ray koziatek

depends on age and condition.......if workin well but old 250 ea would be a great price if their 100% if their newer id expect 50 to 75 ea more .....I ant no expert just kinda see stuff sold here and at what price.. Sometimes folks kinda suck up the loss just to "pass the torch" so to say to some newer younger guys ,,a quick trip to "BIG JON" website will put ya in touch with new prices. (hope he is a torch passer)

= not even big bass? hey we,ll call em rockfish..

Great job Buddy ,now will ya play on erie ,and hit the hudson for a little relaxin bass fishing...opps Mike and team i shoulda said....wondered why yer teamates were squinting.

newburgh, fri and sat were banner days again for the newburgh area ,sunday nasty weater tho we managed 15 to 20 before thawing out with many many halfhearted hits missed ..monday even colder river lost over .5 deg in 12 hrs fired up 6 to 8 before pulling plug around noon ,maybe before...due to 2ftplus swells nasty misty rain seems like the reports ive heard from some diehard (serious ) locals is due to cold temps and high water up to june 5th is gonna be great fishing..

hmm ill start a list of great material I heard mentioned by these two. #1.as i laid asleep peacefully on my side i felt you pokin me in the back........... ,naa that statement alone has so many options and interpatations, its best to not even mention that... #2. (pizza head ),na inside joke that would take to much time to explaine . #3.( Rod Hog) hmm with that one applying to a 250 pluss person with the grace of a shackled balerina dancer on a rolling fish slimed deck ,ok ok i gotta hose down finish eating my 3rd meal in the last 2 hours and clean a couple fish...........I might have you two regriting who you meet on the internet yet.... PS.gents the pleasure was all mine,we even had a great fish dinner when I got home(bought 3 at Dougs) oh and as i came around the corner 200 yds from my house a car came down the middle of the road and i had to swerve to miss him ran the r/f trailer tire over the curb,bent the rim and ripped the tire ,almost was a cheeper trip than last week

Rolmops yer right we all should wait till someone dies or is seriously injured ,before mentioning any offender ...Then after that the waters will be safer for all due to the new laws imposed...............or we all could use the L.O.U. pledge :BE KIND : BE COURTEOUS : BE RESPECTFULL : DID I MENTION ALL???? my post is 100% truth ..... I could mention at least another 4 or 5 encounters with the same vessel with signed afidavids from the people i had with me ... I.m sorry you feel offended ....To my way of making the waters Safer for all ... SAFTY ,PROPER CONDUCT, AND RESPECT MUST BE EXTENDED BY ALL WHO USE THE LAKE. Maybe in hindsite i Could of : pulled all gear and go home.. :steared in direction i was being wedged, extended middle finger as the sign language being displayed to me. : I could of run tighter sunk my boat and my crew swim to shore Naa yer right in the years sence i have suggested PROFESSIONAL CHARTERS many times so let nature takes its course... I End Every post with :ALWAYS LEARNING OR NEVER LEARNING Maybe it doesnt only apply to me. Thanks for the follow up. PS my apoligies Sir (rollmops) I misread your post this is a edit (my PS) i just got back from a 2 day hudson river trip, and am sorta sleep deprived (left at midnite sat,drove thru the nite started fishing at 530 am till dark tried to sleep with dualing snore'ers,fished in some nasty weather then 5 hrs home drive...but yer right all clients i send to other ports now ,and have gone from 100 days a season mostly at the oak to just a few . Im shure local buisnesses would welcome my extra 90 days of gas ,meals ,coffee,coffee,coffee,and lodging...ah me justa plummer..My apoligies for misreading yer post again....(id rather apoligize for a screwup rather than cover it up and pretend it didnt never happen)

Dear Buckboard unable to post right now the golden rule of bashing is wait 24 hours to rember all the needed details for a trip like this. Thank You...........hmm maybe one small bash would be ok..............naa better wait

Mike WWIV the new age of grin and bare it will be "grin" as you use your cell phone to video the inncadent ,and "bare" it to the proper athorities,U-tube and every fishing site on the waters we all share.

Ive had a couple of "reel exciting" moments from a charter out of the oak (running in front and setting up "reel" close,then another trip same boat tried to get "reel" close to shore when i was already "reel" close to shore almost bouncing the boards (me )on the shore line (still a different fishing trip) after having the spot for several hours to my self I did slide out for this "exciting" captian ....................about 50 ft Just so he didnt have to put his clients In DANGER by beaching his boat in the rocks....but his gear tangling and boards running into shore cost his CLIENTS some valuable fishing time. At Least I had some CONSIDERATION FOR HIS CLIENTS SAFTY... The good analogy is a rookie or inexperianced "Stock Car Driver" who will shake yer hand in the pits and your face but once on the track (water) all is fair dispite the SAFTY OF ALL INVOLVED. Trust me everyone (most) in that port or others will talk nice to those types of Captians Face but ,after a few years doing pro /ams the things you hear behind their back is not the way most of us would like to be talked about .. It is the actions of a few 10% who cause the other 90% to suffer with new laws soon we,ll need turn singals,4 ways ,bright "I'M FISHING HERE STUPED" banners flying, tho a few water ballons filled with mustard might help l identify the Inconsiderate ones... But SAFTY FIRST MIGHT BE A CONSIDERATION FOR ANY CHARTER OR ANYONE on the water, but hey Im only a rookie with over 4000 logged hours on the water in the last few years and maybe a few more hours in my 40 years pluss behind the wheel of a boat... Thank You for your post at the begining of the season ,your one "rant" may hit home to the offenders and if one life is saved or serious injury or incadent is averted because of your post and pic then it will go to show just how strong the L.O.U. community can be when It comes "TO REAL SAFTY AND OFFENSIVE ACTIONS" I thank you and so do many,many others that use the PUBLIC WATERS IN OUR COUNTRY!!!!! Ray Koziatek.

give the next 2 days another try... hope we get at least 1.................................over 40 lbs

could be ready to hatch just sleep with it for a few nights ....

Its always been a adventure fishing with or near rod..Once in a while things get misplaced , Plugs,Maps, And some tiomes its tuff for him to pull his anchor and move to a different spot..and sometimes its tuff for him to put the anchor out (right) to stay in a hot spot. Ive had the enjoyment to fish with him on ontario ,new jersy and the keys, dispite his ability to root for some goofy baseball teams, get sick on a moments notice and every towel in his camper is pink,havin sticky fingers and cheeks He is a man with a good heart tho during tournements he can loose that good nature (so ive heard)......Good for you guys Its Amazing how dispite my wifes warning "be careful of who you meet on the internet" Some great ,well good , well ...........hmm now that i think of it see might be right

Good for you Ed to get yer boat in so earlyin the season,,yea a decent plug will run ya way over 3.00 its best to take yer chances on a old one like ya said the bilge works and what that dont take care of just pull the boat every 45 min. and shell dry right out.. As for the steering hey its a poor mans "auto piolet" just aim er straight and ya can sit back and relax.. Dead battery ,who needs it just push start the boat,,Get yerself a couple paper towel tubes and toss in 8 "d" cell batterys bingita bangita ya don got yer 12 volts... Well its good to hear ya got the bottom wet,,,,and the floor,and the seats,. I misunderstood ya on the phone when ya said ya were gonna get the bottom wet ya see for most of us it means the underside of the boat ...shoot if i knew ya ment the inside bottom i might af suggested pullin the cover and breakin out the hose.. Good luck next trip .................OH did ya catch anything???

yea the boards usually sre a good way probly just a off day ,,as far as you friend and his girl clean the cabin and install a small web cam youll have yer rigger money in no time.. like said above a tad weight 3to 5 ft up the line,Big jon makes a mini planer thats "pretty good" but ya gotta use care in deploying so ya dont spin it (clicker tension usually works).....also lots of talk on light line be carefull of line streach on the hits if yer loosing fish 15 lb is fine of course sharp hooks will make big diff. with line streach situations................

when i get up there well try my majic urine ,just spray it on and leave..for 3 or 4 days it will smell so bad youll be happy to break out the elbow grease..

Todd...........

sounds like White H O use

ahh yes april showers bring may DOWNPOURS,,,,, where are the stripers up there? Hudson river has just a few too, now its a record season with many 25 pluss taken from shore ,and a couple reports of good ones from boats [/url I know last year but the bigones wernt in last week yet still lacking a few deg.water temp,,,, but their (females) showing up in BIG numbers..

Please don't take my post as a braggin (well a tad) my wife and I lived a very frugle life saving all we could ..for our golden years..we both grew up in our youth (as kids before we met) with nuthing to our name other than underware all my schoolday clothes were rummage sale even my shoes and she wasnt much better off either. In our off season we still live on a limited income ,and cut corners to afford our lavish vacation. The reason i post this part is to give some of you younger guys a incentive to SAVE !!! Please find yourself a" good" financle advisor also,If we did 20 years ago we would be able to winter vacation and eat ,THEN I WOULDNT BE FORCED TO GO CATCH OUR FRESH FISH AND GET MY OWN LOBSTERS BY HAND ... KEY WORD IS "GOOD"

Ah Ha now i know why landshark goes to Quinte ..................

just got a bunch of bass and them garbage fish baits (nightcrawlers)..psst Mike (landshark) the guys going with me are diehard garbage fish chasers .......well like these..Maybe ill have some one who does more than talk about going to erie.. 26in rule on floor

think he is hittin on ya (gotta watch them retired "coppers" )

Hey almost 2 yrs lets see i bought a flatback canoe /w/ 4hp ,,,,13 ft inflatable with 25hp,14 ft Mckee (like boston wahler) with 40 hp,....ohh sooo many boats and so little time,gonna be the first time in 14 years makin 2 trips to the hudson,got my scuba gear inspected and bought 2 wet suits landed many sharks over 6 ft ,had a 12ftr on but i actually tried to force it in (you thought bringing in a green salmon is fun),,,yea ive slowed it down some oh yea ive gotton some time on ontario too......as for her she has knitted more hats,scarves,sweaters,gloves,(nuttin for me yet ) yes life has been great for us did i mention 6 months in fla keys for 2 years (total) seems like Ive wet many lines down there too......so sat im off the the hudson with a couple new guys ,with a can of worms and some hooks...............just called the bait shop down there its one of the best seasons ever for as long as they can remember....oh darn sore arms again..and some TASTY fillets

i even put em on my inflatable fishing friend .judy makes her purdy dont te me wiffy shell wack me aside the head..........AGAIN! With Her Beaver (its in the bag) hey that looks like judy over my shoulder....

Jer real hunters shoot buck like bruce,,,thats how we get horns i might have a couple spikes (trophys) laying around for a lb or two of bacon....you shure thats not coyote bacon?