Canandaigua 4-15-12

[Iron Duke]

Started out of Woodville fishing in the first FLTA tournament of the year with the plan of running north to Vine Valley but since we were getting a bit of a late start due to crushing a deer on the way we started in the south end near white rock... We set up shop running riggers, seths, cores, coppers and top lines ... It was slow going for a bit but finally hooked up on the copper near vine valley and man was this fish pulling knew it was an off fish soon as I grabbed the rod, got it in and it was a 5lb football brown (pic below)... We fished the rest of the day and man it was slow, caught a fish about every two hours but ended up with a 5 fish box limit and ended up finishing third in the tournament, a lot better than I expected tho considering the competition in our club .. Lakers were on the bottom in 200 ft of water and you had to be aggressive to get them to fire, Browns were in 60 to 70 fow... The lake needs to set up yet and when it does it will be game on over there....

Mike

Heres a short video that Matt put together from the trip

[dbutts]

Nice brown... That sucks hitting a deer... Least it didn't take out the radiator, ya still made it to the lake

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[33canuck]

Nice Brown Bud!

[Iron Duke]

Thanks guys!! Ya actually got pretty lucky with the truck didn't do as much damage as I was expecting to see when I got out to check it out... Them Chevy's are tough!!

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[quality time]

If you have a dodge like I do you miss many deer because the thing is not on the road and sits in the driveway with the hood up

[Skippinschool]

Here is a short video of our trip.

[Second Chance 22]

Was Mike #1 driving, sleeping or at the fish market?

[Iron Duke]

Great first video and editing job Matt !! Second Chance 22 , he puts us on the fish and we are in charge of the rest.....

Mike

[panfisher]

Niiice. Third place..on a slow day after hitting a deer on the way? Swweet. Way to stick it out and follow through! And a very decent brown, too!!