thanks for posting and bringing my attention to them. Rich

Seeforellen, SO what was the outcome of your phone call with Savant? We are waiting to see if this company stands behind their product. Let us know what happens. Rich

Erin, Great report, glad to see you had good time. Now that you are spoiled for the west end. you better get your boxes replenished for your next trip out. Talk to you later. Rich

Nick, Atleast you have one king in the boat. Be patient, it will happen, did the winds shift yet? It is supposed to turn to the SW so it will be there. Good Luck, wish I could have stayed, boat is at the marina, hopefully will find out something soon. I will be in touch. Rich

Bill, Great report, and what a way to continue where you left off, keep it going, Good Luck. Rich

Al, Great report, glad to see your weekend started out awesome, keep up the good work. Rich

Brad, Glad to hear you had a good morning, I will call you tomorrow, did you get my message about Dave? Good Luck. Rich

Steve, I will be in Wilson Thursday afternoon thru the following Tuesday. SEADUCKTION is the name of the boat, pick a channel and I will be there Good Luck, I will talk to you later. Rich Check your PM

That is a nice fish, would be good one to have for the LOC. Thanks for the report. Rich

Rod, If you are staying at the KOA, then you will not have a problem with your rig. they have extra sites and areas to park, so there should not be a problem. the closest launch is the Fort Niagara launch, but I think you might want to look it over before you go down in there. It has a pretty steep hill going down and it is a little tight down in there. esp if the place is jammin with boats. I like the Wilson launch much better, more room, it is a little farther to the bar but I will take that, most of the time I do not need to go that far. Give me a shout later in the week. Rich

Steve, Nice report, how big were the Chinnys? Any pics to go along with the report. Glad to hear you got out and the boat is running good. I will try to get down and see you when we are out west. Rich

Here are a few pics from Saturday with Irish Knots, Thanks a whole bunch Chris, he is asking when we can go again already. The first one is Chris with one that he was able to handle. They were all about the same size. We were 11 for like 15 I think. These nexy few are of the little guy, Dominick, 5 years old with a few of the 7 that he handled for the day. He is still talking about it. Again, Thanks for inviting us out on the boat, you are welcome to come aboard the SEADUCKTION anytime. Rich

Billy, Way to go, glad to see you were able to get out. I will be splashing down this week. Good Luck this week. Rich

Glen, Thanks for the info, they were there Saturday. The liitle guy had a blast, he asking when we are going again. lol We will post the report when I get the pics on the puter. It is looking like out west might be heating up just as we get there. I am going to try to get out Thursday or Friday with the boat. I will be in touch. Rich