Iron Duke

Fished Canandaguia today for the first FLTA tournament of the year ... Fished the the south end, we ran cores coppers wires rigs and downriggers.... Fishing was slow today for us and really had to work to put some fish in the boat but picked away and managed to get a few... Overall we went 4 for 5 with a laker and 3 browns placing us in 4th place for the day.... It was great to see everyone again and already cant wait til Keuka !!! Mike

Nice Browns man!! I made a huge mistake and ran way north yesterday instead of staying in the southend and was punished dearly for that lol... When we got back to southend we got into some fish but nothing worth weighing my friend decide we were skipping the weigh in .... Wish we hadnt now would of liked to see that 21 pound laker , that must have been some fish.... Great job guys and great report.. Mike

Great job guys!!!!! That Brown was huge !!! Nice to actually meet you last night at the dock... Keep up the great fishing and reports. ... Mike

I take that back just heard 1 dock is in !! I will be launching at the south end !!! Mike

Thanks Sk8man !!! Thats great news !! That will give me a bit more fishing time Sunday.... Thanks again for the update!!!! Mike

Last time I heard the docks werent in yet..... So I plan to launch up north and run back south to a couple of my favorite spots but the weigh in is still in the south end so gonna lose a bit of valuable fishing time but what ya gonna do ....Hope to see ya out there channel 68 on vhf if ya make it out.. Mike

I know what ya mean.... We put the 235 Sportcraft thru her paces yesrerday on Seneca in that wind but when the waves started swallowing the church boards we called it ya day ..... Have a tourney over on Canandaguia next weekend and cant wait ..... Mike

First off let me start by saying holy south wind today !!! Lol..... Launched out of Watkins setup right out front heading toward the west side.... Capt Nick O and I set out the spread of copper cores dipsys and Riggers while Bill tryed to keep us heading in the right direction in the wind..... We were taking a few small salmon and browns when the rigger popped and doubled over and actually pulled a bit of drag before we could get it out of the holder to give to Bill, Bill fought it for a few on the light action ugly stick and managed to get it to the net, not a monster but for its size one hell of a fighter..... We ended up calling it a day early do to the wind.... Overall a decent morning going 6 for 7 on Browns and Landlocks.... Finger Lakes Tackles spoons did most of the damage again today, if you dont have some of these spoons you need to get some....Heres a few pics from today.... Mike

Thanks guys!!!! Bigfoot I fish many tourneys through the year and one of the guys who fishes with us keeps an extensive DEC diary for our boat, but as far as every trip fishing I do not..The Rainbow I was in a hurry to get it back in as fast as I could so I did not notice... Mike

Thanks man!! Thanks for the favor this week... Wouldnt have gone probably but couldnt pass up the opportunity .... Thanks Again Mike

Fished out of Watkins this morning with my girlfriend her son and my boy.. Setup shop right out front near break wall worked toward the west side..Ran coppers cores and dipsys.... Started putting the leadcores out but just couldnt get that accomplished for the first 45 mins the fish were smacking the spoons as soon as I got them set but the boys had a blast reeling them in as fast as I could hand the rods to them , we were getting browns and salmon left and right with a few pushing 4 to 5 lbs and also picked up a 15 inch rainbow in the mix.... Then the Dipsy fires with a 6 lb laker that put up a fight for the girlfriend but she did a great job getting it to the boat, Grand Slam !!!!!! The fishing stayed great all morning and the boys were tuckerd out by 11 so we headed in... Finger lakes tackle spoons were on FIRE today!!!! Big Weenie Filthy Frankie produced the Laker... Think we ended up 18 for 19 today with all fish released to fight another day.. Heres a few pics from todays trip Mike

The rods on the rail are coppers front to back they are 100 copper 200 copper and the 300 copper all are running off in- line tx 22 church boards the next rod is the wire dipsy followed by the Downrigger rod same on other side except they are leadcores... Hope that helped... Mike

Launched out of Watkins at 6 AM setup shop right out front working toward west side... We ran a 10 rod spread 3 coppers 3 leadcores 2 wires and 2 riggers... We fished quite a while before getting into our first fish which was really surprising since the conditions were about perfect..... The fishing was slow but after seeing all the bait on the Lowrance and the recent full moon I guess the fish really didnt need to feed... Overall we went 5 for 7 boating 3 landlocks and 2 lakers and losing 1 great laker right behind the boat which pulled quite a bit of drag on the wire when it hit..... Big Weenie Flys and Finger Lakes Tackle did the damage today.... Mike

Haven't got the fish hawk on yet but will be done next week for sure.... You found two black dipsys hidden in the rack????? Who would do such a thing... lol... Mike

Marty rigged my buddys Trophy up with those riggers over the weekend they look great on there .... He told me to tell you thanks again and he loved how fast they were.... I'll try not to send you to many pics of all the fish we catch on them... Lol Mike