Legacy shakedown cruise 4-1-12

[Legacy]

Cold and rainy. For everyone out on the lake today, what a perfectly named day...April Fools day. Although I have spent a few weeks getting the boat ready for the season, I never have been a fan of shakedown cruises unless of course everything goes well. But the boat ran great, the equipment is working well, and everything looks good so that certainly made the trip out, a good one. It has been a long winter but we are ready to fish 2012.

After a quick boat ride, we shut down between the pump house and Newmans Point. With nothing ready to go, we tied fluoro leaders on everything, and we slowly got lines in. We wrestled getting lines in the water for about 3 hours and rarely had more than 3 in at one time (until days end). Solid pick of Brownies from creek to the woods. Mostly cookie cutters and nothing over 9#. A mix of sticks off the boards put half of the fish in the boat and DW ss caramel dolphins off the riggers (5 down and 25+40' back) put the other half in. Great shoreline water color with random spots of chocolate milk on both east and west sides of the creek and thats where we found the fish. 8- 15 fow.

[Capt Vince Pierleoni]

Nice going Rob! Not as chilly as re-doing a porch on a bluff at Lake Ontario in a stiff NEaster I bet! Great job on the water, and great job with you and your Eagle builder team on the porch. Good luck on the water!

[Legacy]

Nice going Rob! Not as chilly as re-doing a porch on a bluff at Lake Ontario in a stiff NEaster I bet! Great job on the water, and great job with you and your Eagle builder team on the porch. Good luck on the water!

[Pike Hunter]

Great report! Best of luck with fishing in 2012!

[Mortigan]

That's three or four weeks earlier than last year. See you out there...

[Silver Fox]

Good job and good thing I didn't go huh?

[JakeyBaby]

Good to see you out there.

[whaler1]

Hey Rob, nice job. Just put the dock in yesterday, looking forward to getting out soon.

[Legacy]

Hey Rob, nice job. Just put the dock in yesterday, looking forward to getting out soon.

Holy Sh** a Whaler 1 sighting! Nice to see you on the site!

[reelintense]

nice job Rob........I have had a couple of shakedown cruises already this year....and the equipment I bought off of you, has already yielded returns! Nice Fish. Tight lines and maybe see ya out there!

Jay

[whaler1]

Lol thanks Rob looking forward to the season

[Silver Fox]

Did I just see Bill? I couldn't of right?

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[whaler1]

Hey Hey Hey be nice to the new guy!!!!!

[GAMBLER]

Nice report Rob. Glad to see the shakedown went well.