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Heard of guys catching alewifes and filleting them up.... Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Saturday June 29 2019..... Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Friday June 29 we fished the big fish Friday Species tourney.. Only could weigh in one Laker, Brown, Steelhead, and King. Wheeled into our normal Brownie waters...deployed the typical frog pattern spoons...and all Hell broke loose... Slight problem though... They were not browns , but kings... In 35 FOW! We put a high teens King in the box and released all the others.... No brown! So into 15 fow we go.... Cold water in shallow so out went split shot rigs and mini Chinook divers.... After 5 minutes we iced a 7ish BT. Cool.... Now it's out to 120 to look for our LT... Bottom was void of chickens, but I put down the gambler/ Hammerhead rigs anyway... 20 minutes and Mr Laker 13lb came over the transom...not back to the Kings for an upgrade.... In 35 fow, I put a frog Yeck on the bottom and it immediately went... Not a King, or BT.... But a Steelhead ...9lbs.... We never did upgrade the king.... And ended in 6th out of 27 boats... Not too bad.. MCOC June 30th... 0500 it was hammer down back to the skinny water... The water warmed up a little and the fish moved out a little. Once we got on them, it was on like Donkey Kong...spoons.... Geezers, wonderbreads, shelly Snacks and flounder pounders....short coppers and 5 color rigs took fish also... After the sun got high in the sky, we put out the meat rigs on 8inch spin docs. Man did the Kings chew... We ended up weighing our 5 biggest kings and we ended up 9th out of 47 boats. I'm happy with our finish because there were a lot of good fishermen in the field. Congrats to Jim Piano and Team Hammerhead for taking top king prize and over all win. Being part of the tournament planning was very time consuming... As I walked around the weigh in...I saw sunburned smiles, hand shakes, slaps on the back....and all the coolers with the team's catch... Very humbling... In the end the event raised around 3k for Dream Factory Rochester. I'm blown away.... To all who participated, thank you very much... You guys and Gals are the cream that rises to the top... Be well anglers....and tight lines....Matt Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

The weekend forecast looks very promising.... It's a bad weekend to be a King Salmon that's for sure... I will be in the Area of Voyager/ Shumway Marina Wend evening at roughly 6pm for anyone wishing to sign up... Please be advised There will be no sign ups accepted after 5pm on Friday...... Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Good meeting you in Olcott this year.... Good luck with the sale Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Entries are coming in each day... The 10 forecast ( I know....it will change 5x by next Sat....) Looks very good... Hot weather, Hot fishing, food , beers, lots of laughs ...and best of all it benefits kids with long term illnesses.... Call or text me and we can get ya signed up...Matt 5857379364 Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

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Anyone out of the Oak ,Sandy ,or Eagle Creek looking to register for the Friday and/ or Saturday event.... You can go through Lucas Faulkner. He can be reached at 5857331700 . You must have an entry form filled out with your entry fee. Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Been there a bunch of times.... The best is when your copper gets wadded up with the wire diver.... Good times! I've had kings do a lot of weird things behind the boat... This Spring I tossed back a 10 lber only to have him dart under the boat... Next thing I saw was scales and a pool of blood..... Prop victim... Great job getting your son out... Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I am available every evening this week to meet guys for sign up. Tuesday evening I will be in Batavia ... Thursday Evening I will be Gananda.... I can be reached on the cell 5857379364... Tight lines Matt Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

If you ain't tangling. You ain't angling...lol... Great story! Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

On the right.... Dull metal finish Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

The Monroe County Offshore Classic was designed keeping the regular Joe weekend guy in mind.... The entry fee was created to include a donation to a local charity.... Most tournaments do not do this ( healing waters might be the only other one, but I may be wrong). 200 entry is on the low end of all the tournaments on the lake.... When we decided on the initial dollar amount entry, we envisioned at least 3 guys per boat...say 75 bucks per man ( 3) including fuel. Not terrible considering I once paid a 4 person share of 250 each for a West end tourney. As far as ports.... Rochester and Irondequoit bay are the participating ports. Braddocks has not been ruled out as a future port. We are just waiting to see how the dredging is working out ( there were some small issues earlier in the season with accessibility) As far as signing up at the last minute.... I will be around Rochester the Friday before. 5pm is the cut off, however you will have to arrange to meet up with me before then. I explained that with pay pal comes fees.... And In the spirit of the tourney being 100% pay out ( minus the donation) we wanted it to remain as is for this year. Now to the claim about Lake Trout.... Only being able to weigh one laker actually protects the species a little.... No one will be out raking 30-40 Lakers off the bottom if you can only kill one. The 5 fish box allows regular guys and charters to compete. Catching 5 fish usually isn't a problem for most..especially this year. Last year there were people at the weigh in that took unwanted fish... I get people will be reluctant to enter tournaments.... In fact anyone who,knows me will tell you I'm not a big tourney guy. What I am is, a guy who is proud of the fishery we are blessed with around Rochester. I'm proud of the diversity we have and I'm tired of the Monroe County area being the least talked about port on the Lake. Good luck to all you guys who are thinking about fishing ANY of the tournaments on the lake. Tight lines boys....Matt Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Will be at Shumway Marina and Voyager this evening for anyone who wants to sign up Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Ok guys.... The date is approaching fast.... Give me a shout to arrange signing up. This event is lining up to be as good or better than last year. The lower water levels have made for for transient slips available....and what more can be said about the fishing this year! Feel free to contact me at [email protected], the Monroe County Offshore Classic Facebook page, or my cell 5857379364. Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Nice update from Capt Lucas Faulkner.... He has arranged for Tournament T-shirts to be for sale through Match Play Custom Apparel. A portion of the T Shirt sales will be going to this year's charity Dream Factory. http://shop.matchplaycustomapparel.com/MonroeClassic/shop/home Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Buy in is $200 per boat. Of the 200, fifty bucks is taken from each entry and donated to a local charity. This year we are using Dream Factory as our local charity.... Tight lines.... http://shop.matchplaycustomapparel.com/MonroeClassic/shop/home Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

55 days out for the 2nd annual Monroe County Offshore Classic.. The King bite off Rochester and Monroe County has kicked up a notch to say the least. For anyone wishing to enter, contact me via messenger or at [email protected]. Sent from my VS987 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Great day my friend. Really glad the boat worked out for you. She's a good looking rig.... Sent from my VS987 using Lake Ontario United mobile app