rolmops

My check came in about a week ago.

I fished for browns in 40 to 50 feet of water in October and November using 6 and 8 color leadcore and planer boards. In October there still are plenty of large ones out in the lake ,but as it gets into November,most of the larger ones go into the creeks to spawn and only the smaller ones (19/20 inches) are left in the lake. The fun thing is that the browns are in the same areas as the small mouth bass and often lakers as well, so there is plenty of action, while the water temps are down to 45/46 degrees.

All I said in this thread is that I do not think that Rochester is a very good fishing spot compared to either the oak or Mexico Bay. As an example I used a charter trip with Bruce. So it is my opinion about the Rochester fishing against yours. I have not said anything derogatory about anybody on the board. If you take it as a personal comment on your fishing skills then that is your opinion but not my facts.

I am looking for the I/O side (Alpha 1) hookup of an EZ steer.I can trade the large outboard part. Please send me a pm if you have one laying around. Thank you,Cornelis.

I bought an 84' Islander this spring and with the improvements I made it cost me more than the beauty on sale here. Now I am very sorry for not being more patient. This is a true beauty for a great price!

Bruce, Last time I went out on a charter with you out of Rochester all we could get in over 8 hours was 1 salmon and 1 steelie. So no I am not impressed.

In my old carburetor car I used to adjust the jet needles a bit when going to a higher octane. Maybe you have to change to a different jet if your engine has fuel injection.

About better mileage. Right now 90% of your fuel is straight gas and 10% is ethanol. Ethanol,although it is a much higher octane, has only about 66% of the energy that regular gas has. The 10% ethanol has only about 2/3s the energy that straight fuel provides. So it boils down to 90% energy of straight gas and in addition 6.6% energy from ethanol, which together makes for 96.6% of the energy that 100% straight gas would provide. So yes by all means put straight gas in your boat,because of the water in the tank problems that ethanol may cause. It is however way more expensive to run straight gas in your car and you only get about 3.4% more energy.

Then why is it that I find myself running from Rochester to either Mexico Bay for the browns or the Oak for for everything else.I know that it is not for Michele's beautiful eyes or Fat Nancy's love handles.

In Pittsford (next to Rochester) just east of the R&R tracks they sell both 87 and 91 in pure form,lol. they do not sell ethanol mix there at all!

Chicken wing (SHCW) and KFC Special (SH212) both stingers,did very nice for me in the past few weeks, specially because these lures are not only great brown lures but they also attract kings and steelies.

YES! my brown stayed inside the first 20 of the LOC standings. At 15.8 at the boat and 15.01 at the weigh station 7 hours later, I thought she was in first place and kept her in the freezer for 3 days,but she really was 4th on June 23th when I caught her. But as such things happen,bigger and bigger fish were caught and she ended up in 15th place. This fish could only have been caught with the supportive coaching of the "Horsing Around" team members and the prize money will be donated straight into the fuel tank of "The Lead Sled" as Lou lovingly calls his fuel thirsty Penn Yan tunnel drive rig. But what do I do next? Do I have to call the LOC people, or do they just send the check in the mail? LOC people, our fuel tank needs you! Please tell me what do next. Respectfully,Cornelis. PS, Jerry Felluca congrats on your big winner Salmon.A true monster! But nothing less could be expected from a man whose family name implies that his ancestors sailed a sail boat that plied the River Nile from before we started counting time.

How about you buy some second hand riggers until you have more funds available for what you really want and use the saved money for a good probe which is reallywhat helps you once you have your gear down there. As for rods, the $20/25 eagle claw rods also catch plenty of fish.

In 2007 the economy started tanking and along with it participation in the Pro-Am.On top of that,the gas prices went bananas. If money is tight people redirect it away from hobbies towards family needs,not sports events. Last winter at least one participating boat (a Grady White)was sold for less then half its value because of financial hardship caused by the weak economy. The Pro-Am organizers responded by hiking the entrance fees for the already financially hard hit amateurs and (as a consolation) by changing the way the prize money was divided. How about we go back to the old format of 3 classes with reduced entrance fees for amateurs. This will increase the number of boats participating and because of that the prize money will increase accordingly. With increased participation there will be a better opportunity for big time sponsors to advertize their product and although we may not get as famous as the Bass Master tournaments we will get more media coverage. In a nut shell: 100 boats on the water in a tournament will attract media coverage. 27 boats (Oswego Pro-Am) hardly make a ripple in the water. Respectfully,Rolmops.

Welcome to the board. Between 40 and 80 feet. Thanks to a captain who likes to horse around we found a few small patches of great water.

Tom did you ever consider taking up photography as a profession?

Please teach me how to get 6 hits and boat 9. Did they puke out little ones?

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name:Put out to Pasture. ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):7/21 Time on Water:05.00-13.00 Weather/Temp:nice Wind Speed/Direction:variable,but mostly south west Waves: 0-2 Surface Temp: 77.8 Location:north of Mexico bay LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 16 Total Boated:14 Species Breakdown:browns,one white fish (white bass 16 inches !) Hot Lure: most things worked but only one hit on a fly Trolling Speed: 2.3 later 2.8 Down Speed: same as above Boat Depth: Lure Depth: It started nice enough in the morning with 3 hits,then it slowed down till about 10 o'clock and then as we moved out a bit we started getting some nice hits which very soon turned into two triples and one double and in the end as cream on the cake one brown well over 14 pounds. It was great fun! ====================

If you blow the picture up big enough you can see both the single and the treble hook outside the mouth. Besides, that bugger would have bled I vote for photo shop

I think that in Pulaski, Fat Nancy and the other tackle store across the road and a few houses down (south) are open until 9 in the evening. In Watertown in the mall, Gander mountain and the Dick's sporting goods shop are about 50 yards apart. between the 2 of them you should be able to get all your suplies

Praying Mantis is capable of running at 57mph. Just hold on and pray.

9. All participants shall present their Tournament tickets when weighing in their fish. NO EXCEPTIONS. All entries must be at the weight station no later that 3:00PM. A participant may weigh-in fish in other derbies depending on other derby/tournament rules and regulations. Do all members of a team on a boat have to buy a ticket or is it one participation fee for a team?

It my feeling that there was nothing wrong with the original setup of the pro-am. The economy went down the drain and that started in 2007. The pro-ams suffered a hard blow because of it. It is however very bad policy to make it more expensive when the economy is bad and yet hope for more participation. If the cost would have been lowered with lower winnings, there probably would have been a lot more teams who would have happily competed in the original setup. It is never a good idea to make things more expensive and thereby more exclusive when money is tight. On another note, I just reread my original post and quite frankly, it smells of poor sportsmanship. I would like to apologize if I hurt any ones feelings because most of my comments were uncalled for.

No, only 27 that were in the Pro-Am. One had to drop out. The Oswego Pro-Am was fun but the odds were stacked in favor of the the teams with the big fast boats. On Saturday many of them raced off to fish in front of Sodus and they got their 12 fish limit and raced back. The smaller and slower boats could not make that trip and as a result they ended in the bottom field. Sunday was hard for everybody,but again the teams with the most advanced electronics could go searching for fish at a relatively high speed. Yes, participation was fun,but I got away with the feeling this new setup is stacked against the weekend warriors. Noting that only 28 teams signed up, shows that a lot of last year's participants voted with their feet. It is also interesting that a few weeks ago we got an e-mail informing us about the price money based on forty participating teams,while never mentioning the actual number of participants at the time. I think that next year we will also vote with our feet.