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For supposedly not being a good idea to fish alone , I sure see a lot of guys , including myself doing it . I don't see 2 guys being really any safer than 1 . Some guys My wife or children we bring are not going to be a whole lot of help in an emergency . As far,as a witness , they give lie detectors if needed . I sure wish they would allow this . I would be out there all the time . Would sell my boat , buy like a 19 ft center console T top and set it up to the max . Still going to try and run a one man out of Sandy this fall . Low key cheap , see how it goes .

This time of year to start I put out 3 flasher set ups and 1 spoon . I run a 2 rigger 2 dipsy set up and target kings . You will know pretty quick if you are getting marks weather they want the flashers or not . After about an hr or so if I don't get hit or they just hit the spoon I take one flasher of a rigger and stack 2 spoons 20 ft apart and set them 10 ft above and 10 ft below the other rigger with the flasher . I put my flasher on my probe rigger and keep it at 48 to 50 deg . But I always leave at least 1 flasher out somewhere. This has worked well for me .

Coyote K and I did the double team thing again today as we did yesterday . That works well for us . Found fish 110 to 170 Rigger bite mostly 80 to 105 Down We end up landing about 10 4 matures and a mix of teens and dinks ,all kings White flashers / my rig took all but 2 of the 20 or so hits we had today . THE 2 were spoons . Choppy but better than flat . My Turbo Proos has died I think . I think it's the plastic gears inside . Just like the other one Are Magnum Metalz in my future ?

White or some variation of white is my best all around color . First light best but all day after that . Maybe because I have the most confidence with it but I put other color flasher I have down and the white outperforms them . And I use glow all day with good results. The other colors catch fish also , but white seems,the best . Just got a UV white to try .

I find high Sun mid day after a good morning bite can be very tough I think the boat or the rigger balls can spook them . Even when temp is deep I will put my dipsey at 2.5 / 3 setting and let it back up to 300 ft My slide diver and a spoon has save my bacon many days . Silver purple seems to be best on those days for me spoon wise . And I have a blue angle flasher ( first one I bought years back ) that works on a dipsey . I have also been known to set my rigger leads back 125 ft , even if I'm fishing 90 down . This has been know to get a fish or two on a day when nothing else seems to work .

I really don't care about the changes . To me it's kind of irrelevant . Would like to see the rainbows back but I can live with what we have now . This is the Derby that we have to fish other than getting into some of the tournaments , which I'm not going to do. I know the guy wants to make money and I don't blame him for that . I'm sure it's a lot of time and effort to put these things on . I think 200$ for a rec boat would be fair for a summer pass . Covers 4 full time guys and 40$ for hop ons which most likely would only go one time . And I'm talking last minute guys to hop on . Not register in the morning . Just hop on and go . You are on my boat , you are covered . Maybe take a pic of his licence and text it to registration before you leave the dock . Some boats might make out but some wouldn't . But who cares , he has 200$,. I watch boats go up and down the creek all the time and most have,2 or three guys . And how does this work ? I thought the counties took it over from ESLO way back when things got bad to keep it going . Do they kick in to promote this and Chillson runs it or what ?

I coached youth football for years . I had to go to these meetings about how we ran things . They were looking for ways to increase participation . I asked what was the percentage of kids that came back each year . I was told about 90% I suggested we forgo the 50$ registration fee for new players . They looked at me like I had 2 heads . I told them we make up for it by them still having to do fundraisers and concessions from family at the games , etc . I talked them into it . Our numbers doubled .And financially we made out well . And the feeder program for high school was,doing it's job . Point being , this could work and he could maybe make,more money long term . BUT...... you have to have vision . I can understand the elimination of some categories to keep the payout / entry fee balance . And I'm willing to pay . Just make it easier .

I thought the whole idea of the Lake Ontario Counties derbies was to promote the fishery and boost tourism for the area. So that means that you would want as many bodies as possible , especially newbies or even non fisherman to be out on that lake . I have already had one of my friends get scared away by the entry price . A lot of us have our boats in the water and friends / family are in the area for vacation / etc. So last minute you say ,hey let's go fishing , it can go 2 ways Yeah , there is a Derby and everyone on my boat with a fishing licence is entered you might catch big one and win a prize !! . Or as it is now Sorry if you aren't in the Derby , you can't go sorry. But if you go on line you can pay 25$ and be in for the day if it's before 7 am . Most would say it's not worth it . Or worth the hassle . It should be easy . Especially the Summer Derby .