Niagara Pro-Am - harsh start - better finish

[Irish Knots]

Here’s a recap of the Niagara Pro-Am for TEAM IRISH KNOTS (Am Division)

Headed out Wednesday evening for the Wilson Boatyard Marina from south of Syracuse

12 miles onto I-81 blow a tire (rush hour)……… not a good start

Had a spare – got it changed like a NASCAR pit crew and back on the road

Hour and a half later I-90 - Tire number 2 goes ….. No spare anymore

Boat US membership with the trailer program saves the day

Within 30-45 minutes they had found us tires so I got three!!!

Had 4 new tires on before we moved the boat again

FYI - all tires looked good - obviously weren't

I check them, cleaned them and checked them again but obviously

missed the dry rot in the treads

Boat US Well worth it – (the membership – saved me $400)

After watching traffic go by for three hours we finally got the tires switched out and back on the road

Made it to Wilson around 2:30am

Practiced Thursday & Friday

Fished the Pro – Am Saturday and did 5 fish – one small steelie we had to put back, finished with 4 at the weight in (fished 80 to 250) Irish Knots custom Quinlan saved the day doing 3 of the 5 for us

Fished Pro-Am Sunday and went to weight in with 3 fished 120 to 225 fow

We finished 18th out of 41

We were pleased with that for little experience going into the tourney– but could have been better!!!

Good time great weather and flat waters

Wilson is a nice place - hope to make it back soon!!!

the guys at the Marina and the docks were great to talk to you thanks for making a good weekend better!

Good to meet some of the guys on the board this past weekend

Made it back home with no problems

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[Yankee Troller]

Gotta love that Wilson boat house! Man did the fishing turn to crap this weekend. You need to come back earlier in the month!

[Irish Knots]

I've heard that- my first trip out west- it was a good trip we did some fish but not what we expected....

We were marking lots of fish like everyone else -

but how crazy can it drive you when you can see them come from 50 feet down to your rig - sniff and drop back down-

just about went nuts!

nice to have quality electronics to allow you to see what i've been missing

Mike & Kevin are both real good guys as well as bob at the marina - quality group of guys