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Back in the early 80's they also used to stock the Perch River also, we owned property there for 15 years and at the end of the perch in late October to mid November you could litterly walk across them, they also staged in the trench before their journey towards the Black & the Perch, so ya there was a shyt load more salmon back then, with much heavier weights to them than now!! Now there's not a salmon up there anymore. I think once they lowered the height of the bridge they shot themselves in the foot, they did this to keep the bigger boats out because the locals that lived along the river got greedy with the fish. Dad bought a 18ft center console and we needed to remove the windshield and the bar that held the windshield so we could fit under the bridge. After that dad sold the place for the simple reason our boat with high water contained us to the river. Our land was way to steep to launch our boat, so we asked the neighbors down the lane if we could load our boat and that was the last time I was on the Perch River.

You couldn't have worded that any better Mudflat, I'm amazed at how this moment for the VETS and of course the captains have come together and in this moment there is Nick and Theresa, giving up their time to organize this event. This hits home for me also, I don't miss a post on this thread. My father was a Korean War Vet. And always said its the forgotten war. He passed on 9 years ago and so the Korean War Vets gave him the most beautiful memorial!! Many folks said they never saw such a moving moment for a final farewell before. We spent many a great times together on LakeO'. The sponsorship is above and beyond, this includes everyone that donated, fishing paraphernalia, boats, gift cards for the captains, and people who donated their time and energy to make all this happen, plus the very greatfull Vets that gave their time and some much more so we Americans!!! can enjoy ourselves doing whatever one enjoys!! What a wonderful and greatfull organization!!!!

Man that's awesome Proff T, that's a awesome day in anyone's book let alone just a few hrs. By no means are those fish anything to sneeze at. Congrats to a banner morning!! PAP.

Those are the same jacks I have, that's the only useful thing that came with the shytwreck I bought, thank god they came with I defiantly needed-used them. lol

I'll take a bomber over the RR any day !!! That's for sure. There're so versatile were the RR is mainly designed to be run as so..

Thanks, I will build my own, I usually use circle hooks but I might need to use a conventional hook for the weedless hooks.

Nice job Justin, fall is just around the corner, my favorite time of the year.

Now that looks deadly, thanks for posting. Might have to make me a few of those!!! Are those weedless hooks?

Nice fish Congrats on your outting!!

I think if your boat is like mine there is a long flat area from midship to the transome, place a 4ft piece of 2x6 the reason I say that is the wider the better is for better weight distribution then Jack high enough to get the job done, might have to move this setup around till finished, good luck and be safe

Yea the front is a pita to say the least what I do is use the back ones as they are away from the running gear of the trailer. I have a 4x4 with a piece of conveyer belt nailed to it, I also nailed 2, 4' pieces of 2x6 in the middle of the 9' 4x4 and I have two floor jacks I use in the front, Jack her up just off the trailer yank the trailer out then put the stands under. It sounds like a lot but it's quite easy, I have each stand in place and jus slide them under and take the weight off the 4x4. I have a little loader bucket tractor with a ball mounted to the bucket, that I move my boats around in the driveway, and I just slip the trailer back under, you can do this with your tow vehicle also.

What are you guys talking about ? A very personal spoon I take it?

I have these tri-pod stands that you set under your boat they have plywood pieces attached that swivel in all directions you put them across from each other, 2 in the back and 2 in the front and they have a heavy duty threaded rod with a T type handle that you turn. You do this the same amount of turns till the boat is off the trailer then pull the trailer out and continue to turn each handle in the up direction till you have your desired height, they fight each other so they never will slip. I saw boats dry docked with these stands. I got them with the boat I purchased. If you need to borrow them let me know and I'll bring them along when I come up, they are handy. I used them to replace the clips and washers on my rollers on the trailer. Pap

Congrats to you and your catch!! I can't wait to swim these in LakeO. Jeff is a wonder to deal with. Got a few from Jeff. They hammer stripers in our local lake which is about 1 or 2 shades harder than Otisco, if that even possible these next pics are Jeffs blanks with Nicks hard work with his air brush