The water actually seems like it came up from about a month ago to be honest. When I tried to load the boat in December I couldn't back the trailer in enough. Saturday was no problem.
Do yourself a favor and call Kevin Jerge at the Wilson Boat Yard. He lives in Binghamton, NY, so don't think if your not on the West end of the lake he's not an option. He installs a lot of autopilots. Mostly Raymarine, but he does have a cheaper option in Si-Tex if you are trying to save a little.
Perch bite was slow. Looked all over the bay for them, but they were in only a few spots, and not very active. Best spots we had were right at the first drop by the markers.
Mel and I took the tinny out to see if we could muster up a few photo ops. Ran six flatlines in various colors between Oklahoma Beech and Webster Park. I picked out colors for "my side" and Mel picked out colors for "her side." Water was very clear and we had 35-36 degree water the whole way down. With all the run off you would have expected to find some warm pockets at Shipbuilders and Webster Park, but there wasn't any to be found. One of Mel's choices was a Black and Gold Rapala J9. The only one in my box! That went 0 for 4 back 75'. Two strikes between Shipbuilders and the White Cross, and Two in front of Webster Park.
On a side note....a rebel buddy of mine hit up Ginna Sunday morning and went 32 for 35 in 5 hours with 5 rods. God I miss that place.
Invitations
Teams from the 2012 WHI should start to see invites hit their mailbox today. A word of caution to team captains is to not wait to get your deposit back to us. On top of the 72 teams that fished last year we have 18 new teams waiting to get into this event. We are capped at 75 boats! After Monday January 28th, 2013 we will begin to allow new teams into the event based on when they asked for an invite.
Early Bird Drawing
Your invite needs to be back to us by January 21st, 2013 to be entered into the early bird drawing. We will pick a winner on Monday January, 28th for a $1,000 prize. This essentially pays for your entry fee!
Food Bank Volunteer needed
We are looking for someone to head up the food bank donation on the day of the Wilson Harbor Invitational. This person needs to coordinate the event by obtaining people to fillet fish and clean up the cleaning station.
For sale are two Humminbird 1198c SI Combo's. They are less than 1yr old. Only the head unit was used. Comes with everything you would expect if you bought this brand new. Retail on these units at Bass Pro and Cabelas is $2,799.99. They are for sale here for $2,225.00 per unit.
Humminbird 1198c SI Combo
Here are pics of the actual units:
Rick... my buddy at work just put together that the newest go pro, the remote attachment and then loaded the app onto his droid. he said it works great. the amazing thing is that apparently the remote (your phone) and the camera have a 600' range between the two. So as a deer hunter looking for that perfect video you can place the camera in a desired location and remotely view it as well as control it from your tree stand. Gotta love technology.
That's a neat idea!
Wood entertainment center with a 28" Sony Trinitron television. Also included is a Sony DVD/VHS player. One remote handles it all! Everything is in great shape!
$175