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    TTT
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    They are not burbot. They live in cold water.
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    60 on top yesterday and 49 down 90. Fish the marks and you will have no issues.
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    Head west of the nose in 95-120. Lots of kings in that zone. All meat bite for us. Spoons rotted.
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    Monroe County Offshore Classic Species Challenge and main event recap: Friday morning we left the creek in search of a brown for our box first. We dropped in West of the creek in 30’. We got the second rod down and the first rod fired with a 5lb brown. We decided to try to hang out a little while longer and try to upgrade that fish. A couple minutes later, the center rigger parked at 28’ with a Black UV tuxedo stingray took off with a nice 7-8 lb brown. We turned the boat north and charged the spread over to a king/steelhead spread. We troll North and trolled out to 250 and picked a decent steelhead and some small kings. We trolled back into 120 and headed West. Once we got West of Devils Nose, the screens lit up with fish. We boxed a 10lb king and continued searching. As we plugged West, we were marking some good lakers. Scott and I agreed we should drop a Hammerhead Froggy cowbell with a bullfrog Gambler Rig down and try to pluck a laker while we are trolling for a bigger king. I dropped the rig to the bottom and as it got set, the port rigger fired with an upgrade steelhead. As we caught that steelhead, the center rigger fired with a laker taking drag. After a good battle, we netted a 21.8lb lake trout. We pulled the laker rod out of the spread and went back to searching for a bigger king. Around 11 am, we boated a 16lbs king. We ended up upgrading our second steelhead with one a half pound bigger. Going to weigh in, we felt confident we were sitting in a great position to cash a check. At weigh in, we placed 2nd for the second time in three years. Congrats to Derek Wager with his winning box! Main event: Saturday morning we headed back to our water West of the nose. We set down in 95’ and the screen was blank. We bumped out to 115 and started marking fish. We plucked away at fish all morning but couldn’t keep bigger fish buttoned. At one point we lost 7 good fish in a row. Having a **** box, we decided to not weigh in. Congrats to Tom Allen and his crew on an impressive win. Thanks to Tim and Brandon for all the hard work you put into this event. Here is what worked best for us for two days: -Atommik UV Grinch meat rig - with a matching e-chip I made. -Hawks Tackle snowflake meat rig with the matching paddle. -Hawks Tackle UV green dot meat rig behind a green dot e-chip -Hammerhead Froggy 5/0 cowbell towing a Bullfrog regular Gambler Rig -Stinger Stingray UV black tuxedo -Stinger Stingray Froggy glow
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    Cut bait prices are up due to the Herring regulations. The herring fishing industry has been regulated tighter the last couple of years causing a supply issue. Supply is down, demand is up so the prices are up.
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    I doubt it. The Rochester basin is nothing more than a mud flat around our intake. I am all for the habit restoration too. I just want the juice to be worth the squeeze.
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    When they are done, send them to Braddocks and Round Pond. They are taking over all the ponds. Thanks for doing this!
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    Tom, We see a seasonal shift in gobies in our intake at work. Late fall, big gobies become unicorns and we only get 1-3" gobies for the rest of the fall, winter and early spring. It seems like they migrate to deeper waters. If they were to remove a bunch, more would just move in.
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    Tom, The bottom is literally littered with gobies. Dropping cameras down along the bottom shows how many there are, Trapping them wouldn't help at all.
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    There are a lot of guys that show up just to take all the fish guys are willing to give away. One guy showed up at a tournament with a pickup truck and loaded the bed with trout and salmon on ice. My crew splits up what we want and finds people ahead of time like Bill is doing to take the rest.
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    As long as you take the red tissue off between the skin and filet.
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    Science is wrong a lot. That is how science evolves and we learn more. If you think science is never wrong, I have ocean front property in Arizona to sell you.
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    It's water chestnut.
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    Are you serious? Business is business. If you started your business today with zero customer base, you would fail in a hurry with your thinking. Who would pay a new business that is charging way more than the current businesses in the industry? As the new guy, you have to come in at the going rate or lower to build a customer base. Do the math..... 40 boats at less than $2000 a boat, will not pay the bills. It will barely be enough to keep the lights on. 40 boats is about the max this marina will do unless the channel is widened and the parkway bridge is removed. Frank still has open docks at way less per foot. Boating and fishing is a dying industry. It is being priced out of existence. Where are all of these boats going to come from? As long as Bald Eagle is still in business, you will not draw those guys back to Sandy. If you did, it wouldn't even come close to filling that marina. Most guys there would end up at the Oak due to their boat size. Not one guy at Tommy's will leave. Having the best mechanic on the lake to fix your boat on site is worth any headache the lake level will ever throw at us.
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    I will not. I don't have the time to continue to make them.
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    That marina in its Hayday wasn't full. It doesn't have the potential you think it does. Take out the parkway bridge, widen the channel leaving the marina and you have a little bit more potential. Both of those things will never happen. Those two obstacles keep a lot of bigger boats out of there. Look at Bald Eagle. It has a bar/ restaurant, it doesn't have the obstacles, and it still isn't totally full. Bald Eagle charges those prices with a building with amenities, a bar/ restaurant, docks with electric and water, No parkway bridge to worry about, a wide channel and they are not just getting started! As for the endeavor comment, that is exactly how I got Gambler Rigs off the ground and still made profit the first year. I didn't bust into the market by overcharge customers. You will not get customers if they can get the same thing for half the price. Busting into the market overcharging and not selling docks at all is a good way to lose it all. Can't pay the bills on an empty marina.
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    $65 compared to half that price up the creek is steep. Empty docks slips at $65 a foot will never pay the bills. No one will pay that when there are much cheaper options up the creek for hundreds less. The short ride to the lake isn't worth double the money. When I started Gambler Rigs, I wouldn't have sold a rig if I doubled the price of my competitors.. I had to start off below their price and gain a customer base. I didn't make a ton of profit the first two years but it paid off in the long run!
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    PM sent
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    The reaction of the ladies kayaking up the creek that afternoon was epic!
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    Check Shumway, West Marine or Bryce.
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    I'm friends with the owner of the company. IF you need a contact number, let me know.
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    TTT
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    Keep emailing them. I emailed them through paypal and through my personal email. Good luck!
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    Weird how you post on a fishing forum and they immediately respond back with an email!
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