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Congrats on the slob king. Try to repeat it after Friday!

Congrats Legacy, Scottb, and all the other winners. Thank you everyone involved in the tourney. Looking forward to next years derby.

Nice report Rick. That walleye had to be a shocker.

Nice report and Congrats on the 5th place finish. Good luck in the LOC.

Just one of the many reasons I purchase stuff from Tom. Great customer service, great prices, NY small business, carries what I need, and always throws in extras. He also is a big supporter of the fishing and derbies around the lake. You will not find that at your big box stores.

I have caught 15 shakers this year and 12 of them were clipped. The other 3, no clips. If you guys want detailed info about fin clips, find the creel study guys. They are more than willing to give you paperwork that shows what each fin clip means. I got the info 4 years ago in I-bay one day. I started asking questions and the guys handed the paperwork. It tells year class and area stocked.

Happy Birthday Mick.

The kinks have been fine for me as long as the are straightened out by untwisting them the opposite way they went in. The Penn 345 has been a real reliable reel for me so far. A good way to let coppers out is by backing off the drag to your desired deployment speed. some spools free spool with the clickers too fast for my liking.

If you want to know how far down your cheaters are, fix them in place with a rubberband. It all depends on speed, depth of your ball, and tension on the rod.

The only thing the catch is the bottom!

Nice report Bill. Glad to see you guys had a good day.

Capt., If you want the speed consistant, kick up the rpm's and add a drift sock or 2 to slow you down. My throttle is the same. It is either too much or too little. Some spoons (like NK's) are heavier and will not run below 2.3 mph. If you speed and temp probe is off .1 or .2, it may have a significate impact on the action of your spoons at that speed. Try some lighter spoons or kick the speed up. Some days they want stuff trucking. Good luck.

Thanks for responding back. If the deal falls through, let me know.

I'm going to guess 36.2lbs. from the Mexico / Pulaski area. Hopefully the fish is caught by one of L.O.U's great fishermen. Good luck to everyone.

Thanks Tom. My father said the boats were loaded up good right out in front of camp this morning.

Tom, What was the big fish of the tourney?

Congrats on the 4th place laker. I'm glad to see you got your son out there and into fish. Hopefully your laker holds in there for you.

I have some of my flies tied shorter and some longer (up to 36"). Some days the longer leads out produce the shorter. It all depends on the mood of the fish.

Distance out for wires will also vary by brand of reel being used. Good starting point is a 3 to 1 ratio (3 feet of wire out for 1 foot of depth) for a 2 setting.

Sea Lion, Are the black or chrome? I'm interested. Do you have pics?

2 - Shimano 8'6" downrigger rods (only 3 months old) - selling because they don't match my other copper rods. Used 2 or 3 times. 1- Diawa Heartland 7'6" Medium light action rod (3 seasons old) - selling because I'm slowly converting all of the old brown colored heartlands to the new black ones. $15 each rod or $40 for all 3. Seller pays shipping and packaging cost or I will meet you in the Hilton / Hamlin / Sandy Creek area.

Rich, Don't be afraid to fish colder or warmer. Lately a lot of big kings have come on the warm side for me. We also took some fish down in the 42 degree water that were not being marked on the fishfinder last Sunday.

Rod Hog, First, Ego filled head? Where in any of my posts on this thread have a bragged about my fishing skills??? I'm talking about the port it self not the fisherman that fish out of it. READ ALL THE POSTS BEFORE JUMPING IN AND ADDING YOU COMMENTS. Second, I have fished the Genesee, Braddocks and I-bay (many years out of I-bay) and moved to Sandy. The reason, Sandy was a more productive fishery for ALL species (in my opinion).

Zebedee, Thats not a king, thats a big steelie. Very nice fish. Too bad the derby starts next week.

I have 4 of the same kind of riggers with 400' of cable on each. They are all rigged with the same 12# weights. I run 2 fishfinders with one transducer tipped back to see the balls. They are all different by a foot or two from each other. As for the depth fishfinder vs. rigger counter, it is about 5 - 7' off. Having 2 fishfinders helps considerably. You can put the ball where you are consistantly seeing marks.