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Big Easy.... Good one. Increased taxes and fees on the working man are bringing us down the pooper. Everything is going up but the paychecks. Alot of guys don't even have those now a days. Glen

2009 dates are up but no rules or fees yet. Should be soon. Heres their website: http://www.lakeontarioproam.net/home.html Should be posted there first. Glen

We run 30 lb clr to 20lb floro for our spoonn and plug rods and 40 lb pink on our attractor rods. Makes it easy when I got to run down in the cabin and grab another rod and the 40 lb gives me good control of the fish when in boat traffic. Glen

Sounds good. Scott, I'll keep an eye on the weather and get in touch if you want to get out. Got to be a little bit fussy with the air temp cause it is an open boat. No more 20 deg or under like we did with the 18 ft. way back when. LOL Glen

Scott, Think my new 16 1/2 ft aluminum might get out on the lake at Tauganock? Starting to get the urge. Thinking about those nice landlocks you were taking last season. Those Browns too. We can leave the lakers for somebody else. Glen

Jerry, Thats good news. Previous years had to pay 15% Fed. on anything over a grand so I didn't deduct taxes on the team split. Glen

The ones with NK stamped by the split ring on the narrow end of the spoons would be Northern Kings. You can go to their websight to get the names. Glen

I haven't got one yet but we only got $1000.00. Don't think I need one unless it's more than a grand, cash prize. Glen

If you or anybody on your team has a capt. license, you must enter the pro division. Whether you run charters or not. Glen

I'll post the question on Lake Ontario Outdoors sight Bob. See if I can get you an update. Glen

Gill T Under the old rules,9 fish limit, am teams could take one bonus laker but back then there was a slot. Have to wait and see what the commitee decides on that one. Glen

The old Am rules were yes to observer and yes to 3 man team,9 fish limit. Glen

Very good news Paul. Thanks Glen

Thanks for the offer. Won't be happening this winter as the boat is 260 miles away buried in about 200 inches of snow from what I'm told. Next time up the boat will be in the water and trolling for Browns. After this season I'll probably tow it home as I want to get a new top made and now looks like I'll have anther project. Nice work. Glen

I really like that Bench seat idea. Thats pretty sweet. Did the boat originally have a raised pedestal like the starboard side? Additional seating is the one area of my boat I would like to improve on. Glen

I would NOT take a drunk or otherwise incapacitated observer on my boat. I would have been on the phone and let the commitee know this and demanded the team forefit a team member in his or her place. This is not only a hinderence but is a definate safety violation. This demand would have been repeated at the paper work turn in point BEFORE it was time to leave the dock. Not really rocket science if you catch my drift. Seeing as how it has happened the teams should be warned of this type of thing at the captains meeting. It's got to be up to the teams to supply a reliable observer or pay the price. I believe this would eliminate this type of thing. Lets not forget the Capt. is responsible for what goes on on the boat. Glen

Courtesy would dictate a 5 or 10 deg starboard turn by both boats would eliminate any problems. Unfortunatley courtesy is sometimes hard to come by. Glen

Last year it wasn't until probably the middle of March before they finalized the rule changes. Hope they do it soon so I can put in for the time off of work.... Or not. Glen

Let me know if things change. I got a spare pro pac for the big boat and bought a 16 footer for the local ponds so I only need one more for the 16. Thanks Glen

I'm looking for 1 propac. You interested in selling 1? Glen

I see a couple that look like O & M's and I believe I see at least one T-spoon. The guy that was making the T-spoons got very ill and I don't think he ever started production back up and the O&M's used to have a websight. I got quite a few of both brands and they were both excellent spoons in the finger lakes. I haven't fished the Finger Lakes in a good number of years now but still got a couple boxes of the spoons. The websight was omlures.com Glen

Thank you Jeff, I only went back to 2003 with my subscriptions and most 2003 are gone. Must be before I started saving them or I gave them away. Seem to remember giving somebody a pile of fishing magazines a few years back. Glen

Good thing as I searched a whole box of GLA's this morning and couldn't find the article. Just out of curiosity does anybody have a subscription date? Thought I had them all. Glen