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Still looking.... place didn't have any more...... John

TCon: Thanks. That side has 1 place that said they have it (on the net). Will call them in the morning. John

I have a fully functional older Lowrance GPS for which I'm looking for an MMC Card. Navionics has told me that the "Classic" is the one I want, but they discontinued it a year or so ago. Anyone know where to look for one of these? Thanks. John

I never met Daune, but like many others, I had pms, or emails or posts that included him. Always very sad to hear of one of our "guys" passing. My sincere condolences to Duane's family. John

Spent the weekend perch fishing at Chautauqua Lake with my son, brother and a friend. Awesome. Between the 4 of us, we were getting 150-200 fish each time out, and figure we ended up boating somewhere around 750 fish! Kept about 80 nice ones...tried not to keep anything under 9" unless it didn't look like it would make it. Lots were small, but we had a blast. Simple set up...spinning rods, #6 hook and walmart panfish worms. John

I know that periodically some of you may look for a place to do silk screen, etc. I don't want to step on anyone's toes here, but if any of you need that kind of service, shoot me a pm and I will give you the information. No relation, no interest in company... just finally found someone that offers good service for what I need. John

Congratulations Chad! Coming up on 17 years this November! My wife could probably due without all the fishing, but if you follow my blog, you'll see my son Jack is happily following along! Just remember...all the trips/fishing/etc that you did BEFORE you get married is "grandfathered". John

Little bit of topic with this one, but...... Some of you may recall that I have a friend, Sean Patrick McGraw, who has been busting his butt trying to make it in country music. The last year has been really good for him, including a stint on tour with Toby Keith last year. Anyway, Sean's second video, titled "My So Called Life" has just been released this week on CMT! This song was actually used as background music on Fox Netwook's NASCAR coverage. The way that I understand it, the more plays it gets online, the more it will be used in the regular CMT rotation. So, if you have a sec, head on over to CMT.com; click on Sean Patrick McGraw on the artist's page and enjoy! You'll get to hear some great music, plus you'll be helping out Sean! Also, this song is also currently slated for radio release around October 22nd. How cool is that?? John http://community.cmt.com/profile/Jessewcty

Wasn't any better to the west. We did 1 'eye and 4 big sheep. Ended up about 8 miles west of Dunkirk when the winds came up. First time for my group on Lake Erie, so it made it an interesting ride back to port for them! So much for 10 knots or less. John

Do you know of a web link for the show?

Thanks! We'll be up at the LOTSA show for sure Jerry! John

Thanks Ray! Just a regular day today and went out to dinner with my wife and son. Actually have the last two for this season this sat/sun. Haven't had anything to post in some time....Mother Nature is really mad about something....Since Sept 1 , we've only had 2-3 days that were calm enough to fish, and it definitely has tailed off from what it was in June/July. But if the winds stay down...Saturday looks to be a great chance to try again. I'm going to try to hold out for a couple more weeks before we put "Times Two" to bed...but then we've got a weekend at Chautauqua with my brother and 9 of us are heading to Raystown Lake (PA) later in Oct to try for some stripers....... John

One of the rods my son uses panfishing has a busted bail spring. Daiwa Cygnus 2500b. Anyone know of a place to get parts? John

Walteye: From all the reports I've been getting, and from first hand experience yesterday, your report is very good. Things have been really tough of late. John

For about the last 10 days, Dunkirk has slowed down, and as Capt. Larry said 6,7, 8 is about the average of late. Still a good screen, but not as many takers as a couple weeks ago. Most fish have empty stomachs. I hooked up with 5 in a2.5 hrs with my son Wed, but that really was the first calm day since last Friday..... We've been working a north - south troll, 70-95 fow just west..... John

Nice job! We were 6 of 9...dropped 2 at the back of the boat.....90-105 was the best. Few and far between the last few days.... John

Guys....don't beat your self up! Last Sunday we did 13, and dropped another 7-8; and several other capts that I know were in the same ballpark. This week...Tues, Wed and today, most were around 7. Not exactly sure where they went, but I took my son and went looking last night and the places that the screen has been loaded were blank! Hard NE blow this afternoon, so we'll have to see what that did......out in the a.m. to try out luck......I'll post tomorrow night..... John

Landshark: We've had an awesome year! Loads of fish on the graph every day; sometimes more cooperative then others. Finally moved off the inshore structure and are fishing the suspended fish. Seems like it takes a day or two to settle after a blow, but its been steady. Majority of fish inside seem to be 3-5lbs; bigger fish farther out, but not as many. Last 3 times out we've had 3-4 fish in the box before we get the rods all in; but the trade off has been a lull about 9 am...... John

The way the wind was howling last night at 11 pm. there is no way I would have believed we would have gone today....BUT....wind backed off and once the remaining roll settled out, it was almost too calm this afternoon. Fished 85-100 fow, just west of the harbor. Boxed 13 eyes, and probably honestly lost another 6 or 7; plus 2 lakers and the usual assortment of sheepshead, perch, etc. All rods went today.... rigs at 55-60 on WD mojo and purple sunrise, and a watermelon harness; big slides at 155-165 with a blue/silver harness and a blue/silver Zman chatterstick; 10 color with a Kaboom diver and a green 5" chatterstick and the boards at 220 wiith little slides and harnesses.

We did the tournament too.... Had a double boat charter to get out of the way Friday first, so off course we did good on that, and then tanked in the pm trying to get our 3.....had us in a deep hole to start.... Saturday, moved offshore looking to get out of the little fish ....did 8 total and our best 3 were just over 20lbs. Yesterday...boxed 15 in just under 4 hrs, but only got mid-teens. 85 fow is loaded with 3-4 lb fish; and I don't recall seeing such a good consistent screen in a long time. Be sure to check out my blog...bit more info on that.... Out again in the a.m.... John

Thanks guys... G-daddy....that is the service we are looking at using.... BW, thanks....I shoot him a pm.... I've down striper similar to what you described a couple of years ago on Kerr Lake in VA. My brother is setting this all up, but we're trying to set it up to include my son (9) and a friends daughter (11) too, so we figured it might be cool to hang out the day before and stay over somewhere..... John

Looking at a possible trip for stripers in the fall....anyone ever been there? If so, how was it and where did you stay? John

When the lake allows, fishing has been good to very good. We've been running8-10 miles west, and honestly about 95% of my fish are coming on small spoons or chattersticks. Took a few days off with the family up north, but weather permitting will be on sat-sun this weekend, and fri-sun next weekend. John

You can view and order the chatters on zmanfishing.com John

We have an awesome laker fishery...but honestly, I try not to target it. If we get a few along the way, fine..... but I remember back in the 1980's as part of the then active Lake Erie Salmon and Trout Association....we supported the 1 fish limit to improve the fishery, and I hate to target them knowing we can land 20+ fish on a good day, but likely have great mortality.