Prof T

Lovin that full moon! Company is going to have to excuse my absence tonight!!!!!

BIG catch...congratulations!

Roy...still going strong this morning. Decided to toss a jig as I drifted past my first spot and got a 26" (put back). Thought I'd stick with it but made three passes with nothing. Set up and trolled. Ended up with two shorts, 3 keepers 19,19, 22, three over my self imposed slot at 26, 26, 27!!!!!

Glad you're on to them. Nice catch.

Yup I like thundersticks and Kevin prefers bombers

And the full moon is yet to come! Took 5 this week as well, all on bootom bouncers. Off to the big lake for smallmouths today.

Bet she had a ball! Congrats

Got a chance to get up early and fish with Kevin Legg in my boat this morning. Another great trip. Trolled from about 4:45 till sunrise. Got our 6, threw back a shortie, missed a couple of others. Keepers were 19 to 23. Best part, found that Kevin had forgotten his favorite lure when I covered the boat later in the day! Too bad it's covered with tooth marks. Guess I'll give it back.

St lawrence river. Beautiful place.

Pap, We've never met but you are right. I'm thankful every day! Gene

Fast morning..on the water by 5:15..done at 5:55...pair of 20's, a 23 and a throw back...all in my slot..sunrise photo after picking up at 6:15...fish cleaned and wife's flowers watered by 7.

NICE! Stayed home last night but gave it a try this morning at 5. Lost one, but did get a 26 and a 14. Both outside of my new self imposed slot so came home empty. No regrets.

Hit it last night with a buddy. Kept 5 (18-23), tossed three, lost 3. Perfect night w/ low temps, light breeze, no bugs, no weeds. Only fished bottom bouncers.

Congrats! Great fish

Kevin, Slow for sure. I marked very few fish in my normal spots. Might do some exploring next time out. Gene

Didn't get on the water till about 9:30 tonight. Current was really slow at that point. Think it was because the wind turned to the north after that front went through. Although it made controlling the boat pretty easy, I couldn't get a hit. Finally got a small keeper around 10:30. I then preceeded to lose the next 3 I had on. Checked my hooks on the favorite thunderstick and they were bent out just enough to be a problem. Did finish out my limit over the next hour. The fish I cleaned were just gorged with 2 inch gobies. The current also seemed to stabilize when I started hitting fish ( or vice versa). Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

Livin' the dream!

I imagine those fish were happy to get out of the river,safely away from the pirates. Nice ca5ch!

Kevin, Did the early morning a couple of days ago...took me two days to recover. Nice catch..and great sunrise pic. Gene

Matt, What a fish and great account of the catch. A true fish of a lifetime and what I consider pretty unfair focus by the Post Standard. You meticulously describe your trolling pattern, location and details of the catch here for everyone to share and they choose to discredit it? I have some skin mounts on the walls, some as old as 40 years old, and I still take great pleasure in remembering the details of each catch when I look at them or tell new friends about them. I, like most guys here, would have no issue with you for keeping this trophy, but you chose to release the fish because it was the right choice for YOU! That should have been their focus. Gene (By they way, Dad's favorite beer was supposedly made from Hemlock Lake water. Guess now I know why)

Yesterday decided to burn up a few crawlers and picked up a 25". Wind was tough all day, but I'm trying to figure out a daytime pattern for some upcoming company. Nice to get a decent fish on a spinner for a change. Decided to muster at 3:15 AM today, on the water by 4. Wind was non existent, no weeds on the water. Went to my best spot and it took three passes before I got my first hit. Next two came quickly, limit by 5:30. With the pressure off, I stayed out till 7 exploring new water for another day. Ended up 5 for 5, keeping a 19,20 and 24. All on bottom bouncers.

Wingman, I think the fish are along that entire section of river and everyone has their favorite runs. It's a matter of targeting a specific area, learning the contour and maintaining good boat control so that your lures are right on target, too high and you're out of the action and too much line and you're dragging bottom and fouled. No different than anywhere else. I definitely think the after dark bite is superior to the daytime fishing. I see guys doing it during the day but I don't see nets in the water very often. Not saying guys don't get them, it just hasn't worked as well for me. Final point is that stretch really concentrates boat traffic on the weekends. Be sure to have functioning lights if you're out at night and be aware of what's going on around you and you'll be fine. Prof T