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Congrats! Thought you were gonna take it slow this year but guess not. Best luck.

I was just joking about the die off to keep everyone away, lol. Almost worked huh? Good job picking up clients for the opener Larry- I was amazed it wasnt booked a long time ago, good time of year. Best wishes to everyone who gets out!

No fish in Waneta- heard the weed killer made em all go belly up from a local. Better let me check it out first for ya, lol.

Looks like old spawning scars imho.

Be happy to throw down a couple for the raffle table.

Nice job passing on your good idea.

Mikey got to touch the coolest fish there are, heard their skin feels like rubber- is that true? Do they tattoo sturgeon? Neat.

Great time and Bobby boy/Kevin earned their win. The area where the tourney was won was 2.5-3 degrees colder than the north end so that throws the warmer water theory out the door for early season tigers. Only got a 26" tiger myself trolling a firetiger bait I made but we had a couple more hits and Brad got one chucking a Suick. Beautiful lake that coughed up some fish for us as a group and cant knock the lake at all. Good time seeing everyone and would post pics but dumb a$$ here is having issues. Congrats to those who smoked my punk a$$ last Saturday, really looking forward to summer now. BTY- Larry, you wouldnt have had any issues imo launching as their was a big old Trophy that didnt seem to have any issues. IMO Otisco is a cooler lake than Conesus and wouldnt mind going back sometime. Thanks for organizing this event, good times.

Nice! Joe got me thinking about that "bucket list" when I talked to him a week ago so yesterday I booked a trip with Chad Cain out on Kincaid for my ma. He is someone that I have gotten to know b/c of this lure game and think he'll get my ma out for a good time and hopefully to have a pic like you guys just posted. I was born in the same town as Chad Cain so we hit it off right away. She hasnt ever gotten anything bigger than a bluegill so I am as excited for her as I was you guys on this trip.

You have a story to tell your lil girl about when she was in Ma's tummy with your trip with Joe to KY. Drive safely back home and congrats on the fish, sorry it was a couple inches short but now you know the story of my love life, lol. Drive safe back home, you guys have people that need ya home in one piece. Good job checking something off your bucket list.

Just "shared" this on facebook trying to drum up some more interest. Thanks Larry, I look forward to fishing it and I am calling it a late bday present to myself. Going through my 1/8oz Johnson Bettle Spins, sharpening hooks and adding double 10's to them- getting ready, better watch out boys! Will also try to throw down for the raffle table like normal.

Is the next meeting on the 18th?

Cant wait to see the lil BlueEye soon .... best luck with that!

I have kept it pretty quiet but over the past 6 weeks I have been gathering blanks from some of the best lure makers in the country. Baitmaking has given me some killer contacts that I wouldnt normally have and I decided to use these connections to benefit our new Ch 69 MI club (and my own tackle box but shhhhhh on that one ). Pretty excited b/c I consider these dudes to be the best of the best- Wiley, Blue Water Baits, Big Game, Custom X, Hoosier Handmades, H2O Tackle, Paul Fec's Hammer, Myers from WV, Muskietrain and I still have to talk to the infamous "Toothman" about a blank. All these will have my signature on them in addition to the parent companies stickers making them one of a kind and maybe a collectors item. We will have the very first foiled Wiley with a sticker on it making it legit, a one and only b/c it really does have Dales approval- just ask him, same for the other guys. All baits will be numbered and hopefully this fundraiser will get attention from outside NY also, some people in the know have already asked me to inform them when it goes live as there seems to be some real interest. My goal is sometime in May to get them finished and auctioned off as I am in the middle of a huge run right now, need a minute.... It will be neat b/c its the first time ever this has been done- many of these guys have never let a blank outta there hands before, way cool!