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Brockport is closest lodging 15 miles south . No on the water gas or restaurants , or tackle shops . East fork pro is Marina , no gas top shelf mechanic . Hamlin has restaurants and gas . Everywhere on the south shore has,been tough the last few weeks Never had a problem catching Lakers at the Oak.

Given my druthers , I think the OAK is the best port on the south store from now till mid Aug . And I have a cottage at Sandy . It's good , don't get me wrong but it can be hit and miss for kings. It's not a great place if there is a sustained east wind . The Oak west is great king water as you get the current from the Niagara there if winds are right. I feel it dissipates around Bald Eagle . I have yearly docked at Johnson's creek ( my favorite ) , Oak , Bald Eagle , Sandy.

Nice post but we better keep our eye on the ball . The future of our country and your freedom and security is hanging on by The skin of its teeth . This is real so don't discount it .

Is that the peacefull protest where they pushed over the barricades or were throwing bricks ? Or the one where they flipped over police cars and torched them and screamed in the officers faces ? Or one where they tried to rip the flag from the old vet and abused him ? Or was it the one in Roch where they beat the girl with a 2x4 ? Or one of many more ,should I go on . ? Just to clarify .

I personally am having a hard time with what I am seeing . I don't want to watch it but can't turn away . The images speak for themselves. I feel we are on the verge or are in a modern day civil war . The willingness of some to blatantly break the law, steal from others , destroy their property , and assault some that try to stop them,or are different , and revel in their actions is appalling. And each night they seem to be more emboldened. And using a tragic incident to justify it . This is not about George anymore . Our public officials and law enforcement are suppose to stop this from happening . It's their sworn duty . But I feel are handcuffed by Mayors / leaders that are in over their heads on this . To many of these " peacefull " protests turn ugly . And neighborhoods that were not as affluent , are now destroyed .And business owners lives are destroyed. Talk about crapping in your mess kit . And the thugs who did it don't seem to care or are not smart enough to . And are allowed to get away with it . Who in their right mind would want to live or start a business in these areas or even want to go there? When businesses pull out we will here the outcry of discrimination . And the demand for tax dollars to rebuild it . And they will get it to pacify them . The hatred I see for law enforcement and fellow Americans also disturbs me . A while back we saw people throwing water on officers and them taking it . Look at where we are now . Many of the protesters engage in the same bigotry towards the police and others they claim to be victims of . Our leaders better squash this quick . They know what needs to be done . They just need to find the guts to do it . But I think some secretly approve . God bless America We need it .

And also on my small boat I have 2 short arms about 6 ft apart with 10# derbies and have not had one tangle fishing down to 85 ft . Your weights are swinging side to side IMO . Real Short leads with very different depth may have the shallow lure catch the blown back line from rod tip to release of the deep rigger . I have had this happen . And I do a lot of tight turning .

When you say Cannon release I assume they are the pinch release on the cable you hook on to the back of the weight . The same thing happened to me last year fishing deep and switching from Offshore to Roemers because the pads in the Offshore wore out and wouldn't hold an 11" flasher . I think the release hooked on the back of the weight holds it straighter and has less of a tendency to swing back and forth .

What don't you some of you guys understand about it being 1 man ? Plenty of Derbys do 2 or more .

I fish a,lot Sept to early Oct for staggers . And the lake is flat a lot . Some years . Have to pick the day , if it's rough ,it's off. If it gets rough , it's off . If I put this together , it's 1 man only . I don't want anyone to feel unsafe or uncomfortable . So if you do, definitely , don't go . Maybe there won't be enough interest to have it . We will see .

Media ? I'm hoping we get 10 boats . Not much of a story there . The Lone Anglers A man and his rod The whipping the bishop challenge

There was a time I thought I wanted to get in the tournament circuit . Man I'm glad I did not . My nature is to win so all my fishing time and dollars would be involved with that . I would miss all the other actual fishing I so enjoy . Now that I'm on the water I fish a lot . I don't have the resources to get boat and equipment to compete . Or the time to prep , practice ,etc. So I will fish the LOC when I can and hopefully this small boat thing takes off a little and we can have a few a year for fun .