LOC fish story 5/9

[UNREEL]

Left I-Bay 0615 and ran east towards Webster Park to get ahead of the pack. Set up in 15ft  looking for a derby brown. Got a few in that 12-30 ft range but NOTHING close to 10lb. Trolled to Ginna, turned around and moved out. Had a good pick of teenagers and one bow in 50-60 ft when just east of Hedges the 7 color fires and we land a king that the Boga Grip scale says just over 20lb. Now it’s 1:40, we’re about 8 miles from the dock and the ONLY Monroe Co. weigh sta closes at 3PM. Start clearing 5 lines, while bringing  in the 5 color it gets hit. 250  ft run and 20 minutes later land a foul hooked 19lb. I’m whooped. 

We made it to the Charlotte weigh sta at 2:50 and the scale says 19lb 13oz. F*#!%!. Looking forward to the summer derby and the Monroe Co. Classic.

[Morningdew]

[Gill-T]

Been there, done that. 

[AnglingAddict]

On 5/10/2026 at 8:21 AM, UNREEL said:

Left I-Bay 0615 and ran east towards Webster Park to get ahead of the pack. Set up in 15ft  looking for a derby brown. Got a few in that 12-30 ft range but NOTHING close to 10lb. Trolled to Ginna, turned around and moved out. Had a good pick of teenagers and one bow in 50-60 ft when just east of Hedges the 7 color fires and we land a king that the Boga Grip scale says just over 20lb. Now it’s 1:40, we’re about 8 miles from the dock and the ONLY Monroe Co. weigh sta closes at 3PM. Start clearing 5 lines, while bringing  in the 5 color it gets hit. 250  ft run and 20 minutes later land a foul hooked 19lb. I’m whooped. 

We made it to the Charlotte weigh sta at 2:50 and the scale says 19lb 13oz. F*#!%!. Looking forward to the summer derby and the Monroe Co. Classic.

That sucks unfortunately - I have taken my digital scale to multiple fish we have weighed in for the LOC - after weighing the fish on the LOC scales I immediately weigh it on my digital scale and I know that my scale weighs about .1 to .15 pounds lower over a range of weights....just a good data point that helps me make the decision as to whether I am pulling lines and running in or not.

[UNREEL]

On 5/11/2026 at 7:16 AM, AnglingAddict said:

That sucks unfortunately - I have taken my digital scale to multiple fish we have weighed in for the LOC - after weighing the fish on the LOC scales I immediately weigh it on my digital scale and I know that my scale weighs about .1 to .15 pounds lower over a range of weights....just a good data point that helps me make the decision as to whether I am pulling lines and running in or not.

I’m thinking of doing the same thing. Looking for a reasonably good digital scale to back up the Boga. One that reads on the light side of course. 😋

[Gill-T]

[Falcon75]

At least yours is only off .1 to .15. 2 years ago caught LT 1st day. Scale says 12lb something. I think about running in cause never had a fish on leader board. Dont cause just get bumped eventually. Had problem with kicker so next day go to boat doctors for spark plugs. While there kid weighs fish 17 lbs. I am like my fish looks like that one. We were tired night before so never fileted yet. Throw on scale I am heavier than kid. My buddy who is not a tournament guy or fisherman says your fish grew 5 lbs overnight. This was right after all the crap up on Erie with those walleye guys. I exchanged scale at cabelas and dont trust it at all. Have second that is spring and not digital.