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I have a 150qt cooler. It all depends on how much fish you keep. If you only keep a couple, a 120qt will be fine.

Sleepy Hollow and East Fork are less than $35.00 / foot. I believe they are $25.00/foot.

Save the cash and network with guys in your port. Have someone that will come get you if you break down.

What do you guys think Lake Ontario will throw at us this season? Make a prediction on the biggest weights (lake wide) of each species caught during tournament fishing this season. Here are my predictions: King - 36lbs 8oz Steelhead - 19lbs 2 oz Brown - 24.5 (already caught at the Oak this past weekend) Lake Trout - 29lbs 11oz.

Always start out with one in the riggers, one on a diver and one on a copper. Let the fish tell you what they want you to run. If the flashers are quiet, change them up. I always leave atleast one flasher out. Most of the time I will leave it in the rigger spread. I'm a firm believer that a flasher will suck them into your spread. If they are not hitting it, they are still coming over for a look and then hitting the spoons in your set.

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I would still come up and fish the Spring LOC. The LOC is a great derby. Do not let a little boat traffic scare you off. Find fish outside the crowd and have fun. Fish more afternoons too. The afternoon bite can be awesome and most guys do not take advantage of it.

Bigt gobies coming back inshore is the reason the lakers showed up. All winter long, we do not see big gobies in the intake at work. Once March / April gets here, they show up again.

I start by bleeding them out in the cooler on the boat. When I get back home, I filet the meat off, filet out the pin bones, then cut the skin off and last remove the red / brown tissue off the back side of the filets. If the filets are going in my freezer, I vaccuum seal them. If they are going to the guys at work, I just throw them in ziplocks and let them freeze them the way they want to.

I have never caught one. I hope they rebound enough for a catch and release season on them. I would love to knock one off the fish bucketlist.

Or you can put it all on the reel, hook it to your mailbox post and walk off the 1000' and reel it back on like you are fighting your mailbox. You get some really interesting looks by cars driving by. I can only imagine what my neighbors say when I'm out there doing this. It goes on super tight and does not waste any time on the water.

A lot of those cookie cutters are more than likely in the tribs still. I know one West side trib is still pumping out a lot of small browns.

Happy Easter everyone!

Keep some plugs in the boat for all your fittings so you can plug them if this happens. Cheap insurance policy.