Pike Hunter

Hot damn! You have done it again and again! Thanks for sharing good post. Glad your boat is running strong! Hope to be out there on the water tomorrow morning.

Thanks for the awesome detailed play by play. Best of luck.

Wow! Thanks for sharing beautiful pictures! It has been more than 15 years since I last fished in Alaska. Life is too short to wait for another 15 years! Best of luck to you on the LOC!

Mike, you gave me something to think about and I can certainly side with you from this angle of view however from reading Scotsman's post, it felt as if his boat were rubbed in the wrong way when the patrol boat came so close to him. You re right it could be worse than that. Like I shared this quote earlier, "Freedom is not free!".

....and this is our hard earned taxes put to good work - not. Putting aside my respect to the folks who uphold the law of the land and the sea, this is just plain frigging outrageous. I cant imagine any charter captains who would keep quiet for the fear of their business being interruppted by happy go lucky patrol boats. This is just plain disgusting.

Rick, you cant really complain too much about your girl being involved with your fishing life style. Last month, my wife picked the colors and handed me a paint brush to paint the rooms in our house. I have done painting four rooms with some crazy colors during early June before she can finally let me out of the house.

WTG! Congrats on the derby steelhead!

WTG! Thanks for sharing a good post. I have not fished the water from the east end of I-Bay. Last year these water did not seem to hold enough big fish and I've practically stayed away from the east area. Indeed, I missed the short run as compared to running all the way to Braddocks. Best of luck on the water!

Thank goodness the summer has just started on my calendar!! I will be crying like a little boy at the end of the fishing season!!! Regardless of the dates, Bruce, you re right we re very fortunate to have this great fishery in our backyard.

In addition to Bob's helpful tip, you want to use twilitip for your wire rod set up. I use 8.5 and 9' Daiwa heartland rod and I took out the eye on the top and replaced it with a twilltip. Bob is correct about not using mono for the dispey. You may want to order 19 strands wire through this site: http://www.torpedodivers.com/index.asp There are other vendors on LOU that will help you out as well. Best of luck.

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Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name: BRAVO ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s): July 2nd and 3rd Time on Water: 5 am - 10:30 am both days Weather/Temp: Wind Speed/Direction: SW and NW Waves: 1-2 and 2-4 the Surface Temp: 60's Location: Rochester to Braddocks Bay LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 9 & 14 Total Boated: 7 & 11 Species Breakdown: Kings, Steelheads and Lakers Hot Lure: 42nd spin doc & fly Trolling Speed: 2.5-2.8 Down Speed: Boat Depth: 140-250 Lure Depth: 50-95 ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS ==================== We had a wonderful weekend with Chris of Momay4000 and my niece from Florida and her friend from Rochester. Her friend was fishing the kings for the very first time. As a cool uncle, I got the fishing licenses and derby tickets for the girls. My niece is a good luck charm as she was the one who helped us win the 2nd place LOC King on our boat from last year! We fished north of Rochester to Braddocks bay area. The fish are all over! Decent baits were found in 140 to 175 FOW. Fish were all over the water column from 50' to below 95'. Five rods spread with two riggers, two divers and 500' copper. One rigger was run with spoon and cheater and the other with flasher and Familiar Bite. The 500' copper was run with 42nd spin doc and atomik fly ( unsure about the name of fly). Chris will chime in with whatever details I may have missed out. Actually, it wasa ny flies with green colors will do the trick. Highlight was the 19# king that was brought on 500' copper. It was fun watching the girls fight the fish for a loonnnng time. Quality sized fish were taken. 7# steelhead and 9# laker. The next day, we started out in 140 FOW with NW wind with moderate chop. The first two minutes, we got fish on the hooks. We had a double in the first 20 minutes. The fish were smaller compared to the catches the day before. Regardless of the size, we ended the day with fish caught in the double digit. It was our first time with the double digits for the year! The girls worked very hard as Chris kept on hooking up the fish and handing the poles to the girls to fight all morning long. Thank you Chris for working so hard and making sure the girls have good time. After two stellar days of fishing, my wife politely reminded me that I cannot be fishing again on the 4th of July as I have to be alert and active enough to host a pool party at our home. We live in a wonderful country and please take a moment to thank the fellow service members for making our country free. With this in mind, I wore a shirt for the 4th of July, " Freedom is not Free". God bless USA.

Great fish, Mark! When will we visit you at the Atlantic side?

Four Roemer Release in excellent condition. $10 each. I can ship it at buyers cost for 6.00 USPS Priority Mail or pick up in Rochester. Thanks for looking.

Plano Hanging File Box to store your stickbaits. $40 Pick up in Rochester. LURES are not included.

Downrigger Weight Balls Bonzana. 10# tru trac Rubber Coated $20 each #10 ball with fin $15 each #10 ball without fin $10 Yeck Fish Shaped rubber coated weight 2 for $50 Pick up in West Irondequoit Green fish shaped weight $25

Ahoy Rod! What an amazing journey for you and the crew. Somewhere in the lake, there is a guardian angel watching over you. Im very glad to hear you got your money back in the most unpredictible way. Tight lines!

Awesome fish. Congrats! [ Post made via iPhone ]

Good work on the solo performance!

Beautiful King! Thanks for sharing.

Rick, I enjoyed reading your excellent write up about the tournament. Moving up from 25th to 5th place is nothing to sneeze at. Congratulations!

WTG Hans! Love that pix of giant Atlantic!

Pair of Traxstech Gimble Mount - silver. Description 30 deg. Drilled Mount w/ 1 1/2" dia. x 10 1/2" tube Retail over $65. $75 for the pair. Pick up in Rochester or Buyer pay shipping.

Great job on the 2nd place finish!

Pair of 10# Cabela Tru Trac Downrigger Balls $30 Pair of 9# Yeck Rubber Coated Fish shaped Downrigger Weight $50 One fish shaped green rubber coated weight 12# (not in picture). Plano Tackle Box 7915. $40 Does not include Lures. http://www.cabelas.com/tackle-binders-u ... ox-1.shtml Brand new comes to $69. Box description: Store all your long lures in the tough Plano 7915 box. This big-game box can hold 40 lures up to 12" long, or you can remove the racks to add room for StowAwayâ„¢ boxes. It also has a double-clasp lid. Measures: 21-1/2"L x 12-1/2"W x 13"H. Trailer Hitch 2" ball with 1" insert. $20 Pick up in Rochester or buyer pay shipping.