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went five for five this morning with my experienced crew of Joe, Roger, and Kyle. We found the fish a little deeper today in 24 feet of water half way between the nuke plant and the Mexico point launch. Hot colors were orange spoons and firetiger rattling rogues. Most fish came off the planer boards with one fish off the downrigger. Speed was 2.4 to 2.6 mph. And everyone contributed gas money to help defray my expense. That was awesome had to throw one cheap bastard to the curb but new crew is awesome. Everything on the boat ran great and the floating debris on the Big O have decreased greatly. Good luck everyone.

great lakes luremaker sounds great I need more guys to fish in particular in the salt my email is [email protected]. Anyone looking to partner up sweet or saltwater feel free dropping me an email. Dave

Hey Justin, I have been reading your posts for a long time and would be honored to get you out on my boat some weekend. We fish a lot of the same waters. I have a 21 ft starcraft fishmaster which is the biggest aluminum boat that starcraft makes and I have all the gear necessary to troll for trout, salmon, walleye, etc. My boat is also sea worthy and I put it in the ocean on a regular basis for the big fish off Cape Cod, Long Island, Nj, etc. Ps Glad you found you wallet.

Oops make that a rainbow and a laker. I am hitting Cayuga tomorrow and will hopefully post some pictures of fish that are as nice as yours!! Well done. I will be looking for people later in the Spring summer and fall to fish the ocean for spring run stripers(live eels and bunker) and fall blitzes off montauk. I go every year but finding people who are willing to pay their fair share of the expenses is tough. I have some folks who say that chipping in for gas etc for my boat is an "unexpected expense".

those are some nice fish. Rainbows? Which body of water?

I am amazed that no one took you up on your offer to go fishing. A 21 foot Grady is awesome to fish out of. Let me know if this problem persists. I also have a 21 foot boat but it is a Starcraft Fishmaster. I fish mainly Ontario, Cayuga, and sometimes the ocean for stripers and blues. That saltwater can be tough on an aluminum boat but I love the big fish. Take care and have a safe season. Dave

Hey Justin are you guiding yet?

yeah that is where ridge runner got his fish in 200 feet. What he didn't tell you was that he was fishing in my boat while I was out of town for work. Hey ridge, did you at least put a couple gallons of gas in my rig? Special thanks to Mike at Mike's marina for fixing my boat in time for the weekend!!! I only gas up at his place now picked up a lot of water in my gas elsewhere and it screwed up my optimax royally> Good luck this weekend guys.\\Dave

Took the boys(my brother Roger and nephews Johnny and Devon) out fishing last Saturday to try our luck with the Browns. Headed West in the dark and set up just as we left the launch at Mexico Point. They don't have the docks in yet but we were still able to manage. The wind was out of the north and the waves seemed about 2-3 feet. We ran 8 lines off the planers and spoons off two of the riggers. Things were slow in the 39 degree water until we hit 42 degrees about and then things got crazy. We wound up going 21 for 28 manily browns in the 3-5 pound class and a couple of lakers. Most of the hits came off the boards. We were in 8-20 feet of water and the hot colors were white and firetiger. Speed was 2-2.5. We pulled it before noon and left them biting. I did hook into one BIG fish that took a firetiger rogue off the planer. It dumped about 100 yards of line before snapping my ten pound test line. Not sure how the new line snapped but the fish definately left us guessing. Big brown? Spring King? Steelie? Whatever it was kicked my ass. I had to go to basspro with my grandaughter on Sunday to restock. Good luck guys they are definately hitting.