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The Spring LOC has been run this way for years. The East end and Rochester area have put out the Grand Prize winning king in the past spring derbies (2004 Jim Unkle off Oswego - 1997, 98 or 99 Adam Simara Off of Rochester). You can say the same thing about the Fall LOC. Most years, a large percentage of the kings have migrated to the Oswego / Salmon river area during the majority of the fall derby. There are plenty of browns, steelies, and lakers that pay out a nice paycheck. As far as the weather goes, it is a crap shoot no matter what time of the year it is. No matter what LOC does, someone will not be happy. They can not accomidate everyone. I just go out there to have fun and fish. If I catch a winning fish, thats an added bonus.

Get used to that Bill. You are a West ender now!

nysteel, Here is a link with directions to the shop. http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1& ... t&resnum=3

Stringer rot, transom rot and blisters on the hull. I would hire someone to do a survey. They may look good on the surface but rotted underneath. My buddy is selling one ( mid 70's hard top Penn Yann) if that one falls through.

Stan, That is YT's creation called the Seasick waddler.

I run copper all the time and love it. My most productive all season last year was the 300' (60 - 65' down). The 400' was a close second. I have 7 copper rods 100, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400 and a 500. It is a little expensive but they flat out produce. I would recommend starting with a 400 or 300 not a 600.

Hanging out with the family, working overtime, or doing projects around the house / yard.

Where is the picture of the 30lb. slide? Nice pics.

I did not leave it gray. I put VC-17 antifoluling paint over it.

Nice job Matt.

Nice report Rick. Jax has got to be the only person that does their hair before fishing in the morning. We have all left the net home atleast once. It is always a day when you really do well. Good luck this morning.

I rolled it on. Very easy to work with. The only problem is 3 hours between coats. I started early in the morning and did all 4 coats in one day. The warmer the better when you put it on. I'm not sure if you can spray it on.

I find myself buying more stuff from Captains Cove and A-tom-mik. I like supporting the local shops. I purchase all of my flies and copper supplies from Tom and spoons from Captains Cove. Gander Mountain, Dicks, and Bass Pro here is Western N.Y. suck for trolling supplies. They only carry a couple colors of each brand of spoons (that we all have plenty of). Once some newer colors are gone, that is it for the season. Now that the prices shot up at Gander, I will be 99% of my trolling gear shopping at Captains Cove and one the web through the A-tom-mik site. The only time I will go to Gander is if I get gift cards or need something in a pinch.

The barrier coat I just put on was gray and very smooth after I fishished. Sounds like Interlux 2000. Is is a light gray color?

It may not be primer you are taking off. It may be vapor barrier paint. I would leave the vapor barrier paint on it. It prevent your hull from getting blisters. I just put vapor barrier paint on my boat. I used Interlux 2000. It takes 4 coats of paint for proper coating. The paint is not cheap. I took 1 3/4 gallons of paint to cover my 22' boat with 4 coats.

Stan, I have purchased stuff from Reeds before. Here is a link to the Cannon 400' of cable. http://www.reedssports.com/Product/prod ... &_ID=16883

Nice job LS. Anything else?

You will need to have the steering hooked up to the kicker.

Pictures?

My buddy Andy runs it. It is a lot easier to clean fleas off of it. He uses a razor blade. The only problem is WD40ing the reels after every use.

Sharkbait, Guys have been fishing I-bay area and the Genny area. The fishing has been good but there is some boat traffic according to the guys that have been out there (ask Jax how that has been). According to the Michigan Sea Grant map, the water temps are in the 40's around the river. There may be some kings around.

I purchased a box full of them at Gander Mountain out of the bargin bin. Had never tried them before and purchased them because they were cheap. First trip out, 2 steelies and one coho.

They have their days. Some days they work better than spoons and some days they don't. I usually run one off the boards when fishing open water for steelies and coho.

I have used them and caught more steelies than coho on them. The best for me was the Luhr Jenson 6" dodger and a green crinkle coho fly.

This picture has been going around for a couple years now. This fish was not caught in the Ottawa River. I believe it was somewhere on the West coast (B.C. Canada maybe). This is just like that monster pike picture.