Bear Creek Brownie Madness 3/30/08

[SharkHunter]

Mother nature gave us a break this am and we caught a nice day on the lake. Launched at 0700 and fished till 1:30. 8-14fow, 2.0-2.2 mph. Found a few pockets of 42 degree water and used spoons and stickbaits (no special colors) as the browns were taking everything. The total for the day was an awesome 28 for 33 browns.

We kept one fish for my little 6 week old boy. I can't wait till he is big enough to reel them all in. We also did our good deed for the day and towed in one boat due to engine failure. I felt sorry for the guy as eveytime he passed us he was hooked up with a fish as well. The highlights for the day were a quad hook up at one time and one fish with an 8 inch gobie in his mouth.

Crew

Capt. Eli T. "Stretch"

Chuck B. " My Obsession"

Capt. Mike B. "Mr Breeze"

[Recutter]

Wow. Great day! Thanks for the post and all the pics.

Man...I remember when my son was that size...seems like yesterday.

Dave

[c.bonaffine]

Capt.Eli put us on the fish today!!!!! The only thing I did not like was over half the brownies had lampre marks!!! One had A lamprey still on him,until capt Eli removed his head!!! The small dipsey set-up was smoking.Ican`t wait for the loc.Good job Eli !!!

[Billy V]

What a FABULOUS day. Nice report and great pics. Thanks for sharing!

[keithg]

nice day.can't wait to join you.

[buckshot]

Nice report, Wish I was there with you. lol I was ice fishing today. Just pulled my shanty off of 30inches plus of ice. I will be arranging my tackle box for a while. ha ha

I have a 14 foot aluminum, is there anyplace to launch in oswego harbor?

[Rich D]

BS,

Yes, Wrights is open for launch, just remember the 104 bridge is closed, so depending on where you are coming from you may have a detour. Good Luck.

Rich

[fishshack]

Great report!!!! Love the pics.

[FX]

Thanks for sharing!! Your smiles tell it all!!

Shawn

[turp]

Mike......when we bought that crestliner you said you were going to upgrade to a larger boat. That 14' doesn't look like much of an upgrade.. Great pics and fish!!!

[SharkHunter]

Turp,

Mike was on my boat an 18 starcraft which is my all season boat. The boat has been a great vessel and usally sees the water about 10 months out of the year between ice out and the lower river. We are going this weekend to run a water trial on his new boat a 26 Thompson on the Ohio river.

Thanks

Capt. Eli

[turp]

I figured that wasn't his new ride. A 26' Thompson is one heck of an upgrade. Will he be in Sandy this year?

[c.bonaffine]

Turp,we will be out of Sandy this year! Fishing the loc.out of Niagara then its back to Sandy. Give us a call! Have a good season!!!

[USMC130FE]

Shark,

First off great day on the water you had!! I'm definately jealous! Awesome pic with your son!

A quick question for you. Is your planer rod mast homemade? If so could you show how you made the reels for the planer line, would be very greatful as I'm racking my brain trying to figure out a good way to make some. Thanks in advance, Tight Lines,

Steve

[SharkHunter]

Steve,

Sorry, the planer mast was not homemade. It may look it but I had to weld a support on due to pulling triple ski boards at one time. I was also running allot of hardware like jet divers and weights for the walleye which put a good deal of strain on the mast.

I do use the inline boards and have had great success with them. I would consider that as an option as well if you need a quick fix. But if you have your heart set on a planner mast I am sure you can come up with a version that will work for your boat.

Best of luck!

Thank you for the comment about my son that first brown was for him.

Eli

[USMC130FE]

Eli,

Thank you for the reply, and please don't think I mean't anything by my question in regards to your gear. I have a pole set up and I believe it will work but I wanted something to wind the line on but I guess for now I can wind it on a spool when I'm done with it. I have in-lines but thought they would be more of a hassle than running the board and just sliding the releases down the line. Thanks again for the info, much appreciated!

Steve

[kappy]

Nice rig there Eli glad it worked out for you, see you have a kicker on it also nice,, I do miss that boat, congrats with your new child also.

Rick