Fishtails

 

 

You most certainly CAN run copper down the chute. You just can't ignore it when you have a fish on another line. You MUST pay attention to where the fish is and where your copper is and move your copper accordingly. The copper is far enough away from everything it should never be a factor. Copper didn't lose those fish--YOU did---by not paying attention to what was happening around you.

     Well said Paul!

Personally, I think you should ALL sell your copper set ups. That would mean there are more fish in the lake for me 

 

 

Rod love the trophies!  What is the age on the "youth" division?

No Nick, you don't qualify 

17 and under, since we consider 18 the adult age for being able to act as observer.

On a side note, plates are in and boy do they finish the trophy off nice!!  Not gonna post pics, I gotta leave something for the surprise, lol 

Dodger,

Tim, from Krenzer has been taking care of the checks and registration. I know we should be getting a confirmation out, but please keep in mind we just undertook this less than two months ago. We started from ground zero after Warren's "planned" event seemed to have stalled out. To send out confirmation would mean a letter via snail mail, because we don't have email addresses on the registration form. I had expected that would be done, but Tim is very busy as are the rest of us. We will have time to put a better registration/confirmation system in place for next year.

Give both east end tourneys some slack for learning curve this season. I know I just paid $300 cash for Oswego at Fat Nancy's and didn't even get a receipt. I certainly should have gotten something to prove I paid.

Not sure what else to say, but I will contact Tim and see about getting a list of paid teams to post by next week.

Some of you already know I've been working on some pretty unique trophies for the Sodus Pro Am. I showed you guys the prototype a few weeks ago. I finally finished the first batch today of 10, so I have two more rounds to go.  This may be a one time deal, as they take a long time to make and fabricate, so don't miss your chance to win one!!

I'll be donating 28 to Sodus Pro Am and 2 to Oswego Pro Am.  They have a value of around $100.ea, so if you're not already signed up for the Sodus event....register while you still can and win one !!

Trophies to be awarded:

Pro 1st place..... 4

Pro 2nd place.....4

Pro 3rd place......4

Am 1st place.......3

Am 2nd place......3

Am 3rd place.......3

Come Back Award Pro.....1

Come Back Award Am.....1

Youth Big fish 1st place ....1

Youth Big Fish 2nd place...1

Youth Big Fish 3rd place....1

Youth Big Fish 4th place....1

Youth Big Fish 5th place....1

Here's a pic of the first 10 I finished today.  Just need the plates yet, which are on order.  

The fluorescent lighting in my shop makes for bad pictures. They look a lot better in person!

Just a reminder that the deadline for entering The Sodus Pro Am via check is July 6th.  It's right around the corner.  Remember, no observer needed to fish the Am division, so why not give it a whirl. We guarantee it will be a fun filled weekend and the tourney is over 100% payout !!  We will accept cash payment up until July 13th.

Looks like Jason will be observing with us.  Nice speaking with you Jason and We'll talk soon 

From Oswego Pro Am Facebook page:

 

In the spirit of doing everything we can to include everyone who wants to get in the tournament we are extending the deadline one last time. You can still enter with cash only in person at Fat Nancy's till they close on Wednesday July 3rd without penalty. Then your absolute last chance will be with cash only till end of business on Monday July 8th, but penalty fee's will apply!

 

I'm heading up and entering out team Wed. morning.  C'mon guys, We need more Am teams!!!  

Lucky Enuff is in need of an observer for the Oswego Pro Am on July 13th & 14th.  You can pre fish with us Friday if you would like and we can provide a place to stay if you need one.

Torpedo's will work, I know dive bombs do. So does putting it on your center rigger. The 735 copper started as a joke to see how much we could get on a reel with 450 ft of 30lb power pro backing. I had some custom 45 lb copper made that is only .033 dia. That's what fit on a Penn 345 GTI. Coulda squeezed 750+ but the spooler didn't wind it on level.

I put it in the water twice. It takes several minutes to let it all out,it caught a fish within 10 minutes both times, then took like 45 minutes to reel it in. LMBO Something like that really needs to be on an electric reel. My electric reel is named Justin, but it's very slow and needs to be upgraded, lol

I do think the length plays a role along with depth. Maybe not enough for it to matter day to day, but definitely when money is on the line

Hey Nick, I just spooled up a 735 copper a couple weeks ago. You are welcome to use it in your video if ya really want to show the ugly side of copper. Teresa would like it a lot!!  I know Justin enjoyed pulling in lakers on it last week

Lucky Enuff has sent in their $$.  The boat is up for sale. I doubt it will sell by then, considering the soft market, but if it does the new owner may be fishing the Pro Am with me per terms of the sale 

Rod,

Buy the new boat first or you will end up like me...boatless!

Good luck with the sale. It's been a great boat and fish catcher for you. I'm gonna miss the Baker          

 

  I'm trying Jeff. Hey, I may talk myself out of this crazy idea. You guys that have fished with me have never heard me mention ever selling this boat, or utter a bad word about it. Honestly, I'm pretty shocked I'm considering it. I've owned it 7 years now...figured I'd have it for another 7 years yet.

The wife and daughter won't tolerate biting flies and getting up @ 5am. If they are going to join us boys, they want a cushy cruiser so they can sleep in and do girl stuff while I fish and enjoy nature.  I am/was perfectly content with Lucky Enuff, or the baker as you like to call it

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So you want to sell a boat on this site but won't answer questions publicly...shady!!!!!!

No, not shady, but thanks for your input ?? lol I just don't want to play 50 questions with tire kickers like yourself who either think the'll get it for 5 G or aren't even interested. I'll negotiate with the right person, but not here.

Trust me, I've been warned by others . Anyone seriously interested can email me and come see it in person. I'm in no hurry

Besides that, I will be up at the lake a good part of the summer. I get my emails, but don't get on LOU very much when I'm up there. You can see it at Jon's little salmon in Mexico, or at The Sodus Pro Am if I still have it by then. It's also available for test runs or a day of fishing with me on her for anyone who's serious. A couple guys emailed already, it's not that hard

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For anyone considering the boat Rod has been a very helpful member for many years and have brought out many members on this site to fish.... I've personally have fished a couple tournys out of this boat and she is certainly a fish catcher.... Good luck rod and can't wait to see what lucky enuff 2 will be

Thanks Matt Looking at a couple Trojans over the next couple days. We'll see, not sure yet but you know how much I love my Sea Ray. This ain't gonna be easy. lol The days of running all over the lake will be gone, that's for sure. If it gets the wife and daughter out more, I guess I can make the lifestyle change.

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Fishtails has been on this site for a long time. I've been here since 2010. I've seen that sea ray in person. Sharp sharp rig. See ray lover and currently purchasing one next week. I understand not wanting to answer questions on this site, although easy, it weeds out tire kickers who just poke their noses through and ask little questions. If you're really interested email him!

Thanks Nick My thoughts exactly!

With very mixed feelings and a heavy heart I have decided it might be time move to a bigger boat to get the wife and daughter up to the lake more often with my son and I.  She would enjoy a fluffy live aboard boat, so trusted old Sea Ray is going up for sale unless I come to me senses before it sells 

You can view a few pictures and a video all taken this year on our facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lucky-Enuff-Sportfishing/180497058654759

I WONT ANSWER QUESTIONS HERE ON LOU.....you must email me at  [email protected]

I am heading up to the boat this weekend to do a few things and I will take some more pictures of the inside and outside. The boat will be available for inspection at Jon's Little Salmon Bait & Tackle in Mexico NY.  

Lucky Enuff is a very rare, turn key- restored 240 Sea Ray SRV with twin Mercruiser 165hp 6 cyl. chevy motors (250 ci inline 6). Both motors (330+hp total) were rebuilt motors installed about 5 years ago. I don't know the hours, but both are very strong with many years of life left if taken care of. The outdrives are Sterndrive engineering SE106 drives. One is 3 seasons old, the other was new this spring.

She's a fast, dependable and economical fishing boat.  I never fully opened it up to find the top end, but she cruises at 25-29 mph depending on seas and how many persons aboard. Fastest I took it up to was 37 mph on the gps, but it had more.  Normally, I cruise it around at about 25 and it barely works the motors and gets very good gas mileage at that speed. This boat has been a great fishing rig for us the past 7 years. It's set up and ready to fish!

Fuel economy:  a couple weeks ago we made back to back runs from Mexico to Henderson, a 20 mile run each way. That equates to 80 miles running at low cruise speed (25 mph) pus 14 hours of trolling, and she burned a total of 50 gallons of fuel. I'm really going to miss that fuel economy.

She's an older boat, but has been gone over extensively the past 7 years with many many new parts. There has never been a survey done, but the hull and transom is very solid and very thick. The motors do not bolt to the stringers, but rather to a cross member that runs across the stringers. Pretty neat design and rock solid!!

It does have a large engine box to house the 2 motors, but there is plenty of room to get down each side to the riggers or to net fish  and we have come to enjoy how usable the engine box is.  This design makes for a very stable boat in rough seas because your feet are at the water line. While I would not suggest it, there is a person or two on LOU that can varify she'll handle 6-8+ ft seas without a problem. I have been out in some nasty stuff, and in 7 years I've only had one puker, and shadster pukes on everyones boat, right buddy, lol     it has really high gunnels (belt high on a 5'8" man).  This is NOT a short person's boat  but a great boat if you have kids!! 

It used to have a flybridge. I removed it two seasons ago and we installed a custom hardtop on the boat. It looks really nice, is way more functional and there is now about 6'3" or 6'4" of head clearance under the hardtop. 

Boat is an 8' beam and very easy for one person to handle.

This boat has fished tournaments at about every port on the lake, so you may have already seen it.

It comes with::

Furuno FCV 582 color fishfinder w/ through hull ducer

Raymarine 530 color chartplotter

Raymarine st6002 auto pilot

Fish Hawk x-4

Raymarine vhf

Back up Lawrance depth finder

Big Jon Planer Reels

2 triple Big Jon Rod Holders

Walker Strike Vision (set-up and fully functioning)

9 rod holder rocket launcher

2 net holders

4 adjustable planer board rod holders

Walker downriggers

New Kenwood Stereo system

4 new batteries (2 house+2 starting)

3 battery switches

2 battery combiners

2 bilge pumps 

upgraded sea star hydraulic steering

upgraded electronic ignitions

2003 dual axle aluminum trailer

Preventative maintenance Over the past couple years:

New gimbal bearings 

New shift cables

New Fuel Filler hose

New fuel lines & water separators

New starters

New alternators

New running lights

All New Wiring

New shift interrupter switches

New ignition coils

New Props

etc, etc.

Tons more....

Asking $11,000 obo

Email me to take a look or as questions.

More pictures to come next week....

 

Plain Jane stock green glow chip w/#41 first light put it down keep it down, when you come in at night still keep it down, just keep it down

 

Could not agree more     Plain old green chip has been bad ass forever, and still is. High sun killer for me was a PK Special chip.  Also, can never go wrong wit the Gator Spinney, Albino or chrome, depending on the light conditions.

Whew....close call Tim.  Glad all ended well

Lucky Enuff will be in the Am. It will be me and two 14 year old boys who will be looking to defend their win last year.  Can't wait, and I hear turnout is looking very promising on both the Pro & Am side

 

A friend of mine has one. We use a portable DVD player with an rca video in jack. Does not work to well in bright sun so need to look at it under shade or in the cuddy.

 

That is exactly what I found. It would be neat to have it in the back, but it just didn't work out because you can't see the screen detail.  That is also why I have the dual screen monitor

and have it mounted high....hardtop shades it no matter what the conditions are and I can watch it when driving, plus everyone else in the boat can view it   

I have one, don't use it very often but it's a cool gadget to have.  For a screen, I use the second screen for a dual screen portable dvd player.  I have that mounted under my hardtop up high on a swivel wall mount tv bracket.  Slick set up and it's one of very few options where you have a video in port. 

I know Wayne, right?   Remember that we are putting together an East End Cup guys. Both Pro and Am, for those fishing Oswego and Sodus.  Lets see who gets bragging rights this year !

We have sponsors coming aboard to help us make The Sodus Pro Am a top notch event.  Without them we would not be able to offer a 100% payout.

Our first Sponsor is Captain Jacks Good Time Saloon in Sodus Point.  You know we're all gonna be meeting up for food & drinks during the tourney at Captain Jacks.   Captain jacks has offered to donate $1000 cash and will also host  Friday's shootout. 

Another sponsor is Ocean LED. Ocean will be donating two LED.T12 Green lights   (value of $700 ++)

http://www.oceanled.com/component/oled_products/item/73.html

Another sponsor will be A-Tom-mik manufacturing, who has agreed to donate $500. in fly products.

I will post more of our sponsors as they roll in  

Wow...I didn't realize this Tom....thanks so much for the heads up      I'll get me and the two 14 year old salmon slayers in this week.

Very cool! This tournament just keeps getting better by the day.

Thanks guys...I posted the finished pics on our facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/SodusProAm

More details to come as to how many we will have and who they will be awarded to besides the Am & Pro winners.  Expect some twists to give every team a chance to win one 

hell yeah can't wait i heard through the grape vine that there are no spotters i hope that is just a rumor

Not a rumor, but not set in stone either.

Pro division has an observer

Am division has no observer

We discussed this at length. I must add that I am not really on the rules committee, just an advisor, and a voice because I can get online more frequently.

The Pro division has remained unchanged from previous format. For the Am, we actually would prefer to have the observer. I know Matt was against straying away from the no observer at first, but the most important aspect to us is to get the best Am turnout possible.

We want to appeal to the masses, and the observer has been a sticking point through the years in the Am division and one reason numbers decreased yearly.  Last year Sodus had many teams in the no observer open division I have never seen before.  That is what we are looking for...new team participants.  The Am division should be the farm system for the Pro division,  but new teams, (especially from out of town, or out of state) can be intimidated with the whole observer aspect and it keeps them from signing up. It also runs up team cost, and creates space issues on small boats.

We all know not everyone will be happy, no matter what. What does matter is that we listen to all sides and in the end do what is best for the majority.  We polled many Am teams, and no observer was the clear winner, but we are open minded and if this is not the case and the majority wants an observer we would certainly listen.

Lets not overlook that the KOTL events have run without an observer with GREAT success and very few/if any problems....for many years.  Remember, all Am teams will have a flag, and we will have boats on patrol watching with binoculars looking for infractions....trust us on that. We will have a zero tolerance policy on cheating. We have also discussed cooler checks in the morning. Nobody is going to want to get caught cheating....it won't be a good experience.  Self-regulation does and can work if we all band together and want it to work.

Just my opinion....

By 3 dipseys I was referring to 2 on one side and one on the other. That is my starting spread 90% the time when king fishing. #1 & 3 off one side and #2 off the other. If the fish are crushing the side with 2 ...I may add a 4th.