Gene Shenk

Great report! Now thats is what I call a very nice Family night out!!

Very Nice Fish!!!!

Hi Tom Placed an order earlier this week, I would have tried a local place but there are not any close to me that carry your torpedo weights and I just donated one to the lake last weekend LOL! If i dont get out this weekend thats ok there is always next weekend or i can run with one DR and a bunch of dipsys which might work great. Either way your stuff is worth the wait and thanks for the heads up!! Gene

Thanks for letting us know Harvey and please do let us know when you get rolling again I still will want a couple for back ups.

BP the super line is a flea collector like no other I made the mistake of using it and on the second trip with it I was so pissed off by the fleas I changed it back to cable while on the water.

Nice Evening Scott! Wish i could do the shoot out this year especialy after I got blown off the lake last year in my little boat but I will be out of town so maybe next year. To anybody who did not sign up last year do it the weigh in and picnic after the fishing was a lot of fun and meeting people you have been talking to on here and on the radio for the first time was a good time! Gene

Well after some surfung I ended up ordering them from a place called Anchor Express for 360 each and 12 bucks shipping for both, but just like every other place i checked they were back ordered I hope to get then before the 20th of july.

I am wondering where the best place to get a couple of new Cannon Mag5ST down riggers would be . I would be happy with local or internet purchase. Thanks

Very nice !

Thats got fat back fish fry written all over it Good Job!

Thanks Mark he is a great kid and he realy loves the outdoors. I am taking him to N Carolina so he can shoot some deer with his grandpa's 270 and then next year he will be throwing arrows at them with his new mission bow here in NY. Somedays the trolling gets a little boring so i usually tell him to invite a friend and that seems to keep it going. I can only hope he keeps the passion for the big lake. With the fishing being this good and all you guys helping with tips and reports how can he not want to go!

Thanks Tom and Scott it was a perfect shake down trip with some decent action and now that i got the ball rolling there will be alot more trips rest of the summer. Dad was a great fishing partner but it looks like my 11 year old son will be a good replacement and I know my dad will be very happy to see that!

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name:Gene Shenk/ Freedom ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):7/5 Time on Water:1pm to 6 pm Weather/Temp:a little breezy and 80°F Wind Speed/Direction:west 5 to 15 Waves: Any where from 1 to 3 and even flat for awhile. Surface Temp: 70°f Location:Sandy Creek and east of the mouth. LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 8 Total Boated:7 Species Breakdown:Lakers and teenage kings Hot Lure: White spinny with a all white atomic fly Trolling Speed: Down Speed: 2.2 was the best Boat Depth: lakers 90 to 120 and the kings 150 to 200 Lure Depth: 105 FOW ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS Well I had to shake off the fact my Dad is no longer alive to fish with me and get the boat wet for a way over due shake down. I was able to take a good friend and his son out and the boy caught his first laker and his first king 15lbs so mission complete. Today no real problems with the rig except I donated a DR ball to the lake but there were many smiles on the boat to make up for it. Well loosing my favorite fishing partner over the winter sucks but this is a good start to getting back into the swing of things. Being a middle of the day shake down trip I did not expect much but it turned pretty productive and after beating up a few lakers i could hear my Dad saying push out, drop the ball, find the temp and get those reels screamin! Thanks Dad! ====================

Hi Foster How is the new ride treating you? I still have not put the boat in the water yet but i did get it out of the barn so i hope to be fishing shortly after the spring Loc, i will give you a holler on the radio when I get out. Take care Gene

Dont do it the fleas will collect like you have never seen before. I put it on 1 rigger and in the middle of the second trip i changed it I could not handle the flea build up it was unreal!!!

Lou This is the first year he has taken interest in big o fishing now he makes the lunches and then makes me promise i will wake him up in the morning! He sleeps on the ride to the lake and sometimes in the cuddy when it gets slow but I think the fish we caught together this year gave him the bug for life! Bloodshot You are right I dont care if i ever bring in another fish i just luv watching family, friends and especialy first timers catching a big fish and some times it is just a 6 year old reeling in a shaker and he is so excitied because he has only caught little bluegills before!!

Fishing Report Sandy 9/3 Your Name / Boat Name:Freedom ============== TRIP OVERVIEW Not bad for a quick trip before the Loc is over for us due to high winds. ============== Date(s):9/3 Time on Water:630 to 1130 Weather/Temp: Cloudy early then sunny Wind Speed/Direction: south 10 mph+ Waves: 1 foot Surface Temp: 75°F Location:Right of the creek to the pump house LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 4 Total Boated:3 Species Breakdown:2 Kings 20 & 22 with one small laker Hot Lure: none Trolling Speed: Down Speed:1.8 to 2.2 Boat Depth: 90 to 115 Lure Depth: 80 to 110 ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS Action was slow but my 10 year old son landed the 20lb king all by himself, he was very proud and so was Dad ! We caught the one king near the bottom on a 11" pearl flasher with a fimilar bite rig. The other king came on a white spin doctor with a white atomik fly on the wire out 310. Well I guess the loc is over for me with the incoming weather and a small boat but it was fun. I am looking forward to a better king bite over the next few weeks so i can take some family and friends out and watch them catch some big ugly kings! ====================

Nice!

I think the video you saw was mine on youtube. I got that at the A-tom-mik site and if you put it just inside the gill plate and out the mouth you should not have to many problems with damage to the fish. Her is a link to it http://www.atommiktrollingflies.com/holder.htm I think it was $10.

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name: Gene Shenk / Freedom ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):8/14 Time on Water:630 to 1130 Weather/Temp:cloudy Wind Speed/Direction:south 10 to 20 Waves: 1 to 3 Surface Temp: Location:west of the creek as far as the nose LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 1 Total Boated:0 Species Breakdown:none Hot Lure: none Trolling Speed: Down Speed: 1.5 to 2.5 Boat Depth: 75 to 350 Lure Depth: 20 to 100 ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS well it was slow took one good hit on a wire with a blue and chrome spinny with a hammer fly it was out 320 on a 2.5 setting lost it after playing it for a few minutes. Had a decent screen inside but could not get them to go. I heard there was some decent action out deep 450 to 600 but it started to get pretty bumby at the 350 mark and with 2 young ones on board I decided to stay in. Oh Well I hope things set up for next weekend! Cant complain it was the only bad fishing trip of the year so far! ====================

Now that's funny!!! Great but funny!!

This is gonna be great, for guys like me who dont have the time and or the money to do the pro am's this format is awesome. I have been wanting to meet the guys who are on the board who fish in my area and there can not be a better way to do it. Me and my very no experienced team of tourny fishing buddies do have high hopes of laughes, burgers and maybe a beer or two when we are done hell if we are lucky maybe we can weigh in a couple of nice ones. Thanks for putting it together guys!!!