Sk8man

Nice fish Andy....although the best part is that you messed with Ed's mind....he probably thinks you're taking all HIS fish

Nice fish and congrats on placing.

Zack...I wonder why they posted the pic of the guy holding up the big bow on their website? usually it is the winners pic.... all nice fish anyway.

I didn't realize the winning 10.16 was a rainbow because the species weren't listed on the board....but that is one hell of a nice fish for the Fingers! I think I may have screwed up fishing it for lakers instead of my usual approach

Nice going folks....doesn't get much better than that kind of action (or the eating for that matter )

Good luck on Owasco....great little lake....

I decided to fish it at the last minute and still hadn't straightened out my stuff from the three day Seneca Derby so I spent much of my time looking for stuff on the boat messiest it has ever been. Not sure how many LOU guys fished it but a couple boats looked familiar.... I trolled through a lot of water and debris wasn't bad at north end but when I approached the southern half of the lake there were some scum lines and a few branches floating around out in the middle. I started at 57 ft near pump station with the riggers and sliders and a TX 44 board with a dipsey set out 175 and never went shallower....never a touch and didn't mark much. I then headed out to deeper water and dropped down 2 Seth Green rigs with 5 leaders each and a 5 color lead core down the chute (spoons, sticks and even a small dipsey with just a fly and never a hit the whole time). Didn't mark any bait (has to still be in shallow) and only a few fish all morning (a few smaller ones were in 203 ft. up at about 40 ft looked like either small rainbows or browns from where they were situated near Notre Dame and a few really large fish just off bottom in 257 ft. I trolled the west side down to the condos and turned east and then north and on the turn picked up a 5 pound brown on the first leader down (running about 40 ft or so Sutton 22). Trolled north and went into about 130 ft and back out to 200 plus range and picked up small laker on same rod and spoon. Ran a deep rig nearly the whole time without anything with mixture of spoons constantly adjusting it up and down to no avail. Trolled back south without anything but looked like guys near me pulled in a heavy laker (maybe a money fish as they seemed to struggle lifting it.) The north wind then blew up with white caps and rolling waves and at 1 PM I said the heck with it and took off for the ramp. I stopped in at Seagers and looked at the board and it looked like they had three or four10 pound and change fish the biggest 10.16 I think and the second one at 10.02 not sure how it ended up. The reason I posted such detail for little results isso that hopefully you guys doing the derby next weekend will have a clue about what NOT to do A lot can change in a week though.Water surface temp 58.6 in most places both sides. The brown fought his heart out and didn't revive I gave him to some folks at the launch that looked like they could use him....

Nice work Andy.

5 mph within 200 ft from shore.

Yes Dre and there is a Seager's Tournament tomorrow 6AM No t sure of water conditions I'm going to be on the lookout for debris

For many years I have done exactly as JD describes without problems. mI wind up about 10 or so on a piece of foam noodle so if one get messed up I just use another fast off the foam so no trouble whatsoever..

Nice going Joe....those landlocks truly are exquisite looking fish and one of my very favorites to catch because of the usual acrobatics

Great report Mike......great bunch of guys down your way despite being "south enders" Looking forward to next year already and meeting up in person. Best of luck and tight lines...shaping up to be a great season already.

Pretty incredible WTG! If the Henchen sign wasn't there you'd think it was Erie for sure and that you were pulling our leg...Those things certainly aren't starving either On the downside....whoever takesthose kids out again will be under serious "pressure"

Yes but it needs to be capitalized Bob! It was worthwhile just seeing you guys get that excited this time pulling in those huge fish right under the nose of all those guys fishing around us

Good going Joe! Nice fish and report.

Congratulations on a great fish, wonderful account of catching it, and for being forthright with the details. It was an incredible derby with some of the largest fish I've seen in more than 40 years of fishing it. Your fish beat my buddy's laker by mere ounces and that also is the really unpredictable and exciting thing about the derby....you never know what is going to happen. I've been beat out by 1 one hundredth of a pound for first in the brown division in the past and other "close calls"....so I can't imagine the level of anticipation and excitement you were feeling before the end of things Your story is another example of the fact that it doesn't necessarily take the fanciest new equipment to catch winning fish and it isn't just the "luck" factor involved either...it is when luck, timing, and skill (e.g.. adapting to changing conditions) come together that it usually happens. Again Congrats on a great derby win!