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Congrats Spoonfed. That picture does not do that fish justice. Good luck in the fall LOC.

I was wondering why the past derby stats have not been posted since 2007? I like looking back to see what the bottom of the board was the previous year to give me a ballpark figure of what goes in the cooler and what swims to catch next year.

Seagar. The best. It is pricey but worth every penny. When buying florocarbon, make sure you buy leader material not florocarbon for stringing up a spinning rod. There is a big difference in quality. The leader material is also more abrasion resistant.

It is all personal preference. If you do not want to change out your rigger cable, go with the X4. If you don't mind changing the cable and worring about fraying the cable, go with the Depth Raider. Both units work great. I have the X4 probe with my old 840 unit and it has not hick-uped yet. Same 4 AA batteries since the begining of the season.

Gambler, do you run them on that high tension setting? Seems like they might be hard to trip down at 100' if you want to change out? Run them on the heavy setting when you are fishing deep of running flashers. Lots of extra drag on the line as you go deep. With fleas building on the line, there is a lot more resistance. Find the sweet spot in the pinch pad. Don't bury the line all the way in the back of the release.

Thanks Ray. Musky, good luck on a speedy recovery.

Bass Buster, Is this an open Tourney? I will be up there this weekend with a bass buddy camping. We were going to fish a tourney but they cancelled the entire tourney trail.

It is not the FF. It sounds like you got a bad transducer. Lowrance has had some issues with the duel Freq. transducers.

Buy the Heartlands. The are cheap and great rods.

Did you adjust the tention on the Scotty release? There is a light and heavy steeing on the back of the Scotty releases.

Musky, My prayers are with you. Get well soon so you can get back to fishing.

Anyone fish it last weekend? How many boats entered?

Funny, the Orleans County Rotary derby is not limited to Orleans county. The people that fish the Rotary derby from Monroe and Niagara county are not spending any money in Oak Orchard getting gas, food and beer. Yet the boarders of the derby are the Niagara River to the Genesee.

Nice Laker. That is the same area I pulled at 24.11 in the 2005 Fall LOC and a 23. 15 the following July. That area is even better in late August. Congrats on the slob.

Thanks Tom. My last 3 trips have been good ones. Ray, Is it after the Pro -Am ceremony?

Where is it? I can't find anything on the website about a location?

Mark, What did that seagull hit, Wonderbread?

Not me but my uncle on my boat. 16lb. 12 oz laker Sandy Creek on 7/14. Caught on a Hammerhead cowbell and a peanut.

Stinger Stingray NBK and Gator.

Baby Ruth

Defiance, I splice in 6' of 50lb. mono between my copper and backing to hook the release on. Like Gray Fox, I use the scotty releases minus the rubberbands. With the mono, the rubber bands are not needed. Otter boats will pull 500's and 600's but they do not run as true as normal.

Worst nightmare? If mine sinks at the dock, I would be happy. Excuse to buy a new boat!

25" NOT 26

Hey Ray, it is A-TOM-MIK not Atomic!

Motoman, Check your PM's