Sept 29th & 30th fishing report

No new pics this week.  But here is a picture of my brother from 1 year ago today with a 5 lb 6 oz. Lunker!

The bass had lock-jaw this weekend.  Very tough bite.  Only caught 4 bass for the weekend.  Sucky!!!

Saturday 29th -  Fished 7:45 a.m - 1:15 p.m.  Over five hours and only caught 1 bass.  49 degrees to start.  Light northwest wind.  Extremely foggy!  Had to stay in Big Bay for over and hour before the fog lifted. Also fished Conger Island and The Cut.  Fished 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.  Only 2 bass.  Denise caught them both south of Jennies Island.  Also fished Watch Island and Emery Island shoal.

Sunday 30th - Fished 8:25 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  Overcast skies, 50 degrees, light north wind.  Only caught 1 bass near Conger Island.

Last day of September.  Cool air, cool water, leaves are changing colors at the lake.  Only 2 weekends left before we close up for the season.  I hope the fish are biting better next weekend.  Until next time folks...        Fish On!

2012 winning team comments

Here is the comment from the winning team in the dash for cash 2012:

"First I would thank Ali and his staff for their time and effort in hosting this event. I look forward to this each year. This I believe may have been my 20th. year. I know all the rules and follow them. I was part of a team that tied for first place and my partner took the polygraph. I know what its like walking away from the weigh-in wondering what those guys did to get that weight.


Well I can tell you we did nothing different than any other year. We fished the spots that had fish on them earlier that week. I had only caught 1 fish over 5lbs. in practice and most were 14". I threw the same jig with a ZOOM trailer.

Believe me we are just as surprised to be able to get those bites and get them in the boat besides. The last fish we caught 5lbs was wittnessed by another contestant. The other 2 were caught behind other teams after they fished the same water. I hope they didn't see us.

We ended up using my partners boat because mine had a motor problem. We moved into an area that I was familar with and he gave me the front, not to many guys will do that. Its just one of many little things that made this a great day on the water.

My partner and I fish together at some open tournaments and we compete against each other in our club. Weather we win or lose we always congradulate the winners and we always have a good time. Did I mention he is great with the net.

I will admitt we had got really lucky this year. The level compation and the experiance that fish this is what makes winning this such so special."  Team #40.

Sept 22nd & 23rd fishing report

Denise with a nice 3 lb 6 oz.

 3 lb 11 oz & 4 lb 4 oz Lunkers.

Saturday 22nd -  First day of Autumn.  Nasty wind and rain in the morning.  West wind 10 - 20 mph with gusts to 35.  Could not fish in the morning.  Fished 1:00 p.m - 5:30 p.m.  We caught 7 bass.  Denise caught a nice 3 lb 6 oz using a bubble gum worm.

Sunday 23rd - 48 degrees, clear sky, southwest wind 10 mph and gusty.  Fished alone 7:50 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.  Caught 4 bass.  Two nice lunkers!  3 lb 11 oz at naked man point in The Cut.  4 lb 4 oz hawg at east Conger Island.  The wind ended up getting real bad.  Took final water sample of the season for the BL association.  Only a few more weeks to go before we close up for the season.  Hope we can catch a few more lunkers.  Until next time folks...     Fish On!

Sept 15th - 17th Dash for Cash weekend

Dash for Cash Weigh-in.  Only 8.09 lbs in the sack. 28th place.

 Boats at the launch before take-off.

 Crusing in to the launch.

 Carol, Ben & Tim at the Dash.

 Lunker Board. (hour 7 was 5.09 team 40)

Dash for Cash - Big Bass - Lunker Hunt weekend.

Arrived late Friday night.  It rained real hard almost the whole ride to the cottage.

Saturday 15th -  Practice day.  A cold fron moved in overnight.  43 degrees to start.  Wind 5 - 10 mph.  Fished 7:10 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.  Caught 10 bass.  Only 1 keeper.  Warmed up to 65 degrees, but the wind was chilly.

Sunday 16th - Tournament day.  Alarm clock went off at 4:00 a.m.  Starry sky, calm, no wind. 49 degrees.  Headed to the launch at 5:30 a.m.  Take off was at 6:25 a.m.  We caught 13 fish for the day.  Denise caught most of them.  Our 3 biggest were 3 lb 2 oz, 2 lb 7 oz and 2 lb 5 oz.  Total weight 7 lbs 14 oz.  Official tournament scale weight was 8.09 lbs.  We didn't have enough weight to finish in the top 20.  21st place weighed 8.52 lbs.  We were a tad short this year finishing in 28th place.  The winner of the tournament had 15.51 lbs.  They had 3 lunkers of the hour and lunker of the day.  Crushing the rest of the field.  Lunker of the day was 5.82 lbs.

Monday 17th -  No fishing.

Well, we had a blast fishing the tournament even though we didn't win any money.  Weather was perfect again.  Sunny all day, no wind until the afternoon.  High temp was around 70 degrees.  Looking forward to next year already.  Till next time folks...      Fish On!

Sept 8th & 9th fishing report

No pics this week so here's one from August 10th.  4 lb 10 oz Lunker and 3 lb 10 oz.



Saturday, Sept 8 -  Arrived 11 a.m.  We had 2 1/2 inches of rain in our gauge.  Woo hoo!  Finally got some good rain.  Lake level is up around 4 inches or so.  Major wind today so no fishing possible.  Also had a brief rain storm in the afternoon today.  It was raining sideways the wind was so strong.  NOAA weather station had a tornado watch for St. Lawrence county today.  A cold front is supposed to move in tonight.

Sunday, Sept 9 -  Cold front definately moved in.  COLD to start, 48 degrees. BRRRRRR!!!  Cold but fishable.  Fished 7:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.  Very light west wind.  Caught 9 bass.  Caught most in the dense weeds near the K buoy.  Also fish Upper Deep Bay, Emery Shoal (dead), M.P.B, and R.P.B.  Weeds are still dense in many areas making it tough to fish.  Warmed up to low 70's in the afternoon.

Short trip, came up alone, not much fishing.   9 total bass.  Most between 12" - 14" inches.

Next weekend is the Dash for Cash - Big Bass - Lunker Hunt, Tournament.  Practice will be on Saturday the 15th, tournament is Sunday 16th 7:00 a.m - 3:00 p.m.  136 teams are registered.  Hopefully we will do well and get a top 20 finish.  Well that's a wrap folks!  Until next week...    Fish On!

August 31st - Sept 3rd fishing report

We don't have any fishing pictures from this trip but here are some shots of the Blue Moon.  Evening of August 30th.



Friday 31st -  Nice warm day, 85 degrees, but severe winds kept us off the lake.  Went shopping in The Burg and bought a new couch.

Saturday, Sept 1 -  Clear sky to start, north wind 63 degrees.  Fished 7:10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Caught 11 bass.  We had 1 double header.  Didn't catch any big one.  Fished nearby Conger Island, Conger Shoals, U.D.B and The Cut.  Turned into a beautiful day weather wise.  Fished 6:15 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.  Caught 3 bass.  Fished the Devils Graveyard, U.D.B., and Pin Island.  Evening fishing was slow.  14 total bass for the day.

Sunday, Sept 2 - Cloudy and light north wind to start, 58 degrees.  Fished 6:40 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.  Fished alone.  Caught 9 bass.  Nothing big.  Fished near Jennies Island, Emery Island, U.D.B and Conger.  Another beautiful day weather wise!  80's.  Fished 6:15 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.  Caught 4 bass.  Fished Naked Man Point and Pin Island.  13 total bass for the day.

Monday, Sept 3 -  Clear, calm and cool to start, 53 degrees.  Fished 8:20 a.m. -12:15 p.m. Fished alone.  Caught 5 bass.  Fishing is slow.  Water level is the lowest I have ever seen it.  Water is still green with algae blooms.  We need some substancial rains bad!  However, another beautiful day with temps in the mid 80's.  We had a great Labor Day holiday! 

32 total bass for the long holiday.  Didn't catch anything big but had a lot of fun as usual.  Until next time folks...                  Fish On!