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Lets get this thread started!!! The 2023 season is just around the corner. As always I'm looking forward to returning back into the deer woods. Lets see some of those trail cam pics! Last season's gun buck story as posted in the 2022 thread November 19 am 28 degrees SW wind 10-15 mph Cloudy Opening day gun season Well my archery season wasn't what I had hope for. Damn work got in the way of hunting. The last two days I was hesitant of hunting because of the wind. A steady light wind works for where I wanted to be but not a heavy gusty wind so I stayed out. And I'm glad I did. I got in stand about 610 or so and slowly got settled in with hundred layers. Before I even got my jacket on I had a buck sneak past me about 30 yards. It was too dark to tell which buck it was but of course I was convinced it was one of my target bucks. Ill admit... it screwed with my head a bit. Gun shots started ringing out about 639ish from every direction. Then about 715 I noticed movement cutting down the same spot cruising bucks have been using for 2 weeks. Things happen fast. It doesn't take long to realize he's a shooter. I stand turn to my right. Rest the gun on the tree. The deer just happens to stop at 30 yards and I pull the trigger. He dropped in his tracks but I got hit high. 9x scope at 30 yards I guess I should have held down on him. I had to finish him off with a second shot. If only the guy shooting was as good as the gun. [emoji38]. To my surprise i have no history with this deer. Big thick wide 9pt with split g2. I'll be patiently waiting on the late season to start! November 19 am 28 degrees SW wind 10-15 mph Cloudy Opening day gun season Well my archery season wasn't what I had hope for. Damn work got in the way of hunting. The last two days I was hesitant of hunting because of the wind. A steady light wind works for where I wanted to be but not a heavy gusty wind so I stayed out. And I'm glad I did. I got in stand about 610 or so and slowly got settled in with hundred layers. Before I even got my jacket on I had a buck sneak past me about 30 yards. It was too dark to tell which buck it was but of course I was convinced it was one of my target bucks. Ill admit... it screwed with my head a bit. Gun shots started ringing out about 639ish from every direction. Then about 715 I noticed movement cutting down the same spot cruising bucks have been using for 2 weeks. Things happen fast. It doesn't take long to realize he's a shooter. I stand turn to my right. Rest the gun on the tree. The deer just happens to stop at 30 yards and I pull the trigger. He dropped in his tracks but I got hit high. 9x scope at 30 yards I guess I should have held down on him. I had to finish him off with a second shot. If only the guy shooting was as good as the gun. [emoji38]. To my surprise i have no history with this deer. Big thick wide 9pt with split g2. I'll be patiently waiting on the late season to start!

When we have a wind episode like that (east or a west) the fish seek stable water offshore. East wind earlier in the week piled the warm water into the western basin and the canadian south shore. A few days later that pounding west wind blew it all onto the US south shore giving us an extreme amount of warm water. 165-180 of cable to reach upper 40s all the way out to the 28.5 n line. Kinda crazy. Fish and bait want stable water so the offshore fishery is a no brainer on days like this. We fished 30-35 N on Sunday and had an insane amount of King bites out there.

The forecast is good for tomorrow morning. Light variable winds for the am.

2023 Sandy Creek Shootout results Big fish Friday 2 fish main event

Announcement... We have extended our registration until Friday evening! There has been a lot of questions regarding Saturday's weather. As most of you know our event seems to attract the worst mother nature has to offer almost every year. As per our tournament rules we will not leave the dock under a small craft warning. If a small craft warning is issued the tournament will be moved to Sunday. Spread the word!

The Great Lakes Fishery Commision is the lead agency on lamprey control and they handle all of the treatments on the great lakes including canadian water. Here is some good reading... http://www.glfc.org/control.php

Announcement... Please see all the paperwork for the 2023 Sandy Creek Sandy Creek Shootout! PRINT THEM!!! -Sandy Creek Shootout entry/calcutta -Big Fish Friday Entry -2 Fish Entry -2023 SCS Rules Cash only and entries accepted by Rob Westcott 585-703-0969 Brian Gambell 585-727-9279 Tim Skrip 585-208-4748

Awesome! I will add that when I am King fishing that my releases are extremely tight. However depending on what I am doing I may do a few other things. Lake Trout fishing (with cowbells) I use tethered scottty releases. They work great 100+ down and allow me to see my bites better. Another thing I do is use half hitched rubber bands along with my blacks releases in skinny water. The point is there isnt a one size fits all and different situations require different things.

I run my releases extremely tight. Tight enough that most fish can not release them on their own. 20# kings struggle to release them. When a fish hits them I want to be able to get to them and release them. Not the fish. Lock them down and I bet your hook up ratio increases.

My mid summer pick... Bald Eagle