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Its absolutely worth going to. I attend every year and it always proves to be both informative and very funny at times.

Great pictures Phil - we like all salmon around here!

Happy Birthday Bob! Take the day off and enjoy You deserve it!

Nice John! Great Pike there - thanks for sharing

Welcome to LOU Bud Glad to have you.

Fished Braddocks on Sunday for a couple hours in the morning and went 0-3 on tip-ups and got about a dozen perch. It was slow but some guys looked to be doing alright on Pike. Not much perch action though.

Happy Birthday Tom! Enjoy your day

I hope you didn't bet the boat on it??? Spring it just around the corner and I don't think my little 15 foot smokercraft could fit 6 downriggers on it...

Hey B-Day Chromeslayer! Looking forward to seeing some of your pics this year You are the undisputed champion of LOU when it comes to picture taking! I just bought the Canon 7D so maybe this year I can learn a bit more from you. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Chad

Great pics Phil. That mirror carp is really something Have not seen many (if any?) like that before around here.

Welcome aboard Camile!

You have our support Ray - all the best to you and your family.

Tom - My whole family is sorry to hear of your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and yours. Chad

Hahaha - those are some funny pics! No doubt you guys have a good time while you are out on the ice..... oh and congrats on the 1st & 2nd place finish in the tournament! I say you take all the prize money and buy one gigantic trophy - I've already cleared this idea with Mark

Nice going Tim! Thanks for the report and better luck next time with the power auger. I was exhausted the other day after drilling three holes through 8" of ice with my hand auger so I know your pain

Welcome aboard Shade of Gray! Glad to have ya

No problem Larry. I have also added the event to the LOU Calendar with the Paypal Link as well. Hope this helps... Chad

All set Larry. I have added the Payment Link to the first post in this topic (very top). Hope this helps..... Chad

Larry - Do you allow tournament entry fees to be paid online via PayPal? Thanks - Chad

Phil is there anything you don't catch? Nice pics!

Amazing Phil - thanks for sharing Love the pictures of the graph!

Great pictures Phil! Thanks for sharing and welcome aboard Looking forward to more!

I applaud Capt. Larry’s efforts in bringing this idea to light. The benefits of the proposal seem obvious (i.e., longer fishing season, more money spent in Chaut. County & NYS, less money leaving the state, increased license sales, more hotels booked, etc.) and I am in full support of any effort going forward with this proposal. The idea of a longer fishing season combined with catch & release certainly minimizes the risk to the fishery itself. The extra days/months that the lake remains open would in my opinion not add a significant amount of fishing pressure to the lake. Certainly not to the extent that the lake experiences during the summer months. I also don’t see the proposal as being economically unreasonable either. The stocking levels of the lake would not need to be changed if the catch & release only was implemented during this time frame. The only cost seemingly associated with the proposed change would be the cost to print/re-print the legislation. The regulation books get reprinted every other year anyways so it would be simply a matter of changing the wording therein. Does anyone know who the head of the Chautauqua County Fish Advisory Board is? I have recently met with Fish Advisory Board representatives from Jefferson, Oswego, Cayuga, Wayne, Monroe and Niagara County (Lake Ontario's Sportfishing Promotions Council - LOSPC) and would like to help Larry out if possible in finding out the best way to move forward with such a proposal. I am also interested in any RISKS associated with Larry’s proposal. If you can think of any risks associated to the state, county and fishery as a whole to extending the musky season on Chautauqua Lake to open water fishing year round, please post. I would be oppose to targeting muskies during the hard water season as the risk to hurting the fish increases dramatically. In single digit temps, a fish out of water can be damaged very quickly.

Wow - that is just awesome! Thanks for sharing

Thanks Rob - you fishing in this one pending good ice?