Tim Bromund

Yes, I went to the local Tractor Supply and got a roll of Fluorescent Orange wire stemmed marker flags to mark my Amish Outfitter Redwood Big Boards. Just used a pair of pliers to bend the wire at the bottom into a configuration that will fit under the wingnuts on the board and stand straight up. They come in 100 packs of flags, so I've got enough for the rest of my life

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I've gone six seasons between changing out my wires, Only reason I did was because with the periodic cutting back, the spools were getting a little underfilled. Tim

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I've been running Scottys since 2003, awesome riggers, super reliable and trouble free. I had 1116's from 2003 through 2012, at the first Wilson Harbor Invitational in 2011 I won one of the new 2116 HP's but never ended up putting it on the boat that year, in 2012 I bought another 2116 and replaced both 1116's. Those riggers are amazing, I pull 15.5 and 16 lb weights and they are almost scary fast. I sold one of my 1116's but the other one has been sitting in my basement, so I'm going to add that this year as a 3rd chute rigger to run my probe on. I think the 2116 HP's are almost too fast for a probe rigger as the sudden stop when the autostop bead triggers the stop mechanism seems to put a lot of strain on the cable with a heavy weight. I didn't lose a probe, but I'm moving the probe to the slower, but still very fast 1116. They pull 15+ lb weights with ease as well. If that's going to be your probe rigger you might consider getting an 1100 series instead. Save a few bucks as well. Either way, you cannot go wrong with Scottys IMO. I've never had so much as a single hiccup with mine. Tim

I agree with King Slammin, though I would extend his time frame through July and into Mid August on the west end. King fishing in July out of Olcott is absolutely stellar and usually fairly close to shore. Most years, I never leave 60-200 fow all July By mid September, I'm long done with even fishing for those slimy brown mudhens. I prefer catching them when they are silver, feeding, full of piss and vinegar and actually taste good. Tim

LOTSA would like to take a moment to once again thank our Vendors that donated product for both the many door prizes that were given away at the Expo and for our Kids Classes/Seminars we taught at the LOTSA Marketplace at the Greater Niagara Fishing and Outdoor Expo in Niagara Falls on January 24-26. As in years past, the reason we conduct the Expo is to raise money to help cover the expenses of running our Olcott Pen Rearing Project. The Greater Niagara Expo donated a portion of each Expo Admission ticket sold on Sunday and LOTSA Receive a total of $2,706.00 from the Show. In addition to the donation from the Expo, We would also like to sincerely thank Chuck Booker of Big Chinook1 Fishing. Chuck solicited donations of various prizes and raffled those prizes off at his booth in the main room of the Expo throughout the 3 days of the Show and his efforts raised an additional $500.00 which he donated to the Pen Rearing Project, bringing our total for the weekend to $3,206.00 donated to the Olcott Pen Rearing Project. Thank you to everyone, both our Vendors and those of you that braved one of the nastiest weather weekends of this miserable winter to come out and support LOTSA and the Expo. DOOR PRIZE SPONSORS: R & R TACKLE A-TOM-MIK MANUFACTURING BLOOD RUN TACKLE NORTHERN KING THE JACK ROSENSWIE COMPANY ITO FLIES FINGER LAKES TACKLE PAUTZKE BAIT CO. DREAMWEAVER MUSTAD HOOKS OKUMA NICK'S SPORTING GOODS SHEFFIELD SALMON/STEELHEAD PRODUCTS RIVERSIDER RODS CHALLENGER LURES TORPEDO DIVER KISHEL'S QUALITY ANIMAL SCENTS AND LURES AMISH OUTFITTERS NIAGARA REGION CHARTERS MUSTAD PROTROLL KID'S CLASS SPONSORS: CAPTAIN'S COVE RESORT MOOR ELECTRONICS DUNKIRK SPORTS OUTFITTERS CHUCK BOOKER PRIZES RAFFLED OFF AT CHUCK'S BOOTH 22 INCH CHINOOK WOOD CARVING ARTIST DALE STEWART, NORTH BURGAW, NC 9’ 7WT CUSTOM FLY ROD COMBO GTO OUTDOORS, AKRON, NY CABELAS CENTER PIN ROD COMBO AMUNDSON STEELHEAD TACKLE 14 INCH RAINBOW TROUT SCULPTURE ARTIST MARC DeMOTT, LOVELAND, CO 15â€X18†FRAMED RAINBOW TROUT ART ARTIST RONI LEE, DOVE CREEK, CO 9’ 8WT FLY ROD COMBO W/ BEAD BOX BIG CHINOOK1 FISHING TROUT BEADS& HEVI BEADS BOX 9’ 8WT REDDINGTON FLY ROD COMBO REDDINGTON RODS 2 ICE ROD COMBO & 18 ICE JIGS RODS-LEHIGH FISHING CO ROD & REEL HT ENTERPRISES JIGS-C BOOKER 8’-6†SPINNING REOD COMBO AND 12 JIGS WWW.1FGHP.COM LOUISVILLE KY VOODOO JIGS, NEWFANE NY 9’ 8WT CABELAS FLY ROD COMBO W/BEAD BOX CABELAS TROUT BEADS& HEVI BEADS BOX 5X7 FRAMED FLY WATERCOLOR ART ARTIST JASON BORDASH, UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA PURINA DOG BASKET CANADAWAY CREEK OUTFITTERS, FREDONIA, NY POCKET KNIFE CLIFF LACEY, LOCKPORT, NY ICE ROD & TIP UP BAG & 18 ICE JIGS ROD AND BAG – FRABILL JIGS – C BOOKER FLY TYING KIT & BEAD KIT FLY KIT – WAPIS HEVI BEADS STEELHEAD DREAMS BOOK & BEAD KIT & ICE ROD BOOK – MATTHEW SUPINSKI TROUTBEADS HT ENTERPRISES

Yeah, Vince is a fish catching machine whether he on the open lake or drifting the river.

Yes, when I run a copper down the chute, it goes on a pike ball and back 100 feet or so. if it looks like a fish will get into it, I just flip the free spool lever with the clicker on and let it out more. You are still moving forward, so it shouldn't drop that much, at least I've never touched bottom with it. Some days that will get creamed repeatedly while the board coppers are quiet. I stick that rod up in my rocket launcher to keep the tip good and high.

Unless you run it down the chute on a pike ball rig, then you just open the bail and temporarily let it back further behind the boat out of the way of an active fish.

Why on earth would you switch away from the superior Scotty releases to blacks, ever??

Sometimes that grows to 5 foot-itis, at least it did for me when i jumped from 19' to 24'

On Lake O, mag spoons actually work well in the spring when the big adult alewives are inside spawning. That is primarily the size bait the fish are feeding on so they are kind of tuned into larger spoons that time of year. During summer I run mostly regular size (NK28 or Stinger Stingray Size) or smaller spoons like Dreamweaver SS's and then, back to Mags (or even SuperMags) in the fall. Tim

John, we were talking about trout and salmon trolling not a multi species boat. I was speaking for myself, as trout and salmon trolling is the only fishing my boat sees. Besides, it's not so much the temps as it is the ridiculous subsurface currents that we have that make the probe so valuable. Don't get me wrong, I do have a high quality graph on my boat, but if I had limited disposable funds and had to choose which piece of equipment to spend my money on, it would be a probe 10 times out of 10. Your mileage may vary Tim

That year was strange, but traditionally, this is the kind of winter that gives us killer spring king fishing on the west end. The shallow sandy water on the Canadian Side warms up first and the bait and kings pile in there, but the ice water pumping out of Lake Erie will be 8-10 deg colder and that forms a thermal barrier that the kings won't cross and it kind of corrals them on the far west end. As Erie warms and that thermal barrier dissipates, the fish spread out across Niagara county as well, unless a lot of E and NE winds push the warm water, bait and fish back into Canada repeatedly. These are the years where it seems like every Salmon in Lake Ontario spends the spring between Somerset and St Catharines. Tim

I saw the new stuff and talked to the Owner for a while at the Triple S Show a couple weeks ago, it's not on the market yet as they are working out the price point, but in the very near future they will be offering an add on with a new base plate, a 7 oz (or maybe it was 9 oz) weight and a mag ring that will make the slide diver dive like a mag dipsy.

OK Look, I wasn't trying to be offensive or disrespectful. I have many friends that are police and firefighters and I have the utmost respect for those that put their lives on the line to keep us all safe, Heck one of my best friends growing up's father was the Commissioner of our local Volunteer Fire Company. My point is that this is America, all citizens need to be treated equally under the law. I don't believe that ANYONE, regardless of what they do, should be set up as a special class of citizen, for whom THEIR murder is treated more severely than anyone else. As a hypothetical, if say, your mother (heaven forbid) was murdered, would you want the maximum penalty assigned to the criminal scumbag that perpetrated the crime, or would you be OK with the sentence being less for her killer because she wasn't a first responder? As I said, I have many friends that are first responders and the vast majority of them agree with me on this point. you can agree or not, that's up to you. Peace, Tim

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