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nice fish and some nice bows in there as well. Hope the trout stay off you line for the fishoff. Bowen

there heading out of the surf that breaks when you get to a shallow beach.

Lexxington south winds on lake ontario ar an offshore widn so the waves are small but lake erie gets rough wit the wind coming right from teh other side.

Squid you dont need one if you know what your doing? You can be the best fisherman in the lake but you still dont know what the underwater currents are doing and that can throw off your speed which leads to poorer results. There is also no way to tell the ideal temperature without one of these which can leave you guessing teh whole day. Some days you catch fish no matter what but on the days the currents are screwy or the fish are feeding in their temperature they help alot. Bowen

Kens got it right the lunch was a very nice touch to. Bowen

Good idea with the styrafoam. I have made them with barrels and it worked well also. Bowen

Polliwog, No where in my post did i say this guy came from the rear i said whos fault was this, my post before had nothing to do with this boat but come on you cannot really believe the sailboat was the victim and the fishing boat was in the fault. In what way could the fishing boat have done anything diffrent he's going TWO MPH. The sailboat is going 12 or 13 the sailboat came from the side and cut right behind his ass. The fisherman is lucky he wasnt using leadcore or long leads becuase the sailboat would have caught his gear with the lead keel.

tell me whos fault this was

It also says in teh collison act all sailboats at all times maintain a proper look-out by sight and hearing as well as by all available means appropriate in the prevailing circumstances and conditions so as to make a full appraisal of the situation and of the risk of collision. Half the boats that go by us jump up and run to teh wheel becasue tehre to busy doing something else and not watching where they are going. The collison act also says Every vessel shall use all available means appropriate to the prevailing circumstances and conditions to determine if risk of collision exists. If there is any doubt such risk shall be deemed to exist. These guys dont turn or nothing half the time if we dont give way they would go right into you and wouldnt no it untill they hit. yet another law made by the collison act. If there is sufficient sea room, alteration of course alone may be the most effective action to avoid a close-quarters situation provided that it is made in good time, is substantial and does not result in another close-quarters situation. Is there not suffient sea room for sailboats who come right out of port and go right behind you and make it a close quarters situation?? Sailors ive talked to say they use fishing boats as a place to point there bow so they go in a straight line, how can the fishing boat change there course if the sailboat just changes it to go right towards them. Bowen

If a sailboat steers up the stern of my boat and keeps coming i have the right of way. http://www.tc.gc.ca/marinesafety/TP/tp14675/menu.htm The only usually serious times are when they come from the back but if they come from the front most of them can find the wheel and turn. If everyone is telling me they have teh right of way then tell me what im supposed to do in this situation. Im trolling at 2 mph and sailboat is coming up behind me at 10 miles per hour am i suppose to pull up all my lines and run a few feet for him to miss me. You will say blow your horn, dont worry ive done that many times these people jsut dont react a bit.

youre absolutely right Terry, their is a rule that states the boat which is least manuverable has the right of way so that means a trolling vessel going 2 knots has the right of way over a sailing vessel going 10 knots, Just think about it how is a fishing boat trolling with 8 lines out going to turn sharp enough to avoid sailboats and tangle all their lines when all the guy has to do is turn his wheel slightly to the left or right???? its just common sense. Bowen

there is also a rule that says the boat with the least manuverability has the right of way. Who do you think can turn faster a sailboat going 10 knots or a fishing boat with 8 lines out going 2 mph. Ive seen those sailboats turn on a dime and go back the way they came. They are very rude and have no respect for others. It just burns me when you will be the only boat on LAKE ONTARIO that you can see and a sailboat comes outta port and points his bow at you and keeps going, there is no reason for this and they are the ones who are wrong. Last year a sailboat came within 2 feet of a charter boat and didnt notice them untill the captain started yelling. Its just common curtisy to give people space, i mean if you want to come and see whats going on do so at a distance and dont cut behind all of our lines. Bowen

SAIL BOATS are my biggest pet peeve they come within throwing distnace of your boat when your trolling for salmon and cut right behind your lines and sometimes cut them off with their big lead keel and then you yell at them and they saywhat what did u do and try to blame it on you.

sounds like the lake flipped over Ice Fisherman.

thanks everybody and thankyou KF for the awesome report. I had a great time and hope to do it again soon. Stoty the first pic is a Salmon it just looks like it becasue she is holding the back towards the camera and it looks all green but if you look at the tail you can see the salmon dots. Bowen

thats reality for me guys. When you catch fish as big as i do you need something like that. Bowen

I was salmon fishing in port once and couldnt catch one that day i was almost ready to pack it in when i thought i got snagged untill it slowly sstarted coming in.....I got it up and it was a rod and reel with a salmon on it. I reeled in the salmon and kept the rod:) two in One

thanks Rick. Hope to contribute some big fish team 1

Hi all my name is Bowen Sandercock and im new to OFC. Im on a few other boards around niagara. I mainly fish salmon out of port weller and work for Steve on Fishmaster Charters. Looks like a good group of people and hope to meet some of you one day. here are some pictures. my PB laker caught this year Nice salmon shot My Boat Bowen