gonefishing71

well it's been a while since I've been on, work finally slowed down and finally got the boat out

there was a catfish derby in owego this weekend, started Saturday at 7am and ended sunday at 12

we keep lines in the water for 25 straight hours, 525 entries we finished in the top 15-20

unfortunately, we heard from the head guy, 4 people on the board were being DQ'd for cheating

97 youth entries and our youth finished in the top 5

at first we thought we had a winner, nope 25# carp

my buddies nephew did a hell of a job

8.25# this was a hell of a fight in that current

someone forgot the spatula

it got cold, trying to stay warm on an all nighter

I can promise you this story is B.S

I beleive he got one with a tag, i have seen them with collers

several universities do study the travel patterns....they tag them and use GPS collers

why is it everyone of these stories...starts with my buddies uncles cousins nephews buddy

edit to add

http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_pdf/esfcoyote09.pdf

NO youth hunt

move the bow opener back to the 15th

there are a lot of 12 and 13 year kids that will not get a chance to hunt NOW....that is not helping

i use to take 1st timers out the first couple weeks of october....shoot some rabbits...turkeys....crows

this will do more harm than good.....they can bowhunt that's what my kids will do

I HATE IT

I think it's going create a lot of hunter conflict...yes i bowhunt...but i also like to small game hunt

we hunt in the souther teir, and there is a lot of hunters down here

what about the guys that wanted a couple weeks to turkey hunt? shoot grouse? maybee run the beagles for a couple weeks before deer season...we all share the same land

besides if we need 8 weeks to fill a deer tag....maybee we should take up golf

a new secret bait for next years derby's

a mans finger found in laketrout stomach

http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/hon ... ks-later-l

thanks for posting splitshott

this was a great event glad I was entered....can't seem to put them in the boat during the derby's....

however it is fun haveing the weigh in rite at the park ...get to meet a lot of good people...share some good stories

grand prize = trolling

laker division = jigging

rainbow/ salmon = drifting sawbellies

it's pretty cool to see all forms of fishing putting fish on the board

early riser

I'm sorry for this, but all 3 of your fish would of made the board that is a beautiful rainbow by the way

Actually vogel451 your wrong....the grand prize winner was a 10lb 5oz laker...

the rainbow may have won the lunker pool as the guy that caught the laker didn't enter the lunker pool

on another website a charter captain, went on a rant about his boat is for fishing NOT TOWING.... and he refused to tow anyone

total chaos

august is a tough month for me... birthdays and anniversaries ... and 12 hour work days

I only got out twice in 3 weeks I did finally convince my brother to go, he is the fisherman in the family,

we fished the east side, from myers to AES, bite was slow to nothing at all, my brother did manage 1

MOB,

sounds like a fun morning the few times I been out were pretty slow on cayuga

alec,

the only thing that has worked for me, is the 5 gal Frabill mino-magnum, it ls lined with styrofoam

if i by 2 doz I only lose 4 or 5 now

this is why you give info....thanks to everyone who helped me out

the morning of the lighthouse derby we were setup jigging a mile south of AES....here comes a troller he came within 50 feet of us my partner tells me if he gets any closer i'm gonna bounce a 1oz jig of his mellon.....

I told him let it go .... guys just a ****

point being ....always going to be that guy out there.....1 bad troller don't mean their all like that....1 bad jigger...don't mean their all like that

sad thing is....those guys will come here for tips.....but will never register

by the way...I'm the big guy....in the little green crestliner...if I get close let me know

rustyrat....if you got sandwiches and beer...you can troll as close as you want....but you have to throw me one

I have completely figured out when fish bite

If I'm by myself ...I can't keep them out of the boat....whenever I take someone with me they stop biteing

for me the hardest part is finding them, new F/F should help...

I might take some heet for this...and I know people talk highly of John, however after reading his temper tantrum on someone asking for a tow I quit reading his reports....

I understand in can be a pain in the A$$, however I can't leave someone floating in the middle of the lake...it's just not rite

and if you can't see the difference in someone broke down on the side of the road and someone floating in the middle of the lake....you'll never get it

bigherg,

we were definately hitting some of the same spots today....

trouthunter

that last hour before dark can get exciteing,

it was a tough bite, but after the beating we took during the lighthouse derby, it did feel good to land some fish

took my little cousin out for his first time boat fishing....it was a tough bite...fished from 7 to 2

had 7 or 8 tail biters...and landed 6 all small fish today...fished from AES... north 2 to 3 miles ....all released and looked good

did catch our smallest to date...a 10" laker with all fins......lots of bait...did i mention lots of bait

it was a GREAT day to be on the lake...their was very little boat traffic today

early

most of my jigging is done at night, my wife dont get up early

I have caught some jumbo's at night, and some good numbers as well

the last hour before dark can get awesome,

for me the hard part is getting the jigs down when the lake gets rough, I cast down wind, seems to help

Lavarock,

that is a stud...congrats

Scott,

didn't see if you posted how many entrys, just curious seen a lot of boats

thanks again

sounds like you had a great day...nothing better than getting your kids out there with you

I want to say thanks to everyone who put this event on

and congrats to everyone who placed

congrats Alec, you have helped a lot of people includeing myself and deserved it ...good karma

Fish-on, you guys were on fire yesterday , congrats on putting together a great day in horrible conditions

We had a great time and got to meet some LOU members

yup got a whole box full these jigs work

Alec,

I gave my daughters 1 dz jigs and free reign of their mothers finger nail polish

man I got one PRETTY jig box

awesome...thats a giant smally

a lot of nice browns comeing out of seneca congrats

don't you just love it when a plan comes together

great report....and a great day on the water congrats

wanted to find some new spots for this weekend....so we headed to the west side

fish were there deep 100 to 120 just would not hit anything....fished from 5 to 8 and we had 1 hit

did get to see either a LL or rainbow come out of the water about 2 feet to grab a fly...that was pretty cool

this was the only fish landed

I used this setup quit a bit in the beginning, however I have not used it in quit a while

I was getting horrible hookup rates with the cheap bass pro jigs I had, the hooks were horrible, this system helped because I could buy good treble hooks

I got some of Hermits jigheads and now thats all I'm useing, them hooks are sharp, and thinner, really helps with setting the hook you should see my poor thmbs