Ronnie D

Thanks guys for putting on a great event. I had a great time at the weigh-in/cookout and putting more faces with names and voices from the radio. Can't imagine why everyone has such trouble with my boat name though. AoxomoxoA is pretty simple to because the last half is the same as the first half. Pronounced OX-OH-MOX-OH-AH or as Pat say OxyMoxy! Yer all stuck with it till I get another boat. Thanks to all who worked hard to pull it together, Keith, Scott, Rob and company. Definatly looking forward to it next year! I realized I need to practice more in adverse conditions as I wasn't prepared to adapt my game when faced with the changing water. My brain (and everything else) was quite waterlogged in my 19'er with no top. Took 3rd place in Orleans derby with a brown we caught practicing Saturday. Ron

AoxomoxoA is in! looking forward to seeing/meeting everyone and hopeful that we can catch a few fish too!

Still available.

Selling 80's 2 stroke 4 HP mercury outboard. Good shape. Cover is cracked where you grip it to lift to tilt. I am selling it because I want a 4 stroke. Happy to run it for you. As you can see its on my boat and has been used within the last two weeks. Asking Price $450 I would prefer a local pickup but willing to meet you. I am in Chili and fish out of Sandy Creek (Hamlin). Please ask questions here but PM me with offer. Here you can see the cracked part of the cover Prop hasn't done any serious digging

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name: AoxomoxoA ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s): 6/19 Time on Water: 5:30 - 11ish Weather/Temp: threatening. Sun peeked in and out Wind Speed/Direction: sw variable Waves: 1 to 3 varied white caps at times Surface Temp: 61-64 Location: 350 - 400 fow between pump and creek LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 7 Total Boated: 6 Species Breakdown: 2 kings 5 steelhead Hot Lure: nk28 black with orange stripe / flat white back when cloudy, nk28 gold with red tip when sunny Trolling Speed: depended on direction Down Speed: slow 2.0 - 2.25 Boat Depth: 350-400 fow Lure Depth: >50' ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS ==================== Great morning. Hit the water early believing weather was going to turn bad by 11... it didnt. weather man 0 for 2 on Saturday predictions. setup in 90 fow and worked north in front of pump. 55degrees 100 down over 170 fow and I picked up a shaker king off the probe rigger on a stinger stingray glow watermellon. I have manual riggers so I would prefer not to fish 100 feet down if I can help it, so I kept going north. At 350 fow and my kicker ran out of gas so I started the big motor. Just as I did and was still a bit below my original troll speed, rod fires on a free slider off a 60 foot rigger. Took and old style R&R (not sure of the name) purple / blue edges with 1 black dot in center with a single hook. I moved the rest of my set up and slowed my troll down. Continued NE/SW troll and hit several more steelies in that area then started to troll back to port picking up a juvenile king 60 down at 250 to finish the day. Was changing lures like mad when the sun would disappear and then re-appear. Flat backs and dark colors when there was no sun and bright colors and shiny stuff when it would come out. My diver/spinny rod was never touched. Steelies were all between 9-13 pounds, and they were on spoons off riggers above 50 fow. Unless my probe battery is dying, they liked it slow today.

July 26th 2009 marks the first year anaversary of my dads passing. Living near the sea just outside of Boston all his life he and I spent many days on the water and he imparted his love of fishing with me. Today I celebrated his spirit and 'took him fishing' with me as I went out alone.... He didnt make it up here but once to fish with me in life, and that was in June so we just got to enjoy a nice day on the lake together and some time washing my lures. Today I felt like he was with me as I caught two of the biggest salmon I have ever enjoyed on the lake. This weekend I shared in the great fishing off of Sandy Creek. Check the reports in the reports section if you missed it. Saturday I went with my neighbor an we had a bad case of the drops. 5 for 14 or so ( we stopped counting after a while). The morning bite was insane even with 4 rods. Many steelies ran right at us or dumped after a few jumps and some splashing. Heres a few that actually made it to the boat. A 16 lb king (give or take) technically we fought it on two rods because it got into the lead while trying to clear it. Smartfish 11:30 and green glow horse fly __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sunday - got out a little late. 7am to 1:30ish. The kings were full of energy today with extremely powerful runs. Everyone talking on the radio spoke of fish out 500-700 feet and more. 98 FOW 75 down in some cold water I picked up this feisty beast. I was hoping to catch a major on my light trolling rod and sealine sc27 reel but I had no idea what was in store for me. This guy almost spooled me with ~900feet of line in 2 runs(I think the drag on my reel is kinda burnt now between this fish and the next big king) I had to circle the boat and burn the heck out of my thumb to stop him. On the glow frog or whatever it is you see in the net behind the fish. Headed out to 270fow and was getting frustrated missing steelie after steelie on a free-sliding die hard 28 I got this nice bow on deck for a pic Then there was this fish......... My biggest ever... maxxed the 25lb scale out without a problem. if I had to guess a fish at 30 lbs this would probably be it but in reality it was probably 27 - 29. I wish my dad was really here with me just to get a better picture of this fish! Its rare that I dont make a fish look tiny. (reference the 16lb fish above). This one is one I will remember for the rest of my life even if I catch one bigger. (and I better because I released this one) I know its 3 pics of the same fish but it was a special one for me and I couldnt quite get a good shot of it with the timer on the camera set on the dash. Stinger Die Hard mag off a mupped(mag on bottom for me) rig took this guy 45 down over 210 fow. I didnt even bother trying to risk burning my thumb some more, I slowed right down and came around him while I wore him out. Also on the light trolling rod/sc27/18lb mono. A crazy storm surge blasted across the water and downpours and lightning chased me in. I was done for the day after this fish anyways. All fish were revived, released and lived to fight another day. Thanks for reading my account of a great weekend.

Nice report and trip! Sure wish I read this and Fishinmans report a little earlier. After observing for the Sodus Pro/Am I was jonesing to catch my own fish and put some of what I learned to work for me I got out last night for an hour and a half before the lightning chased us back in. 6:15 - 7:30 pm very light 1 foot rollers 185fow 70-90 down 55-46degrees probably would have done some bigger fish deeper if I stayed out longer and dialed the depth a bit more 2 for 3 White SD with silver/MOP / green crinkle/glow fly green/orange (billy baru ish) mag spoon and either that one or die hard (free slider) was the lost one Sandwich size king (this was late dinner) and a 12 lb king (revived and released). trolling w and nw mostly from mouth toward pump. sounds like if I went out just a little bit deeper I would have gotten into some bigger ones.

Nice report and trip! Sure wish I read this and Fishinmans report a little earlier. After observing for the Sodus Pro/Am I was jonesing to catch my own fish and put some of what I learned to work for me I got out last night for an hour and a half before the lightning chased us back in. 6:15 - 7:30 pm very light 1 foot rollers 185fow 70-90 down 55-46degrees probably would have done some bigger fish deeper if I stayed out longer and dialed the depth a bit more 2 for 3 White SD with silver/MOP / green crinkle/glow fly green/orange (billy baru ish) mag spoon and either that one or die hard (free slider) was the lost one Sandwich size king (this was late dinner) and a 12 lb king (revived and released). trolling w and nw mostly from mouth toward pump. sounds like if I went out just a little bit deeper I would have gotten into some bigger ones.

I figured theres many who are passionate about their hobbies and since CB and radios were once popluar in boats some might still be into gear like that. In that spirit I offer up some trinkets. I have a Maco 300 with 7 - 8950s. Works nice. 350$ Uniden Grant - channels - D104 Base mic - carrier supression mod 75$ 5/8ths wave with ground plane - 60$ Whole smash 425$ Thanks for looking Ron

I just wanted to jump in and make mention since the boat I was in was a nice bunch of guys and yeah we all kinda jumbled together over what was obviosuly a productive piece of water. Gambler, I have to agree with the waypoint thing as well. Like I said, both contributed but I did feel a little awkard when it was all going down. I wish the yelling part didnt take place but it did serve to difuse the immediate problem at hand. Bob, My perspective is that a small boat will only have like 4 or so lines running more than likely vs 8 or so of a boat with a bigger profile on the water. I can turn my 19 futter on a dime compared to the 24.5 I fish in / drive from time to time, mostly because of the types of lines and quantity of lines in the water. The water conditions that day were flat as a pancacke mostly, the 1 foot chop was fairly accurate. I guess I have to agree that in a heavier chop a direction change could be more difficult. By the way, Nice catch for the day Slapshot. Still seems you came away with a good bunch of fish. Looks like you had their number with the slower speed.

Well, With LOU around, the lake is indeed a small place. I happened to be aboard the other boat in question as an observer. I had no part in navigation or what was shouted. Your boat was awful full and busy with the 3 or 4 guys in there and all that equipment on those bench seats with little space to move, it must be fun fighting a fish in there. For clarification we were at an angle nearly perpendicular to you only after navigating to accomidate yet another boat in the same immediate area. They too had way points they were attempting to follow. They appeared to be traveling faster than you its true but some of it was the angle. They were past you safily, the danger was not actual collision but line tangle. Note, the boat I was on had to change course from the original encounter and thus they ended up near you. Only when your boat was actually OVER our lines with what appeared to be intent to tangle our lines, when all you had to do was turn slightly to your port side as the boat did turn slightly also to accomidate you, was there anything actually said. The statement that followed did instruct you to turn with one colorful metaphour used to discribe your demanor based on your current action. There was not more than one sentence shouted. Heres the reality, a smaller boat can turn with much less trouble and not for nothing but fish strikes on my boat are OFTEN triggered by turning slightly to one side or the other. So as for taking sides, you were both in the wrong. Those rules are important to follow but when in an actual situation where there are multiple boats together, I feel that logic should rule. Yes, all three boat navigators should have seen the situation forming and all of them should have made some new course of action to avoid it. Once everything happened and you could see you were BLATENTLY in line to tangle gear and continued with INTENT to actually do it, you could have backed off for the sake of your own lines and nothing would have been said. In conclusion, get over it. Make sure you see and tell the whole story with accurate details. I own and drive a small boat. I dont overload it and I communicate on the radio to discuss intent or fish away from others when I want to feel like I am the only one on the water.

After dragging my sister out and forcing her to sit through fishless trips trying to force a stupid brown to bite I take out my neighbor(my good luck charm) and I didn't even get 3 rods out and the lead core(all 10 in) fires. This might have been a small king but it never made it to the boat. Bugger wasnt in the boat 10 minutes this season and gets a hookup. heh. I think he purposly waited for me to dial in all my new toys (all new electronics this year for me) before he would come out. Went 5/6 today doing steelies and a coho. One of the steelies was ~9lbs. All I did was basically north of the pump house. 170 and 230 fow were the two hot zones I encountered. Another boat was picking at 100 fow also and even pulled a king 5 ft from the bottom there. Purple, black, green, and white in different combinations took all fish. All on spoons with long leads 30-80 down. Of the two other boats I talked to scored a few random kings here and there but that was not in the cards for me today. oops I forgot SD/Fly(see through green but light, not mtdew with crush white tape on both sides) took the Coho. Good to see you yesterday Captain Pat. Glad to have some company on the water finally and get to use my new vhf! Wack'em and stack'em

He speaks(types) the truth. Thanks again!

Friday evening my sister indulged me(again) and went out to troll in the cold. Between 60 and 80 has been a good screen the last few times I have gone out but I couldnt manage a fish. Finally took a Steelie and a laker. Still have a lot of work to do on my top of the water game. I am learning to use planar boards with limited success. Mag NK Black spoon with a gold stripe and gold cup took the bow 7 colors out. Sister reeled in a 10 lb laker I didn't even know I was dragging (I guess I should loosen that release a little in the spring) but at least it was a fish. He ate my mag nk with seasick waddler look alike with orange dot instead of green. 5/18 morning Fished 6am to mid dayish Went 4/6 on the lake with 2 kings (4lbs and 9lbs) and 2 steelies (sandwich size!). Was marking fish in small pods but bait was either all on top or all on the bottom. Took all 4 fish between 160 and 180 fow. bigger king hit a white mop/crushglow SD with a green/noseeum fly on a dipsy with spiderwire(power pro basically) back 300 on a 3. Other king was part of a double I took with a mag die hard down 60 and a chicken wing free slider off that. Steelie up high, king@60 double on 1 rod! Yay me! Forget what took the other steelie but I think it was a mt dew SD with white/green fly down about 80 or 90ft. Took a few more hits and misses on the dispy. On the way in my partner of the day wanted to troll in the creek dragged a diving perch in front of the BYC. His reward- a rather large bowfin (yuck). Its about time I got into some silvers.

Need the SD Classic Charts version of the Lake Ontario hotmaps. Can anyone clarify the specifics of the different types that are available for this area? It seems like theres a hotmaps and a fishing one that sound like the stuff I need to see bottom structure and other tidbits of GPS aided fishing goodness. Thanks Ron

It comes with tye U Bracket that you mount it with and the thumb knobs at each end. The GPS is just the puck with none of the mounting options. It has some double sided tape on it for stickint it on somewhere. Overall I would rate the condition an 8. Its clean and the GPS / Mapping / Memory has been tested working. The buttons all work smoothly and it functions as expected. I haven't had a transducer or water handy so I didn't test the sonar but the simulator works great... Ron

Bump - Price Negotiable - Unit just upgraded to latest firmware.

For Sale Lowrance LCX15MT GPS/Sonar Huge 7" (17.8 cm) diagonal Monochrome Transflective FSTN LCD Incredible 350V x 480H resolution - 168,000 pixels total Advanced cold cathode backlighting Programmable 16-level grayscale Multiple full- and split-screen sonar/GPS options 4 background gray tone choices Sonar/Sounder << Dual-frequency 50-200 kHz selectivity Up to 1,000 watts RMS (8,000 watts peak-to-peak) power Depth range to 3,000 feet* (915 m) and beyond FlashGraf™ LCD flasher+sonar graph with GRAYLINE® HyperScroll™ displays fish targets at higher boat speedsStandard sonar features - Advanced Signal Processing (ASP™), GRAYLINE®, Advanced Fish Symbol I.D.™, FishTrack™, multi-zoom options, sonar alarms, backup memory, and more GPS/Mapping << Precision 12-parallel channel GPS/WAAS receiver WAAS supported with software version 2.2 or higher MapCreate™ custom mapping software. (optional) 1,000 waypoints/1,000 event markers/100 routes/100 waypoints per route 100 savable plot trails/10,000 points per trail 37 map zoom ranges, 0.05–4,000 miles Two waterproof MMC/SD memory card slots for mapping, recording, and upgrading Compatible with optional Lowrance FreedomMaps™ and Navionics® Classic and HotMaps™ electronic charts All this stuff means you find fish, you catch fish, and it remembers for you where you caught the fish so you can go back over the same spots and catch more of them! If you don't have a fishfinder this is a great one to start with. if you do have one, maybe you need one for the kids boat. Items actually included Lowrance lcX-15mt Used GPS Puck and Power cable no transducer/speed/temp sensors $300 or Trades Considered

Thanks for all the quick answers!. I found the NADA site after I posted this and guestimated on the engine. Thats what I was afraid of.. A stock Sante Fe (one of the front runners in my research) ain't going to do it unless it has the tow package. (with trailer breaks its max rating is 2000). None of the CUV will do it then. I am going to have to stick to a mans vehicle especially if I ever intend to upgrade boats(yeah right... ). So much for better gas mileage. Ron

I have a 80s aluminum 19.5 Sea Nymph GLS with a 80s 70hp Merc OB. (The trailer is a << look at me not even finishing my thought. heh)I know I have seen a lot of others with this boat or close to it so I am hoping someone has already weighed theirs. I am trying to get a rough weight of the boat with the trailer. I know it would be simple enough to go hook the boat up and drag it to a weigh station somewhere but with my current schedule its not realistic. I am looking to buy a new(to me) vehicle but I want to be sure I get something that can pull this. Anyone offer a reasonable figure for a dry weight or has anyone had theirs weighed? Thanks Ron

Went out all alone despite the waterspout warnings to find a calm peaceful evening bite. 4pm to 7:30 pm. Went 3 for 6 with two steelies and a 22lb king. steelies and knock offs were taken ~70-90down over 140fow cept for the king was ~70 down over 95 fow. Both steelies ate a 42 second mag and the king hit the pictured NK28(dont remember what most are called once I take them out of the package). It has a scale pattern sticker on it thats not really visible in the picture, comes in the package on the spoon. Was a nice evening in spite of the weather warnings. About 7:30 I saw weird sheets of vapor that rose up from the water and reached the lowest clouds. Not really spoutish but if anything was spooky, that was it. Since I caught fish already that made the decision to go home much easier. My quick and dirty pictures page is linked below. Check out the steelie from the July series where the fish are laid out on a board. It had long mutated fins like it had mated with a fancy goldfish. Someone told me I should have had it mounted because it was rare but I smoked it along with the others. Comments? http://fin.tzo.com/~xingtau/gallery.html

Congratulations to the Candy team. Andy, Guy, Gary and Jr and anyone I am forgetting. Heres a pic of Captain Gary holding the Challenge Cup. Captain Gary is my slip neighbor and has taught me quite a bit about fishing Lake Ontario. One of those things was, "when the browns are in, go for em." Way to go guys!

Thats more work than I could do with 2 arms. Nice work, looks like a sweet ride!

Went out with a bud from Mass on these days. the first two days I shyed away from the pack but still hit a bunch of steelhead and cohos. On Tuesday we had the lake to our selves and went over where everyone else was to the west the previous days and got into the kings going 11/15 with no sub-troll. Fish were all still in the same water then (<60 down over 80 - 140fow). Everything was <10lbs but my friend had a blast. We kept 3 all ~8lbs and man are those spring fish TASTY! Lead core 5 to 10 colors was hot all 3 days with a smaller wonderbread. A chicken wing spoon on the rigger was doing good and most of the coho hit that. Few other spoons orange and green all took hits as well. Had 1 rip on a dipsy on spiderwire at a 0 setting 85' out with a mtdew sd and blue green fly but came up empty. I gotta remember to sharpen them damn hooks. Caught a bunch on a white/purple sd with blue/green fly 55 down. I have some pics posted here. http://fin.tzo.com/~xingtau/gallery.html crap forgot there was a laker in there. hehe He thought it looked cool so I didn't mention their reputation.

Remember you cant eat the antlers. I have always heard any deer with the bow is a good one. Way to learn from previous misses. I am looking for a baldie tomorrow morning myself.