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Jan. 19, 2019 is the date for the Lake Ontario Trout and Salmon Association’s (LOTSA) popular Salmon School – a full day of in-depth instruction for diehard salmon trollers looking to up their game by learning from three of the lake’s best captains. The 2019 School will feature Capt. Pete Alex of Vision Quest Sportfishing, Capt. Matt Yablonsky of Wet Net Sportfishing and Capt. Andy Bliss of Cold Steel Sportfishing and Chasin’ Tail Adventures. Once again, the school is held in conjuction with the Greater Niagara Fishing and Outdoor Expo to be held Jan. 18-20, 2019 at the Conference and Event Center Niagara Falls. Registration is now available through the LOTSA website at www.lotsa1.org. It’s not too early to register for this unique instruction. Last year, the class sold out at its earliest date ever before 2017 ended. Cost to attend is $85 which also includes all three days of the Expo, your LOTSA membership, a hot lunch and beverages for the day. New in 2019 will be a 1 hour meet-and-greet with the captains including free drinks and snacks on Friday night. Don’t miss the boat on this one, sign up early. For information on the Expo check out www.niagarafishingexpo.com.

Jan. 19, 2019 is the date for the Lake Ontario Trout and Salmon Association’s (LOTSA) popular Salmon School – a full day of in-depth instruction for diehard salmon trollers looking to up their game by learning from three of the lake’s best captains. The 2019 School will feature Capt. Pete Alex of Vision Quest Sportfishing, Capt. Matt Yablonsky of Wet Net Sportfishing and Capt. Andy Bliss of Cold Steel Sportfishing and Chasin’ Tail Adventures. Once again, the school is held in conjuction with the Greater Niagara Fishing and Outdoor Expo to be held Jan. 18-20, 2019 at the Conference and Event Center Niagara Falls. Registration is now available through the LOTSA website at www.lotsa1.org. It’s not too early to register for this unique instruction. Last year, the class sold out at its earliest date ever before 2017 ended. Cost to attend is $85 which also includes all three days of the Expo, your LOTSA membership, a hot lunch and beverages for the day. New in 2019 will be a 1 hour meet-and-greet with the captains including free drinks and snacks on Friday night. Don’t miss the boat on this one, sign up early. For information on the Expo check out www.niagarafishingexpo.com.

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We are having a LOTSA tournament committee meeting on July 10th. The meeting will start at 7:00 in Marty Polovick garage. For details message, call or text me 716-531-1153.

On Thursday July 12 at 7pm the Lake Ontario Trout & Salmon Association (LOTSA) will be hosting a seminar by Charter Captain Jim Skoczylas on fishing for Lake Erie Walleyes. Jim has been fishing Lake Erie for many years consistently putting his customers on fish. Jim also has done well in many tournaments through the years. He will be sharing his techniques along with answering questions that you may have to help you be a become a better walleye fisherman. This is one seminar you don’t want to miss. LOTSA is a group of mainly weekend recreational fishermen who are dedicated to the enhancement of the Lake Ontario Sport-Fishery including the pen rearing project at Olcott. Each meeting also features a sharing of information the current fishing conditions. So come join us and become more successful at fishing Lake Ontario! The meeting will be held at the Cornell Cooperative Extension, 4487 Lake Avenue (Route 78 two miles north of Lockport), Lockport, NY 14094. The Seminar is open to the public and free to attend. See WWW.LOTSA1.ORG for any questions.

LOTSA Tournament Time is just around the corner!! Friday July 20th and Saturday July 21st! Have you thought about fishing a salmon tournament in the past? Not interested in a high stress, high entry fee tournament? Do you fish alone?? – Not a problem here! Then the LOTSA Tournaments are for you! We offer options that cater to all anglers from small boats to large, offer 4 ports to launch from (Niagara River, Wilson, Olcott and Oak Orchard); our Curt Meddaugh Memorial Tournament is FREE, open communication and a chance to make some new friends while you’re at. On Saturday July 21st we even offer a free catered picnic to ALL LOTSA members and family. We have had over 30 boats the last 2 years and hope to grow the tournament again this year! All teams MUST provide a cell phone number to be contacted in the event of a delay or cancellation due to inclement weather. No shotgun start this year - it's an honor system with no lines in the water until 6am. All additional rules and details provided in links below. The Curt Meddaugh Memorial Tournament is FREE Pays back 3 places! Link to register and rules below! Rules and registration details provided at this link https://lotsa1.org/sign-up-curt-meddaugh-tournament/ Food Bank of Western NY will be accepting fish donations following the tournament – please keep your fish on ice if you are donating! Interested in putting a little more skin in the game?? We offer 2 additional options! Saturday July 21st – LOTSA Tournament - $60 entry - link provided below Rules and registration details provided at this link https://lotsa1.org/sign-up-lotsa-tournament/ Friday/Saturday – LOTSA 323 - $50 entry – MUST BE REGISTERED IN THE LOTSA Tournament – our spin off of the famous 333 out of Lake Michigan! Rules and registration details provided at this link https://lotsa1.org/sign-up-323-tournament/ LOTSA Picnic – Saturday July 21st – RAIN or SHINE – regardless if day is a wash due to weather and winds. Krull Park – Lion’s Pavilion – all details at link below Raffle drawings for tackle 50/50 Raffle Picnic will be catered for food and drinks! Bring your family Must register at this link https://lotsa1.org/sign-up-lotsa-picnic/ We look forward to seeing you all there!! Please let us know if you have any questions!

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It has been several years since LOTSA was able to offer LOTSA themed clothing items to our members. In order to avoid the upfront costs associated with producing the merchandise and carrying the inventory, LOTSA was able to work out an arrangement with “Special Tees” located in Geneseo, New York. Special Tees has created a website where our members can go online to purchase LOTSA merchandise (hats, t-shirts, sweatshirts, and UV protective shirts (men and women styles)). The LOTSA member pays for the merchandise, applicable tax and shipping costs. Your order will be shipped directly to you. There is no cost to the club. Please be advised that this is not an on demand ordering system. There is a deadline in which you can place your order. Once the deadline expires, the website will not allow you to place an order. The reason for this is because Special Tees has to set up the printing equipment and will run all of our orders at the same time. This helps keep costs down. Bottom line –Do Not Procrastinate if you want to place an order! The website is as follows: https://lato2018.itemorder.com Deadline is June 9, 2018!.

When we received our fish on April 9th, the plan was to keep them for 21 days. Due to the cold water in the Harbor the fish have grown slower than we have seen in past years with warmer water in the harbor. As a result, we will be holding them for a week longer than we have in the past to give them the opportunity to grow a little larger prior to their release. The pens will be removed, cleaned and prepared for storage on Wednesday May 9th. We will meet at The Town Of Newfane Marina at 9am and git-er-done. This evolution takes quite a bit of help and we normally run short. So, if you can please come out and help get the nets ready for storage. Bring rain suits for pressure washing and side cutters for zip ties. We will be weighing the fish this Tuesday evening at 5:30pm and again on the 7th. If you would like to check it out, please feel free to join us. Thanks to everyone who has made this project a success.

I have a few sets of otter boat keels left. These are made from stainless steel and don't require a weight. However there are holes to attach your weight if you want. These come with stainless hardware kits for attachment. $40 per keel, $80 per pair. They can be picked up in the Newfane/Wilson area, or I will ship in a USPS medium flat rate box for $13.45 per set. PM, call or text. 716-504-7789 Thanks, Alan

The LOTSA Tournament Committee will be meeting 1 hour prior to this Thursday's club meeting. They will be discussing the upcoming tournament and any changes or additions that may be considered. This meeting is open to all who are interested. So, that's 6:00pm for the tournament committee and 7:00pm for the LOTSA Club meeting. The Club meeting should be very good this month, tons of information will be given. Don't miss this one!