Fishstix

I had a great time fishing the first annual derby. Hope to make a better showing next year. We were off a little bit on our lures but maybe next year Ill get in a little prefishing. Great bunch of folks. It was fun to fish back at the fingers again. Thanks Chaos for hosting . BTW my email adress is [email protected] if any one has any photos to share.

While riding around LO Sunday waiting for a rod to fire I took the time to get a close photo of one of these things. They usually show up when you are reeling in a salmon, it triggers feeding time and they drill your ankles. Bug spray is cocktail sauce for these buggers. Kill one and 10 show up for the funeral.

Hey Chaos Ive got one less thing for you to do. "Make room for the trophy" Sea ye,all Sat. Hermit Ill be there This is my last chance on the puter till Sunday nite. Good luck to all.

No Promises you can thank Billie V for the leak.I did run it last weekend and it rotted in the water.

One more thing to add ..Holy Mackerel keeps track of all fish caught on his boat . Landed his 399th salmon this weekend . Thats a this year only total. Already doubled last years totol.Not bad for a weekend warrior. Fishing been pretty dam good.

I dont know how far down you were fishing but the two lakers should have told you temp was high. Yea we all have bad days. Its part of the challenge. I fish the south shore of LO andswe had more of a NE wind Sunday it slowed the fishing alot. Our Honeyholes from SAT were empty and we basically had to ride around till we hit a fish then ride around some more. Catching fish for a first timer is excellent but you still have to put your time in. Yea down speed and temp is important but its only part of the whole puzzle. A puzzle I hope I never put completely together.

Split shot. They are not spoons and they are not flies. And they are not yellow....Wellll almost but not quite. If you see Sea Dog tell him he missed a bloodbath on LO last weekend. Hermit get ahold of me ... Let me know where you want to launch.and what time.

Fished with the Holy Mackerel both Sat and Sun. Had one of those Sat morns that you dont have very often. Kings ,kings and more kings, Limited out by noon several over 25. Pictures to follow if I can get my camera program reloaded. 90 Fow around 40 down. NBK"s . green glow dodger flies. basically every rod was taking fish.Sunday was a different story.4 fish Sunday and we worked hard for em. Good ole Lake O.

Hermit Ill be at the launch at long point 6am. If this works out for you OK let me know. We could also launch out of deans cove if it works out better.It really makes no difference to me. Just let me know what you want to do. BTW the "network" came thru with some really new top secrete stuff. We will have to run a little slower than I want but its gaurenteed to load the fishbox.So Hermit start working on the speech[not to long please]It looks like NO Promises is backing out.So its up to you and me.

TB dont be in a big hurry to get your wire setup in the water. Be sure to do the 1lb weight dragged thru the water to make sure the line is on tight enough.Also learn the knot mentioned above as you will find the wire has a tendency to pigatail on the ends and you will want to cut it off and retie. Something that is a pain to do with crimps. Ive lost tackel to crimps, never lost any to the knot. Personally I run 1000ft of 30lb test mason wire. Its all Ive ever ran and really know nothing about the other mfg. Ive never ran backing.I use a 9ft leader between the dipsey and whatever Im pulling behind it.My leaders are 30lb test ande line.[im running 10ft roller rods] As in every new endever there is a learning curve. Put in the time and you will do alright.

I switched to the roller tips on my wire rigs. After years of flea plugged twilly tips . Bringing in a wire covered with a flea rope is a breeze. The rollers just saw right thru the fleas. Im thinking I may try the roller tips on my mono rods. If it works and the rollers cut the fleas off as Im reeling it in I may be on to something really big here.Really big. Any one else been messing with this stuff?

Wow the" Dalmation " made the board. Same story down our way but we werent marking the bait or fish down that deep.White or glow spoons were the semi hot ticket. They are nice pictures of fresh fish. Ones we caught were semi black already. Best description I heard was a 20lb plus salmon that came in like a bullhead.Also we had lots of lampreys. I hope that water blows out this week.

Chaos from what I hear the bite on Cayuga has been slow. Really slow.Ive sent a couple spies out that are in the "network" to see what they can find out. Dont go around asking what the "network" is . Its better for your health. If someone taps you on the shoulder in a large crowd you may find out.OK back to my ,our Trophy.It would be cool to leave it at Bass Pro.They would have to display it in a glass case kinda like they use for the Hope Diamond. In case there are some sore LOU-SERS out there. The electric converter plug on my wifes laptop is fried.Or else we could have used it. I just plan on getting some ice and my BIG fishbox.Hermit is going to put me on the fish . Yeah Hermit shoot me a PM let me know what time you want to get together. On a sad note I lost my best two dodger fly combos last weekend.The salmon were showing no mercy. Hermit and I wont be showing mercy either. Chaos if youe really looking for a ride let us know by July 22.

HEY EVERYBODY ! Look at the girl with the black bikini top!

Looking for a good deal on a color plotter. I want it to be able to talk to my autopilot. I want antenna, cables, book,everything included. A lowrance 3500c would be ideal but there are garmin and other models that I will consider.Bigger screen the better. Yea I know there is EBAY. But there are so many models I would rather deal directly with the person that has used the unit. Any out there? I now have a raychart 425c.

Great to meet you guys ,and congrats on your strong finish.

Thanks shelback. There has to be a ton of em out there.

www///htp.imagechaosbento{/img} Cant post the Chaos picture. Must be the filter is working. BTW you get a laptop to download fish pictures yet? Chaos only team opening Ive heard about was for a bowboy on a different boat. I dont think you want that.......

I am still needing the drive belts or a whole unit. There must be some out there! I cant seem to log into GLA.

Hermit in a couple weeks you will learn enough to be dangerous with wire setups. One thing that has amazes me about bannas is they are shipped from around the world and you can buy them for .39 a pound. Right next to NYS apples at 1.00 a pound. Them folks must have a hell of a system.I wonder if you went to S America if apples are cheaper than Bananas? My dog like bananas but she doesnt like apples. I wonder if a guy could make banana hard cider? It would be good for you. Ya mun.. Ill have some for everyone to try before the derby.Except me hermit and no promises of course.

Just a great great report. Brings back lots of memories. I started in the Fingerlakes and its nice to catch something that fights back. More people need to come to LO and they also need to catch fish. I hope you got some useful info from this board. Actually most weekends this yr the lake has been flat. Thanks for the report.....

I will be fishing out of a red Lund with a tan top. Docking behind the 37 bar. Ive got a feeling Fri. nite is going to be a rough one.Looking forward to meeting all you guys also. No Promises on behalf of the Pro Am thanks for the donation.. Fishinman I would like to meet Skeinmachine also. I miss the wars.

Thanks mysteryman for the Chaos picture. Hermit its good to hear from you . Sounds good you find em we catch em..I think Chaos will be checking the board more frequently. Splitshot nice little reply. I guess the secrete is out. Stinger Do you need a little help writing the acceptence speech so you can get out fishing again?

Justt a little rundown on what Ive been doing. I havent fished the fingerlakes since last winter. But I have been smokin the fish on LO.In years past what has been working on the big lake works on the fingerlakes also. Dodger flies have rotted in the water for me this yr and I dont know why. Mag size spoons are already working. You guys with a slow bite may want to try some. The "bite" seems to be accuring a little later in the morn. Say 8 or 9 am its been a waste of time for me anyway to get out early.Probably some of you guys fishing the fingers can verify that. Due to gas prices it may be a Fishstix Hermit and no Promises team.Thats still up in the air. Ill be fishing the Pro Am out of Sodus this weekend. Team" Cowboy 37" Im hopeing for a strong finish.I think we have the salmon figured out but it changes overnight up there. The fish have been way way out of temp. So fish the fishfinder and leave the temp probe in the cuddy. If anyone has a picture of Choas , email it to me. I did a little post last winter about installing a Yamaha HT8 trolling motor. I now have over 200hrs on the motor and it has been flawless. So practice up ,the big guns are comming down......

I dont really know where to start. Last few days blended together, Steady action with the 4th being the best 45 fish on that day alone. Over 100 totol for the weekend. Decided on our setup for the Sodus Proam went out Sunday afternoon and did 8 majors in two hours. So we feel real confident about the Sodus Pro am. Got the wires smokin finally. Got the riggers smokin also. Those big chunky brns are still around.No rainbows . Plenty of 20 lb kings.I cant believe I caught that many fish and none in the LOC derby. Detailed info. is tight with the upcomming Pro am.