Iron Duke

Put them all back when not in tournaments and when I am in tourneys we always keep track of fish in cooler so when we do get another we know if we need to get it right back in the water or not... Hope others do this as well we need to protect our fisheries the best we can for future generations. . Mike Sent from my SCH-I535 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Something happened when adding pics here's the rest... Mike Sent from my SCH-I535 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Launched from south end about 515am, ran to drop off and set up shop... We ran cores coppers dipsys riggers and rig rods .... There were some storms approaching and with the pressure changing things were hot from the start and we were doubled and tripled up on lakers quite a few times before the storms passed and then slowed down to a few fish an hour after that.... We went 18 for 20 all lakers couldn't seem to get an off fish bite going at all.... Finger Lakes Tackle Spoons were on fire taking many of our lakers Sea Sick Wadler and Chicken Feed did real well the Rest coming on Dreamweaver spin dictors and Big Weenie Flys .... We finished 3rd in our FLTA tourney and overall a Great morning of fishing..... Mike Sent from my SCH-I535 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Didn't actually weigh it but good 7lbs or more for sure not sure how long ... Got a good pic and released to fight another day.... Mike Sent from my SCH-I535 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Thanks Troutman .. yup see ya Sunday... Not B Fuller in the pic he's behind the Camera getting a good shot of his spoon but he's younger than me so yes should be lots of Finger Lakes Tackle Spoons for years to come.... Not the Wicked Tuna... Newer spoon color Bobby painted up and no name yet but guess we will have to give it one .. Have to say it works great.... Mike Sent from my SCH-I535 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Left the dock in Watkins with the plan to fish south end but once getting out there and seeing all the junk in the water we ran north westside and came back on a south troll.... Had B Fuller from Finger Lakes Tackle onboard with the plans on checking out some new spoon colors and some new top secret stuff he's working on .... The bite was slow for a bit but once we got close to south end it picked up for us... We boated a few small landlocks then missed two nasty smashes in a row on the riggers then once I got them bith reset deep rigger took a nasty wack again but this time we got the hook up.. Bobby managed to get this one to the boat and a pic.... Caught a ton of Landlocks this year but was glad to finally put a decent one in the boat.. Overall great little quick afternoon trip ... Mike Sent from my SCH-I535 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Yes they were... All the browns we caught this weekend were beautiful fish with great color and no lamprey marks which is great news..... Mike Sent from my SCH-I535 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

5-24-13 Big Fish Friday Well thought I had a good plan together for Friday but the 25 mph winds dampered it a bit.. With the wind blowing had my dad Tow us to Lodi and decided I would ride back to Watkins with the waves and hope for the best ... We got launched headed out the shoot and started setting up rods got about three rods down and turned around to look at the Lowrance and noticed my rookie crew was prretty green ..... Being the nice guy I am decided I wasnt gonna make them suffer it out...... Picked up and ran back to Watkins and called it a day... The waves on Seneca where building unbelieveably big saw some 5's and possibly a few 6's mixed in here and there ... So about four oclock left for Sampson to donate my $20 bucks Congrats to Nick (Lakebound88) on the win and little did he know he was about to have a great weekend.... Great to see some of the guys that said they were in show up and pay there dues and chat a bit .... Always a good time... Glad to see eveybody and catch up and tell some fish stories... LOL... 5-25-13 First Tournament Day Crazy wind again so went with the same plan but fished with my friend Matt out of Lodi again with the same plan we ran four dipsy's and 2 riggers, waves still up in the 4's and 5's and not very much fun at all... We were able to put some Lakers in the boat but nothing on the larger side.... Fished til 1 and we were done due to wind... 5-26-13 Day 2 They were calling for big wind again so no plans of going but got a phone call from a couple buds fishing the tournament that couldnt get out do to smaller boat and waves so I told them to meet me at the dock... We ran out of Watkins to Glenora and came back on a south troll managed to get in to fish but just nothing in the quality department.... Few smaller lakers and salmon..... 5-27-13 Day 3 Launched bright and early with the family and Matt , we ran just south of Peach Orchard and went North , put a full spread of cores coppers riggers and dipsy's out and wasnt long before we were putting the smack down on Lakers and Browns but again we just couldnt find the size we were looking for, but everybody on board had a great morning reeling them in the (pics below).... Overall the tourney was a good time but wish we could have had a lot less winds but thats how it goes, cant control Mother Nature... Want to Give a huge thumbs up to Lakebound88 on a second place Laker and he was a trooper fishing every second in the weather we had and thats how you get it done!!! Congrats to all who fished and Placed..... Mike

Congrats Nick on your Big Fish Friday win!!! Way to get that trophy back to Seneca where it belongs. .. Great to see everyone at the weigh in.... Mike Sent from my SCH-I535 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Late start but got going and crew got sick and had to call it a day... Found a couple good spots I'd like to hit if this wind ever dies off tho.... Mike Sent from my SCH-I535 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

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Cant wait the excitement is killing me !!! Its great having a little friendly competition between friends on the lou... How come we dont do this a few times a year..... Think we are gonna have to work on that... LOL Mike

Im his son but Im sure he'll be onboard .... Great tourney get me some flyers and i will spread the word... Mike

Team Iron Duke is in.... If the fishin stinks we will still be looking forward to the chicken... lol... Sounds like a great idea of a tournament. ... Mike Sent from my SCH-I535 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

We are in .... Hope to see you all out there... Good luck have fun and be safe... Mike Sent from my SCH-I535 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

That depends ... If your looking for lakers I like 2.0 or less depending on how aggressive the lakers are, if your getting short hits try dropping down in the 1.5 range or less.... Off fish I'm going 2.5 to 2.9.... But if your trying to target everything go in the mid range off speeds and adjust from there... Mike

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5-11 Launched out of South end about 5:30 am and ran just a touch north and setup shop working the east side in 100 to 150 fow.... We ran cores coppers dipsys and riggers.... We picked up a steady supply of smaller landlocks on the cores and riggers for quite a while before picking up a few browns lakers and a decent salmon ... Need another week or so before things really start to set up, we did find some decent suspended bait with nice hooks around it so worked that bait quite a bit picking up a fish almost every pass through it.... Overall we went 16 for 18 and had great morning, We also had Danny onboard from HILLS VALLEYS AND STREAMS for his first ever lake trip and he had a great time reeling in quite a few fish..... Cant say enough about Finger Lakes Tackle Spoons they have been on the money all year and I love that I do not have to replace them after a few fish because the paint is absolutley amazing stuff, Hills valleys and Streams carrys them in stock so if your down that way stop in and I will show you a couple of the hot ones for me this year but to be honest, most of them I have put in the water have caught fish..... Mike 5-12-13 Launched out of south end aboard a friends boat (Skippin School III) he wanted to take out for a shakedown .... We ran to the area of the bait I had located the day before and setup shop running a couple cores riggers and dipsys... Everything worked well and in the four hours we fished we were able to put 9 fish in the boat ... Again Finger Lakes Tackle was doing the Damage and a few lakers On Big Weenie Flys also.... Mike

Launched out of Branchport and ran south waaaaay south.... Setup shop trying to put coppers cores dipsys and riggers in but couldnt even get them in ... It was unreal for the first 3 hours think we managed to get 6 out of the 10 rods we planned on running , We were doubled up and tripled up quite a few times during the morning ... The action never stopped ....We were working fish in a 150 fow water and the screen was black with arches top to bottom.. I think we figured it out at somepoint and we averaged a fish every six minutes of the trip.... lol.... We ended up 34 for36 all lakers , Finishing 2nd in the FLTA tourney we were fishing in...Finger Lakes Tackle chicken feed and king of sting were by far the hottest spoons and Big Weenie filthy frankie fly was lighting it up.... Couldnt have asked for a better day on the water.. Mike

Thanks guys !! Brett, yes we were .. worked that area hard on Sunday but somebody had already pulled the bruisers from there lol.... Those were some beauty browns you guys picked up.... Mike