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Love the new ride Billy, Penn Yans were always one of my favorites. If I ever move up from the Thompson, I'm pretty sure it'll either be a Penn Yan in that size range or a Tiara 2700 open. Tim

I wish Unfortunately as far as I can remember, the only woman to be on the boat since I got it was my sister Oh well. Tim

Yeah, gotta use a pee bucket since the gunwales are a lot higher than the little guy There's usually 3 of us on the boat occasionally 4, so typically 6 rods, very occasionally will I run 8 (2 rods per person here in NY), even with 4 in the boat. My typical spread is 2 riggers, 2 divers (either 2 wire or 1 wire 1 power pro) 1 half or full core (depending on time of year) on a church board and a 200' copper on a church board. If I run 8 rods I'll try to add a mono diver (or slide diver) and either a second core on a board or a thumper rod down the chute. Tim

1986 Thompson Model 252 Hardtop (24') 5.0L Mercruiser Still running the dinosaur Lawrance LMS 350A for a graph (it still works and has good screen resolution, so why not) Garmin 172C Chartplotter Simrad AP 14 Autopilot Depth Raider 2 Scotty 1116 Propack Elec Downriggers Cabelas Black Box 12"x12" Lenco electric Trim Tabs here's a pic of it shortly after I bought it in 2002 before it was fully rigged And here it is fully fitted out. Ive since retired the two old 80's vintage mag 10's and have just gone with 2 riggers. Tim

I don't have pics of most of my biggest salmon. My biggest was a 38 lb male caught off the Olcott Pier in Lake Ontario in September of 1992. Here is a pic of a 32 lb king I caught in August of 1998 out in the boat offshore out of Olcott. Tim

One day in mid august out of Olcott NY on Lake Ontario, just me and dad in the boat running our 4 rods. The lake had just flipped from some NE winds and everybody else picked up and ran offshore to fish. On a hunch we stayed inside and found good numbers of matures in 50-80 fow and we had the lake to ourselves. We ended up 7/9 and our 6 king limit weighed 18 1/2, 21, 24, 27, 28 and 30 lbs. We had plenty of day when we caught more fish, but that was our best trip on stricly matures for the year. Here's the group lined up and here's Dad with his first 30 lber Tim

I used to, finally got too fed up with the numbers jumping around and lost all confdence in it. So I bought a Depth Raider last year and love it. Most of the guys I know have the Subtroll since Moor is local right here in Buffalo, NY and have fished on several boats with that unit and it is just as reliable (actually, the same technology as the Depth Raider, which Moor developed around 20 years ago) I just like the digital display over the analog, otherwise, they are both great units. As the others have stated, maybe the unpredictable current situation is worse here on Lake Ontario (especially here on the west end with the Niagara river Outflow) but I would give up my graph before my down speed and temp. Tim

Sure, but you still gotta take that obnoxious 3 foot tall trophy for a year Tim

The Boat Name is FishStyx. There is a conceptual graphic to go along with it if I ever get around to paying someone with some modicum of artistic talent to airbrush it on for me. Picture a viking longboat, the grim reaper up in the bow, a skeleton/demon poleing the boat down the river Styx and two guys fishing out the back on their way to Purgatory. Tim

On Thursday March 8th at 7pm the Lake Ontario Trout & Salmon Association (LOTSA) will be sponsoring their first fishing seminar of the year. This seminar will be on the 2007 Great Lakes Trout & Salmon Outlook. Dave Mull who is the editor of Great Lakes Angler magazine will be giving the seminar. Dave is a very popular speaker on Great Lakes Trout & Salmon fishing and has recently moved to western New York to enjoy our excellent Lake Ontario fishery. Dave will share some of his vast knowledge from the other Great Lakes and be available to answer questions throughout the seminar. He will also offer significantly reduced rates for new or extended subscriptions to Great Lakes Angler magazine. LOTSA is a group of mainly weekend recreational fishermen who are dedicated to the enhancement of the Lake Ontario Sport-Fishery including the pen rearing project at Olcott. Each meeting also features a sharing of information the current fishing conditions. So come join us and become more successful at fishing Lake Ontario! The seminar will be held at the Cornell Cooperative Extension, 4487 Lake Avenue (Route 78 two miles north of Lockport), Lockport, NY 14094. The seminar is open to the public with a $5 charge for non-members. Call 636-0519 with any questions.