Missdemeanor

Ray.....I must admit I was a little apprehensive about going, but I've been to some rough areas of Mexico and Venezuela before. I think going to a family resort area should be fine. I by no means will have my guard down.....

Thanks for the advise.....I've fished the keys, Venezuela, and Cabo San Lucas. I can't wait....been a couple of years since I've had a bill on.....

Has anyone been to Playa De Carmen - Rivera Maya? I'm going next April and I want to Nail down some Bill fish charters. Couple of years ago I went to Cabo San Lucas and got a nice screw job by a "outfitter" I booked through online so I'm looking for any decent Captain referrals for Playa De Carmen. Thanks Guys.......

Here's to a guy got qualified in the service on the musket.....Was an Oar man for George Washington when he crossed the Delaware....And lent his boat Key to Ben Franklin for the kite....... A man that old has seen it all.... Happy Birthday Buddy......

I use lighter weights when fishing in shallow water such as the spring. in the summer and early fall there are times you may need to get your lures down to 80 plus feet. Thats when heavier weights come into play...they reduce blowback from trolling and get a more accurate depth reading on the down rigger counter...........

Sorry for your misfortune. If you need anything, you know you can pm me anytime.....good luck with your speedy recovery.

Nice report Chris.....I'm at it in the AM

30 plus pound mono. I usually use a little more than the length of the rod used as far as the leader goes.

Tekota is a good reel....buuuut no comparison to the high speed gears of the Clarion 55L or the Diawa Saltist. That being said, my rigger reels are Saltist, my diver reels are Saltist. Very smooth drags and very well built. They start around 180 bucks. All my coppers are Clarion 55L high speeds. IMO as smooth as a Saltist, same high speed gears, only difference is they are around 120 bucks. Good luck with your decision.

A fish hawk td probe will tell you exactly where that copper is running. I've used it a bunch of time this year.

Skipper......that was the best story I've ever heard....lol....I'm lmao over here....

Brian ...I fished the Niagara pro am out of my boat a bunch of years ago. We ran all the way to the oak to find fish....off the oak I had the same thing happen....it sounded like a typewriter out there. My wire rods were snappin and I could see the electric current pouncing back and forth from each rod......myself Joe toomey and a few other boats hauled a$$ into the oak port for safety. Luckily the pro am committee was cool and didn't Dq us due to the potential emergency situation.......

That is one big ole chicken......congrats on the 2nd place.....good to see your Dad back at it.....

Ray good seeing you at the weigh in....sorry I couldn't stay and chat. Had to get the rig back due to impending north east 20 on Sunday....plus I was in zombie land.....lol....hope to see you guys next year......

Matt, I'm sure that we would have caught fish on spoons as well, I just didn't want to go through the headache of clearing the rods every five minute with all the skipper kings we had on Friday. I figured we would cut our bite numbers in half, but the bites would be quality fish. Even that Brown hit a Spin Doc and Fly. It just seems like every skipper had all three hooks down their throats. Not good for a catch and release rate. Another thing I need to comment on is the amount of Steel head around Sandy Creek....Holy smokes you guys have some real quality fish! A big congrats goes out to Captain Jason Franz, His wife Trish and crew for another win. Jason is a great guy and a great fisherman.

Well I'll tell you It was interesting. I lowered my antennas and nets. Couldn't shove a greased BB up my rear end the first time we went under it. Plenty of room and plenty of water. I will definitely be back next year.

All I can say is WOW! Thanks to Scott, Rob, Keith, Mike, and all the volunteers. A special thanks to Rob's father-in-law, Chris, for allowing us to dock in front of his house. Friday the 22nd, we started our pre fish day at 0530. We fished around the pump house heading North west towards Devil's nose out to 230 FOW. Started with a basic spoon pattern with flies on the divers and a 200 copper down the cute. It was skippy central and I quickly changed over to all paddles and flies. After finally getting all the gear back out the 230 diver goes with a major. That fish his a white nuclear spin doctor towing a glow alewife Fox fly. I saw the fish had the entire fly down his throat and figured that combo was good to go....it took another major on it as well a big steelie. That combo was my most active of the day. Fridays pics Friday night I went in to work at 1100pm and worked till 0400 Saturday 23rd....With no sleep I head out with my brother and Dad to giver her hell. My buddy was supposed to fish with us, but he got called out on an emergency call out ( Swat team leader)... It was an easy decision to head back to the same waters. Our day was Kind of a grind. Nothing fast and furious , but a steady pick. I kept the first 4 fish that were over ten pounds, and then threw back until we were able to upgrade. We managed a decent box and left for the weigh station with 5 fish in the box. At the weigh in, in the parking lot, We discussed what to do....here's the situation: we had a decent Brown that we thought had a chance at winning. We also had a Salmon that was only 3-4 lbs heavier than the brown. I knew we were not close to first so our weighed in box consisted of three kings and the Brown. Well the brown came up short for the big brown award ( Congrats MY Mink) but our box was good enough for 5th. Good rigs for the day were White Spin Docs with Atomik Frozen Frogs, Fox Flies Glow alewife and High Octane Green, And Familiar Bite whole bait. Shoot out pics We had a great time, and I'm already looking forward to next year. Thanks again to all those on the committee for all the hard work.

Rick.....do you know how to recycle a Trojan......you turn it inside out and shake the Fu$@ out of it........oh I meant a rubber......lmao. Your welcome on the phone .......

Thirty so far.....Awesome turnout. A real testament to the Hard work you guys put in.....Thanks again. [ Post made via Android ]

Sounds like I have two additional targets for the surface to air artillery.....better have your fire extinguishers ready.......incoming! Lmao! [ Post made via Android ]

Very nice run from the River to Sandy this Am. Tried to fish for a little while but the wind was picking up by the minute and the current was rippin. Decided to get the boat squared away and prepared for this weekend. It was pretty interesting motoring under the bridge..... Legacy Rob.....thank you again for helping us out. I'm looking forward to the tournament and meeting everyone at the weigh in...... 3 days boys!

Lmfao.......pm sent........ [ Post made via Android ]

Hey wait a minute.......I didn't see Rebel on that list.....tell me the mayor of sandy creek is sitting this one out?

Scotty....good to see the entries picking up. Should be a fun weekend [ Post made via Android ]

Awesome post.....Thanks for somthing different. It's Cool to finally read a post without a lot of sales pitches and sponsor plugs. Keep up the good work. [ Post made via Android ]