HOOKEM & COOKEM

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So me and my fishing partner decided to fish the tournament today. Neither one of us has fished since the opener but we put together a game plan based on what we think and from past experiences. So we are immediately marking fish and start boating them. In no time we have a respectable limit. Over the course of the day we caught 21 eyes most all eyes were jigged up in 20fow. We finish a respectable 15th but just out of the $$. Now to some questions. We were short the big fish we needed to cash so what do you do? The program we are doing is catching fish but mostly cookie cutter 18",19",20 standards. Do you change programs and try another method like trolling ? Pretty sure some top $ Guys were trolling). Are eyes like perch? Where dink perch hang around with dink perch, will big eyes hang out with small eyes? By the size of the marks on the graph they do. I am down with the theory of big lures catch big fish but I also like to match whatever I'm using to the size and shape of the bait fish they are eating. Needless to say I didn't make any changes and went with the theory that we were just unlucky and couldn't hookup on a big one, but I can't help but wonder if I could have done more some how. I will say that there was one boat that hung with us almost the whole day in the same spot doing the same exact thing and they finished in the top 10. Lucky vs unlucky or just not good enough, I don't know but either way I'll be eating good. Threw in a bonus 14" perch😉

Went out of maple bay and fished from 7-2:30. Tuff out there today. Worked hard to scratch out a 3 man limit. Largest one was 21" with 3 good size perch fry in his belly. Dropped 4 others but nothing to put on the board. Not a banner day but after talking with people back at the launch it seems we did well. Beautiful day though. Few carnage pics🎣

went out in search of chrome this morning. Fished from 7-10:30 in and out from 12fow to 40fow . 2.6 up to 3.3 no real pattern yet. Managed to go 3 for 4 one miss on the boards 3 of riggers down 10ft. 2 came on black and orange needle fish other on a orange and white stinger.. Fish were full of orange ladybugs. Still a few weeks away imo.

First fat walleye I have taken out of Oneida. 23" little over 3 1/2 lb. other was your standard 17" torpedo. Gotta get to otisco now that I have fish in the freezer, and search for a 10 lb'er .

Bullet, I heard guys talking about them feeding and spitting out perch fry. The ones we caught had nothing and were empty. There was nothing in my live well either. The blade I was using that caught the fish looked nothing like a perch either. We tried perch colored jigs, cranks and spinners to no avail. What did you pick yours up on?

Fished from 7-2pm in 18-21fow. Got our limit but had to work for it. 6-9 on eyes biggest was 22" 3lbs. Silver sonar was the hot lure. Reaction bite today, might explain the empty stomachs. Dixie spinners & worms did nothing, not even a perch. Nothing like otisco eyes but at least I got some fillets in the freezer.

Went out of Oswego today. Conditions made it tough for us, boat speed was a pain in the @ss! Went east and played around in the 55deg. coffee. Went 2 for 7 A 8lb and 3lb brown,and a nice 3 lb smallie thrown in there. Lost a real nice brown first thing at the back of the boat. Purple and Chartreuse rouge took five whacks off the board in 12-20fow. Riggers were non existent today. Maybe next week I keep saying... one had I think a sunfish for dinner the other was stuffed with gobies.

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Sold.

RD9, have 6 left. 2 of the Great Lakes.

Will split up. $60 a pair. Sold 2 tonight. 6 left. PM me if interested.

Have 8 Diawa 27H reels there is 10lb mono on them. Rods were mixed, 4 Diawa great lakes system, 2 Diawa regal strike, and 2 White I forgot what they were. These were spare rods I've had in the basement for the last two years. Figured I would keep them around in case of emergency but I haven't needed them so on the classified board they go. I live in Syracuse but would ship UPS if you want to pay the freight. $250 for all 8 of em.

Nice job. Had a few problems with weeds last night also. Keep the reports coming!

Ya love those cheeks! I call them poor mans scallops. Forgot to mention I caught about a 1lb rock bass.

Launched the boat at 9:30 headed down the west side. Found 2 nice eyes down 15ft over 25-30ft. Fish both came on a firetiger off a rigger 10:00 and 10:15. Had a couple of other hits but no other other hookups. Took a few pics, my fillet board is 24" long to give a better idea on size. That lake has gotten the better of me many times, it's nice to come out on top once.

Took a nice Steelie yesterday out of Oswego. 14.9 lb and 30" also did 3 teenage kings. I would post more info but I know the tourney is this weekend and it might not go over well. I am glad though cause my personal best steelie is 34" 20.02 lb which is on the wall and I really don't want to mount another right now Here are the before and after pics looks delicious.