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Wondering how many members here plan to make it out for the derby? What Port are you heading out of? How many days will you fish?
I've got a friend coming up to port tonight. We are going to hit the water pretty hard after the clock strikes midnight. Not sure what direction we are headed in yet but will have the VHF on.
:wave
Leaving Sat AM for Port Elgin . Will not likely make it out till Sun AM but hoping to be out every morning for the next week ( weather permitting ) . Will likely make it out a few evening depending on wifes schedule , company , afternoon soda pops etc . Call sign is " Downtime " . Best of luck .
Neil
A few reminders to all.
Ticket sales are now closed at most outlets except the following, cash only till 6.pm. daily:
HI-Way Variety - Kincardine
Lake Huron Rod & Gun - Underwood
J&S Tackle - Port Elgin
Martins Home Hardware - Southampton
Ferndale Food Mart - Lions Head
Fletcher Sports - Shallow Lake
Ace'n JJ's Gas & Convenience Inc. - Walkerton
Lambeth Rod & Tackle - London
Kingsway Fishing Tackle - Guelph
Rainbow Sports - Waterloo
The Derby weigh stations are open tonight, Friday July 27, from 6 to 9:30 p.m. for ticket sales only. Tickets are of course available at the weigh stations during the Derby. Online purchases are available with PayPal on the Derby web site.
Parking and launching are free in Kincardine Southampton and Pike Bay. In Port Elgin remember to obtain free passes for launch and parking.
Tickets are not valid until the next day. You must have a ticket sold at least one day before you intend to fish. If you book a charter, the skipper is allowed to sell you a ticket on the day of your booking.
I'll be happy to answer any questions to the best of my ability here.
Enjoy and be safe.
Great, thanks for the info and reminders Nick. I'm in countdown mode right now. So pumped to get out and just enjoy the time on the water!
Very excited. The kids, my father and I will be fishing out of Kincardine. Going down to the boat in a little while to do a final inventory and check over. I should be out every evening, weather permitting, and about 8 mornings. Fishing out of "Fish Hawk", our 22 foot Aquasport. Give us a shout on the radio sometime.
Headed down to Erie tonight to pick up the Whaler for the summer salmon derby season.
Will be fishing every evening and morning I can manage to make work. Trip from home is only about 25 minutes so I am sure there will be plenty of trips.
Ports?....Wherever the fish are, likely North of Port Elgin.
No VHF chit chat for this guy....
Switch "cloaking mode" to "ON" ............ Whose got good binoculars? ;)Quote:
Originally posted by Josh Choronzey
........ No VHF chit chat for this guy....
:)
Josh is just scared that someone will reverse look up his vhf and find out where him and all of the fish are hiding :pQuote:
Originally posted by GilTam
Switch "cloaking mode" to "ON" ............ Whose got good binoculars? ;)Quote:
Originally posted by Josh Choronzey
........ No VHF chit chat for this guy....
We will be out of Baie de Dor tomorrow around 4am. Good luck out there boys! call out for the "Lenny Zee" if you are looking to chat.
Some vhf are also connected to GPS so you can locate each other.
I will be there for the first time fishing lake Huron giving my wife a boat ride, we got our tickets just in case but it will be just maybe for a couple of times just to fish the lake.
What channel do you guys use if you're in Kincardine?
I'm "Red.... on the Galaxy"....
I'll probably call for any GBO members so you guys can show me how to catch these fish.
I believe most of the fisherman hang out on channel 71.
Weather permitting we will be out of Port Elgin first thing in the morning. Some one will be out on the "Firefly" for every day of the derby. I personally will be here this weekend, home for 5 days of work
Then back for the long weekend and the following week.
We are willing to share info with anyone, just return info in kind.
We monitor channel 71.
Good luck to all, safe boating, and tight lines.
Mike
Committee members picked up outlying tickets today and we began entering them into the system.
As of this moment we have 838 entrants and I think that's it for today - immediately prior to Day 1. Some of our committee may be on a well deserved break, but if you have a ticket, rest assured you're good for tomorrow. Charter tickets and later data entries may bump the total. But I'm happy with 839 because last year we had 819 at the end of day 1 including charters.
I met Kyle Watson and his delightful family tonight and can tell you all to forget about Choronzey, Freiberger, Wilton, Von Moorsberg and the usual suspects.
Watson entered his kids - so forget it.
I'm on tomorrow morning at Kincardine and in and out sporadically. Have had to cut back. Hope to greet many of you through the week.
Will keep all posted on developments.
We are planning to fish on Monday and then maybe another day during the week.
Good luck everyone....
louie
Anybody been out yet?
I was there looking things over Saturday but it was too windy for me.
Should start fishing tomorrow weather permitting.
Guys getting any? Don't need details just want to know if anybody was able to catch anything.
Louie,
Sat am. we went 4 for 4, Sunday am., 6 for 7. Nothing big but at least we caught fish.
Out of Port Elgin.
Seemed to be quite a few fish being weighed in at the Port Elgin weigh station.
Good luck
Mike
Great to know.
I left my boat at Kincardine so I should be in the water around 10 am,
hope you guys catch the big one....
I'm just lucky I convinced my wife to go fishing again as until this year her back was bothering her especially with the bumpy boat ride.
I change a lot of things on the boat to make more room plus a nice chair with a firm back and taking it easy on the ride so she'll go fishing.
Maybe catching some nice ones will perk up her interest again.
Take care all....
Good luck Louie!
Bedford is at it again!!:)
I couldn't find anything big over the weekend. Wasn't getting deep enough I think. Biggest fish for us was 6lb walleye, LOL. Back at er again tonight though!
Some nice swells out there Saturday afternoon! I can't believe the amount of 17foot aluminums with very small engines out there in that.... just my :2: though
Left pt elgin harbour this morning at 8am to 20 trucks/trailers in the lot. Hah. And I thought a weekday was going to be quieter.
These guys revving up their 2 strokes at 4am in the morning at the launch ramp are really starting to p!ss me off.
You are looking for peaceful tranquility during a fishing derby? :DQuote:
Originally posted by chris studiman
......... These guys revving up their 2 strokes at 4am in the morning at the launch ramp are really starting to p!ss me off.
Hah, I thought thats what fishing was...Quote:
Originally posted by GilTam
You are looking for peaceful tranquility during a fishing derby? :DQuote:
Originally posted by chris studiman
......... These guys revving up their 2 strokes at 4am in the morning at the launch ramp are really starting to p!ss me off.
I'm just complaining I guess. I could think of it as a positive - could be an alarm clock and excuse to wake up and go fishing right?
These guys revving up their 2 strokes at 4am in the morning at the launch ramp are really starting to p!ss me off. [/quote]
Get more sleep and put in after us two bangers leave the launch. I'm really getting sick of watching guys in 20+ footers learn to launch and load their boats during a derby. But I'll deal with it, as should you. :wave
jf
Get more sleep and put in after us two bangers leave the launch. I'm really getting sick of watching guys in 20+ footers learn to launch and load their boats during a derby. But I'll deal with it, as should you. :waveQuote:
Originally posted by jamiefenton
These guys revving up their 2 strokes at 4am in the morning at the launch ramp are really starting to p!ss me off.
jf [/quote]
Hahaha
I don't need to launch, no worries there... I don't leave the water.
All I'm asking for is a later wake up call :)
I guess you didn't get my joke. oh well
:wave
Got in the water around 10:00AM as scheduled and everything was doing well until about 2 hrs later I had to try something new.
Well within 45 minutes I had a big mess and had spend time cutting lines lines and retrieving tangled lures.
So, we spent 3 hrs in the water and half of it was trying to take everything off. Just one of those days.
That was enough for me and it wasn't the smoothest ride anyway.so we spent most of the day soaking the shade and relaxing away.
An hour later a 23 ft boat parked beside us getting ready for the drive home with 2 of it's passengers feeling green from the boat ride.LOL
This is supposed to be fun....:P:D:P
Boat launches can be some of the best forms of entertainment. I have seen everything from boats launched before they even hit the water to boat truck & trailer and everthing else launched.
I must admit it is very frustrating if you are waiting for your turn to launch and the ones in front of you have no idea what they are doing.
I think that it should be maditory that before you buy a boat should have to prove you know how to launch one or at least back it up.
Bob