2024 LOTSA TOURNAMENT

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 Hi LOTSA members,
   As we are approaching the LOTSA Tournaments and Picnic, I want to highlight a few things. First, if you haven't signed up yet, please do ASAP with the deadline being Tuesday July 23. This deadline also includes the picnic sign up. You MUST sign up for the picnic to attend. The Picnic is our Club’s largest expense, so please only sign up if you're going to attend and be accurate with the sign up number. 

    Let's talk about some times and location for the LOTSA Tournament weekend. Friday July 26th is the FREE Curt Tournament and located at The Newfane Marina. The weigh in at 3 pm. This year we have Sister Helen's Food Pantry, a local food bank that's coming to take fillets for the Friday tournament. The LOTSA Main Tournament is Saturday July 27th with the weigh in at the Olcott Firehall at 3 pm. We will have our delicious One Eye Jacks BBQ dinner following the weigh in. This is included for participates and their family members. We will have Sunday as a blow day if necessary but still will have the BBQ dinner and raffle on Saturday. 

   Now a quick overview of the tournaments and payouts we have for this year. The Curt Tournament features FREE entry with 4 payouts. It's a 3 salmon total weight that we pay back the top 3 boxes. We have increased the payouts to 1st $400, 2nd $300, 3rd $200 and $150 for big fish for that day. You can't have the big fish and place in the top 3. This guarantees 4 separate winners. Complimentary hot dogs, chips, water and pop from LOTSA at the weigh in. The DEC will be at the weigh in to take DNA samples from the Salmon we have in our coolers. These samples play a significant role in the overall management of the Fishery so please do your part to help with acquiring this critical information.    

The Saturday tournament entry is $70 which includes the BBQ dinner. This is a 1 Big Salmon tournament which gives anyone a chance to get that one big fish and win! We will be paying back 7 places with 45 boats and adding 1 payout per 2 boat entries after that. With a full field of 60 boats , the payout is 15 spots (25% of the boats get a check)! We also are giving out a trophy  for the winner to keep this year! We also run a fun 323 side tournament. It's 3 fish weighed in over 2 days with 3 winners. Any fish weighed on the 1st day cannot be replaced by a bigger fish on day 2. The fish must be weighed in the day it is caught. You are not required to fish both days to fish this tournament. All the fish can be salmon with or 1 of the fish can be a trout. It's a fun tourney with some strategy involved! You must fish the Main Saturday tournament to fish the 323 tourney. 

     We have a couple other very exciting things for this tournament. THE BIGGEST SALMON CAUGHT WILL RECEIVE A FREE FISH MOUNT courtesy of DeAngelo Fish Art! This is over an $800 value!! You MUST fish the Main Saturday tournament or 323 to be eligible to win this. We also have our huge tackle raffle after the BBQ dinner on Saturday. We have OVER $4,500 in prizes including the New FISH HAWK LITHIUM PROBE!! As always, a 50/50 on Friday and Saturday will be happening. 

    Now with all this information, please sign up and tell your friends to get in on this tournament and see all the great things we offer. With all these things going on, how can't you fish this very affordable and fun tournament?!

              Click below for all the details and to get signed up for the July  LOTSA Tournaments and Picnic. Please remember to sign up your spouse / significant other and kids under 16 years old on the 2024 LOTSA Family membership list so that they are eligible to be on your boat with you. They are all free however you do need to add them to the 2024 list. Let's enjoy the great fishing that LO is providing for us this year and make this year's tournament the best yet!
 
LOTSA President – Joe Yaeger
 
Click here: Lake Ontario Trout & Salmon Association | Lake Ontario (lotsa1.org)

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LOTSA Members,

 

   The tournament sign up deadline is July 23rd and almost here. I want to quickly highlight a few things for the tournaments. Friday July 26th is a 3 salmon box with total box weight winning it. The entry is Free but you still have to register for it. The payouts are $400, $300, $200 and $150 for biggest salmon. Compliments of LOTSA, their will be hot dogs, chips, pop and water at the weigh in. The main tournament in Saturday July 27 and it's $70 to enter. This is just the biggest one salmon weighed in will win. We are paying back at least 7spots with more spots added with more boats signing up. We also have an optional side tournament called the 323. That tournament is $50 and payouts are 50/30/20. After the weigh in we will have a BBQ cartered dinner for all participants. You must register online to attend the dinner but their is no cost for registration. After the dinner we will have a large raffle with thousands of dollars worth of tackle. In the raffle will be the NEW Fish Hawk lithium probe! Also new for this year is a FREE SALMON MOUNT(over $800 value) for the biggest salmon caught! You must be entered in the main Saturday tournament or 323 to be eligible to win the mount. Please get signed up ASAP before you miss out! 

 

Matt Dunn