Dances with Fish

Thanks for the info, I'll look into these for sure

Would like an suggestion on helping me select a new boat suited for LO. Currently I have a 19' aluminum center console made around 1994 by Tracker. Boat works well but looking to upgrade to something better. Most of the issues with the tracker is on the windy days its difficult to troll into the wind and keep it straight. Also could use a little wider boat, more room in the back and more storage. A key factor is I trailer the boat and I can't go too big. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

The marina on the south end is great, no problem launching and the owner Jack will help in any way, has food and other good stuff if you need

Fished the Derby both days, the largest fish was a Laker less than 9lbs, I think 8lbs 10oz. We caught good numbers of fish Saturday and we lucky enough to win 2nd Bow. Tournament was a success with about 190 entries and around 30 in the kids division which is always good to see. Started taking my sons to these tournaments 23 years ago and we haven't missed one since he's been 4 years old. The South Shore Marina does a great job on this tourney and this year handed our trophies for all 1st place winners and many of the kids. The only down note here is there were no brown trout taken in the lake, those that placed took the fish from the tribs, this used to be one of the best brown lakes years ago, hopefully it can re-coup and offer those over 10lb browns again.