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Welcome aboard Joe - we are glad to have you

I'd be there as well Larry

Welcome aboard Paul - we are glad to have you Make yourself at home

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Happy Birthday Pa Thanks for always having time to take me fishing

Welcome aboard Marc!! Glad to have you

To all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Thanks for the helpful tip Ray!

Welcome aboard Frank! Glad to have you - make yourself at home

That is a great deal Larry - thank you for offering it to the LOU community! If anyone is interested, please contact Larry.

Panfisher - Not to be taken in a literal sense but my point being that its really an amazing trophy fishery that is second to none in the world when it comes to musky fishing. Here is a guy who tripled up on 53", 51" & a 50" in Aug this year. They ended the day 11 for 13. Here is another trip they had earlier that year going 27 for 31 with several doubles and another triple: http://www.outdoors911.com/reports/show ... uskie-Trip I've heard/read several other reports of 50+ musky weekend trips - its crazy! This of course isn't to say the fishing is always that good, as it can turn off just like Lake Ontario does - but you get the point. Hope you have a good trip up there Larry - can't wait to hear your reports! Chad

Sounds like an awesome trip Larry! Fishing that lake will spoil any musky angler - they catch muskies there like we catch brown trout on Lake Ontario - its crazy! Should be a fun trip

It's an LOU tradition....... what would Christmas at LOU be like with out the option to smash some light bulbs

Thanks everyone for the kind words. Larry we picked the big girl up trolling. Joe and I were fishing a sharp ledge that went from 30 feet up to 5 feet pretty quick and we would run an “S†shaped trolling pattern on this ledge turning the boat pretty hard before we got too shallow. It was on that inside turn that the fish hit (maybe 7-10 feet of water) on the Baker Perch lure. I think I actually did run that lure into the side of this shelf and that is what triggered the hit. I thought it funny that I always seem to be casting black and perch pattern lures and so when we started our trolling run, guess what we had out? A perch pattern Baker and a all black Legend – both took hits. Boat speed was 3.5 – 4.2 depending on if we were upwind or downwind. If you get blown off the harbor, you might want to consider sneaking down to Chautauqua with Dr. Dave for a day trip.

Happy Birthday Uncle! Don't ever loose your sense of humor... Mom always appreciated a stinky salmon on her hair drying machine

Over the last week I have had a chance to fish 5 different musky lakes including Chautauqua and a couple other smaller bodies of water - each one producing (some tougher than others). Tried both trolling and casting with good success. The fall fishing has been the best that I have ever seen this year and I will be sad to see it end Of course, my wife is THRILLED to see it end as she will finally get her husband back Trolling Baker's now turns into Baking Christmas Cookies and casting Lunge Lumbers turns into Lounging around the Christmas Lumber. But before I retire my musky gear for the year, here are a couple pics from the last couple days in no particular order or timeline: First the small guys: Fish caught on old black trusty - my latiano jerkbait I only post this picture cause I was shocked at how skinny this fish was (starving?). Another small guy but fat/healthy unlike fish above. Fish caught on Lunge Lumber - Perch Pattern Brave little fella..... Fish caught on Lunge Lumber - LG Bass pattern (as you can see) A slightly braver, fatter pickeral - Joe was the clear winner of the pickeral derby in our boat! Fish caught on Lunge Lumber - LG Bass pattern (a pickeral favorite?) Joe also gets the award for coolest faces when taking a picture! 44" Fish caught on Lunge Lumber - Prowler White pattern Mike ties personal best with this fattie 45" Fish caught on Red October Tube Mike breaks personal best with this fattie - CONGRATS Mike on new PB last day of fishing the season! 46" Fish caught on Joe's Pickeral...... I mean Red October Tube Chad/Joe trolling snag bottom...... then "bottom" starts shaking head and ripping line off.... 48" extra Fattie caught on BAKER Lure - Perch Pattern On a side note Zach - Joe and I were both REALLY impressed with your new trolling bait - LARGE SIZE! Great wobble and runs fantastic at high speeds. The results above speak for themselves. Took another hit that day trolling but no one home. All fish released safely for another lucky angler to enjoy next year Ran into a slight issue on the way home when my front starboard side window blew out..... dang it..... not sure exactly how that happened? Good thing it is the end of the season and I got some time to fix it now. Glass filled the boat nicely. Shop vac'd most of it out but I'm sure I'll be finding some pieces in there next year. Been busy trying to get the boat in order so that is why I was unable to post sooner about our latest adventures. Thanks again to Mike and Joe for letting me be a stowaway on your boats when my water ride cracked. There is still a couple days left in the season so if you haven't yet had the chance - get out there! It's the best chance at a real trophy fattie. Go bigger and slower on your presentations and you too can catch Pickeral as big as Joe's

Awesome day Dan! Nice going - loved the Christmas hat It is sad to see the season come to quick end but the fall fishing has been just awesome this year.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Hope everyone is ready to bust some Christmas lights soon [ Post made via iPhone ]

Awwww... that was my favorite tournament of the year. Sorry to hear you are canceling the event Larry. I actually thought that 60 entrants was good! I see many tournaments around Lake Ontario every year that don't get that many and still operate in the green. So long as the tournament wasn't operating at a loss and was still able to generate some extra monies for the bait fish fund, my vote would be to keep it going! Thanks again for the past years of the fall tournament - it was always one I really looked forward to every year.

Great report Dan - thank you in advance for the headsup on that! Good to see you were still able to manage one fish - nice job

Awesome Job Gert! Any day you can put two muskies in the boat is a good day! I agree with Jim on the size - keep up the good work but be forewarned that it can get very addicting

Thanks guys for the kind words! Here is one more picture that Mike's girlfriend Jenelle took right before we released her: Picture is a bit small but you can see how thick the fish really was. Certainly the heaviest fish I have ever caught in my life as I really struggled to even lift her out of the net. Larry - where was this fish during your tournament? On a side note, awesome idea Larry putting a side prize for total length on your tournament! I was really excited to see that!

Well I went out this Saturday with Mike and was able to get my "revenge" in a pretty big way. A new personal best surely for weight judging solely by the girth of the fish (not actually weighing them on a scale of course). Fish was 48" long and came right in what I "thought" was going to be the deadest time of day... (see time stamp on photo below). I thought it funny that here I was again thinking this time it WASN'T going to be a good day based on weather conditions and had it totally wrong again. Maybe the lesson here is either A.) You can throw a lot of stuff that holds true in the summer time out the window in the fall or B.) I still have a lot to learn about this musky fishing thing. My guess is it is a combination of both. Ended up getting another upper 30's fish as well and had several more lazy follows and lost one more on a tube bait. Best baits for us ended up being LL Prowler's and Tubes. All white and natural perch patterns on the Prowlers and copper and silver/sparkles on the tubes in big sexy size seemed to be getting much of the attention. At least now I can relax the rest of the weekend and watch some football knowing that I was able to get my revenge Cheers!