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Heres a picture of the Salmon we took Saturday night August 31st. The fish hit a wire rod running a Chartruse e-chip and ultra green glow Atomic fly at just about 7:30 pm. We had 150 feet of wire out and was just about 600 feet after his first run. We gained about 3 1/2 cranks of the reel and he went another 150 or so. Needless to say it was a rather long battle and we netted him at 7:45. We were about 4 miles out and there was no way we could make it to any weigh station by 8:00. When I saw the fish about 30 feet of the back of the boat my heart went up into my throat and I told my brother in law, who was on the rod, thats just a baby for christ sakes bring him to the boat so I can net him. That completely put my brother in law at ease and he got him through the spread without any incidents. When I got the net around the fish I told him Holy _hit wait till you see the size of this fish. Anyway he was thrilled and could hardly talk when I brought that net into the boat. I hung him from the 30 lb Boga and it bottomed right out. I then put him on my digital and it was bouncing between between 33 lbs 8 ounces and 35 lbs 8 oz. Fish went into the box and we headed in. At the dock I weighed him on the digital again and it was bouncing between 33 lbs 15 oz and 34 lbs 1 oz. Thats the most accurate weight we got on the fish before he went under the knife. Sure was depressing cutting that fish up knowing he would have been leading the derby at that point but he gave up a couple nice fillets. Heres a picture of the brute. Glen

Hi Richard, I've been up at the lake the last 9 days. Went by the camper a couple times but didn't see you around. I'll be up every weekend until the salmon are done. Hope to run into you. Glen

Early season Rod? If you want to get out in the bay some weekend drop me a line. glen

Throw salt in the wound Paul. LOL. In fact there were some fish around. Not alot by any means but enough to do some damage if I could have got them going. They where just plain not biting. By the way fine looking first mate you got there. Happy fishing. Glen

Don't get to mad at least as far as the fishing goes. The probes another matter. I have alot of time on the big pond and the fishing sucked for me as well last weekend. I was in the Bay. I also have a few friends that been fishing that area full time for decades and the fishing sucked for them as well. Be gratefull you didn't have a boat load of paying customers on board. get um next time. Thats fishing. Glen

Nice job Mark. Glen

Glad everything went well for you Richard. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did. I brought the awning frame and antenna over to your campsight this morning. I see you already got a deck. LOL Didn't waste any time. Glen

Years ago on my 90 merc I put on a Happy Troller. The only problem I had was I forgot to pop it up and took off after fishing. Bent the plate pretty bad. I found a replacement plate for it made by Dyco Marine. It was spring loaded and hinged in the middle and it was sweet. Huge improvement. You could actually get up to about 3500 RPM without damaging anything. Didn't have any steering issues though. Glen

Finally got a chance to get the wife out and do a little derby fishing on Sat. Fishing still sucks. 6:00 am to 11:30 am. 1 fish 3:00 to 7:00 pm. 1 fish This morning I decided not to even waste the fuel. Got to pick up soon though and when it does I got a feeling it will be hot. One fish we took was short and should have weighed about 16 to 17 lbs was 21 on the Boga. Really healthy fish. Glen

first guy that looked got it. Thanks for all the interest. Glen

Richard. You have a PM. Glen

I can include the awning frame and awning but not the deck. Yes Jeff has the key and all the paper work to make the transaction. Not sure what he has available for sights but tell him I sent you and he'll set you up with something decent. Glen

Sorry for the slow response lineguy. I been up at the lake since Friday and just got home. You can reach me on my cell. 413-519-3019. Glen

Sleeps 4 Adults. Sqeeze in a couple more if there kids. There is the bed in the bedroom and the table folds down into a bed. Just call me on the cell when you get up Ron. We'll be up every weekend. If you get up during the week, Jeff, the owner of the campgound has a key and can show it to you. Glen

Looks real nice Brian. Congrats!!! Can't wait to see her on the water. I'll get a couple good pictures of her out there for you. Glen

Very happy with our Traxtechs Glen

After running Scottys for 14 or 15 seasons I've only needed there customer service twice. Once I swung into a gas dock and broke some plastic housing parts and had them at my door in 5 days. Could have had them overnight if I needed to. Another time out at the Niagara Bar I had a Scotty rookie on board and he retrieved a plastic bag up into the front roller and sheared a drive gear and smoked a belt. I made a call over the radio to see if my buddy had any spare parts on his boat. I received a call from Yvan on Get It Wet charters who told me he was a Scotty rep. and asked what parts I needed. I told him and he took one of his riggers apart and floated over the parts to me in a plastic bag. Replaced them on the water and back in business. Now THATS customer service. Also I've noticed every year I go up and down the Little Salmon river there are more and more boats switching over to Scottys. Thats a pretty good endorsment. Glen

Will call you this evening. Glen

Times are not that important to me. Everyone fishing that division is against the same clock. Just got to get your business done in the time thats allowed. The pierhead rule is a good one. If you decide to run 40 miles to your home port to get on fish thats your choice. Just be back to the pierheads on time. I don't see why a guy that runs to his home water, water he's familiar with, should have the same fishing time than a guy from the other end of the lake that is searching and fishing unfamiliar water. Should he have the right to? Absolutely and he does. Just be back on time. 7 hrs fishing is fine. 8 or 9 hrs is fine to. One thing for sure is I really liked the shorter lines at the weigh in. Glen

Here are some more pictures of the inside. Had a lot of interest but nobody showed up to look last weekend. Come on out and take a look. Can't go wrong at that price.

I have owned both and prefere the rollers at any launch for ease of loading and unloading. Tough to beat a roller trailer with an electric wench. Glen

You use the existing rear hole and align the keel to the same angle as the first keel. Then drill a new hole for the front screw. When my copper rods go you can hear the "twang" as the copper exits the release. (Scotty) Glen

Scottys. They just keep working year after year. Fast and built to last. Glen

How do they get all these fish out of those holes in the ice without causing internal and spinal injuries? What happens to all those Bass that are removed from the water and handled completely by the bottom jaw then released. When a fish comes vertically out of the water like a rocket does this injure them? Glen

Why don't you make him an offer on the black box for your boat Scott. Glen