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Willing to trade for musky baits? I might be interested if so.

Yeah- Todd's fish is a good representative of a healthy NY fish. Thick, long and good color. With continued stockings and catch/release, fish like this will be around for awhile. Think it is too early to do another fundraiser for the hatchery? I am thinking about doing one and I can have Stan Durst join us in the next one along with Fred Pearson from OH. Watcha thinking guys?

Had to show off some of the fish on my baits over the past 10 days, they have been hot! A little bit of musky p^rn for you guys, have many other pics but these are the most recent- GOT BAKER'S? Todd Young has been crushing them on my baits all year! Chautauqua- Big Bob Hoce- Chautauqua Minnesota fish- Women can Bakerize them also! GOT BAKER'S?

Rideau River has lots of muskies.

Check out BM Stinger's, I can get you contact info for Bob M who makes them but it is a true 30ft diver. Plows are huge and usually are only used very late in the season for huge fish but take a look. I can make a plug that gets 30ft with 100' of line out but I am up to my eyeballs in work. At this last tourney 6 of the 20 fish caught were on my baits with only a few people running them. They are catching fish in NY, WI, OH, Lake Saint Clair and PA so for me it would be a while to make you one as orders are piling up. I am actually painting up one of those deep divers for Solgrande today, he has got fish on it before so he needed another, he asked for one 9 months ago and am just getting to making it, lol. I only have a handful of them out there- Solgrande, Nitro, Old Man and Cpt Larry are the only ones who have any of those deep ones other than the ones in my box. With these baits I have snagged bottom in 39' flat line trolling. Best luck and good fishing up in the islands. Here's a pic of one of those deep baits-

I don't know who else is excited but I am! I love fishing these things and looking back at the 4 tourney's I have done- the boat has landed 18 muskies in those 4 tourney's and that works out to 4.5 fish per tourney. I hope to keep this streak going but am not too sure about it. Wishing everyone the best luck and I hope that the LOU fishermen stand tall, do well and catch some slobs! See you guys soon!

Did everyone else get theres but me?

Anyone get there's in the mail. How do we go about getting them? Do we pick them up or what? We may start at midnight so what's up? We even doing pins this year?

Ronix- for $5 I can tell you where we were casting! Yeah- lucky Kevin, On his first cast ever banged a decent one, six casts later another one. He is the same guy who can shoot a 10pt buck when everyone else sees nothing all day out hunting. Some people are just lucky I guess. Maybe it was his guide? lol. I had to put music over the video b/c I was swearing like a champ. That location has shown me fish consistently for over a dozen years and I have seen some hogs also. Its an sharp inside turn on a weed edge that I bet I have done over a dozen fish on. Almost forgot about that spot, thanks for helping me remember BlueEye! BlueEye, I say do the wine tasting and then go out fishing, lol.

I wouldn't call myself a GURU at all! Last year the small Phantom Softails were hot for me and actually did all my tigers on that one bait and all in the same general area. It seemed as if all the tigers showed up shallow at one time and I was there. It lasted a few weeks and then it was over with low light being the best. The little guys (<30") came in first and the bigger ones followed shortly after. I only go to Conesus if I have a few hours to fish and can't make it to Waneta or I am too poor and don't have much gas $, lol. That's all, nothing special, just did some reading and tried it out. I didn't get any tigers on blades (bucktails or spinnerbaits) which I find weird but they sure did eat up those jerkbaits in shallow (less than 6'). Best luck as I don't think I am going to mess around with them much this year. Being a father to a 3 year old takes up most of my time now. Good fishing and tight lines guys! Read this article!!!!!!!! http://www.fishinfo.com/fishing-article ... _485.shtml This was the article I found and I talked to Tony Grant 2x over the winter at the shows about tigers and this article.

Brad is hot this year! I better steal his drain plug at the ramp so his boat is full of water! Gotta do something to slow him down! Ronix- he'll score his first fish and make it into the $ on his first trip to the lake. Old Man- he is the darkhorse, so we will have to find out? Musky Lips- he may do well now that he is partnering with "The King", they are a match made in heaven . Solgrande- he will only catch one fish, it will be a slob and he will do it while in site of me just to make me pull all my hair out and probably win the thing fishing water I just went over. Nolad and Blueye are becoming Chautauqua veterans so my $ might be on them if its a bait chucking event. Nitro used up all his good luck on Saturday so........ Gonna be fun, I personally hope Lex kicks all you butts and nails a slob right in front of Solgrande to turn the musky world up side down. Once again, I am official net man for her so watch out for the woman, she is good! We are most likely going back down to the South End where her dad and I did a few on Sunday after doing nothing Saturday on Waneta. We did 3 and lost 3 more in a morning of trolling all on bright stuff. Lex and I are capable of doing decent #'s but we never get the big ones when it counts. Best luck to everyone and I hope someone here on LOU gets the winning fish! Remember to save a few bucks for the lure raffle after the tourney!

Who cares as long as we all go fishing right? I fish muskies but I tell you that a big ole walleye is a nice treat when I get them by accident. Fish are for people that can fish- stories are for people who can't. Nitro- why do you have to go stirring the pot?

Nice job!

We need teeth marks! No question about it! Just in- On Tuesday a 48.5" LSC fish just took the lead as biggest so far this year on a bait I made. $9 Bass does it again, I love hearing about fish getting caught on my baits, almost as much I like catching them.

Sounds good Chad- if you need anything before the tourney you know where to find me. Baker Big Fish Bonus- makes me laugh a bit. Larry- sound cool? If so lets promote it up!

Same here Ray! It helps clear things up and keeps others from thinking this or that. I say that the winners have to stand up and describe their pattern a little to get the $$$$$. I would have no issue with doing that myself. Chad- how about this,catch the winner on a bait I made and I will give the winner one of every color I am doing in the smaller size, it works out to a dozen baits for free. It would be worth a couple hundred $'s in baits. I just got a call about a nice 45" Wisconsin fish caught on Sunday on a Black Carp color which beat out a 44" that was caught on Firetiger in May for the biggest this year on my baits. I am getting excited about fishing boys and I always get a kick out of fish being caught on them by other people!

Cool- depending on what I can get done between now and then- I may flood the table with them. It would be good for me to show them to people that may have never seen one.

I will see if I can get a few done for the raffle. As of right now I am all sold out of plugs (good thing) but will do my best. I will try to get at least one 8" bait and a few 5" for the table.

Yeah buddy! Showing those Canadians how to fish! Congrats on winning!

At least your out trying. I am so busy right now it doesn't look like I'll be fishing until the musky opener. Sooner or later you'll get on them Old Man- you always seem to!

Everybody already signed up? I am getting really pumped to get out and fish this. My partner like always is Musky Lex, she loves Chautauqua and fishin' these tournaments! We always have a great time as most people do, unless Solgrande comes into the area you have been fishing for hours and bangs a 45" right in front of you! Some people (me) don't like that stuff (its my turn this year to do that to you ole Bobby Boy!) so you need to quit doing stuff like that so I can have even a better time. Honestly, its a lot of fun to fish these and if you have never done one, go for it! Some of us will be more than happy to point you in the right direction. Cpt Larry- anything going on before or after the tourney?

Those are some nice sizes you got. Make at least an L-turn every single cast. When you get lazy and don't extend your cast into at least the L-turn, thats when the fish always show up.

Hey bud- as soon as the Genny clears up- casting spoons, deep divers or dropping crawfish to the bottom all work. Catch them off the Summerville Pier and have some fun!

Nitro- First off, yes- you are fishing the wrong lake if you want pics like this. Oneida is the best inland lake for walleyes, plus Snagger makes it look easy b/c he is darn good and fishes it a bunch both during winter and summer and knows the game well.