Billy Bob

For those who are interested.....ENJOY..... http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/other/outdoors/article948770.ece

YES.......but I don't think your serious...so I wouldn't bother.

40 years would be about 10 years light of my experience.......LOL

Are we talking London, England........

Over 25 years I have probably had to buy at LEAST 4 - 5 fillet knifes....

And it's very easy to make........PAY ATTENTION....you hear me BillyM..LOL After smoking. cool fish and put in the FRIDGE......not the freezer.. The day you are entertaining.....that means you have guest over...and you feed them....LOL................take the cold smoked fish and chop it up like tuna fish.......then add some Ranch Dressing.....make it the way you like...dry or not so dry....then add a little chopped onion......and put it back in the fridge.... Now get some more chopped onion, chopped hot peppers, sweet peppers, tomatoes and some nice crackers.........put the fish dip in the middle and surround it with all the condiments.....other condiments could be olives, pickles or whatever.....this has always been a great hit at all my deck parties....almost as good as my secret BBQ SHRIMP....ask Big Cliff or Simon about that recipe....

One Word........... CABELA'S

They have been filleted and steaked.....vacuum pack and now frozen solid to take to my daughter in-law in Cortland.......she loves salmon.....I like to smoke it so a couple packages will stay here.....once smoked we make a mean fish dip with it....great for parties. Bob

And NO, you're not being too picky.....

So......you gave up fishing and took up Pipping.....

Well that's pretty stupid.........houses appreciate over time....boats DEPRECIATES once you take possession of it......who insures a 20 year old or OLDER boat......I don't....mine now 27 years old....but my home owners will cover it up to a point......and that's FREE...my favorite four letter word...

That all depends on how old your boat is.........I haven't had boat insurance on my vessel for over 15 years now......that insurance payment buys a lot of props and a lot of other fishing equipment....

Nice to hear this worked out for you.....I was watching this post as this would be (if ever) my next outboard motor, but probably a 50 - 90 hp.

I back reel all the time when walleye fishing and sometimes even when perch fishing..... Drags are nice but I NEVER depend on one with a large fish getting near the boat......when you start to get close to the boat, mono line now has minimum stretch because you have much less line out....ever notice most fish are lost just before netting....and it doesn't have to be the line broke but maybe the hook just pulled free because you no longer have that big amount of stretch to absorb those last strong runs/dives. I also use a very light rod and light line when perch fishing....but I catch a lot of smallmouth and in more recent years, many more walleye while perch fishing...back reeling is not for show, but rather to insure you land a larger fish then that rod was intended to catch.. Bob

All times I went through the locks I never seen anyone fishing them.

The one of the top was years old and probably filleted a thousand crappie and that's not counting perch and walleyes.....they do after a while wear down....but I know what you mean if someone doesn't know how to sharpen a fillet knife....

Great report.....LOVE looking at the pictures.......THANKS for sharing. Bob

Great reel, especially for that price.....got one for son on his birthday about 3 years ago......SMOOTH with those 9 ball bearings.....

I have about half dozen of the birch handled Rapala fillet knives....I prefer the 4" model for filleting and I use a 6" for skinning...errrr....I should say my wife uses a 6" knife for skinning....LOL...but true... When my knife looks like this I replace it....have the old ones all over for odd jobs...even have on hanging on my console of my my boat for quick access....

I haven't been on Lake Ontario for a while, being a perch and walleye guy....but my perch/walleye fishing buddy kept hounding me to tag along on a trip he set up with a friend that runs a charter boat out of Rochester, NY......that's a 1.5 hour ride from my house but I said OK.......then he calls me and says the 4th guy dropped out and could I get someone to make the 4th guy...one call to my high school buddy John and he was in if he could get the day off......that was no problem....with Don living in Lockport and John and I living only 3 miles away we met up with Don and his youngest son Adam at the Genesee River at 5:15am.....not much sleep that night...... So we started trolling straight out of the river at 80 feet and it was constant action......we lost quite a few half way in or right after they hit....twice we had a triple header on, but only landed the 3 at once one time...the first time I lost a horse after having it on for about 5 minutes ...it came to the surface and rolled about 50-60 feet from the boat....but I did make up for that on the last fish of the day....it was Mr Ed, weighing in at 28 lbs....largest fish of the day....I also got the largest Steelhead....so a GREAT day to be on the water.....waves never broke 6" and most times FLAT CALM..... So I'll just let the pics do the rest of the story.... We weren't sure what the official total fish count was so the first mate Matt took them all out of the coolers and spread them out on the deck...also made a good opportunity to photo them.....well the count was 11 fish and while everyone was taking pics the far left rod that was a dipsy on wire sprang into action.... It was yours truely turn.......it was a heavy fish and wouldn't quit....with the peanut gallery behind me warning me this could be a limit.....DON'T lose it, I fought it with caution.....nearly 6 minutes later we got a good look at this horse "MR. ED" he was named......but now he wanted to run under the boat.....LOTS of pressure on the rod kept him from doing that....and a minute or two later he came to the net...

Nice catch.....that's why they say Lake Erie has more fish then all the other Great Lakes combined.....

Blaque.........we went out of Rochester.....the Genesee River to be exact....straight out and started trolling at 80 feet and never had to go to more then 120 feet of water...

Wait until later or tomorrow.........I have a nice Lake Ontario Salmon report to put together......one word describes it best......KILLED...

THANK YOU.....if the Crystal Beach park don't work this could.....

This sounds PERFECT to get together after fishing and have a huge fish fry....