Tim Bromund

Sunset at Olcott. Toronto skyline on the horizon to the right of the sunset another sunset at Olcott Tim

Same thing with the North American Hunting Club. Tim

Yeah, just look at all the damage the 3 rod rule has done to the fishery in Lake Michigan Tim

Surgeon loop knot, so you can take it on and off the flasher/dodger without cutting. http://www.animatedknots.com/surgeonslo ... dknots.com Tim

BTW, we're down to approximately only 20 open seats remaining for the Best Chance Too Climic on Saturday 2/27 Tim

We have obtained a reduced hotel rate for the LOTSA Super Salmon weekend at the end of February. This the same Hotel we used last year and received many favorable comments from last years participants. It is as follows: Holiday Inn Lockport 515 S Transit Street Lockport, NY 14094 Phone 716-434-6151 Rate is $79 per night + Tax on 2/26 and 2/27 Reserve you room under the "LOTSA Block"

Paul, the question is, are you still mad at Jim Tim

hey, what's that strange looking green fish Tim

another one here for the Depth Raider. Had an old Fish Hawk 840 before that and couldn't be happier that unit is gone. Tim

All 6 of my diver setups are on Heartlands, 2 wires on brown 9.5's, 2 Power pro on black 9.5's and 2 mono on brown 10.5s all work great and IMO you cannot beat em. Tim

I did yesterday Congratulations. You have successfully signed the petition: Prevent Asian Carp from entering Lake Michigan by closing the Chicago Sanitary/Shipping Canal. You are signer #189 [?] Tim

Well, while the one in the OP was not real, this one seems credible.... Un-freaking-believable Obama Finds Legal Way Around The 2nd. Amendment and Uses It.. The Full Article Here http://www.reuters.com/article/politics ... Q920091015 Subject: Obama Takes First Step in Banning All Firearms On Wednesday the Obama administration took its first major step in a plan to ban all firearms in the United States . The Obama administration intends to force gun control and a complete ban on all weapons for US citizens through the signing of international treaties with foreign nations. By signing international treaties on gun control, the Obama administration can use the US State Department to bypass the normal legislative process in Congress. Once the US Government signs these international treaties, all US citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments. These are laws that have been developed and promoted by organizations such as the United Nations and individuals such as George Soros and Michael Bloomberg. The laws are designed and intended to lead to the complete ban and confiscation of all firearms. The Obama administration is attempting to use tactics and methods of gun control that will inflict major damage to our 2nd Amendment before US citizens even understand what has happened. Obama can appear before the public and tell them that he does not intend to pursue any legislation (in the United States) that will lead to new gun control laws, while cloaked in secrecy, his Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton is committing the US to international treaties and foreign gun control laws. Does that mean Obama is telling the truth? What it means is that there will be no publicized gun control debates in the media or votes in Congress. We will wake up one morning and find that the United States has signed a treaty that prohibits firearm and ammunition manufacturers from selling to the public. We will wake up another morning and find that the US has signed a treaty that prohibits any transfer of firearm ownership. And then, we will wake up yet another morning and find that the US has signed a treaty that requires US citizens to deliver any firearm they own to the local government collection and destruction center or face imprisonment. This is not a joke nor a false warning. As sure as government health care will be forced on us by the Obama administration through whatever means necessary, so will gun control. Read the Article U.S. reverses stance on treaty to regulate arms trade WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States reversed policy on Wednesday and said it would back launching talks on a treaty to regulate arms sales as long as the talks operated by consensus, a stance critics said gave every nation a veto. The decision, announced in a statement released by the U.S. State Department, overturns the position of former President George W. Bush's administration, which had opposed such a treaty on the grounds that national controls were better. The Full Article http://www.reuters.com/article/politics ... Q920091015 Please forward this message to others who may be concerned about the direction in which our country is headed. Silence will lead us to Socialism.

If one of your New Years Resolutions is to be more successful catching Salmon & Trout in 2010, you might want to consider attending the Best Chance Too Super Salmon Clinic on Saturday February 27th. This 6 hour clinic, taught by Captains Dave Engel and Bill Bale will focus on the detailed techniques they use to become the winningest Salmon and Trout Tournament team on the Great Lakes. Best Chance Too, featured as the cover story in the April 2009 issue of Great Lakes Angler magazine, has accepted LOTSA’s invite to put on their Super Salmon Clinic for the first time in New York State. Captains Dave and Bill are experienced Fishing educators and will present a very much “hands on†Clinic including a significant amount of time answering questions on their techniques. The Clinic will also include a tackle “goodie bag†and a buffet lunch. So, besides being on a beach in Florida, where else would you rather be on a cold day in February than at this Clinic, learning from the best, mingling with 100 fellow Lake Ontario fishermen, receiving a tackle goodie bag worth the price of admission and getting a free lunch! A limited number of seats remain and when they are gone we’re full due to our room capacity and can’t take anyone else. So, if you’re thinking of it as part of your New Year’s Resolutions, signup now before the last seats are gone. You can signup for a seat and see all of the details on this Clinic, Best Chance Too and, the 2010 LOTSA Fishing Expo the next day (Sunday February 28th) at the LOTSA web site www.lotsa.org

Which ones? Luhr Jensen has had lots of trolling spoons over the past 30 years. To name a few: flutterspoon, alpena diamond, loco. All of them worked great back in the day and still work just as well today, they've just been used less as they were replaced by newer spoon brands and styles (fishermen just love buying shiny new toys, even if the toys they already have still work fine). I still run all of them from time to time and they still catch fish. Alpena Diamonds in particular are killer brown trout spoons. Every so often you'll see some hanging on hooks in small out of the way tackle shops that have been hanging there since the 80's and I always buy every one of them I can find when I come across them. Tim

Tag, I used to have one of those, I thought it was a little heavy for stream use, so I used it primarily to pitch spoons off the Olcott Pier in the fall and cought a ton of big kings on it. I'd probably still have it if I wouldn't have closed the car door on it Tim

yup, I'm #40 on there, that's been up for a while. Tim

Not good eh! Too bad, I was thinking of getting a couple. What is the problem? Dick yes, what didn't you like about them? I replaced one of the fixed ones on each of my scottys with one of those and I think they are great. Tim

who says it is .5 to .6 slow, maybe the DR is dead nuts on and the X4 reads .5 to .6 fast. In any case, Chromeslayer nailed it, repeatability is the key, the actual number is just a target to get back to. Tim ps, I've had my DR down over 160 with no signal loss. Never had any need to go deeper on the west end.

Depth Raider, rock solid and 1 probe battery per season. For the Fish Hawk, you gotta drill more holes in the transom of your boat below the waterline to install yet another transducer. I'd rather have the coated cable myself. 4 seasons and counting on my original spool of coated cable. you don't have to change that any more frequently than you do standard rigger cables, so all of those supposed superior features of the fish hawk are a bunch of crap IMO. Tim

42 here 6/6/67 Tim

Due to the severe weather being forcast from now straight through Friday, the December LOTSA Meeting and Christmas Party has been canceled. Tim

Hi Dave, Welcome to LOU. Tim