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Once again I had the opportunity to spend time fishing in Oswego. And once again I have my friend Brent Perkins to thank for letting me stay at his place. With the economy being what it is one good turn deserves another.. Thanks again, Brent.

Oh, OK, he posted up the same pictures of the fish and I thought that was him. I'll have to let him know I met you on here.

lol you know the one and only ELMO? Yes, I know you from that train wreck (at times) of a website NJH, lol. I am X7 there... Nice fish you caught in the derby (notice the ever popular way over used thumbs up ?

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g96/p ... 215516.jpg Is that you ELMO! It is a hungry world that would have starved to death by now without the tinkering by man.

I always wondered about a product like they use for bedliners in pick up trucks. Wonder if LineX or Rhinoliner would be able to do it. Without breaking the bank of course.

Were there any boats in the river, Tom?

I have had some success with the Big Weenie brand myself as evidenced in this video of my recent trip with Rod! Just in case you didn't see it, Gary http://www.lakeontariounited.com/fishing/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=20288

How do you get in on it from 500 miles away? That is a great raffle.

Thanks guys! I am really glad you enjoyed it. I find it a great way to share the adventure with all and enjoy doing the work. I know what you mean, Rod. Right now I am torn between hunting and going to give it one last shot on the lake.

Great fish! WTG!

Pretty interesting thoughts on the use of a Boga on big fish. I have a Cabelas knock off of the device that I used out of my kayak for striper fishing. Nets are too cumbersome in that situation. I put the thing in the boat this year as my kayaking is limited due to a bad shoulder. Back in June I used it to satisfy my curiosity of the weight of the big Atlantic Salmon I caught. I picked up the fish by the lower jaw and weighed it just above the twenty mark. I put it back in the well never giving it another thought. I took the fish to Larry's in Oswego to get an "official" weight. I put the fish on the hook and it weighed 20.6#. Just as I went to take the fish off it fell to the ground. It's lower jaw was ripped in two. I think I just found the answer to why in this thread and the subsequent google search. The grip puts a lot of stress on the vertebrae and organs of a heavy fish. So in answer to your question about that jaw being ripped Captain Andy Bliss, I think we know now.

Must be the Sabres hat and 49'ers jacket,LOL! Must be all the talk of monster fish that scared him

I fished the Fall LOC Derby for the first time with Fishtails (Rod) and his son Justin. CaptSpike (Mark) joined us for a day, as well. Here is a video of our adventure. The fishing was tough as the lake turned over last week. It was a bit better before the big blow over the weekend, but not by a whole lot. It was a great time, regardless. I will never forget the experience and hope to do it again. Best viewed in full screen...

Yes, the story behind Rod's big fish was bizarre to say the least. As Rod said the big fish hammered the port side outside wire with the BW blue weenie custom fly. He was right there to grab the pole as the fish screamed out the wire at an incredible rate. Just as fast the level wind slot cover popped out of place and the wire burned right through the wall it protected. It was an "oh schmit" moment and thoughts of giving it all away came instantly. Without panic, Rod had the presence of mind to let the fish take the line as he worked to get the wire back into its place as well as the cover. The fight was on as the fish was now way, way out and it was all Rod could do to make up some ground on it. As if on some kind of weird cue the auto pilot alarm goes off and the boat is at the mercy of the waves. I went to the controls and steered manually while trying to get the AP to work again. There was a boat closing fast to starboard and it was all I could do to get us left and pass within spitting distance. Combat fishing at it's finest! The auto pilot not responding had Rod pass off the pole to me as he tried to get it to go. I worked the fish for a good while back to the boat as it seemed to tire after the battle with Rod. I reeled and pumped the fish to 40'. With the auto pilot working again and Rod by my side I was on the pump as the king made one last push toward bottom. Crrrrrack!!!!, the 10'6" dipsy rod snapped in two. "Oh, schmit!" Can you believe it? Rod decided to take the working end of the deal as he was more confident than I was about handling the situation. He worked the big fish to within netting distance and I went out to the swim platform to scoop the fish. I went for the fish as it was right there, but without the bend of the pole to pick up the spinnie the net ran right into the swivel and hung. Another "oh, schmit" moment, but with just a little panic in the mix this time. I let the net right there as the fish didn't spook and take off. The swell and a bit more encouragement from Rod had the fish come to the top. I scooped the fish with the spinnie still hung and closed the net on our prize. It was all I could do to lift the fish into the boat. And with that there was an overwhelming sigh of relief and a look toward the heavens. This was a trip I won't ever forget. Thanks to Rod I gained valuable experience on the lake using dipsy divers. Including experience keeping a few on the bottom with their paddles and flies. I'll save that story for another time. We had our moments with most of them being very positive. The weather was a bit hot and the fishing was as always...fishing! It would not be any fun if there was not any drama and we certainly had some of that! Thanks once again for inviting me to fish with you, Rod! Some pictures of the trip

Indeed Rod, there is other fishing going on. Still some unfinished business up at Ontario, as well. That was awful good of you to hand off those rods, Mark. I am sure John and Rob will never forget that!

It was good to meet you Mark. I would also like to thank Rod for having me aboard. Hopefully, we'll do it again at some point. I got a pic of CaptSpike..hooked up!

They can home in on a signal. Sound man from a band I played in had a little FM radio station under the rules and got hammered big time. They zeroed right in on that deal. I imagine they could do the same on the abuser with enough complaints.

This is from Google Earth, but most any search engine will show maps. Yahoo maps, Bing, etc. What I did for this was take a screen shot of my computer monitor with the print screen (PrtScn) key on my Keyboard. You open windows accessories on the start menu then click open paint. Click on edit and paste to the clipboard. Then you can pretty much do what you want. I cropped the screen shot to this area and saved to the desktop. Sounds like a lo,t but it's easy. I made this small just to show what you can do. Here is a good map with temperatures that is a real plus in your favorites. Just enter your location in the search window and you can zoom to a location or scroll to anywhere. http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?brand=wxmap&query=Mexico+NY In the upper right you can have a street map a satellite view or a hybrid of both.

Here is a good start. http://www.petitiononline.com/

That is good to hear! Nice video, Tom!

Yep, and while they are checking out all of those populated port boats the lonely fisherman is breaking the law or worse yet in some kind of emergency. There is a reason they do the things they do and regardless of where the economy is they still need to do them. How do you know where they were coming from or going to? They might have just come from a populated port heading to another and saw your lone boat on the radar. If all your ducks are in a row there is no reason to fear them. Yes, the whole country is crying poverty, but there are some jobs that have to be done. It would be mayhem if they weren't. Here are some pics of The Homeland Security boat in the Oswego River. They checked every boat coming and going.

The Hudson is so clean they need to take water from the Delaware to quench the thirst of NYC. Once again this stuff comes up a day late and a dollar short. Unfortunate, but that is how it has always been. In this economy we are already seeing the "show me the money" crowd in line for tickets. The right answers are out there. They come at a cost as well.

That's a keeper... Yikes

Happy Birthday Ray you have a Birthday Pm!