4-13-14 FLTA Tournament

[vogel451]

Hit the water around 6:30am.  Tried shallow on the west shore first, temps in the 37-39 range with no luck.  We turned back south and decided to stay on the south end of the lake.  Found the warmest temps there at 39-42. It was a popular place, with a lot of boats down there to start off the morning.  Within an hour everyone left but a couple boats  and the bite started for us around 8am. Couldn't get a bite on a stickbait so we fished all spoons and snapwieghts off  inline boards and riggers all day.  The first fish that came to the net was a 28 1/2"   8lb Salmon!  Great way to start the day!     Then the browns started to bite and we managed to fill our box. 

I am a new member to the FLTA and I met a lot of nice people at the tourney and hope to compete in others!  Good luck to everyone!  Fish on!

 

My Buddy Tony with the Lunker

 

-McLovin out...

Edited April 15, 2014 by vogel451

[Hookedup]

Nice fish welcome to the club! If I get a Sunday off this summer when the tourneys line up I'll see you guys on the water. Sean

[Iron Duke]

Nice Landlock.. Welcome to the club.......

Mike

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[Great Lakes Lure Maker]

Nice job Vogel! Impressive catch. I figured you had  good catch, you seemed eagerly awaiting the weigh in. Hope to see you at Keuka. 

[Bellis Program]

Looks like a brown to me looks like the maxillary extends way past eye and the bronze color and a square ended tail I may be wrong just throwing it out there.

[vogel451]

My buddy and I couldn't remember weather the weigh-in was at 1pm or 1:30pm.  Also I was a bit nervous I've never been to a tournament  you could enter after you were done fishing and were the weight station wasn't a little more obvious or set up already.  Ill know next time to just relax!

 

Im not sure how much traveling Im going to do this year for the circuit.  I would love to compete on other lakes too.

Edited April 15, 2014 by vogel451

[Iron Duke]

Definitely a Landlock...

Mike

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[Great Lakes Lure Maker]

Yes, definitely a landlock.

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[Sk8man]

WTG Vogel! Beautiful landlocked salmon. Josh - although the tailed looks a bit squared in the pic it has a slight fork to it and the spotting pattern extends to only just about the midline (or lateral line)... most browns the spotting also goes more toward the belly of the fish and the spots on this fish aren't really "rounded" in appearance as they usually are on browns.....they are more"irregular" in appearance (sometimes they even resemble "X's" on landlocks) If the pic looked at closely it appears that there is some spotting on the mid and lower part of the tail...on browns it is usually confined to the upper part of the tail.  If you look closely at the dorsal fin it has a narrower angle to it than most browns would have (theirs is usually more "upright" and "boxy" or squared in appearance). On immature fish these differences may be less pronounced and they can be harder to distinguish. Notice also how the head is very small and "torpedo shaped" in comparison to the body.

Edited April 15, 2014 by Sk8man

[Great Lakes Lure Maker]

Additionally, although not always positive identifier, its shedding scales pretty easily.

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[Netbender]

Is the tournament schedule posted anyplace? Looking for the Keuka date. Thanks Dave.

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[Iron Duke]

Is the tournament schedule posted anyplace? Looking for the Keuka date. Thanks Dave.

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May 4th is the next tournament but you must be a member if not so already. . There is a Finger Lakes Trollers Association Facebook page now with updates, pics and news...

Mike

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[Great Lakes Lure Maker]

Facebook: Finger lakes trollers association. May 4 th is the Keuka tourny. Meeting every second Wednesday 7 pm at Watkins elks club off rt 14. Check the Facebook address. Everything you need to know is posted there.

Jason

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[Great Lakes Lure Maker]

Pretty quick with the draw Mike! Didn't waste a second.

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[vogel451]

Another Pic fresh out of the water.  Tail is a little cut off.  But this fish was just beautiful.

 

[Netbender]

Thanks for the quick replies!

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[Netbender]

Vogel451, killing me with these pics! Nice job.....

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[troutman]

Beautiful fish...welcome to the club pal!!!

[Keep'n it Reel]

Welcome to the club and way to go on the first tournament, and good call no need to leave fish to find fish