GAMBLER

Started the morning in 125 off the nose. 4 minutes of trolling and only five rods in the water, we were on our first fish of the day. After an awesome fight, Keith slid the net under a 30lb 12 (loc scale weight) king. After 15 minutes of getting rods out, the 210 diver starts screaming. After a 550' run, Steve Lands a 27 and change king. At 730 we did our third king at 15 and change. After that our day took a major turn ( just like the bills we started of strong and then we faded away!) We struggled to find fish over 7 lbs. we did have a nice laker but it was short of the 30" minimum by 1/4"! At the weigh in, we took 10 th place and big fish of the tourney. Congrats to all the winners. Once again the guys that ran the Shootout did an awesome job!

While we are at it lets get the lake trout division back and allow us to weigh in fish the next morning. Maybe we should put together a petition?

Is there a list of teams that has entered the Calcutta? Just curious.

The only way to get this changed is to make our voice heard. Email him, start a poll get others to do the same. Atleast lower the age some. A 6 year old should be able to handle Lake Ontario fish as long as they have done it before. I can see not having full divisions because of the cheating that used to go on. Do something simple like pass out trophies and fishing tackle. Avon Anglers ice derbies lets kids enter and gives every kid that participates a piece of icefishing equipment. All kids get a raffle ticket at each derby and they draw a ticket at the last derby for an ice tent. Kids are the future of this fishery. We NEED them involved.

Both have thier pros and cons. I stay away from singles because they seem to come right out of the eye on smaller fish (mostly small steelies).

That is the reason I have 1 kid!

Congrats guys! Is Hambley going back into hibernation now?

Get new team mates! I have tried everything and nothing works! I found the electric fly swatter makes for good entertainment but still does not deter them!

A slider is another spoon on a 6' or so leader that is clipped to the main line above the down rigger release. You put the first spoon back of the release, clip it in the release, let it dow to the desired depth, take your slider (6' leader with a swivel on both ends) clip it on the main line to the rod and throw it overboard. The slider will slide down the line roughly halfway to the rigger (depends on how tight you tighten the rod down).

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It was 31.11 lbs according to the LOC website! Awesome fish. Congrats to the angler.