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We are tossing around the idea of opening it up to Pro members. Only downfall is moderating it. What do you guys think about that?

Fixed....thanks for catching that

That's hilarious!

Listing this for a friend. His name is Jeff Bubel and can be reached at 585-813-6364. Please don't PM or e-mail me about any of this. 8' custom downrigger rod - $25 2 Daiwa eliminator great lakes series 10.5' dipsey rods(one with wire line spring tip) - $40 custom 7.5' w/47LC reel - $50 downrigger pole w/47LC reel - $50 great lakes eliminator 8' w/daiwa reel - $50 Daiwa black widow 8.5' med action w/47LC reel - $50 2 Daiwa black widow9.5' heavy action w/daiwa reel - $50 Lowrance HDS 5 graph no transducer or wires just the graph - $400

Thursday 5/17 - We left the dock at 7am, and proceeded to head out to 100’ of water NE of Wilson. We worked the water from the Red Barn to the Microwave in 100-150’ of water for the entire day. Our program consisted of our three Cannon DT10’s with spoons and either a free or fixed cheater, three wire divers pulling Walker Deeper Divers trailed by either flasher/fly combos or spoons, two coppers with flasher/fly combos, and 4 surface lines pulling red body baits. Little did we know that the surface lines were going to be so hot! The Brads Thin Fish and the Challenger Lady Bug just clobbered the Steelies. The first few were throw backs, but the last 6 bites were all nice size Steelies, and boy were they acrobatic! The bite wasn’t as good as it had been the last few weeks, but we had our bites. The fish seemed to be good at getting unbuttoned on this day. Friday 5/18 - We saw a monster box come in from the power plant on Thursday, so we headed there on Friday to see if they were still willing to play. When we dropped in it didn’t take long, and we had our first King in the boat. After that it slowed a little until we get further East. The fishing picked up again, but it would shut down late morning when the NE winds began to blow. Our program was the same as Thursdays, but the surface stuff wasn’t nearly as productive. Our Cannon DT10’s really were the ticket on this day. Later in the day we ran meat down deep, and it pulled a few shots on Kings, but most of the day it was various spoons that did the damage. Again, we got our bites despite a difficult transitional type day. Saturday 5/19 - I was told that we needed to get two Salmon on this trip to make it successful! Easy enough! The guys wanted their wives to battle the famous Lake O Shark! So, when they stopped by the boat on Friday evening I told them to be back and ready to go by 5am. We wanted to see if we could score an early bite on some big guys! 5am rolled around, and we were pushing off from the dock. We strolled out to 50’ of water and the screen was lit up! We were able to get our three Cannon DT10s in and while my back was turned getting the diver rod ready the Sea Sick Waddler on the corner rigger fired, and we were tied into a good one. That fish hit the deck, and we set out both divers and a 10 color. Five minutes later, and the 10 color is zipping! Teenager #2 in the box that took a Moonshine Carbon 14. After that fish the screen really started to fade away. We swung in one more time, but the moss had invaded our area. We pointed the boat North and made our way out to 350’ before we would turn and head back into 175’. WE picked fish the whole way out. Mostly smaller Kings and Cohos. Our program consisted of our three Cannon DT10’s, two Walker Deeper Divers pulling flasher/fly combos, two coppers pulling flasher/fly combos, and three flat-lines pulling red body baits. MVP’s today were the flat-lines, and the lines fished off our Cannons. Sliders did real well too. No one spoon out did another, and we were running the same stuff we have been running the past few weeks. The area from 175’-250’ seemed to hold the best picture right out front of Wilson. Fish were in the top 90’ streaking through our gear constantly. By 10am we were done with our four man limit, and headed back in to the dock to clean some fish.

May 10th - Start of practice for the Wilson Harbor Invitational We woke up to a stiff NW wind blowing 10-20mph, so we took this opportunity to go into town and eat at the little corner diner. Many fisherman were in there fueling up on breakfast awaiting a window of opportunity to go out and see if the insane bite was still happening. When we finished breakfast it was time to do a little work on the boat. We broke one of our Coastal Night Lights spreader lights a few weeks back, so we installed two brand new ones. Boy do these spreader lights illuminate the back deck! If you ever want to see how nice they are stop by the boat at night while we are there. We were also able to network our Humminbird 1198’s though their new Ethernet system. What a simple task that was, and now either unit can use the transducer, the radar, or the GPS. It sorta takes over for the Interlink system Humminbird has had for years, but it is much simpler. About noon we decided enough was enough, and we strolled out the pier heads to find a 2-4’ chop out of the NW. We motored down to the red can figuring we would ride the waves back. It was a grind, and we didn’t get on anything that looked promising. We slid into 60’ on top of the bar and out to 200’ with pretty much a blank screen. We worked our way back to Wilson and ended the trip around 4pm with the biggest Chinook Salmon being about 10lbs. Everything was small! In conclusion, we eliminated waters instead of finding a gem West of Wilson. Anyone who fished Wilson, or to the East, seemed to have taken a few nice bites. May 11th - Continuing practice while running a charter We had Paul and hid girlfriend meet us at 5:30am, and we were one of the first boats out the chute. We slid out to 50’ of water and worked NE. It didn’t take long and we were into fish. Our spread consisted of three lines fished off our Cannon DT10’s in varying depths, three wire divers pulling Walker Deeper Divers trialed by both flasher/Fly combos and spoons, and two 300 coppers fished off our Big John Otter Boats. The fishing was so good by 10am they had caught more than they wanted, but we fished until noon looking for a big LOC Derby fish and/or a big fish for the Friday event my brother put on in the marina. This day was no different than last weekend when a 30+ fish day was easily accomplished by noon. We also found the further East we went the better the bite got. Our screen was insane from the red barn to the microwave. On our riggers we pulled Northern King Sea Sick Waddler mags, Northern King Lazer Spook mags, and a Moonshine Green Shorts (the spoon my brother picked up at Captains Cove). On our 300 coppers we had a Dreamweaver Blue Angle Spin Doctor pulling an A-TOM-MIK UV Dolphin, and a Dreamweaver Mulatto Spin Doctor pulling an A-TOM-MIK shredded white mirage. Those two combos were smoking hot on this morning. The divers had multiple lures go down on them, but one combo that was hot was a green Smart Fish pulling an A-TOM-MIK green crinkle. Our big fish for the day was about 20lbs, but we had a ton of teenage fish that came to play. We knew where we were starting in the morning for the Wilson Harbor Invitational, and had a good feeling that we could put together a good box. Yankee's Wilson Harbor Invitational Report To say we were excited was an understatement! To begin with we had the ol’ man out fishing the event with us. That was enough to make the day great! We were one of the first boats out of the chute to wait for the shotgun start. It seemed like it took forever. When 6am hit we put the hammer down. We had her right to the wall for the short three mile run. We dropped lines in around 80’ of water in front of the Red Barn. We set up our three Cannon DT0’s almost instantly, and put out two wires, and a 300 copper. The bite was slower than the day before, but we were getting our bites. Lots of fish in the 8-13lb range. We struggled to get six nice keeper fish. Lots of lures went in, and lots of lures came out. Our bigger fish seemed to come sporadically. We tried meat down deep, and we pulled the same class fish. At one point we sent the 20lb shark down to 240’ over 250’, and it fired with a teenage fish. There were no real MVPs for the day. Around noon we swung into 65-70’ of water and picked up weeds on everything. The decision was made to pick them up and make a move. We shot back to Wilson, and fished the 175’-200’ area, and just kept taking the same class fish. The fish here seemed to be higher, and our Cannons really took most of the shots. When we hit weigh in we saw many similar boxes. As one by one came through the weigh in line we would sink further and further down the roster. We would end up in the top half, but not by very much. We all had a great time at the event, and if your not fishing this event your definitely missing out! I would like to give a huge thumbs up to Kevin and the Wilson Boat Yard for their efforts, and to my girlfriend Melanie who fished on an all girls team and beat us! May 13th - Mothers Day Evening Charter Paul and Jack met us at 3:30 for an afternoon trip. We heard the morning bite was pretty good, so we were anxious to get back out there after a relaxing morning. We set up right out front and pointed the boat East. We set down our Cannon DT’s, four wires, and two 300 coppers. Spoons on the Cannon DTs and high wires. Flasher Fly combos on everything else. We worked down to the red barn with a slow slow pick. With about an hour to go the bite really turned on. A Northern King Metallic Frog, and a Northern King Sea Sick Waddler were MVP’s for the night fished off our Cannons. We got our limit for Paul and Jack, so we pulled lines and headed in to get some dinner. Many things took a shot, but not many went more than once. May 14th - Charter Paul and Jack came back for some more! We left the dock at 5:30 all jacked up about a great morning bite. We set lines NE of Wilson, and trolled down to the red barn. We had a quick morning bite, but it really turned into a grind bite. We worked the 100-125’ are where we saw our best screen. Our program didn’t change from the previous few trips. Our three Cannon DT10s saw action as did four wires, and a couple of 300 coppers fished off our Big John Otter Boats. The bite was much slower than anticipated. Our MVP for the morning was a meat rig fished on one of our low divers. We toughed it out in there until about 11am when we decided to point it North. Once we did that we got into them. Our Cannons were now the ticket pulling Northern King Sea Sick Waddlers down 45-100’.

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Nice job bud! You ever use the color green for Kings? It works well, or so I've heard......

I hear the bar is slow, and is loaded with weeds. Most charters have been fishing North of Wilson and to the East. Every day changes, so that could mean nothing by Thursday.

Not many on the radio there to be honest. Turn yours on scan and see if you can pick up a few recs.

Nice job Buddy! Bring some of that luck on the Yank for the West end Pro Ams!

Oh.....so now they are YOUR fish? Huh........

Sh*t....if I knew it was you I would have taken everything! LMAO No worries dude. Everyone needed to yield at some point in that fleet of fisherman.

I'm pretty sure mine were detailed. I could care less about the event this weekend. Things change overnight! We piss pounded them on a Hawg Wild Saturday and it took one fish on Sunday. Your initial post about the internet ruining the east end this year is completely ignorant. The droves of boats fishing down there because of the great fishing is helping out in so many ways. These fish weren't put in the lake to run up stream reproduce and rot. They were put in to control a baitfish problem, and it eventually turned into a sport fishery. The lake is big and fish move around by the minute. It's not a stream with sweet spots. Helping people catch more fish will lead to a greater spotlight on our fishery, because more people will want to come experience it. We have something special here! This does many good things. It drives people to the small communities around the lake, and they benefit through tourism dollars. Why does there have to be secrets in fishing? Why can't everyone help everyone out? These Kings live for a max of four years. They can't get educated to what we do! They die too fast! I never said the internet is ruining the east end fishing. I said it is ruining fishing period. Ice fishing, stream fishing etc... You have 2 ears and 1 mouth for a reason. So you can listen twice as much as you talk. Since Im being labeled as ignorant since my opinion differs form the "in crowd" I guess I'll act like it. Given people's limited amount of time due to having to work two jobs to pay the bills, and spend time with family, why not make the four hours a week they get to unwind and fish more productive? If they know they can get out there and put a few fish on the line rather than sitting home what's so wrong with that? In our era the internet teaches us things. Back in the day it was passed down from parents and fellow tribes men. All that changed is the way the message was delivered. To top it off, given some governments deficits, if we can prove to them that stocking these waters leads to buku dollars back into the local economies we have a shot at having this fishery for a long time. That goes for fishing everywhere! Governments wont protect something just to protect it. If they see a financial impact then their eyebrows raise.

Nice pig! My GF lives right down the street from that place, and was telling me about it last night.

I'm pretty sure mine were detailed. I could care less about the event this weekend. Things change overnight! We piss pounded them on a Hawg Wild Saturday and it took one fish on Sunday. Your initial post about the internet ruining the east end this year is completely ignorant. The droves of boats fishing down there because of the great fishing is helping out in so many ways. These fish weren't put in the lake to run up stream reproduce and rot. They were put in to control a baitfish problem, and it eventually turned into a sport fishery. The lake is big and fish move around by the minute. It's not a stream with sweet spots. Helping people catch more fish will lead to a greater spotlight on our fishery, because more people will want to come experience it. We have something special here! This does many good things. It drives people to the small communities around the lake, and they benefit through tourism dollars. Why does there have to be secrets in fishing? Why can't everyone help everyone out? These Kings live for a max of four years. They can't get educated to what we do! They die too fast!

The meeting will be held at 6pm Friday May 11th under the tent. Observers need to be there with the Captain. CORRECTION: Dinner is still being served Saturday evening. The captains meeting will be held under the tent on Friday.

I never said I did this....LOL....I said you can do this! LOL I do know people who do this though.

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It was a pleasure talking with you this weekend. Congrats on the new ride!

Awesome boat! I love that model! Congrats!

There isn't much for coffee in Wilson, so it was a treat to have some.

Saturday Our group from PA met us at the dock at 5:30 with Tim Hortons in hand. Heck of a way to start off the morning! We left the dock with John and his friends promptly after hearing that the bite had not slowed at all since last weekend. In fact it got better, which is hard to believe! We fished in 1-3’s, then 3-5’s, and I think it went to 2-4’s by the end of our trip. To be honest we didn’t even realize it was that bumpy out because the fishing was INSANE! We stopped in 50’ of water, but would work 70-90’ for the entire day. Boat traffic was mediocre at first, but when Lady O kicked up we had much of the Lake to ourselves. The screen was loaded with Chinooks, and we started the day with a triple! We had a spoon program down all day, and we didn’t have to change much up. MVP’s for the day were Stinger Hawg Wild’s fished off our 10 color cores that were drug behind our Big John Otter boats. On our Cannon DT10’s pulled a Northern King Sea Sick Waddler, a Lazer Spook, and a Mulatto from 30’ down to the bottom. We also had those same spoons on our wires behind Walker Deeper Divers. The NE wind pushed the fish down West a little bit as the day went on, but we figured that out quick and followed them. As I stated above we started the day with a triple, and we also ended the day with one. The amount of doubles and a few more triples in between were more than I wanted to keep track of. Our group wanted to take advantage of the LOC derby, and that they did! We put a Chinook on the leaderboard weighing just over 25lbs, which was good enough for 6th at that time. We missed out on making it with another one that was 23lbs and change. Sunday We awoke to calm winds, and not too much later the smell of more Tim Hortons! We pulled out of the dock again about 5:30 and headed for the same water we fished yesterday. The boat traffic was unreal! More boats than I have seen in many years, and they were all fishing the stretch from the power plant to the bar. We didn’t change up our program much from Saturday. However, we did add two more wires to the mix. We ran a paddle fly combo on the low diver, and a spoon on the high diver. We quickly realized the bite was not as fast and furious as it was the day before, but we also knew the full moon may have allowed these beasts to feed through the night. With that being said we understood an afternoon bite may materialize. We would poke a few fish on the inside, but the combat trolling was terrible. We did drop a hog in there, but you can’t land them all! As the morning pressed on we would slide out a touch into the 130’ range and we continued to pick a fish or two every 15-20 minutes. We also realized the size was down from the day before. We went about our day catching and releasing the small ones (when I say small I mean anything under 15lbs). About 11am the bite really turned on, and it lasted until 3pm when we pulled rods. We slid out to the 150-200’ range, and the 600 copper was a constant producer with a green Smartfish pulling an A-TOM-MIK green crinkle. That combo was also going well on one of our low divers out 300’. Our deep riggers were also pulling fish consistently down 120-200’ with Northern King Sea Sick Waddlers, and a Moonshine spoon I don’t know the name of. One of my brothers impulse buys, but boy was it hot! I’m pretty sure he called up Captains Cove and put the rest of those aside. Right until we pulled rods fish were snapping. We ended the day with what we thought was another leaderboard fish that took the green Smartfish pulling an A-TOM-MIK green crinkle combo on our wire. That fish took us for a ride! Best fight of the year so far. On the scales the fished missed out by half a pound. The fishing continues to be unbelievable all along the south shore, and you can tell the word is out! From Olcott to the West small businesses had to have made out well this weekend! Get out there and get in on the action!

The 2nd annual WHI will be held in less than a week! I hope you are as excited as we are! Docks - You are assigned to a dock already. Stop in at the Wilson Gas Shack to find out where it is. Please don't e-mail us. Dinner - Your team will be signed up for 4 dinner tickets unless you e-mail us and state otherwise. Two teams have pulled out of the event. So, if you know a team that may be interested let us know!

Kevin and I just discussed these and the answers your questions are as follows: A) No. B) No. This one is cut and dry because you are going to have to come back through US waters with more than a US limit.