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If you guys have a second take a look at this. http://esoxeast.proboards.com/index.cgi ... hread=1087 Pretty excited to do this!

Fish out all the pike and put in pures!

For me- trophy waters- 54". All inland water-50". I support that.

Good to see people are signing up. Remember there will be a fundraiser for a foiled bait from me. Guess the size of the winning fish and which end of the lake it will be caught on and you win if you enter. Money will go to the fishery and you get a plug for only a couple of bucks. Win/win situation if you ask me. It will only cost a few bucks to enter but if everyone enters we can make some $ for the future of muskies in NY. Imagine if 125 people each put down $3 buck for the chance of winning a foiled perch lure. It would ROCK, do the math, 125 x $3! Sounds good to me!

Come on Bob! Here are some more I am bringing down. Also, your boy is being profiled on http://esoxeast.proboards.com/index.cgi ... hread=1087 about bait making. Take a look and leave a comment. Thanks.

Come on Bob- six lines is how I'd like to roll! Baits everywhere!

Bob- if you would split the cost of LSC with Bob Mignano and me we might be able to make it a reality. They won't let me into Canada so its the long way around if I go. Brad, it looks like I am fishing Ohio and PA but is there any way you could get down mid week?

Ronix, if you can give me a week to get supplies I can make all of your leaders for cost. Nothing locally for good snaps or swivels as I have looked everywhere. Mail order baby! Only stringease and heavy swivels for me.

I am all about your coffee maker in the morning! Making some baits to go down!

Larry- need a place to stay, I live about 20 miles away but have a monster 3yr old to deal with. Let me know.

Larry turned me on to this- its all about barometric pressure changes. Pressure changes trump moon phases anytime but on a day with no wind shifts or barometer changes then I think moon times become more important. Watch the barometer and this will show you when things change. If a t-storm comes in usually you get a change in pressure and the fish will often feed. Because they fed heavily, the next day or two may suck for fishing but it will return. If a cold front comes through it may shut the fish down for even longer b/c of temp changes. Similar but different. Have fun trying to figure this whole thing out.

Nitro- what are you getting? I might need something? What are the choices?

I was just added to the drawing for the net!

I just talked to my PA connection and it sounds like I have something in the works where I can do all this fishing and not need to bring my own boat. I know Solgrande will be way too busy to go with all the upcoming singles mingles and all of the women he is currently dating so I can cross him right off the list.

Larry, you will find a musky fisherman at your door by 1pm. I am sort of toying with the idea of taking my own boat but I am 50/50 on that right now. I am thinking about an extended trip maybe? I know I can have a few guys from Ohio take me out also if I decide to stay and don't bring a boat but drive separately. I can tell you that I am getting PUMPED UP about going fishing this early in the year! Hopefully I will become a member of Ohio's Husky Musky program after this trip! These are a few of the ones I am making for Ohio and PA where shad are the most common musky food. I personally like the black foil shad best out of these and the orange second. Nitro- is the third week of April too early for you to go to Cowanesque?

MuskieGuy is camping with all the locals!

A stalker is a plastic copy of a Wiley and I personally don't run them because of that. They will catch you some fish but Wiley's are a gold standard in my boat. Nobody talks about my favorite Wiley- the small fatbody. As for any Newman now- I'll pass on them. Why are you so fond of Drifter if I may ask Ronix? Wiley's are the wood originals and plastic baits don't really work their way into my boat that often. Ronix- get yourself some damn Wiley's and go out fishing! Check ebay or go to http://www.muskiethrills.com/ and order some. My last order I did through Dale took almost 8 months for me to get them so get that order in now!

People do fish below the dam and do okay. In PA I saw some nice pics from below the dam. I am going to Lake Aurthur for a few days and am looking at Tamarak, North Branch Susq and Cowanesque on the drive back. I also plan on hitting Salt Fork in Ohio and maybe another lake on the drive back. Last year I went to Cave Run and it sucked to say the least. The most over promoted lake I have ever been to and it will be a while until I make it back. This year I am sticking closer to home and plan on taking 2x the trips instead of one big one. I have also been talking to Bob Mignano (BM Shads) about splitting a trip to LSC in early-mid June. Ohio and PA are 99% sure but Lake Saint Clair is 50% chance depending on $, Bob M is down but its my cheap ass that is holding things up. 3 weeks until my fishing season starts but I have to travel to Ohio! Making some shad baits to get ready for some shad lakes. Yeah! NITRO- want to meet up and fish Raystown together? Depending on when you go I may be down that way already. I may be able to have a local guide go with us depending on his schedule. He said to bring rattletraps for the stripers and some topwaters for evening fishing. It is said that a striper will kick your butt a few times over, taking 100 foot runs and fighting like all heck but no jumps. Nitro, if you want to join Larry, Dr Dave and me at Salt Fork feel free. It's gonna rock, I was talking to MuskieGuy and he says that 50"s happen. Oh- look at Newmans "Little Richard" crankbait featured in Jim Bortz article in spring muskies, exact copy of a Wiley! Spring time = short lines.

Good to see everyone is looking forward to this coming season like I am. Sounds like Larry, Solgrande and I are going to follow BlueEye's lead and start casting a bit more this season. I have fallen to the dark side trolling the last couple years and hope I can get a few casting to get that confidence back up to where it should be.

I was looking at some of the new baits I have either bought or traded for that are new for this coming season. Anyone else get anything they want to share a pic of? Here are some of the new baits I got for this coming season and I tried to make it a point to NOT buy much this winter, lol.

I would fish that Grandma way before I would consider trying out the Jake. I have heard that the lips don't stay in the new Jakes. I know that the Radke Minnow is very, very popular. When I think of the Larry, I think of the Radke and a Believer. Good luck!

One cool thing I just found out is that I won a free guided trip to Lake Aurthur in PA by being associated with 3rivers. I won the trip through Muddy Creek Fishing Guides and am pumped up! I am thinking sometime at the end of next month or beginning of May. I want to hit one or two other lakes if I am going to be in the area but Lake Aurthur has some nice fat fish. I never win anything but for once this guy got lucky! Fishing in April!

Ray- I personally would like to thank you for your continued support! You have been outstanding with your donations now and in the past. Many fisherman will be thankful for your help over many years to come including myself! I am going to enjoy catching a fish in a few years that we helped raise and think its awesome what we are doing and hope that sometime in the future I am able to help out once again! Thanks for making this work out once again and here's to a better fishery ! Ray, for your continued support, I will put in an extra something for you. Had a bunch of fun watching and thanks again guys! Zach

Just talked to the gentleman I got these off of and he said he talked to Dale and said the metal lip one is from 1977 and is the original Wiley Musky King! Come on Bob- doesn't this make you a bit jealous?

I was told that the old metal lip Wiley in the bottom pic is over 30yrs old. Never seen one like it.