BlueEye

Very nice old man! Glad you learned how to post the pictures Way to go out there!

Happy Birthday Rod! Take the day off my friend and have a cold one

Good deal Tim. You might want to consider adding this event to the LOU Calendar. I know lots of people on the site are "subscribed" to the calendar and will receive an email every time a new event is added to it. This will certainly help you get the word out more. Cheers, Chad

Welcome aboard Andrew! Glad you found us - I am sure you will find plenty here to use on Lake Superior! Enjoy the site

I found today that a good friend and LOU Pro member, Capt. Larry Jones, was admitted to the hospital since Sunday 10/4 and is not expected to be released until Thursday 10/15. For those of you who don't know Larry, to put is simply he is a great asset to the fishing community and one of the few guys I have ever met so willing to share any information he has. We look forward to seeing you back out on the water soon Captain! Joe and myself will be headed down to Chautauqua this coming weekend to try our luck out there. Anyone else on LOU going to be out? Chad

Welcome aboard Paul - glad to have you! Enjoy the LOU!

If you haven't ever seen this, it is worth a watch.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POdOBXOXQts

Welcome to LOU Jerry! Sit back, relax and make yourself at home

Wow Steve - great pics! Thanks for sharing..... I will have to put a trip down there on my "things to do list" cause that looks like a great time!

Great looking pics! Thanks for sharing and glad to have you onboard the site

Received my order in the mail today and my initial impression was positive. Was very impressed with the paint job (white perch and tonka walleye). Considering a trip down to Chautauqua next weekend to give them a test run. If I make it down there I will post how things went and additional thoughts on how the new Tuff Shades ran.

Take the day off Billy! You deserve it - have a very happy birthday

Wow thanks for sharing! Anyone know what the record musky out of Chautauqua is?

Good luck Has Been - be sure to let us know how you do. What are you targeting?

Zach - For Chautauqua lake I would think all white is definitely a natural color considering the number of white perch/bass that I have caught out of that lake. I recall last year still fishing by the bridge catching one white perch after another and having musky guys trolling 30 yards on either side of me C

Thanks for the headsup Bob ........ now if you had to pick ONE color (your favorite), what would it be? Link to Color Chart: http://www.tuffshadlures.com/id6.html

That is very interesting guys. By the sounds of it a slower (4.0-4.5) with a more natural (black/silver, perch) presentation was the ticket this year to producing bigger fish. I wouldn't have normally thought anything of it but when every single fish on the bright lures was small and every single fish on the natural stuff was big...... then you start asking yourself these questions.

This year we have made a couple trips to Chautauqua and boated a good number of fish. One generalized observation that I have noticed is that EVERY single 40"+ inch fish came on natural looking baits (Natural Perch) while EVERY single fish under 40" came on bright colors (Fire Tiger, etc). Has anyone else had a similar experience?

Larry - Welcome aboard LOU! We are glad to have you and its always really cool to get someone with experience and a record of great conservation. That is what this site is all about and I am sure you will fit right in Cheers, Chad

Take the day off Mark! You deserve it - Happy Birthday Buddy

First I should say that it was a pleasure to finally put some faces to the names on LOU. I got a chance to meet a bunch of LOU members at the tournament and they are all first class fisherman! Kudos to Captain Larry Jones and Captain Mike Sperry for putting on a great seminar and overall very successful tournament. As Lee mentioned, both Larry and Mike are very forthright with any questions you might have and this is a very rare thing to find not only in the musky world but any species of fish! As for the tournament itself, it was a tough day of fishing. From what I heard, only 25 fish were caught all day – the cold front and blue bird skies really turned off the bite for many. We ended up getting two fish that day and another one the next morning. The fish measured 36â€, 36†and 32†respectfully. This was also my father’s first ever musky – so he was thrilled. Me with the smallest of the bunch My father with his first ever Musky! Joe with his musky. Caught this guy on the same line Lee was fishing. Finally found some bait and it wasn't 5 minutes after I told Joe "This is starting to look good" that the rod went off Here is a picture of the winning fish caught by a gentleman named Lance from PA. The fish was caught in the northern basin of the lake in 12 feet of water and measured a cool 47.5" - Sweet! Hopefully I will have a chance to make it back up there again before the years end. Thanks again to Larry for putting on a great even and the Happy Hooker Bait Shop for hosting it and helping fill my tackle box

John - Happy Birthday sir! Hope you get some good fishing related birthday presents! Chad

Welcome aboard Triple Dub! Glad you found us

Happy Birthday Mr. Hank

Hahah - glad you guys all liked it and finally got a chance to see that and YES there is a 2009 video in the works already! Basically I grab a bunch of images over the course of the year from the fishing photos forum and use those. I mix them to some good songs so let me know if you have any recommendations for the songs to use this year for the 2009 LOU Video. Thanks again for the kind words Chad