Way to go Adrien! Pretty Steelie.
Thanks for the report.
Richard

It was a good time... I actually like the fact that the fishing was tough. If everyone is limiting out on fish, its more of a "luck" thing as to who wins. (You HAVE to keep the first 12 fish of legal size for these derbies - but only two lakers max - so NO culling for bigger fish.) When you have to work to find fish... and then get them to bite... its a big challenge. Knowing everyone else is working just as hard to find them makes it kinda stressful but sure adds to the anticipation of weigh-in!
Starting to get to know more of the guys involved in these tourneys and that makes it more enjoyable too. Its incredible to see some of the boats that pull out of port in the morning! Wow! Very nice decks these people are fishing from.
I'll try to get a few pics up (tomorrow) of a couple more fish and the morning "parade" out of the harbor.
Oh yeah... in case you didn't notice... take a look at the background of the pic YoA posted. Not often Lake O looks so calm. What a gorgeous day Sunday.

Congratulations Adrien and crew!!!! A job well done...
Doc

Is that your father in a dress shirt, fancy sweat shirt and cool sun glasses? Has he gone Hollywood? What happened to the jeans and T-shirt?

That is a MEMBERS ONLY Jacket i will have you know, John IS Hollywood!! LOL!!!!!

Good Job Guys ! And that steelhead sure is pretty. Cal P.

Here's a few pics from the last couple weekends...

Olcott the day before the tourney


Olcott first morning of Pro departure. Little crowded in the port, but John was still happy to shine his pearly whites for the camera! That's our appointed observer on the right.


Prefish day at Oak Orchard. Andrew (our observer for the weekend) with a nice one!


Leaving port first Pro departure of the Oak... in front...


and behind... tight quarters...


The view from the helm... Tom fighting, Adrien removing the slider and John doing the heavy looking... haha

Craig
Nice pics, busy harbor, flat lake, trip must have been priceless! Thanks for sharing.
Richard

Besides the 4 pro am tournaments there are 3 seperate Challenge Cups that combine the first 2 west end events, the 2 east end events and then an overall cup winner.

There are 30 Pro Teams in the west end challenge cup race and after the 2 western events we are in 19th place out of the 30. That is as far as we can go on the west end leg but we can start over on the east end cup and then combine for a year end total.

Here's looking up, but still satisfied with 19 as these were my first 2 events as the official captain of the team, each trip out is a big learning experiance and we make the most of it as we strive to chase down the best of the best.