Summer LOC Derby
The awards ceremony for the 2008 Summer LOC Derby was held in conjunction with the Wayne County Pro-Am last weekend in Sodus Point. For me, the highlight of the ceremony was seeing 12 year old Ryan Bobzin tell the story about his 28.08 lb King salmon that ended up winning the youth division and placed third in the Salmon division. You should've seen this kid's eyes light up when Bill Hilts asked him if he was gonna come back to Lake Ontario fishing again! His eyes got as big as pie plates and his entire face lit up as he nodded his head and said and emphatic "Yes!". Awesome job on the big fish Ryan! The Grand Prize winner was a 31.14 lb King that was taken by Carrie Choate of Gasport. I saw the King at the ceremony and it was a real pig. Congratulations Carrie. Job well done!
We had a pretty good derby ourselves and ended up placing two fish on the final 2008 Summer LOC Derby leader board. Rich Peaslee from Lowman, NY took the 20th place brown on board our boat on June 21st right out in front of Fair Haven in about 30 FOW. The big brown took a Dreamweaver Super Slim Area 51 spoon fished off of our Cannon downriggers. When we weighed the fish in, it sat in 4th place and we all anxiously watched the fish move down the leader board during the final week of the derby. Rich did a great job of battling the big brown and we were all very happy to see the fish hold on to that final spot on the leader board. Congratulations on a great fish Rich! I'm happy I was out there with you when you caught it. Here's a pic of Rich and his 20th place brown:
The following weekend we were out fishing in the Mustad Challenge and our good friend Rick Hajecki from Rochester, NY landed a big 25.12 lb King on our boat that ended up placing 17th in the final 2008 Summer LOC Derby standings. The fish also won big fish honors at the Mustad Challenge as well as the Shane Zimmerman Memorial Big Fish Award. Rick had his fish take a Sigg's Rigs Green Hypnotist fly that was trailing a Green Double Crush Glow Smart Fish on a 600' copper rod out in 130 FOW just East of Fair Haven. We had a severe lightning storm bearing down on us as Rick fought this beauty, so while Rick was hooked up the rest of us were frantically tearing down rods and getting the boat ready to run into the bay to take shelter from the storm. The second the fish hit the deck we powered up and we made it to the dock just a minute or two before the storm hit. Needless to say, we were all pretty excited with Rick's catch. Congratulations on a beautiful fish Rick! Here's Rick and his 17th place King:
Way to go fellas. You guys certainly made June a month to remember for us. I'm happy for both of you and I look forward to the next time we can get out on the water together in search of BIG fish!
Until Next Time,
Fish On!!
~Capt. Bill
We had a pretty good derby ourselves and ended up placing two fish on the final 2008 Summer LOC Derby leader board. Rich Peaslee from Lowman, NY took the 20th place brown on board our boat on June 21st right out in front of Fair Haven in about 30 FOW. The big brown took a Dreamweaver Super Slim Area 51 spoon fished off of our Cannon downriggers. When we weighed the fish in, it sat in 4th place and we all anxiously watched the fish move down the leader board during the final week of the derby. Rich did a great job of battling the big brown and we were all very happy to see the fish hold on to that final spot on the leader board. Congratulations on a great fish Rich! I'm happy I was out there with you when you caught it. Here's a pic of Rich and his 20th place brown:
The following weekend we were out fishing in the Mustad Challenge and our good friend Rick Hajecki from Rochester, NY landed a big 25.12 lb King on our boat that ended up placing 17th in the final 2008 Summer LOC Derby standings. The fish also won big fish honors at the Mustad Challenge as well as the Shane Zimmerman Memorial Big Fish Award. Rick had his fish take a Sigg's Rigs Green Hypnotist fly that was trailing a Green Double Crush Glow Smart Fish on a 600' copper rod out in 130 FOW just East of Fair Haven. We had a severe lightning storm bearing down on us as Rick fought this beauty, so while Rick was hooked up the rest of us were frantically tearing down rods and getting the boat ready to run into the bay to take shelter from the storm. The second the fish hit the deck we powered up and we made it to the dock just a minute or two before the storm hit. Needless to say, we were all pretty excited with Rick's catch. Congratulations on a beautiful fish Rick! Here's Rick and his 17th place King:
Way to go fellas. You guys certainly made June a month to remember for us. I'm happy for both of you and I look forward to the next time we can get out on the water together in search of BIG fish!
Until Next Time,
Fish On!!
~Capt. Bill
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