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Some thoughts I had passed onto Paul included that if we really want to grow the events and have better payouts....we need to get involved. All of us contestants have a stake. Many of us are small business owners and in our circle of friends and contacts there are national/international corporations and businesses we should be tapping into for event donations. A simple letter to call in some favors coupled with passing on the name of the company contact to Pro/Am officials might go a long way to increase corporate partnership.

You lost me at the cheap looking plastic release arm. Nice concept however.

Nobody has a "right" to their waypoints, and nobody can possibly know the other guys' waypoints so for god's sake LEAVE waypoints out of the equation and look up to see what is going on around you!!!! Common sense SHOULD prevail. If everyone is trolling in a east-west direction in crowded conditions, and you want to troll in a north-south direction, then use your riggers only.......don't act all suprised and pissed off your 600' copper got caught in someone's dipsy. The act described above should never had happened among two fishing vessels. Blow-boats well that is a different story.

I don't know if those are sweedes. That looks like a Canadian mullet on that one dude.

I guess most sailboaters would not qualify based on the competency clause

Have the western challenge cup standings been posted anywhere?

I believe you can night fish after 12:01 am, so PLENTY of time for fishing. It is more of a beer league....low stress and fun. I might have to try it one of these times. I like the idea that I could try night fishing, come in, get breakfast, go out and fish some more.

From the thruway up #98.

I remember it being near an overpass past Capt. Cove I think? Mapquest is not showing the correct location and I need to give directions to my Observer. Anyone remember route numbers off #98?

Where is the captain's meeting friday? I will be coming down Rt. #98 from the thruway. Thanks in advance.

Get the stainless and never have one break again.

Nope, got beat out by one point for that category

Too few fish that were well fed. Those schools of smelt from 4-mile to the bar were sick!!!!!!!! After posting a zero day one trying to tempt those deep hooks that fed all night under the full moon to eat our offerings appeared futile. Day 2 we did well looking for fish away from the bait smorgasbord.

Happy B-day Tim, you are always willing to help out a fellow angler with fishing tips. Much appreciated.

Anyone interested in observing for the Orleans Pro/Am event for our team this weekend please PM me. Thanks.

Cabela's dipsy rods get my vote. With Cabela's visa points they are free.........free is the best value in my book.

I rigged the clincher as shown in years past, and it worked great....however I have been running a #20 shark this year and the clincher kind of scared me. With a #20llb shark $100.00 + probe I did not want to find out the hard way whether the clincher will hold all that weight. So after scratching my head in the offseason (I am bald), I rigged up a Cannon terminal attachment and stripped a large tag of extra cable coming out the end. Then I threaded the extra uninsulated cable around and thru the eye of the terminal swivel. There are at least five points of contact of the wire on the metal terminal swivel eye to transmit the signal up the coated cable and I have the piece of mind of the strength of the cannon termination.

Yea.........congrats! (Remember to keep your lures away from the diaper pail).

I am with ray on this one, get your readings and get that probe out once your course is set on a good depth. I will put it back on if making moves in search mode in a North/South troll on south shore of Lake O in case I troll across a temp break.

Adam, I run copper thru the swivel twice, then wrap tight. Finish it off with 5 min epoxy over the knot, blending the epoxy into a fine taper past the knot. You will have piece of mind with strength and the bonus of having the knot slide thru the guides and not getting hung up.

Sounds like you already figured it out, thanks for sharing.

Ray, I assume you were fishing the fingerlakes where the fish are smaller (generally). A Laker of the 2-7lb size does not have a big mouth compared to Kings on Ontario. Compounding hook-up problems is that the fly is whipping around behind the flasher (hard for the fish to track and hit accurately). Consider the problem may be the hook size... . try downsizing on the fingerlakes. We also had east winds this past weekend, which in my experience means more negative "nipping" fish. Just some thoughts. We have all had rubber hook days. I don't remember loosing as many fish when we all used mono/dipsys, so maybe it is the no-stretch braid and wire tearing the hooks out. I have seen video of some top tournament guys who back off the drag before pulling the rod out of the holder to help facilitate easier rod removal and ease the fish into the initial run.

Your Otters will function better with 9.5" and 11.5" settings on the tow string. Give your rod gently jingles (insert joke here) to help the releases slide down. Power Pro or weedwacker line is slicker and easier for the releases to slide if your tow mast is not very high. Silicone on the tow line helps as others have said.

It was only fair Rod gave you his lucky towel since he borrowed your shower drain plug last year

I thought about using the sebrile behind a slow-trolled flasher, but the cost has kept me away.