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Another great day. Found temp and fish inside, 100 to 150. Fish were hungry. 60 to 90 down on riggers. Divers at 155 and 170. 300,350 coppers were all firing. Did some on spoons but meat was better. Did 14 kings and one Atlantic and called it a day.

I will be out working a charter out of Bald Eagle Thursday through Saturday. Just east of the Oak. Happy to share what we find. Will PM you my cell number. Welcome to text me.

Was quite the fiasco. Hunter broke the rod early in the fight with that laker. When we got the fish to the boat Matt broke the net trying to get it over the transom. The net basket and the fish fell on the swim platform. Both guys jumped onto the swim platform and managed to get the fish and broken net onto the deck. Was pretty hysterical.

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We fished the same days. Inshore, offshore and everywhere in between. Went through 40+ pieces of Rigged Cut Bait each day. Best there is. Boated twenty plus kings each day with nothing over 18. Amazing fishing but still frustrating. Last two hours we fished lakers with Gambler Rigs. Upgraded two of the fish in our box including this guy. Always Something was right next to us. The laker they found was bigger. Also caught on a Gambler Rig.

That’s fantastic!

Business I was in for 35 years was mostly Italians. They referred to me with my German, English roots as a Carp. pretty sure that was a term of endearment.

So that explains Rob Westcot’s success!

Great time as always. Thank you Brian and Rob. Congrats to Always Something for the first place laker.

Absolutely Awesome stuff Mammy.

Weather looks fantastic. Less than one footers and not crazy hot.

Sandy Creek Shootout is the best. Anyone considering trying their first tournament this is the one to try. Low entry fees, family atmosphere and anyone can (and has) won. Brian can attest to that lol. weather looks great, looking forward to a fun weekend. Thanks to Rob, Brian etc for putting it together each year.

Had six young guys, bachelor party, for this morning. Supposed to be a six hour trip starting at 6. Had to delay the start till 9:30. Was concerned with what we would find after the blow knowing a ton of warm water. Figured we would drop in 120, find temp, and set accordingly. Planned on trolling northwest and cross our fingers. We weren’t very optimistic with a mid morning high sun set. Rods, all of them, fired. Doubles and a triple. Couldn’t keep them in the water between 120 and 220. Three hours in we had 15 in the box including 3 over 20. Was awesome. They had had enough as one of the six was sick as soon as we left the dock. Pulled lines and headed to port. Have to love it when folks are thrilled with a three hour trip. Have them a cooler out of my truck for their fish. The ones they had was more suitable for six packs. Great day and weekend.

It really never got rough out there. Did have some heavy rain and a little lightning but not close to us. Tomorrow looks fine, just going to delay our start a few hours.

Interesting day to say the least. Left port at 5:30 and dropped in 120 and headed north. Picked our way to 570. Picked up a few kings and bows but never say anything consistent. Weather got funky and all the warnings were a little concerning. We pulled and ran back into 120 and finished our trip. Thankfully we found more kings and a nice Atlantic. Took shots on just about everything we ran with no top producer. Ended the day with 9 kings, 5 bows, 1 Atlantic and 4 lakers. Folks were happy and went home with full coolers. First time I’ve fished during a tornado warning lol. The weather alerts on the radio were a concern but we kept an eye on the radar and none of the lightning was close to us thankfully. out again in the morning.

Some interesting conditions this weekend but parts of both days should be worth taking a look.

spool it on an empty line counter reel. See what it says and spool it back after.

Sign of the times Manny. Sad

When that launch was built the lake was maintained at a lower level. Pre 2014. When it was built there was no reason to believe it would become an issue.