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LOL Well put Conelis. Tim we pay our observer. The observer you supply works for your team and the observer that is on your boat works for the other team and is paid by them. As far as tipping goes if we take a first place finish the team gets together and agrees on an amount to tip the observer from our team. Don't know how the other teams handle the tipping part but I hope they are not tipping the other teams observer. Glen

Well thanks for the kind words Todd but you didn't start any BS and you got nothing to be sorry for. Really. Thats the way you want to fish a tournament and theres nothing wrong with that. It's your choice and as I mentioned before the only rights or wrongs about it are up to the individual team itself. No one else. Tournament fishing is a real learning experience. Me personally I thrive on competition and love to fish. Works out pretty good. Good luck out there. Glen

You guys are brutal. LOL One little sinking and I'll just never live it down. LOL Also I've picked up from a couple of posts that rod men aren't thought of as that important and they just sit there and don't contibute. On the contrary. A good rod man is worth his weight in GOLD in a tournament Far as I'm concerned the guy that can boat 8 or 9 of ten instead of 6 or 7 of ten is contributing a whole lot to the team. As is the guy that gets 10 out of 10 fish in the net without missing and gets the one that just crossed a rigger cable. Those guys on the team are contibuting just as much as the guy dictating what and where to run and to think they aren't is just plain wrong. My regular Team as well as a few replacements that have fished with me are very important members and the replacements I've had this year out west have done an especially great job as they were not familiar with the equipment and not all that much Big Lake fishing experience and still managed to boat the fish when the opportunity presented itself. Thats a VALUABLE team member. Give me two rod men that can play and box fish that aren't solidly hooked and I'll show you a team that consitantly cashes checks. Good rod men are an integral part of the Team and on the same hand rod men that are trying to Captain the boat are detremental to a successful outcome. Glen

Take it to Hank (L&M on this board) over in Port Bay. Good guy to do business with, honest and he knows his business. Going east you have Mikes Marina. Glen

Ah hell Has Been. You hurt my feelings. But if given a choice between you and the chimp on the team, I'd have take the smarter of the two. Sorry. Glen

LOL. Forget? The spare bilge pump went in as soon as I got back from Sodus last year as well as a new repalcement for the original. You know from sinking at Niagara a few years back with a faulty bilge pump it ain't no fun. LOL I think that would fall under the heading of wear and tear on the boat charge wouldn't it? LOL See ya soon. Glen

Has Been, Got to be smarter than the thing your working with. You could always reel in your two rods and take a minute or two out of your fishing day to watch the fish or you could start a circle after the release and have a rod man keep his eye on the fish. You will loose the fish for sure if you take your eyes off it in a chop while a constant eye is much more efficient. Personally I would tend to use my best judgement and assess the condition of the fish before the release if I was fishing in really choppy water. If he was in good shape, without serious bleeding or other visual damage I would release him and hope for the best based on experience. Please remember saftey first. As a side note in 45 years of fishing I can't remember loosing a hat. Probably did but I'll take them off in a stiff breeze. Glen

Then that would mean you are also paying wear and tear on the boat and about one third of the many many thousands of dollars worth of tackle and electronics, insurance, fuel, oil, maintenance to make sure the boat is in top notch condition for tourney day and making sure there are spares of everything waiting to go instantly if needed while also "assumeing" you have as much knowlege and knowhow as the boat owner in regards to the equipment on board and the quarry being pursued or are you talking about splitting a $200.00 entrance fee? Almost forgot the expense incurred getting the boat back and forth to the tournament port which can be substancial in itself. No offense but I would give you back your $66.66 and leave you at the dock because you would be nothing but a distraction out on the lake. A good rod man will do his job and that is making sure the fish that are hooked make it to the box. Period. But like I said previously, every team does things differently. Glen

FLO1919, We succesfully released quite a few very large Steelhead a week ago Friday by unhooking them off the back of the boat. NO net, no handleling and nothing under the gill plates PLEASE. They will quite often turn on there side as they recover from the battle but give them a couple minutes and they will swim away. If not then it's time for a swing back through with the net and one for the box. As the surface water warms the survial rate will unfortunately decrease. Unfortunatley, not much you can do. No net and no handleing is best. Very good question by the way. Glen

Shark, I was able to register by phone by calling St Peters at the # listed by Tom earlier in the thread. Glen

Each Team has their own way of doing things. None of which are right or wrong to anyone else but the team itself. Bottom line is the Capt. or owner of the vessel is resposible for all that goes on on that vessel. Glen

I got an Interstate series 27 for my 50lb thrust Minn Kota. Works great. Still need to install a battery holder and strap under the front deck with a plug but I'm to busy fishing right now. Probably over the winter. Glen

Glad to hear you got some fish Cornelis. Finding them is half the battle. Glen

Tough crowd. Give me a call when you want to get out Chris. Glen

Tom, Are there any additional sign ups for the triple crown or just enter the three derbys? I registered for Oswego by phone so not sure how the Triple Crown works. Thanks. Glen

Congratulations. Nothing like fishing the big lake and having the convenience of the boat already in the water and close by. Good luck this season. Glen

Thoughts and prayers are with you and your family Sliderbite. Glen and Kelly

Snoring!!!??? Thought he had a dam chainsaw in the room with him. Richards a great guy to have along on a trip and the team, Rodney and Alan did a great job out there. Capt. sucked as I didn't put us on enough quality fish to win the thing. Glen

Hey Steve, Good to hear from you bud. Thanks for the kind words but Spoonfed kinda sucked out west this year with a couple of 6th place finishes. Crews did a good job but the Capt didn't generate enough quality bites to win it. Congrats to High Voltage and all the other winning Teams out there. Glen

Thanks for the kind words rolmops. Pleasure having you onboard. Those pros are tough to beat. The crew did a great job and it hurt releasing the last four fish buts that how it goes. Was a tough bite for sure. Would have really liked to get those two guys up there on stage with a 1st place win but 6th aint to bad. Glen

Very Nice Atlanitic Skipper19.... Glen

Mexico seems to be your best bet on average. Last fall the Oswego fleet were fishing in Mexico Bay quite often and there where a lot of Oswego boats docked in the Little Salmon river. There are exceptions, but more often than not Mexico Bay and north is good fishing. Glen

Scotty. Been running them for 14 or 15 seasons. Very reliable. Glen

Hi Sean. You shouldn't hear anything from them unless there was a problem. The Capts. meeting is Friday evening before the tourny fishing starts on Sat. Go to the proam website and click on the subtitle Capts info. The information is there. Glen

Best of luck with your new indeaver Andy. Glen