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Sweet fish! Congratulations on the win that's something to be proud of glad to see it.

Great Box Mike!

Great fish and nice report

We have had great luck with golden shiners also. They get big and kids like to catch them. And when they get one on it gets inhaled by a big largemouth. Sean

Yeah landlock sorry forgot to add that into post I'm a rookie lol

LOL no problem sweet fish

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Great fish but that's a Salmon. See how the jaw line doesn't go past the eye, spots are X shaped and dorsal fin has no spots up into fin. Heck of a fish thanks for the report. Sean

Is everyone heat stroke from the weekend LOL

Unless some post were deleted I see no problems above

It's a Derby not a tournament anytime it's a one fish Derby alot of luck is involved. As far as Bait if it's legal use it. If you can't beat them join them and learn how to fish bait. I like tournaments where you have to have a mixed box of fish a little less luck involved. One of those deals if the guys complaining don't like the rules don't fish it. Sean

fisherdude you are "the man" because you did better than anyone I know or even talked with. Every single person said it was the toughest derby they have ever fished and that includes me as well. The first two days we fished 20 hours and never had a hit and tried everything I could think of and changed out lures more frequently than I ever have and 5 different core setups, coppers, downriggers cheated, with boards no boards and for many hours running three rigs (15 spoons) with additional core or copper on boards. It is the first time in my life that I have been skunked two days in a row in fresh or salt water. There were places we marked fish and good amounts of bait but they would not hit no matter what we tried. We managed two lakers this morning an 8 pounder and a 6 pounder and had one brief but aggressive hit right near bottom in 156 ft. We also went with old school stuff like Hemlock spinners, and gang hooks behind cowbells. Out of desperation I even tried a flassher fly combo behind cowbells. I also like you used similar setups to the Gamblers so maybe the "real thing" makes a difference folks My hat is off to you and the Gambler rigs.

First time I ever trolled from Lodi to north of Sampson and never had a hit. Thought I was going to have my first skunk until we turned back South and hit a 9.5 pound Bow down 30 on a rigger. Group wasn't in the Derby. It was by far the worst fishing I've had. Nice job to all of those that did well. Sean

Lake is not what it used to be. Just a few years ago I would of had 30 plus fish in an am five hour trip. Yesterday you were doing good if you put a few in the boat. The T-Cline is setting up at 30 ft we did take one great 9.5 pound Bow on a spoon down 30. My charter group had arrived in town from overseas the evening before so we were not fishing the Derby. Had a few good marks in the 90 to 130 ft range, and some Lakers down 200 over 340 that haven't come up yet. Sean

Reel Hooked Up boat is in also if you need a charter boat. Sean

Any marina/business man that charges 700 to display the boat from their marina with their advertising on it should be dragged into the street and beat to death along with who ever agreed to pay it. What a joke

It's been going down each year, it always comes back to money. The lack luster fishing on Seneca the last few years has not helped. I myself know at least a dozen folks that usually fish it and won't this year. I'll buy a ticket probably for myself but wont be fishing it unless I talk some clients into it. It needs an extra boost from a big business or two to bring in more folks. Also if they still have it, need to dump the getting a raffle ticket for the first fish you weigh in the first day. Talk about killing alot of small fish for nothing. Just get some cool prizes and raffle off to everyone that entered. Then guys that never fish on the lake would buy a ticket.

Thanks for the info Jason and the hard work putting the time in to find out the information. I was afraid that's what the reason would be.

I know the feeling. Happen to me 2 yrs ago sucks big time.

Ya BLOWS Jason got hit at the Oak and he was borrowing all my salmon spoons that weekend. So we both got it. Worst part is you know it's someone who is fishing out of the same area.

Shes definitely calming down looks pretty clear wind wise from here. Lets see what happens later tonight[/quote

Thanks for the info and the pictures!

If your planning on getting fishing time in Saturday and Sunday the last place I would go would be Ontario. Waves 3ft building to 6 and a cold front. No Good

On Keuka an 8 pound Laker is the same as a 30 pounder on Ontario. LOL. Few and far between

Any age limit on this event beside the 18 and up for observers? I'd like to do one tourney this year but only if I can't take my two oldest 10 and 13. Thanks Sean

I think I remember the guy who fixed yours Sean!

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LOL. Ya thanks! Man the amount of work that was done on a new boat trailer was insane. I'll never buy another one from them

Not a bad job to do! All depends on the actuator you have. Some actuators it's a simple part change. If your actuator is old just get a new one that is disc break ready. When venture set up my trailer they used the wrong actuator so I burnt the breaks off it the first trip. Sean

This guy has been eating them for years he looks OK!

Garmin GHP 10 unit has performed flawlessly and I put it in myself. Sean

My boat is heavy also for its size. The long shaft 9.9 will work great. I have the Yamaha 9.9 high thrust four stroke and it has more power than the 15 Mercury four stroke that I had prior. As for auto pilot you can get Garmin products for kicker.

Problem with smacking those small salmon is most of them don't make it when you let them go. We usually move out of an area when we get into them or drop deeper. When your flat lining it's hard to avoid them when you first get into them they hit everything. Nice Brown! Sean