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Wed, September 29, 2010 | link
9/12 - Charter We had another short trip this morning, and we found out real fast that
Mother Nature did us a favor for once. The East wind that blew late in the day and early Saturday night pushed some ice water
into the region. That pushed a good group of fish right into the Oak Orchard river plume for the morning bite.
We set lines in the Creek again,
and made a left out of the break walls. We made a pass down West and turned to hit the wall up. On our way back through the
Lyman #136 takes a shot. This was another one of those fish that didn’t act like a King. We get the fish to the net and it’s
an immature Salmon all colored up, and ready to run the river. We set lines again, and within minutes the same Lyman takes
a shot. Off to the races it goes! Now that’s what we were looking for! This fish didn’t want to come in. We finally
boated that fish and we had our first mature Chinook in the box. We set lines again, and I made an attempt to get a few more
lines in the water. I had 3 Lymans flat lining 100 and 125ft back on the sides and 75’ back down the middle. I took 2 Moonshine mags, Carbon 14 and a
Bad Toad, and set them back 50’ and down 3-5’ on our riggers. The Carbon 14 didn’t last long and I look
up to see a Salmon rocketing out of the water. I got to the rod before it came loose from the release and it was game on again!
Another mature in the box and we have only been fishing for an hour. Without fail we set lines and quickly hook up with another
Mature. This one would be the largest of the day, and it would take that same Lyman #136 that has been so hot for us! We put
this beast in the net and it was a beautiful copper colored 25lb male. With about 2 hours into the trip we had 4 fish in the
box and it was looking like we may finish early. Well, that’s when it shut down for us. We made a half dozen more passes,
and it accounted for nothing. The water dropped 5 degrees from the beginning of our trip and the fish shut down to a slow
pick for everyone.
With a few hours left to fish we trolled out to the 60-80’ range and made
our way down to the flats. Screen was pretty much blank and the water was 39 degrees down 30’. Ice water! We pulled
our deep lines and set up for 40’ of water and that’s when our 5 color core took a shot pulling a #158 Lyman plug.
That fish was a little immature Chinook that went back to fight another day, but we quickly noticed that the cold water had
pushed a ton of bait and fish into the skinny water. However, our trip was done and we had to get back to take some pictures
and clean some fish.
Mon, September 13, 2010 | link
9/11 – Charter The Lake blew all week long, so we didn’t know what to expect
when we got down to the boat on Friday night. A few chats with some of the local guys revealed some decent off-shore fishing,
but to be honest with my followers……we had enough of that! We wanted some big fat dark Kings! My buddy Scott
Clemens and his gang joined us for a half day trip. Half days make it tough because there is that half the amount of time
to put fish in the boat, so your decisions better be solid. We left the dock a tad after 6am and set lines right across from the
count y launch. Still waiting to hook up in the mouth of Oak Orchard creek! We spent about an hour, or maybe an hour and a
half, working the plume out front without even a drive by. The nice things about combat trolling is that you use a minimum
amount of lines, so when it’s time to move it doesn’t take 30 minutes to clear rods. We shot out to the 26.6N
line straight out front and down went a spoon program. I didn’t get the wires in the water when I hear my brother yell
out fish down 100 on the Hummingbird. I look over to the opposite corner rigger and there it goes. A NK Sea Sick Waddler parked
down 100 on our Scotty Downriggers. That fish would be it for a while. With a little over an hour to go we pointed the boat
back South on the 29N line and started our troll of shame back to port. Well, we also found out that this was the magical
troll direction for us. We did 5 more fish in the next hour. Every fish was a cookie cutter Chinook Salmon in the 5-8lb range.
Riggers down 100 and wires out to 300 took our fish. The only spoon to go more than once was the NK Sea Sick Waddler. Others
that took fish were the Moonshine Bad Toad off a high wire, and a Dreamweaver Midnight Special SS. We ended the day with a half
dozen fish and batted 1000! All fish were released to fight another day, and the guys on the boat had a great time.
Evening – We
went out to make a few passes at the wall just for fun with about an hour of light left. We again, set lines in the creek
and trolled out the East side of the wall. Right at eh public Launch our Lyman #136 takes a shot. It didn’t feel like
a Salmon, and when we got it to the boat it wasn’t a Salmon. It was a 24” Northern Pike. We set the Lyman back
out and on our first pass at the wall the same plug takes a shot. Again, it didn’t fight like a Salmon. Once we got
it close to the boat we discovered it was a nice healthy 8lb Brown Trout. That would finish our trip at the wall, and we would
head back to the dock wondering if the morning would bring some Salmon in for a little combat trolling the following day.
Mon, September 13, 2010 | link
9/8 Charter We
were finally able to get out on the water after watching the wind blow for 2 days straight. I knew there were some fish on
the wall at the Oak especially since the rain on Saturday night was COLD. I told my brother to have the customers on
the boat by 5:30. Well, they show up close to 6am and off we went. I doubted a few passes
at the wall because I watched a ton of boats give it a shot, but we were there, and we were rigged for it, so we said what
the heck. We ran a simple 3 rod spread. Loaded up with a #136 back 100’, a #158 back 125’, and a #149 down the
chute back 75’. All size 4’s by the way. We trolled out of the river with lines set and took a turn left
out of the West side of the mouth. We trolled a ¼ mile West and turned to shoot down the front wall. As we were ending
our first pass of the wall heading East I went over to the #158 and slid it back to 125’ from 100’. As I was closing
the clicker I hear the splash of a fish and the zing from our Daiwa Salist on the opposite side of the boat. I look over to see a fish splashing and our rod doubled over. I run over and grab it and
we are into our first fish of the day. I quickly cleared the other lines and we put the boat into neutral. This fish didn’t
take much line, but he just wouldn’t come in. Finally we got him close to the back of the boat, and I saw the size of
it. I jacked the guys up about it, and we spent the next minute trying to position him into the net. Finally the fish hit
the deck of the boat and we all jumped and hollered as this beast lay there flopping around. Both hooks in our #136 Lyman were torn to shreds. The boney mouths on these Fall stagers are brutal to hooks! I go to put it on the scale, and it’s
broke! At the end of the day we would weigh the fish at the dock to be a tad less than 29lbs.  We made a few more passes and then decided that fish might have been a gift, so we picked
rods and headed for the staging grounds. We set down in 100’ and the fish finder loaded up with fish just lying in the
mud. Out came the 20lb weights and some paddle/fly combos. We were surprised to see 65 degree water all the way down to 130’.
Our first rip would come over 130’ on a wire set on a 1 out 350’. That fish took a few good runs, but eventually
found its way back to the mud. When our metallic purple Deeper Diver pulling a White Smart Fish/A-TOM-MIK UV Dolphin got back to the boat I could see where the fish turned the two hooks against each other to get back to freedom. At this point
we were 1 for 2, and in talking with many boats that was GOOD! It was just a tough day out there for EVERYONE! We trolled around for a little bit and finally slid into 100’ of water for the
last few hours of the trip. AS I adjusted everything for this depth the screen just kept showing us the Salmon stuck in the
mud. Not long into our 100’ track the wire on the other side of the boat starts to throb. This fish was hooked for the
same amount of time as the previous one, and we were back to wondering just how big it could have been. This one took a Froggy glow Deep Diver pulling a Wonderbread Smart Fish/A-TOM-MIK Shredded Hammer fly back 300’ on a 1 setting. That would be the last fish of the day for us. We pulled rods at 2pm,
and headed back to the wall for a couple of passes. We didn’t hook up with anything, but we saw a few splashes around.
The fish are there, but Mother Nature really messed the water up this weekend. If we can get any stable weather the fishing
should get real good in the next few weeks.
Tue, September 7, 2010 | link
Stagers are in at the Oak! We
watched as these fish set-up to be labeled as "Stagers" this weekend off the Oak. Even though we tried to fish
them on Sunday morning they just weren't ready. Maybe thats why they were hanging out 125' down and deeper. They just didn't
want to be bothered. Reports from Monday confirmed our theory! Lets hope Hurricane Earl doesn't blow us off the water this
weekend. There are reports of upper 30lb Salmon coming in from all over the lake. Is this really something you want to miss?
We have had a great year to date, and we aren't even close to being finished! Just a few afternoon trips are left, so if
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Wed, September 1, 2010 | link
8/29 – Charter We got a very early start because we were so anxious to see if we could get those
deep kings going. We set down over 150 fow and trolled NE. The marks were there, and they were still deep. I put out a simple
6 rod spread consisting of 3 riggers, 2 wires, and a 600 copper. EVERY rod had a paddle/fly combo of some color combination
attached to it. We marked fish from 150 out to 300 anywhere from 100-200’ down. We never moved a rod, but it gave us
peace of mind that the Kings are there. My guess? They are probably sick of Mother Nature pushing water back and forth every
few days so they are hanging out in more stable water. Once we figured out those fish didn’t want to play we pointed the boat due north and went in search
of Steelhead. Out to the 32N line we trolled with no real WOW factor. Small Chinooks made up the catch the whole way out there.
So small they wouldn’t keep, but our customers were very happy to see the time we put into making sure a 20” King
gets revived! By about noon we were
headed back in on a southerly troll with only 3 or 4 fish in the box. We just couldn’t get on a pod of Steelhead like
we hoped. Lots of action, but lacking size. At this point we were down to 3 riggers, one copper, and 4 wires. On the
riggers were DW gators, NK Copper NBKs, and a mix of other things that just wouldn’t get the job done on the third rigger.
Maybe I should have thrown down one of the previous two color combos that were working! Anyway, on our deep wires we ran a
DW/A-TOM-MIK Gator combo and chrome green dot paddle with an A-TOM-MIK Pro Am Glow fly. Both of which would go on to take the two biggest fish of the day. One being a 15lb Chinook Salmon and the other being a
15lb Coho Salmon. Our high wires pulled mag sized spoons, and took one shot on a Moonshine Bad Toad. We ran our low deeper
divers on 1.5’s and out 225 and 250, and our high deeper divers were set on 3’s and set out 50’ more than
the low wire. By the end of the day our box looked much nicer. We found a pod on the 26/27N line a tad East. First troll gave
us 4 fish and the next two gave up 1 each.
Mon, August 30, 2010 | link
8/28 – Evening trip We
completely tuned up the boat in the morning, and tackled some odd jobs we wanted to get done. Little things like fixing the
navigational light that blew, organizing some tackle, and tying new leaders. Jobs still waiting to be completed are measuring
some coppers that have been cut short, and spooling up another 10 color! Anyway, I was kept up to speed about the fishing
by my friend Eric who runs the Maniac boat throughout the day, and the idea of a short evening trip was on the table. 5 O’Clock
rolled around and Eric and his son were standing on my boat waiting to head out for some evening fishing. We fished from about 5:30/6 O’Clock till about 8/8:30, and had
a great time. It’s always fun to fish with different people, and when they have their own ride and crew it makes it
tough. Anyway, we set down on the 27N line and trolled it north to the 29/30N line, and about 9W. We ran a very simple spread
consisting of 3 riggers and 2 wires. We were out there to have fun! Especially when I found out that neither of them had DERBY
TICKETS!!!!!! Throughout the night on the riggers were some DW Gators, Midnight Specials, NK Copper NBK’s, and Sea Sick
Waddlers. Behind our Walker Deeper Divers we had DW/A-TOM-MIK combos in the 42nd and Gator patterns. Our DW Gator SS’s really had the spotlight on them for our evening trip. They took the first fish, which
was about a 9-10lb Steelhead, and they would take 3 out of the 5 or 6 fish we would hook up with. 
On the way in we trolled into the 26N/25N
line and saw a GREAT picture down below 100’ on our Humminbird. I threw a few things down there that Kings like to eat,
but it was getting late so that program lasted about 15 minutes. However it gave us something to look forward to in the morning. By the way, our tune up which consisted of plugs,
wires, and a cap and rotor really made a HUGE improvement in the performance of our ride. She really woke right up! Anyone
who knows us knows that my father was the one who took care of this, but since his accident he just can’t do it. I guess
we should have learned this stuff from him over the years!
Mon, August 30, 2010 | link
Oswego
Scotty Event
Friday 8/20 (Big Fish Friday) –
Headed out around 6am and worked West all day. We like the West 9 mile area when we are in O town! Well, it would end up being
a very disappointing day. On the way down to West 9 mile point we would take 2 shots, and 1 on the way back for 8 hours of
fishing! There was only 3 of us on the boat, so we ran a simple 3 rigger, 2 wire,
1 copper set-up. When we are in O town it is hard to even think about putting down a spoon! So, every rod had a Dreamweaver
Spin Doctor, an E-Chip, or a Legendary Smart Fish on it trailed by an A-TOM-MIK fly. At one point we threw down a big 11” paddle with an MC Rocket, and I even put down a Tuna filled Super Cut Plug, but
neither of those resulted in any hook ups.
Our first shot didn’t take much
more than 30 minutes or so, and I think that was because we were still in the Oswego River water. Our 600 copper fired with
a Green E-Chip/Green Crinkle A-TOM-MIK fly. During that battle our corner rigger down 80’ would take a shot on a Marv’s
Fatty Spin Doctor (Green Spin Doctor/Double Crush Glow/Green Dots) pulling an A-TOM-MIK UV Dolphin. We would land a 22lb Chinook on the copper, but drop the King from the rigger. Our last shot would come very late in the
day while we were off our game. It was the 600 copper that took off again. This was one of those fish that rips about 50’
of line out and drops it like there wasn’t a hook attached to our lure. Oh well, we knew that there was a decent bite
East of the Harbor, and we decided that we would head that way on Saturday. Saturday 8/21 (Day 1) – I was pumped to be in O town. I knew that
we didn’t have to worry about guys going out and beating us with Trout! It was strictly a Chinook (king) Salmon tourney!
Our forte! We ran a mile or two to the East and set up in 100fow. Screen was OK at best, but we set lines anyway. We worked
the five stacks area East to the Alcan plant the whole day. Our best water was 140-160 down 60-90’. We ran a 3 rigger, 3 copper, 2 wire program. One of two King programs we like to run. We started off with
Spinny/A-TOM-MIK combos on our corner riggers, a Lyman plug on our middle rigger set back 60’ and ran 10’ above
the corner riggers. I like to call it a tail gunner. On our Walker Deeper Divers we ran Smart Fish trailed by A-TOM-MIKs out
anywhere from 180-300 on a 2 setting. Lastly, our coppers were a 300 and a 400 fished off our Otter Boats, and a 500 run down
the chute. On the 300 we had another Lyman plug, but the 400 and 500 both had E-Chip/A-TOM-MIK combos. Well, everything we
put down in the morning rotted for us besides the Lyman fished as a tail gunner on our middle rigger. That broke the ice with
a 3lb Chinook. Big enough for the cooler, but not what we were looking for! Little by little we
started to change over paddle/fly combos. We saw the fish, but they just weren’t taking our rigs. Lots of streaking
told me they were interested, but they just wouldn’t take them. As we were going through combos I put down a Chrome/Green
dot Spin Doctor with an A-TOM-MIK Pro Am Glow fly on a corner rigger and stretched it back 30’. I literally turned my back after slamming it down to 80’ and our
teammate Justin starts running for the rod. We put a teenager in the box, and got set back up. Well, not 10 minutes later
that rig fires again. Another King! OK, so now we have something they LIKE!!! We scramble to find another combo and luckily
we buy everything in even numbers. So we slam another one down to 80 on the other corner rigger. Those combos would take two
more matures for us by the end of the day. The only other rig to take a Salmon would be a Green E-Chip pulling an A-TOM-MIK Misery fly, which would cull our first 3lb Salmon with a 4lb Salmon. With 20 minutes to go Our HOT combo would fire again with a King
only to have him take 50’ of line and crack off our 50lb fly leader. That fish would have really given us a good cull!
Even if it was a 20lb fish we had a 4lb fish we NEEDED to get rid of. We would end our day with 5 Salmon in the box, and from
what we heard it was a tough day for a lot of the heavy hitters we are used to fishing against. About three times during the day we would go to pull the Lyman from our spread and find a 6-8lb Brown Trout on it. Any other tournament I guess it wouldn’t be a bad thing, but not
in a Salmon only event. Anyway, these Lymans have some great action in the water, and if you are a troller you know that these
type lures really start to shine this time of year. After all the boxes
hit the weigh in stage we were sitting in 14th place. There were only 12 teams to bring a 5 fish box to the scales on day
one. After we weighed in our fish we were in a mad dash to find more Chrome/Green dot Spin Doctors, but we would only end
up finding one! During this tackle shopping adventure my brother would find Sunday’s HOT ticket!
Sunday 8/22 (Day 2) – Why change
anything when we were so close to a top ten, and we thought with the right bites that a top 5 was well within reach. When
we set down in 90fow the screen just lit up! When I got done setting 2 riggers I realized we were pointed North and not in
90’ of water anymore. Not to mention our screen went blank. I had to let my uncle have an ear full! LOL We couldn’t
get back in there with the traffic, so we went into search mode and started to head over to our trail from the previous day. Same program went down from the previous day, but as you can imagine there were a lot
of green dot combos that saw time in the water. We didn’t move a rod for a while! We went through more paddle/fly combos
than ever before. We saw the fish, but they were just not interested in our gear. At one point my brother takes a fly he bought
at Fat Nancy’s Tackle shop on Saturday afternoon and sets it out on his wire. It didn’t take long and that Daiwa Saltist was singing! Of course he was screaming that his new fly took a shot at the same time. The combo was a Marv’s Fatty
Spin Doctor pulling an A-TOM-MIK LBB Live. I must admit my brother made everyone in the boat see how cool this fly looked
in the water before he sent it out to 200’, and we all were amazed at how different it looked. Well, at 10am we
had one major in the box, and we had released a 12lb Lake Trout. Word had it there were some fish off Fairhaven, so we made
the run. When we got to West 9 mile point we set lines and quickly the same combo
that took our first King was back in action. This time it was a 10lb Coho Salmon that fell victim to the combo. That would
be our last Salmon of the day. That same combo would go on to take two Lake Trout down off Fairhaven. Saturday was tough, but Sunday was even tougher. Even less 5 fish boxes were weighed in, and when it was all
said and done we dropped 3 places to finish in the middle of the field. (17th Place) Congrats to the Popeye boat who won the
tourney with an all women team!
Mon, August 23, 2010 | link
8/16 - Charter We
had some guys from ROWE video out with us. I love when these guys come out because I know that I will be getting some GREAT
pictures! The downfall is.....your going to have to wait until I get them to see them. Well, when we broke the pier heads
you could feel the cold water still pushed into the shallows, so off to the depths we went. We dropped in at the 29N line,
and for once I was able to get all 8 rods in the water without a single fish. However, that didn't last long! We
ran the same program as the day before with the exception of switching out a 300 copper for a 400 copper. We would continue
the droppsy theme this morning. One of which was definitely a King that took the 400 copper pulling a green Smart Fish/A-TOM-MIK sherbet fly. Our Dreamweaver midnight specials were great until we had a beautiful Steelhead go under a wire and then rocket out of the
water. So down went some Northern King 42nd's and they continued to rock. Our Northern King Sea Sick Waddlers took a back
seat today, and pair of Stinger Nukes really started to shine. The highlight of the day happened around noon when a high wire pulling
a Moonshine Bad Toad started to sing. We knew it was a King, but had no clue how big. He made multiple long and strong runs.
After what seemed to be forever a hog hit the deck and tipped our scale at 29lbs. Here is a picture of my brother holding
it until we get some photos from the Rowe guys.  

Mon, August 16, 2010 | link
8/15 -
Charters Morning - Was told Friday night that the Lake had flipped. Thats all
we needed to know. When we broke the pier heads the water was chilly! It stayed that was all the way out to the 28N line.
Even out there we had 55 degrees down 40'. We ran a simple 3 rigger, 4 wire, 1 copper program. On our riggers we started off
with Norther King Sea Sick Waddlers, Dreamweaver Gators, and Dreamweaver Raspberry Dolphins. During the day we would pull
the Raspberry Dolphins and the Gators for some Dreamweaver Green Eye Ghost and Midnight Specials. We parked our riggers anywhere
from 50-100' down. These fish were in the ICE water! On the wires we ran mag spoons on the high divers set on a 3 out 275
and 300. One was a Sea Sick Waddler the other was a 42nd. Low divers pulled paddle fly combos like the 42nd combo, and the
Gator spinny/A-TOM-MIK Hypnotist fly. Our copper rod was a 300 copper with a Dreamweaver magnum Gator. Fishing
was fast and furious from the 29N line to the 32N line. LOTS of Steelhead and a few small kings mixed in. We did a good job
of landing our first 6 or 7 Steelhead this morning. Just like last week our Saturday morning trip didn't give up even just
one screamer.  
Evening - We had the owner from Michelinas Italian Restaurant out with
his boy and his cousin. We wanted to get Anthony some fish, so we headed back out to the Steelhead rich waters offshore. We
ran the exact same program that we finished with on our morning trip, but we would go on to drop our first 5 or 6 fish. It
was very frustrating considering this was just a four hour evening trip, but the meatball and chicken parm sandwiches really
took our minds off the dropped fish. Eventually everyone would get to reel in a few fish, and we even had our first screamer
of the day. He took the 42 combo on our low wire out 225. The fish gave up a great fight, and they were able to see how tough
a mature Salmon really is. We would not go hungry on this trip, and Anthony
had a blast reeling in fish along with watching his dad battle about a 17lb Lake Ontario King Salmon. This fish made multiple
hard runs, and turned those meatball making arms into mush. 
Sun, August 15, 2010 | link
Don't miss out!!! We are running out of time slots for charters as the season comes to a close.
Currently these are the dates we have available: August 28th - Evening
trip (4hrs)
September 6th (Labor
Day) - Morning(8hrs) September 4th,
5th, and 11th - Evening Trips (4hrs) I know I have said it a lot this year, but this
year has become know as the year of the HOGS! So many fish have been taken over 30 pounds! There are even 40lb BRUTES out
there! Don't miss your opportunity to battle one of these Lake Ontario MONSTERS. It will be something you will never forget.
Fri, August 13, 2010 | link
8/8 -
Charter Well, Mother Nature was not nice to us this weekend! Given the fact you NEEDED to go offshore to get into
any numbers of fish, or even a shot at a big guy, even a S or SW wind had enough time to get it rough. Regardless of the weather
we caught A LOT of fish. However, I felt like we were ice fishing for perch! We had to "weed" through the small
ones to get a few big ones. We had the same guys from the night before, and Mr. I got a big fish
was still running his mouth! Well, Mother nature put the kibosh on that! 3-4's building to 6-8's by the end of the trip had
him hanging over the side of the boat most of the day. We started at the 27N line and rode the waves out to the mid 28N line. This ride yielded 1 fish! We had some decent
bait, so I turned on it and went through it at a different direction. Straight into the waves, and some added lure action,
was all it took to get the rods firing. Almost instantly rods began to pop, but sighting the same story from yesterday size
was an issue. Most fish were under the legal size limit. Our program today was a very simple 6 rod spread. 3 riggers, 2 wires, and a 300 copper. The riggers
pulled the same lures we pulled on Saturday, but the Dreamweaver Shiznits would never take a hit. We exchanged them out for
some Dreamweaver Raspberry Dolphins, which put their share of fish in the boat. Our wires pulled many combos during the day,
but the ones we would end up with was a Dreamweaver Green blade double crush gow with green dots pulling an A-TOM-MIK L225 UV Dolphin, and a Green Smartfish with an A-TOM-MIK Sherbert fly. Our 300 copper continued to pull that dreamweaver Mag Gator. We worked West for a while, and got into some gin clear water with nothing on the screen. We finally pointed
the boat NE and rode the waves out to the 29N line where the water turned green again and the fishfinder lit up with bait
and fish. Rods began to fire again! With about an hour to go our wire diver starts singing! It was our Froggy Deeper Diver
that had the Dreamweaver Green blade double crush glow with green dots pulling an A-TOM-MIK L225 UV Dolphin out 240 on a 2 setting. This fish took us out to 800', but the guy on the rod handled it well. Before we knew it another
SLOB hit our deck! When we put him on the scale it was 27lbs and change. That makes TWO 27lb fish for us in ONE weekend. We
would end the day with a decent box of fish. Today most of the fish in the box were Salmon.
Sun, August 8, 2010 | link
8/7 - Two Charters Morning Trip - Took a ride out to the 29N Line straight out front of the Oak and got into fish immediately.
I couldn't get 8 rods in the water until about 9:30am. Tons of fun, but a lot of work for such small fish. We were catching
mostly Steelhead with a few Chinooks mixed in. Our program consisted of 3 riggers, 4 wires, and 1 copper. On the riggers we
had Northern King Sea Sick Waddlers on the deep rigger, Dreamweaver SS Shiznits on the middle rigger, and Dreamweaver SS Gators
on the high rigger. The 300 copper pulled a Dreamweaver Magnum Gator, and we ran it down the chute with all the copper in
the water. We ran flasher fly combos on our low wires (42nd combo, and Albino Gator Spinny/A-TOM-MIK Hypnotist), and on our
high wires we ran Mag Spoons (Northern King 42nd and Northern King Sea Sick Waddler). We cut our trip short with a nice box,
and some tired arms! Justin reeled in most of the fish on this trip as his father and his friend Phil watched. Justin broke
his big fish record multiple times today! He left with one heck of a smile.  
Evening Trip - Headed back out to that 29N-31N water right off the Oak
and had a slow pick for most of the night. Same mix of fish, but a tad bit on the smaller side. Same program as the morning
too. By the end of the trip our best picture would be found at the 28N line a tad bit East of the Oak. We had a beautiful Steelhead, about 9lbs, give
us an Ariel show until he met our net. That was our highlight until about an hour left in the trip. I moved the high rigger
up into 60 degree water looking for some Steelhead, and within 10 minutes that rod pops and its off to the races. At one point
my guy says "we are running out of line!" I look down at the reel and snatched it from him while yelling for my
brother to turn on this fish. I put the thumb down on him and showed him that there is a higher power! After I got some line
back on the reel I handed it back off, and when it hit the net I knew why it came so close to spooling us. On the scale it
weighed 27lb's and change. This groups biggest to date by about 2 pounds. This is when the smack talking began, and it wouldn't
let up until Sunday morning. 
Sun, August 8, 2010 | link
Goose and Duck Decoying/Rigging Seminar by
Final Flight Waterfowlers Where: Gander Mountain in Henrietta, NY When: October 1st @ 6:00pm - 8:00pm Sponsored by: Final Flight Waterfowlers, RigEm' Right, and Flambeau Join
us for the Final Flight Waterfowlers Decoying/Rigging Seminar at Gander Mountain brought to you by RigEm' Right Waterfowl
& Storm Front Decoys by Flambeau. Pick up some great tips/tricks as we discuss Decoying and Rigging set-ups for both field
and water. We will discuss Rigging techniques and Decoy set-up along with Decoy presentation along with some great tactics
for setting your spread apart from the "other" guy!! And since their is no one expert I would like to open the last
half hour of the presentation up to the floor to discuss some of you own personal techniques, tips, and tricks.
Hope
to see you there,
Scott Mastowski Final Flight Waterfowlers http://www.ffwaterfowlers.com/ 585-509-2618
Wed, August 4, 2010 | link
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