rolmops

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.

If you have the possibility of taking a through hull then that is the way to go.The p66 is ok but only ok, not great.

sorry double post

"The cleanest fish as far as pollutants is supposedly tuna" That was before they checked on mercury. Now according to the Sierra Club magazine it is the fish with the highest mercury content,so high that daily consumption of tuna actually causes mercury poisoning. The DEC has very clear advice concerning the consumption of fish out of Lake Ontario,as does its Canadian counterpart. These 2 agencies are the only ones around that do research to back up their advice. All the other comments here are opinion based. I will stick to research backed advice.

they were sold a long time ago.

They have been around for a long time now, but their spawn has a very low survival rate. This is because they do not have very good camouflage coloring.

According to a bulletin sent out by Evinrude in 1964, every engine built from 1963 on has needle bearings and can be run run with a 1:50 mix. That is, if you use TCW-3 two stroke oil. Any Evinrude/Johnson engine up to 5.5 horse had bushings until 1978 and those engines must be run with a 1:24 mix. Hope this helps.

That is a 1961 and you will need to run it on 1:24 mix. It still has bushings instead of needle bearings. They are very powerful and dependable engines.

Doc did have a very exiting day,but I am just one of his rod men.

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name: horsing around ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):6-23-12 Time on Water:05.00 till 13.00 Weather/Temp:nice Wind Speed/Direction:NW 5 Waves: 1-3 Surface Temp: 68 Location:Mexico bay and a bit further west LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 15 Total Boated:13 Species Breakdown:1 Atlantic,7 Kings,3 Steelhead, 2 browns,1 shad Hot Lure: stinger blue,cut bait Trolling Speed: 2.1-2.4 Down Speed: 2-2.4 Boat Depth: 140 Lure Depth: 60-80-90-120 ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS We went fishing the first leg of the A-Tom-Mik triple crown out of the little Salmon River and after setting up in 135 feet of water we made numerous runs back and forth in front of the the power plant.This resulted in a 27 inch Atlantic. It gave a great fight and show, but we could not use it for this tournament. Next were a few skippies and some steelies. Then came a 28 pound +king which took about half an hour to reel in. Shortly afterwards we had a cluster something with 2 leadcore lines involved,while at the same time we had a double hookup with 2 kings. One on a 30 pound line, the other on a 10 pound line.The fist to come in after 20 minutes got himself onto the dipsy wire and somehow this opened the swivel and right behind the boat it got off. The other on the 10 pound line was brought in patiently and with great skill. It was netted and tipped the scales at 22 pounds. A few skippies later, the leadcore went screaming out of the reel and we were convinced that this would be another king,but it turned out to be a 15 pound plus brown we netted. This one is currently 4th on the LOC board.There was another steely and it was time to come in and go to Oswego for the weigh in. I would like to thank Tom for a very well organized, very pleasant and friendly tournament. It was really nice to be at the weigh in and festivities surrounding this event, great food too. Keep em coming Tom! ====================

That looks great,but are there 40 boats signed up or is that a desired number?

If it is monster carp that you seek, the place to go is the entrance of Irondeqoit bay in the evenings. The carp are spawning and they come in from the lake to spawn in the shallows of Mayers marina.I have caught quite a few there on a night crawler. You can catch veritable monsters over there and pound for pound they fight harder than a striper. http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/regions_pdf/gocarpn2.pdf

The one thing that you must consider is stretch. Lead core does not have any and nor does braid. Using both means that you have zero stretch in your line. You must set your slip looser than you would if you fish with mono

If it was your first birthday suit it would be ok, but now we are talking your 60th birthday and that is way less bearable.