Fishmaster Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 Our tournament went off well on Saturday although we were not sure it was going to happen after the 3 meter waves on Erie Friday. The morning was dull and Grey with slight winds and a chance of rain however some die-hards decided to head out and give it a shot. We watched the weather forecast closely and would have moved the Tourney to Sunday had there been any chance that the boats entering would be put at risk. We left the Marina to head out to Port Maitland Pier at 6:30 am for shot gun start at 7:00 am finding only a one foot chop on the water. By noon the skies started to clear and we ended up with a beautiful day. It seems all boats headed their own direction ... There were 12 boats in total with many boats not being able to make it down from other ports due to weather conditions the day before. It turned out to be a great day on the water. All boats catching lots of walleye and donating a few fish for the fish fry ...A Big Thanks to Smokin Joe for his $80.00 donation and all that help Raise $400 in Cash for Bill Eastman's Family at the Fish Fry ... ;D Calcutta – Big Fish Trollanator – Bill Mustard and Bob Daley – 10.14lbs $220.00 1st Forever Fishin – Bob Rustowicz, Tom Brunn, Colin Setlock – 32.66lbs $300.00 2nd Fishmasters Charters – Steve Hardcastle, Paul Ducheno, Jame Houtby, Bernadette Amalfi – 30.31lbs $180.00 3rd Wavetamer – Don Ruppert, Scott Wind, Keith Wind – 29.45lbs $60.00 Hot Baits for us Saturday Green Harness big Dipsy 155 back on the #2 setting Cranberry Harness big Dipsys 185 back on a #2 setting Riggers down 62 to 70ft back 40ft with Big Willow Leaf Harness Pink & Purple. 10 Color Lead Core with a 2oz Gibbs Monkey Puke Harness ...Go Gett'em Walleye fishing is far from done yet boys and girls best depth has been 75 to 90 and the deeper you get the bigger the fish are ... Next year there is going to be some changes to the format of this tourney with a 50 boat Field and must be registered by 2 days before the tourney with a $25 a person enter fee min 2 guys max 4 ..with a Captains meeting to follow Friday night one team member must attend ... Thanks guys for another great tourney hope to see you all and many more next year ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 (edited) Thanks for the update. Other than bad weather, sounds like the tournament turned out well. Edited September 8, 2008 by Johnny Bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmaster Posted September 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 Bad Weather on a Friday dosen't mean bad weather for Saturday...it turned out to be a nice sunny day for the fish fry and awards .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 Great tourney report bud !!!!. ..man sounds like everyone had a great time,caught lots of fish,and even won some hard earned cash !!!!. ..some very impressive walleyes there too,great pictures of all the happy winners as well!!!!...thanks for sharing steve,maybe i can make it down there one day and fish that place....cheers man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmaster Posted September 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 Great tourney report bud !!!!. ..man sounds like everyone had a great time,caught lots of fish,and even won some hard earned cash !!!!. ..some very impressive walleyes there too,great pictures of all the happy winners as well!!!!...thanks for sharing steve,maybe i can make it down there one day and fish that place....cheers man Walleye fishing is awesome right now FD lots of hogs around ..another couple weeks and it sleep time for the big boat .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 Me and my father had a great time out there although we only came in fourth place with a weight of 29.19ls for four fish,,,still boated 9 fish altogether,,Definatley one of my favorite turneys of the year!! lake was nice and calm a few sprinkles in the morning but not a bad day at all!!,,,thanks guys had a great time and some good eatin afterwards!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Great report and pics Fishmaster Sure looked like the eyes were on the feed and really nice ones on those pics Good job guys! Thanks for sharing Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeXXington Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Excellent report, I only got out sunday. Next year I will make a bigger effort and try and get a crew looks like a great time was had by all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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