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LOC Derby News - Fall 2014 1

2015 Derby DatesSpring - May 1st - 10th Summer - June 13th -July 26th

Fall - Aug. 21st - Sept. 7th

Vol 10 No 2

LOC DERBY NEWSHERE COME THE KINGS!

Get in on the action and your share of $57,800 in Cash and $6500 in merchandise Prizes!

August 15th-September 1st, 2014$25,000 CASH for the largest King!

Entry Fee Only $30 Youth $15One Day Pass $15 Adult/Youth $7

See page 10 for a Complete Prize Breakdown

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Tustin Wins $15,000 Grand PrizeSpring LOC Derby Winners Have Amazing Stories

By Bill Hilts, Jr.

The Spring Lake Ontario Counties (LOC) Trout and Salmon Derby, held May 2-11, 2014, was filled with unique, hu-morous and inspiring stories this year when the awards ceremony was held on Mother’s Day at Captain Jack’s in Sodus Point. While most sane anglers were honoring their mothers during this special holiday, the LOC Derby winners were recapping their fishing adventures on Lake Ontario during an extremely unusual spring after one of the most severe winters on record. The $15,000 Grand Prize fish – which must now be a salm-on after new rules were enacted in 2013 to headline New York’s big money fish, the “king” – went to John Tustin of Canonsburg, Penn. Just one ounce separated the Grand Prize and second place

Brace Yourself – Female Angler Wins LOC Derby … Again

By Bill Hilts, Jr.

The Summer Lake Ontario Counties (LOC) Trout and Salmon Derby was held June 14-July 27, 2014 and once again some very impressive catches came to the scales for this popular lakewide competition. After some seesaw action that saw West battle East in most of the species categories, it was the middle of the lake that came through with the Grand Prize catch – a 31 pound, 11 ounce Chinook salmon that was hauled in by Stepha-nie Brace of Oswego while pre-fishing the Sodus Pro-Am out of Wayne County. She collected the $10,000 Grand Prize (plus the $100 daily salmon prize in July) at the awards ceremony held at Captain Jack’s in Sodus Point on July 27. While more and more women have been enjoying out-

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The Lake Ontario Trout and Salmon Association (LOT-SA) has announced its plans moving forward for 2015 on its popular Salmon School and Lake Ontario Marketplace Expo. The group has secured the instructors for its Salmon School on Saturday January 24, 2015. The Marketplace Expo will be held January 25. Both will coincide with the Second Annual Greater Niagara Fishing and Outdoor Expo to be held Jan. 23-25 at the Conference and Events Center of Niagara Falls. Based upon experiences from past Salmon Schools, Presi-dent Joe Yaeger of Amherst knew what he was looking for. He knew they needed 2 to 3 instructors to effectively teach the 6 hour class. The angling group wanted them to be expert fishermen who have fished out of many different ports and been successful wher-ever they fished. They wanted them to be experienced in catching a lot of fish (running charters) and with catching large Kings (tourna-ment fishermen). They wanted people who spend the majority of their season fishing the Western end of Lake Ontario and some-one who spends the majority of their year fishing the Eastern end

of Lake Ontario. They also wanted someone who knows the Lake Michigan fishery very well but also has experience fishing Lake Ontario. They wanted guys that would openly share their knowl-edge with them and were comfortable giving fishing seminars. Yaeger believes that they found these guys in a group headed up by Capt. Paul Czarnecki of Waterford, PA (“Freespirit” out of Oak Orchard); Capt. Greg Gehrig of Oswego (“Top Gun” out of Oswego); and Mark McClutchey (“Diabolical” out of Lake Michi-gan). Yaeger thinks that these 3 guys working together will give them another excellent class and are diversified enough to give attendees some new things to think about over the winter.

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The 2014 Spring LOC Grand Prize WinnerJohn Tustin with a 23 pound 12 ounce Salmon The 2013 Summer LOC Grand Prize Winner

Patrick Comerford with a 36 pound 5 ounce SalmonThe 2013 Spring LOC Grand Prize Winner

Patrick Beckman with a 29 pound 11 ounce SalmonThe 2012 Fall LOC Grand Prize Winner

Anthony Campanella with a 35 pound 1 ounce SalmonThe 2012 Spring LOC Grand Prize Winner

Brodie Ingalls with a 31 pound 6 ounce SalmonThe 2011 Spring LOC Grand Prize Winner

Christa Saunderson with a 27 pound 14 ounce Lake TroutThe 2011 Summer LOC Grand Prize Winner

Marty Polovick with a 36 pound 14 ounce salmonThe 2010 Spring LOC Grand Prize Winner

Anthony Mang with a 32 pound 14 ounce salmonThe 2010 Summer LOC Grand Prize Winner

Scott Sherwood with a 33 pound 11 ounce salmonThe 2010 Fall LOC Grand Prize Winner

Richard Priset with a 39 pound 8 ounce salmonThe 2009 Spring LOC Grand Prize Winner

Thomas Mitchell with a 24 pound 8 Ounce SalmonThe 2008 Fall LOC Grand Prize Winner

Gary Ramming Jr with a 35 pound 12 ounce Salmon The 2008 Summer LOC Grand Prize Winner

Carrie Choate with a 31 pound 14 ounce SalmonThe 2007 Fall LOC Grand Prize Winner

Michael Fox with a 31 lb 15 Ounce SalmonThe 2006 Spring LOC grand Prize Winner

Gene Johnson with a 27 Pound 0 Ounce SalmonThe 2005 Spring LOC Grand Prize Winner

Josh Houghtaling with a 26 pound 9 ounce SalmonThe 2004 Spring LOC Grand Prize Winner

Allan Rosenthal with a 29 pound 11 ounce Lake Trout The 2003 Fall LOC Grand Prize WinnerMichael Loya with a 33 lb. King Salmon

The 2003 Spring LOC Grand Prize WinnerJoe Greco with a 23 pound 14 ounce King Salmon

The 2002 Spring LOC Grand Prize WinnerScot Palmer with a 26 pound 13 ounce Salmon.

The 2001 Lake Ontario Counties Spring DerbyLynn Cunningham with a 28 pound 9 ounce Lake Trout

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Reel Excitement, Screamer Win Tourney; Maverick and Screamer Win Cups

By Bill Hilts, Jr.

What a difference a week can make, especially as it relates to fishing. In the first weekend of the Niagara USA version of the 30th Annual Lake Ontario Pro-Am Salmon Team Tournament out of the ports of Olcott and Wilson, tournament limit catches were the norm. In the final weekend of the two-tournament con-test held May 31-June 1, only one team had a 12-fish limit both days – and they won the tournament, held in memory of Walter “Skip” Hartman. In the Classic Division of the two-day tournament, Reel Excitement led by Capt. Bob Songin of Rochester was the top dog by putting together two consistent days of fishing for a total score of 360.2 points (based on 10 points per fish and a point per pound for the contest). They were in fifth place after the first day, more than 37 points behind leader Ace Charters and Capt. Jimmy Samia of Massachusetts. They won a check for $6,000. “We started at the Niagara Bar and picked up some salm-on and trout there the first day, then picked up to look for some bigger fish off Wilson,” said Songin at the awards ceremony in Krull Park, Olcott. “The second day we focused most of our day on the Bar, thinking it would give us our best chance for num-bers. It did.” After three days of east wind, fishing went south for most of the trollers, including Ace. After a limit catch the first day, they could only muster seven fish for day two to score 103 for the day and a two day total of 328.08 points and fall short of Songin’s efforts. They earned a check for $3,100. Rounding out the Top 7 in the money were Oh Baby led by Matt LeClair of Plattsburgh with 302.48 points; Capt. Chris LoPresti and his Maverick team from Spencerport with 295.02; Capt. Bob Stevens of Medina and his Sunrise II team with 282.76 points; Screamer led by Dave Antenori of Pennsylvania with 278.70; and Todd Pavlik’s Pacific Time team with 248.21 points.

Capt. Rob Taddeo and his Hideout team caught the big fish, a 23.73 pound king salmon for this tournament. This took us to the Niagara USA Classic Cup, awarded for consistency over the two weekends. Using a unique scoring system, top team over the two weekends was LoPresti’s Maverick with a final score of 533 – earning a check for $20,000. Second place was Screamer with a score of 518, good for $10,000. Third place was White Mule led by Capt. Bob Cinelli of Newfane with a score of 488. The team won $5,000. In the Trophy Division of the tournament, which repre-sents the best five fish each day, Screamer moved in from eighth place after the first day to nip Day One leader Ace by less than three points – 198.05 to 195.10. They earned a check for $3,000. Third place was Maverick with 177.62 points, followed by Top Gun/Free Spirit led by Capt. Greg Gehrig of Oswego with 176.39; Reel Excitement with 176.11; Pacific Time with 172.25; and Tomahawk and Jonathan Ross with 172.18 points – five places separated by five points. In the Niagara USA Trophy Cup, Antenori scored 538 overall to win the $5,000 check based on the two Niagara tourna-ments. Second place was LoPresti’s Maverick squad with 518, good for $3,000. Third place honors went to Top Gun/Free Spirit with a score of 294. They received a $2,000 check. In the Recreational Open Division, a more relaxed cat-egory with fewer rules based on a three fish catch, Renegade led by Anthony LaRock of Burt won top honors with a score of 85.55 points which included a big fish of 22.27 points. They won $725 for first place, $200 for big fish and a $500 gift Certificate for Fish Hawk. Second place was Balls Deep and Bob Woods of Pennsyl-vania with 67.01; third was Mean Machine and Kyle Hovak of North Tonawanda with 63.86; and Balls Deep 3 was fourth with a score of 62.02 points, led by Brandon Poole of Newfane. For the Sunday Recreational Open contest, Tri-Lakes, led by Matthew Briggs of Arkport was the leading scorer with a total of 75.84 points. They also weighed in big fish for the day, a 22.79 pound king salmon. Second place was Renegade with 73.90 points. Third place went to Just One More and Bryan Lukehart of Pennsylvania with a score of 66.20. Fourth place was Ray Pacuilli and his Double R team from North Tonawanda with a score of 40.00 points.

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38th Annual Greater Niagara Fish Odyssey Derby Set for August 17-25

The Greater Niagara Fish Odyssey Derby – the derby formally known as the “Fall Classic” – will be holding its 38th Annual contest August 16-24, 2014. In what started out as the Niagara County Fishing Derby, this competition is now opened to three counties (Niagara, Erie and Orleans) in an attempt to encourage more involvement in this family-oriented event. With a big focus on the Junior Division, this move will give the kids more opportunity to wet a line because of the fact that they are out of school. With the huge Lake Ontario Counties (LOC) Trout and Salmon Fall Derby kicking off on Aug. 15, this will give contest-hungry anglers an appetizer to the big bucks. While most ev-erything else is the same, there are a few new twists that could land you a few extra dollars. First, a daily $100 prize for the biggest salmon caught each day – taking a page out of the LOC event – is being offered August 16-23. Second, the Lake Ontario Trout and Salmon Association (LOTSA) is back again with a special $500 cash prize for the largest salmon caught by a LOT-SA member while competing in the derby. In addition to that, the witness (which also has to be a LOTSA member) will also receive a check for $200. When you register for the Fish Odys-sey, toss in another $10 for your LOTSA membership and you’ll be considered registered in that fine organization. You can also register online at www.lotsa.org. Species categories for the adults include salmon, small-mouth bass, walleye, carp, lake trout and brown/rainbow trout. For the kids 15 years and under, categories will be salmon, trout, bass, walleye, carp and panfish. Entry fee will stay the same at $20 for the adults; free for the kids. A one day pass will also be available for $10. It doesn’t get any easier than that. Kids can register online at www.fishodyssey.net. The adults can, too! Changes to the Odyssey website should be in place very soon thanks to Karen Evarts at The Boat Doctors. Check out www.fishodyssey.net regularly. Registrations should be out by Aug. 1 wherever LOC registrations are available in Erie, Niaga-ra and Orleans counties. Every year the derby remembers someone we lost previ-ously that meant a lot to the fishery and this year it’s Charlie the Chimp who passed on late in 2013. He was honorary chairchimp since 2002, giving kids a special challenge to try and beat his marks to win a special prize. He also enjoyed fishing and was the recipient of quite a bit of media coverage when he competed in the big 2001: A Fish Odyssey. We are sad to see Charlie go, but his memory will live on in the Fish Odyssey. Once again, The Primate Sanctuary (thanks to Carmen and Christie Presti) will be donating a new bike that will be drawn at the awards ceremony for every kid that’s registered in the fun contest. Get those kids out fishing!!

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Vision Quest Dominates Niagara Pro-Am May 24-25

By Bill Hilts, Jr.

In the first leg of the 30th Annual Lake Ontario Pro-Am Salmon Team Tournament, it was the Vision Quest team led by Capt. Pete Alex of Erie, Pennsylvania who swept both the Trophy and Classic Divisions to take the top prizes in the contest held May 24-25 out of the ports of Olcott and Wilson.The team’s two day total of 507.89 points (based on 10 points per fish and a point per pound) was enough to beat out runner-up Maverick (led by Capt. Chris LoPresti of Spencerport) by just 10 points in the Classic Division. In the Trophy Division, Vision Quest nipped Maverick by .4 points with a score of 258.42 to 258.02, one of the closest finishes in the history of the tournament. Vision Quest won $6,000 in the Classic; $3,000 in the Trophy. The big money, however, is the combined two-tournament scoring for the Niagara USA Cup – which Vision Quest is NOT fishing due to a prior commitment the weekend of May 31-June. The stage is set and it’s anyone’s game. “We were fishing close to our port of Wilson because we were experiencing some motor problems,” said Alex at the awards ceremony in Krull Park, Olcott. “Most of our fish came on a Dreamweaver spin doctor and a green-glow fly in 140 to 190 feet of water off the red barn between Wilson and Olcott, fishing deep-er to try and target bigger fish.” His strategy worked. The team had a limit catch of 12 fish for the tournament each day. Catching a limit did not ensure being in the prize money as fishing turned on in the lake for the tournament. The first day, there were 22 classic limits; the second day there were 18 limits. Catching bigger fish was key and team strategies had to adapt their program to try and focus on bigger salmon. Only 12 fish are allowed in the Classic Division and no culling is allowed so if a smaller tournament fish was caught and reeled in, it must be kept as part of the tournament limit. Rounding out the Top 7 in the Classic Division were: Screamer-Atommik, Dave Antenori of Pennsylvania with 486.93 points; Yankee Troller, Capt. Richard Hajecki of Rochester with 482.84 points (and defending champ of the Niagara tournament and the cup); Runnin’ Rebel, Capt. Jerry Felluca of Hilton with a score of 477.94 points; White Mule, Capt. Bob Cinelli of Newfane with 474.85 points; and Good Time Charlie, Capt. Dan Kelly of Pennsylvania with 468.56 points. In the Trophy Division, which represents the best five fish in the box for the day, third place went to White Mule with 255.64 points, followed by Yankee Troller with 251.86 points; Runnin’ Rebel with 249.11 points; Screamer with 244.98 points and Top Gun led by Capt. Greg Gehrig of Oswego with 237.70 points. In the Recreation Open Division, it was Great Escape led by Tom Pearce to win first place and big fish in the single day event based on a three-fish catch. His score was 84.10 and his big fish was a 21.54 pound king salmon. Second place was Renegade and Anthony LaRock of Burt with 83.68 points – less than a point off the pace. Third place was Balls Deep 3 led by Brandon Poole of Newfane with a score of 81.90 points (and winner of the Sat-urday open division contest). Fourth place was Leviathan and Marlowe Beis of Grand Island with 77.52 points.

There was a cup for the Recreational Open anglers, too. Participants could take their best two scores over the two week-ends to vie for the Niagara USA Recreational Open Cup and a check for $500. In the battle for supremacy, Renegade came out on top over Balls Deep 3 by a score of 169.23 points to 164.47 points – another close battle of consistent performers. All told for the two weekends, a total of $105,675 was paid out in cash, plus another $10,000 in merchandise and trophies for one of the biggest tournament payouts ever! Big sponsors for the tournament included the Town of Newfane, Niagara Tourism and Convention Corp., Niagara County, Dreamweaver, Moor Electronics, Fish Hawk, Robert M. Cinelli, Inc., Buffalo Sabres Alumni, Bayside Guest House, Lighthouse Grill and Spirits, Twin Village Recycling, Lake Ontario United, Newfane Family Chiro-practic, Newfane Business Assn., Wilson Fire Hall, and Niagara County Parks.

in the Salmon Division – the closest cast for the cash in the his-tory of the derby. Tustin told his story to the interested crowd. “We were fishing the first weekend of the derby and I stopped in to talk to Wes Walker at The Slippery Sinker in Olcott and ask where a good starting point would be,” said Tustin. “He told me to start in 40 feet of water between Wilson and Olcott in Niagara County. Before we could get set up, though, my 25-foot Fiberform named ‘Top Eye’ was having some problems so we had to pull it out of the water and take it to The Boat Doctors in Olcott. Jim Evarts there was great and managed to squeeze me in so that we could fish. We were back on the water in a couple of hours.” Fishing with his nephew Sammy White of Washington, Penn., they threw on a blue and white Rapala stickbait 120 feet back behind a planer board. At 1:30 pm the fish hit – creating a big mess behind the boat. The king tangled all of their lines and also managed to wrap around the downrigger ball, but despite all of the mishaps, they managed to net the fish and head in to weigh their catch. It tipped the certified scales at 23 pounds, 12 ounces. “We didn’t know if it would hold up but we did notice that a 23 pound 14 ounce fish won in 2003,” said Tustin, a salesman and a professional elk guide in Colorado. “Why can’t this one? It’s a great birthday present!” Tustin’s birthday was Monday (May 11), but his wife Dana and daughters Kaytlin and Alana threw him a surprise party on Saturday. “We want to put $5,000 into the kitty for future fishing contests and my nephew gets some of the winning cash, too. My family will share in the money glory, as well.” First place in the Salmon Division went to Doug Parker II of Lockport, weighing in a king salmon that was identical in weight to the Grand Prize fish – 23 pounds, 12 ounces. However, he weighed in his fish a week later on May 10. Fishing with Matt Dunn of Newfane and Matt’s father Marc of Lockport, the trio were targeting salmon just west of the Niagara Bar aboard Matt’s 19.5 foot Sea Nymph appropriately named “Slammin’ Salmon.” “We were just getting ready to throw in the towel around 1:45 pm and started to pull rods when the downrigger popped,” said Parker. “It turned out to be a 19 pound lake trout from 38-40 feet of water. As we continued to clear rods, the diver went off and I managed to grab the rod. The fish didn’t stop running until over 500 feet of line had screamed out. Twenty minutes later we had the fish in the boat and we were heading in. It was lucky that we were already pulling rods when the fish hit so it couldn’t tangle on anything.” They were trolling a Stinger NBK spoon set 85-feet back behind the dipsy set at 3.5. The fish was worth $2,100. The group also won the Amateur Division of the King of the Lake tournament a few weeks before. In keeping with a birth-day theme, Dunn also placed sixth in the Lake Trout Division with a 22 pound, 13 ounce fish he caught on his birthday May 8 while fishing with his mentor Marty Polovick of Lockport – a previous LOC Grand Prize winner. Second place in the Salmon Division was a completion of an outstanding week for a trio of anglers from Pennsylvania – Nick Downey of Edinboro; Justin Nekoloff of Waterford; and Anthony Campanella of Erie. They had caught a 20 pound, 8 ounce salmon that won some big cash in the Wilson $1,000 a Day event, a fish reeled in my Nekoloff (and placed 18th in the LOC). Downey was next with a 23 pound, 11 ounce fish that missed out

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on the Grand Prize LOC fish by two ounces – and also cash in on the Wilson event. It still earned $1,000 in the LOC. And then they topped it all off with winning the Wilson Harbor Invitation-al tournament on Saturday – all from Campanella’s new 27-foot Sport Craft bearing the name “Eyecrosser.” “We had a little honey hole east of Olcott around the 30 Mile Point area,” said Downey. “We were pulling a black dot spin doctor and a Pro-Am fly behind a slide diver 60 feet back on monofilament line over 35 feet of water then the fish hit. We were trolling north on an east wind and it took us 15 minutes to bring in.” In case Campanella’s name sounds familiar, he won the Grand Prize in the Fall LOC in 2012 – also while fishing out of Olcott. In the Brown Trout Division, it was 17 year old Tanner Niezgoda of Newfane hauling in a 16 pound, 10 ounce brown trout east of Olcott – also fishing around the 30 Mile Point area – to take the top prize of $1,100. Of course, there’s more to the story. Fishing with Team Thrillseeker out of Capt. Vince Pier-leoni’s 22-foot Crestliner with his team partner Nick Glosser of Amherst, the three were trying to pound out fish. “We were scouting for salmon when the fish hit,” said Niezgoda, fishing in his first derby ever. “It screamed out line and we thought it was a salmon, but it stayed down and Capt. Vince thought it was a big brown. He was right.” They caught the fish at 7:30 am pulling a Live Target plug in 14 feet of water off boards – 60 feet back. It took him 20 minutes to reel in the big brown. Second place brown trout should have been a first place if you hear Steve Gerloff of Douglasville, Penn tell the story. The fish weighed in at 16 pounds, 8 ounces at the end of the day – but the team of Mike Geiger of Wellsboro, Penn., Harold Hess of Sinking Spring, Penn. and James Salter of Mechanicsburg, Penn. all wanted to stay out and fish for kings aboard Geiger’s 26-foot Baha named “This is It.” “If we would have weighed the fish in right away we would have won,” insisted Gerloff. “It sat in the cooler losing weight and at one point spit out a big goby!” They were trolling east of Olcott in 21 feet of water on the final Saturday when the fish hit a charteuse Bomber with an orange belly. They were fishing it off a planer board 125 feet back, using a ¼ ounce keel weight to get the bait down a little. It was his biggest brown ever. They had just changed baits five minutes before it hit. The Lake Trout Division was also filled with good story material, starting with the first place catch hauled in by Michael Ehrhardt of Brockport – a 25 pound, 7 ounce fork tail he hauled in while fishing with his wife Dawn and Capt. Matt Yablonsky of Youngstown, the skipper on Wet Net Charters and no stranger to the winner’s circle. They won $1,100. “We actually caught one bigger that same day,” said Eh-rhardt, a licensed captain and guide himself. “Dawn hooked into a big fish that she fought to the boat, a lake trout that bounced between 28 and 29 pounds on our hand scale. The problem was it was foul hooked! After a little discussion, we knew it wasn’t legal and we released the fish back into the lake. Twenty minutes later we caught the winner.” Using a chartreuse gator spin doctor and a green glow fly 225-feet back behind a slide diver, they wanted their baits as close to the bottom as possible in 85 feet of water. They caught the fish at 1 pm. Yablonsky’s boat? Get the Net Wet, a 21-foot Lund Baron that is a fish catching machine. And the

spin doctor had teeth marks on it! Second place lake trout was a 24 pound, 11 ounce fish reeled in by Clair Lawson of Dalton, NY. Fishing with Jerry Gibson of Dalton aboard his 18.5 foot Sea Ray called “Gibby II,” they were trolling between the Niagara Bar and Wilson when a lake trout hit. It turned out to be a 19 pounder that they hauled in, losing their net in the process. They headed into port to weigh the fish and look for a net. The only net they could find was a small bass net with a hole in it. That same day, back at the same GPS coordinates, another fish hit only this one was bigger – and bigger than any net they had! They were trolling a blue and green Pirate spoon on the bottom in 65 feet of water when the big fish hit the rigger along with two dipsy divers. They grabbed the dipsy divers first and reeled those fish in before they grabbed the rigger rod. They immediately realized it was a much bigger fish. The rest is history. Some catches are just meant to be. Every lake trout came from Niagara County. Twenty pounds, 14 ounces was 20th place. In the Walleye Division, Tim Queior of Dexter managed to catch a 10 pound, 15 ounce fish from the Henderson harbor area on opening day of walleye season to take the top prize. He was fishing with Aaron LaFlair of Watertown, who also had a fish that placed ninth overall with a nine pound, 10 ounce marble eye. They were trolling out of a 25 foot Sport Craft named “Reel Time” with a gold Husky Jerk bait to win the division. The bait was 120-foot back off a planer board over 44 feet of water near Point Peninsula. First place was worth $1,100. Second place was also 10 pounds, 15 ounces, weighed in by Jena Massey of Dexter – also caught on a Husky Jerk but a week

door sports like fishing and hunting, the female contingent are still in the minority. That’s hasn’t stopped them from cashing in time and time again in the LOC derbies, which proves an impor-tant point: Anyone can win the LOC Derby! However, like the state lottery, you have to be in it to win it! “We didn’t think it was as big as it was,” said Brace who was tournament fishing out of Sodus Bay at the time of her catch on July 18. Fishing out of her boyfriend’s 29-foot Penn Yan name CB II – who just happens to be Tom Allen of Oswego – she was alternating reeling in fish with teammate Kelly Burger of Bald-winsville. Kelly’s husband Eric made up the fourth team member. It took Brace 25 minutes to bring the fish in, the biggest fish she has ever caught. “We were fishing in 400 feet of water in front of Port Bay, using a wire dipsy on a two and a half setting,” said Brace. It was 250 feet back when the fish hit and it took out about 400 more feet of line before they finally got the fish in. “Stephanie can reel fish in as good if not better than the guys,” said Allen, who was leading the derby for a short time with a 28 pound, three ounce king himself. For the Grand Prize catch, they were using an A-Tom-Mik B fly (what else, Allen owns the company) trailing behind a Mountain Dew E-Chip Pro Troll flasher. “The girls reel in 95 percent of all the fish we catch.” The team also managed to win Big Fish Friday during the weekend contest thanks to Stephanie’s timely fish-catching heroics. “No one is allowed on the boat without a derby ticket.” Runner up and first place in the Salmon Division was James Foltz of Kingsley, Penn. with a 30 pound, 3 ounce king caught during the Oswego Pro-Am tournament July 12. He was fishing with Capt. Greg Gehrig of Oswego aboard his 40-foot Jersey named “Top Gun,” with a full crew of teammates – Mike Areola of Oswego; Mike and Joe Leen of Philadelphia, Penn.; and Dennis Cameron of Philadelphia. “We were fishing west of Oswego, 85 feet down over 170 feet of water with a green-yellow-silver R&R spoon when the fish hit,” said Foltz at the awards gathering. He caught the fish around 11 am and it took him 20 minutes to bring in the salmon. While it’s not his biggest king ever it is his highest-ranking derby fish ever. Timing is every-thing. Second place in the Salmon Division went to Charles Gambino of North Rose with a 29 pound, seven ounce caught at 6 am in 150 feet of water north of the Channel at Sodus. Fishing with Jack Zimmerman of Muncy, Penn. they had just set up a wire diver 220 feet back on a No. 3 setting – pulling a white

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spin doctor and a green A-Tom-Mik fly – when the fish hit their offering. They were trolling out of Gambino’s 21-foot Sea Boss named “Indecisive” and they didn’t live up to the boat’s name – they headed directly in to the weigh station to wait for it to be opened. It’s not his biggest king ever. He had one last year that tipped the scales at 34 pounds, 10 ounces … but it was caught the week after the derby. Yes, timing is everything.

Capt. Roger Young of Torrington, Conn. earned top honors in the Brown Trout Division with the catch of his 28-year career on Lake Ontario – a 21 pound, four ounce brown trout caught between Wilson and Olcott while derby fishing with an-gling partner Joe Waseleski of Erving, Mass. They had started to troll out of Wilson early in the morning for browns in the shal-lows but then opted to head out to 300 foot depths to see what they could pick up. Almost immediately the duo hit a dandy king they estimated to be over 30 pounds that Waseleski reeled all the way to the back of the boat. As Young lunged with the net, he pulled the hooks out of the mouth of the fish by accident. They will never know how much that fish weighed. In the meantime, as they turned the 27-foot Sea Ray named “Papa Smurf” around, the other dipsy diver went off at 130 feet back on a one-and-a-half setting. By this time they were over 338 feet of water and Young grabbed the rod. After giving him the battle of his life, 30 minutes later they stood in awe looking at a 21 pound, four ounce first place fish … after Waseleski successfully netted it, of course. “We were using a green skirt Silver Streak spoon to catch that fish, the biggest brown I have ever seen in my life,” said Young. He noted that they went back to the same spot in the afternoon and had some of his best salmon and steelhead fishing ever, limit-ing out in two hours with customers.

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Second place brown trout went to Kay Boeckel of West Henrietta with a 17 pound, 12 ounce fish while fishing out of Sandy Creek in Monroe County. Trolling with her husband John aboard their 28-foot Sea Ray, it was “Game On” for the lady angler as she selected a Michigan Stinger in blue alewife because “it looked pretty.” They had gone out in the afternoon out of Sandy Creek, focusing their attention in 65 feet of water with a wire diver set at two-and-a-half and 150 feet back. “It’s the big-gest brown trout I’ve ever caught,” said Kay at Captain Jack’s. “We always fish the derbies and this is why.” The Lake Trout Division turned out to be the “Battle on the Bar” as three duos slugged it out until the final weekend of the contest. In the end, it was Robert Turton of Sanborn, fishing with his dad, Roger, weighing in a 24 pound, 10 ounce Niagara Bar fish on the final weekend to take top honors. “We were working a K9 Kwikfish lure with orange-green holographic colors when the fish hit our downrigger set at 78 feet on the bottom,” said the younger Turton. Fishing out of their 19-foot Monarch named “RT & Son,” it took them 10 minutes to bring the fish in, catching it at 9 am. The funny thing is that they were fishing alongside the second place lake trout holders … it’s just that they didn’t know it yet. “You are fishing in our spot,” the Killer B’s shouted over to the Turtons in jest after the first place fish was reeled in. They brought that up at the awards ceremony, too. The Killer B’s are none other than Richard and Patrick Barber of Niagara Falls.

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The Sodus Point Pro-Am Comes to Town

It is 1:15 pm at the pier heads of Sodus Bay. A few boats are on the horizon…mere specks against the blue sky. At 1:30 it appears they have multiplied and are coming from the east, west and north. Its 1:45 and they are coming fast. Is this some sort of modern day attack of Sodus Point? “What’s going on,” a few spectators on the pier asked. “Is there a boat race? No…its Pro-Am time at Sodus Point at the big boats are charging the channel because they need to be in the pier heads by 2 pm or be disqualified from the tournament. And they wait till the last second. Sunday, July 20th was the final day of the Sodus Point Pro-Am and the boats were heading for the scales to weigh their catches of trout and salmon. Captain Jack’s Tavern, which was headquarters for the two day competition, was crowded with a large Sunday crowd and more than once you heard “What’s going on?” Dave Antenori and his Screamer A-Tom-Mik Team were also asking the same question, however their interest was on the scoreboard. Would they take first place on the second day of the two day tourney? “We boxed-out with our limit of 12 fish on day one,” Antenori said during the awards ceremony held at Captain Jack’s on Sunday afternoon. “We ran to Oswego and fished the east side and set-up for kings in 180 to 250 feet of water. We took five fish with cut bait and then it died so we went in for browns.” The Screamer A-Tom-Mik Team, whose home port is Oswego, took their final brown at 11 am…then ran back to Sodus Point. “It’s a one and a half hour trip from Sodus to Os-wego and we made the pier heads by 1:45 pm, Antenori said. Day one’s top dog was the Screamer Team with 234.70. The scoring system is 10 points per fish and one point per pound. Antenori took his team back to Oswego on day two. “We boated three kings in two hours and lost two,” he said. “We also boated a steelhead, however we did move closer to

shore for the browns just like the day before. We did five browns on Michigan Stingers and then ran back to Sodus.” The second day score of 164.65 sealed the first place with a total 399.35. Antenori, who runs a Marina in Pennsylvania, has been fishing Lake Ontario tournaments for 15 years.

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First place in the Amateur Division was won by Tony Chatt and his 5-More Minutes Team. Chatt, from West Monroe, New York left the chute and went east to fish the Fair Haven area. “We saw some action on the screen when we left the Oswego Pro-Am to head to Sodus so that’s where we started.” Chatt said. “When we got there I liked what I saw. “We worked the same area all day in 150 to 170 feet of water. The fish came on flasher- flies rigs. We were six for seven.”On day two Chatt and team decided to return to the Fair Haven area. “The big fish were gone. The screen did not look good,” he said. We were two for three and gave it an hour and half then went west to Hughes’ Marina. It was now 10:30 am and we only had three hours to fish.” They worked 75 to 90 feet of water and pick-up four browns and one lake trout. “We were using Michigan Stingers,” Chatt said. They boxed-out, picked up and again headed east to make the Sodus Point pier head by 2pm. “We used a lot of gas to catch these fish.”

There were 28 pro and 18 Amateur boats fishing the 2014 Sodus Point Pro-Am. Captain Jack’s Big Fish Friday had a field of 39 boats and the new 1K a Day tourney registered 43 boats. “Everyone one was pleased with this year’s tournament,” said Matt LeClair Tournament Director. The 1K a day was a really exciting part of the Sodus Point Pro-am and we’ll have it again in 2015.”

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Woody’s Tackle& General Store ^*


315-298-237

All Seasons Sports *3733 State Route 13Pulaski, NY 13142

315-298-6433

Wayne County

Hughes Marina5003 East Lake Rd.

Williamson, NY 14589315-589-2752

Warren’sHook Line & Sinker ^*

8528 Greig StreetSodus Point, NY 14555

315-483-2183

Davenport & SonBoat Livery & Marina ^*

Resort Rd(East End of Bay Bridge)North Rose, NY 14516

315-587-4434

Cayuga County

Screwy Louie’s ^*596 Main Street Box 28Fair Haven, NY 13064

315-947-6348

^ Denotes open before 7am

* Denotes sells NYS Fishing

Licenses

The Boat Doctor*^Lake & Jackson St.Olcott, NY 14126

716-778-8592

The Slippery Sinker^*5780 West Main Street

Olcott, NY 14126716-778-0713

Niagara County

Petroy Marine555 Water St

Younstown, NY 14174716-745-7121Spring Only

Creek Road Bait & Tackle4419 Creek Road

Lewiston, NY 14092716-754-2949

Summer & FallWilson Boatyard Marina

57 HarborWilson, NY 14126

716-751-9202

Jefferson CountyHenchen Marina Inc. ^*

13442 Cnty Rt. 123PO Box 36

Henderson Harbor, NY 13651888-848-3821

Weigh-In Stations


2014 Fall Derby Payout is $57,800 CASH!

In the Fall LOC Derby, all entrants are eligible for Blind

Drawing Prizes. Check with your weigh-in station for details and

drawing dates.

Youth entries and Youth Awards

To clear up any confusion some may have, young fishermen that are at least 10 years old and have not reached their 16th birthday, register for a half price rate. Single Derby passes are $15 instead of $30 for a adult pass and $40 versus $80 for a Seasons Pass. Youths are eligible for all division prizes. In addition, we award a trophy to the youth who enters the largest fish in each division, shown on the leaderboard.

The Fall Derby Awards Ceremony will be held at Captain Jacks Good Time Tavern, 8505 Greig Street, Sodus Point NY on Sept 1st. Grand Prize, First & Second Place winners must

attend and bring their fish. On the final day of the derby, fishing ends at 1:00 pm. You need to be at the awards ceremony by 4:00pm for pictures and interviews. The awards ceremony will

commence immediately following. All are welcome to attend.

Cash Prizes for Salmon Division

First Place $5000Second Place $2000Third Place $1100Fourth Place $900Fifth Place $700

Sixth Thru 10th Place $400

11th Thru 15th $200

Cash Prizes for Brown and

Rainbow/SteelheadFirst Place $2500

Second Place $1000Third Place $550Fourth Place $450Fifth Place $350

Sixth Thru 10th Place $200

11th Thru 15th $10016th thru 20th $50

$100 a day will be awarded for the largest fish in Each Division starting

Aug 16th through Sept 1st. There is no daily award for Sept 2nd. If no fish is

entered that meets the Derby minimums, that amount will carry over until it is won.

Three DivisionsSalmon,

Rainbow/SteelheadBrown Trout

$25,000Grand Prize

For the largest Salmon

August 15th to September 1st, 2014

In addition to the Blind drawing Prizes, Pro Troll and Michigan Stinger will award the following:

If the 2014 Fall LOC Grand Prize Salmon is “WON” using a ProTroll/Stinger E-Chip Flasher -

The “Lucky Fisherman” will receive $1,000 dollars in assorted JRC vendor merchandise.If the Grand Prize Winning Salmon is 40 Pounds or more ... $2,000 dollars in assorted JRC vendor merchandise. If the Grand Prize Winning Salmon is 50 pounds or more ... $3,000 dollars in assorted JRC vendor merchandise.

All Prize Products Awarded At Retail Value in Combined Product from The Jack Rosenswie Company

There is over $6500 in Blind Drawing Prizes!Blind Drawing Sponsors are:

Pro Troll - Michigan Stinger - Northern King


Rules andRegulations

EACH PARTICIPANT IN THE DERBY:

13. Agrees that fish weight is determined by full ounce only. No fractions of an ounce will be recorded. Partial ounce weights will be rounded down in all instances.

14. Agrees to submit, if required by a Derby official, their fish for microscopic tissue examination, internal examination, entering the cavity through an incision or through the use of a probe and not limited to temperature probes.

15. Agrees that LOC entrant who enters the prize winning fish will be the sole recipient of cash or merchandise awards. Dividing of prizes will be handled by entrant, NOT the LOC Derby Committee. A prior written agreement as to the division of prizes is recommended.

16. Agrees that all trout must weigh a minimum of ten (10) pounds and salmon must weigh a minimum of twenty (20) pounds for entry in the Spring Derby. Minimum weight for Walleye in the Spring Derby is (8) eight pounds. Lake Trout must be at least 30 inches long. Only initial measurement by Weigh Master is valid due to imminent shrinkage. For the Summer and Fall Derbies trout must weigh a minimum of ten (10) pounds and Salmon twenty-five (25)

17. Agrees that all fish in contention, as determined by the sole discretion of Derby officials, are property of the Derby until released by a Derby official. All weighed fish must be gill punched by the Weigh master. It is the sole responsibility of the entrant to retain any fish submitted for prize consideration until the Derby results are declared official.

18. Is entitled to only one division cash prize. No participant may win more than one of the division prizes, although contestants may enter more than one fish. If the succeeding fish is larger, the smaller of the fish with least weight will be withdrawn.

19. Agrees to submit all disputes to a designated Derby official within eight hours after the fish is entered, and agrees that all disputes will be submitted to the Derby Rules Committee, whose decision will be final. The Derby Rules Committee shall consist of Derby Organizers.

20. Agrees that the decision of the judges will be final and not reviewable in any form. In the event of a tie, the person who enters the first fish according to the date and time recorded on the fish entry form will be the winner. The second or subsequent fish, entered at the same weight, will assume the next lowest division position, and so on until all positions are filled. If two or more fish of identical weight should be entered on the same date and time, a toss of the coin will determine the winner and the loser will assume the next lower position in the division.

21. Agrees that award recipients are responsible for payment of all taxes on prizes $600 and more. Refusal to submit proper Social Security information will result in disqualification.

22. Agrees that the LOC Derby Employees and their families may enter and fish in the Derby, but are not eligible for prizes.

23. Agrees to hold the Derby officials, sponsors, their agents, servants and/or employees, harmless from any liability of any nature and kind for injuries and/or damages suffered by the entrant during the period that the Derby is held.

24. Agrees to use good judgment in regard to existing and projected weather conditions. Listen to and heed the warnings of the U.S. Coast Guard and local weather reports, before and during each day’s fishing and, not to place in jeopardy themselves or others on the boat during the Derby. To have personal floatation devices aboard and to operate under Coast Guard regulations.

25. There are three divisions in the Fall LOC, Salmon, Brown Trout, and Rainbow/Steelhead. Agrees that steelhead and rainbow trout are considered the same species in the Derby for purposes of awarding prizes. Chinook, Coho & Atlantic are all considered salmon. Grand Prize money will be awarded for the largest Salmon in each event. No Lake trout in the Fall Derby.

26. Agrees that all Grand Prize, First and Second place division winners and/or witnesses along with their winning fish must attend the Awards Ceremony. The Fall Derby awards ceremony will take place Sept 1st. You must arrive at Captain Jacks in Sodus Pt. NY by 4 pm, ceremony to commence at 5 pm. Derby results will be certified as official by the LOC Derby Officials immediately prior to the Awards Ceremony

27. Must possess a valid New York State or Canadian fishing license unless exempted by law.

1. May enter fish caught in the U.S. and Canadian waters of Lake Ontario by hook and line and retrieved and brought to net by rod and reel in a legal manner as designated by New York State DEC or Province of Ontario MNR. Derby waters are limited to those where lake regulations are in effect. Niagar River boundaries are the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge for shore anglers and Devils Hole for boat Anglers. Tributary and special regulation waters are excluded.

2. Must officially register by 7:00 A.M. on the day you wish to fish and prior to fishing and be in possession of his/her registration card at all times and present the card to any official Derby personnel upon request.

3. Anyone between the ages of 10 and 16 at the time of registration will be registered as a youth. Minimum age for entry into any LOC Derby is 10. Anyone 16 or older must register as an adult. All registrants compete for the same divisional prizes.

4. Agrees to abide by the LOC Official Rules and Regulations and agrees that failure to comply with any of the rules will result in automatic disqualification, forfeiture of all prizes, recognition as a prize winner and the right to enter any future LOC Derby. LOC Derby reserves the right to deny participation in a LOC Derby to anyone.

5. Anyone disqualified in another Lake Ontario fishing Derby or tournament such as, but not limited to, the Lake Ontario Pro-Am, Niagara County Fish Odyssey, Orleans County Derby, or Wayne County Derby will be ineligible for any prize consideration in and LOC Derby.

6. Agrees that all persons aboard the same boat (private or charter) must be registered in the Derby, including captain and mate. In the event that there are any persons on board the boat who are not registered (whether they are fishing or not), all fish caught during that particular outing may not be offered or considered for any prizes. A supporting affidavit may be required by all registered contestants aboard the same boat, affirming the integrity of the catch and also that no unregistered person was aboard the boat. EXCEPTION: Youths under the age of 10 are allowed on the boat or charter as observers only! Numbers of rods and fish limits are based solely on the number of registered participants.

7. Must be fishing with at least (1) other LOC Derby registered participant (minimum of two (2) persons per boat). In the case of stream, pier, shore fishing, etc. the witness must be in the immediate company of the person who caught the fish. When entering their fish, must be accompanied by their witness who signs an affidavit which corroborates the method, time and location of the catch, which will not be official until signed by the Weigh Master. The minimum age of a witness is 10 years old.

8. Official weigh-in will not take place until the entrant and their accompanying witnesses present their official registration cards to the Weigh Master in charge.

9. Agrees that each contestant who offers a prize winning fish and all registered affirming witnesses will be subject to a polygraph (lie detector) or voice stress test if so specified by the Derby Rules Committee. And further agrees that failure to pass the test will result in disqualification. Disqualification will result if an entrant refuses a polygraph or is determined to be unfit for a polygraph due to drug or alcohol consumption. The official LOC polygraphist shall make this determination. Polygraph tests will be administered on the day of the awards ceremony.

10. Agrees that the Weigh Master must weigh in all fish entered in the LOC Derby at an official LOC Weigh Station on the day caught. Agrees to these weigh station hours for the Spring Derby. May 3rd to the 11th 2013, 9:00 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 12th, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Spring Derby Ends at 1:00 PM on May 12th. Summer hours, check with your weigh in station.

11. Must enter the fish whole, not gaffed, gutted or snagged and winners will be determined by the weight of the fish only. Any fish containing any foreign materials (including but not limited to water, ice, and weights) will disqualify that fish from consideration for any prize. Black salmon will not be eligible for entry in this Derby. Fish will be examined for gill net marks, bleached or slimy gills, hook and/or gaff marks, fin rot or fungus, freezer burn, clouded eyes, unresponsive flesh – any of which can disqualify the fish.

12. Agrees that the Weigh Master prior to weighing will remove all bait fish or ice visible in the mouth of any fish.


2014 LOC Spring Winners

$15,000 Grand Prize23lbs 12oz John Tustin Lockport NY

Salmon Division

23.12 Doug Parker II Lockport, NY23.11 Nick Downey Edinboro, PA23.00 Jeremy Miller Pittsford, NY22.13 Dustin Moser Minerva, OH22.10 Lester Zimmerman Gulf Breeze, FL22.03 Jerry Snyder Williamson, NY21.08 Mark Bukowski Palmer, MA21.06 Thomas Ribarich Cattaraugus, NY21.05 Daniel DeGeorge Rochester, NY21.04 Terry Fulkerson Polk, PA21.03 Dave Spindler Rochester, NY20.14 Wade Winch N. Tonawanda, NY20.14 Kenneth Champagne Chillicothe, OH20.13 Ian scroger Batavia, NY20.12 Reginald Swenor Hinesburg, VT20.11 John Van Hoff N. Tonawanda, NY20.09 Brad Osterling Rochester, NY20.08 Justin Nekoloff Waterford, PA20.08 Lance Greer Union, PA20.06 Daniel Hanley Willeamsville, NY

Brown Trout Division

16.10 Tanner Niezgoda Newfane, NY16.08 Steve Gerloff Douglasville, PA15.02 John Martone Hilton, NY14.14 Jeremy Smith Interlaken, NY

12.09 Craig O’Brien Rochester NY12.08 Harrison Formiglio Bozrah, Ct12.04 Rob Panada Hilton, NY11.15 James A. Bishop Lamberville, NJ11.13 David DiNoto Ontario, NY11.10 Patrick Rupp Bellaire, MI11.08 Brian Baker Nunda, NY11.06 Ward Mitchell Auburn, NY11.03 John Zella Easton, PA11.01 James Phillips, Jr Tunkhannock, PA10.13 Kenneth Steinmetz Bergen, NY10.12 Michael Frank Webster, NY10.10 Kevin Rice Las Vegas, NV10.06 James Euarts Olcott, NY10.05 David Dudeck Swoyersville, PA10.04 David Wethers Pittsford, NY

Lake Trout Division

25.07 Michael Ehrhardt Brockport, NY24.11 Clair Lawson Dalton, NY24.02 Jeremy Botting Consport, NY24.01 Nicholas Hovey Hamburg, NY23.10 Jeff Jackson Erie, PA22.13 Matt Dunn Newfane, NY22.12 Roland Poulin New Hampton, NH22.12 David Faulkner Wooster, OH22.11 Christin Hunter Youngstown, NY22.07 John Kalac E. Butler, PA22.01 Dawn Ehrhardt Brockport, NY

22.00 Harvey Cumminos Shelby, MI22.00 Art Wind Hamburg, NY21.12 Roger Willis Corry, PA21.09 Brian Marketich Beaver Falls, PA21.07 Scott Shisler Port Austin, MI21.07 Gary Erb Williamson, NY21.02 Robert Briggs Danville, VT20.14 Steven Pittenger Newton, NJ

Walleye Division

10.15 Timothy Queior Dexter, NY10.15 Jena Massey Dexter, NY10.12 Samantha Cota Watertown, NY10.03 Glen Peschler Pulaski, NY10.01 Travid Alcombrack Watertown, NY10.00 Travis Parker Glen Park, NY09.11 Gene Bolton Watertown, NY09.10 Aaron LaFlair Watertown, NY09.05 Scott Massey Dexter, NY09.04 Ronald Bierstine Albion, NY09.03 Daniel Peschler Pulaski, NY09.02 Jason Shattuck Henderson, NY09.00 Paul Farmer Dexter, NY08.14 Abby Farmer Dexter, NY08.14 Richard Farmer Dexter, NY08.13 Jesse Beach Sacketts Harbor, NY08.13 Joseph Fragomeni Pulaski, NY08.10 Michael Long Rochester, NY08.07 Chris Kerchner Wind Gap, PA

2014 LOC Summer Winners

$10,000 Grand Prize31lbs 11oz Stephanie Brace Oswego, NY

Salmon Division

30.03 James Foltz Kingsley, PA29.07 Charles Gambino North Rose, NY28.15 Hunter Peterson Home, PA28.13 Matt Bronson Rochester, NY28.03 Tom Allen Oswego, NY27.15 Paul Gawricki Mexico, NY27.11 Philip Levandowski Naticoke, PA27.09 Nate Brewster Dansville, NY27.05 Paul Powers Oswego, NY27.04 Ryan Horst Farmington, NY27.04 Jim Mazur Varysburg, NY26.15 Mark Bukowski Palmer, MA26.09 Paul Reid New Hartford, NY26.08 Nicholas Buero New Baltimore, MI25.14 John Miller Oswego, NY25.10 Ryan Davids Interlaken, NY25.05 Robert Card Ithaca, NY25.04 Robert Murray Rochester, NY25.04 Roger Davids Seneca Falls, NY25.02 Kenneth Holley Williamson, NY

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Brown Trout Division

21.04 Roger Young Torrington, Ct17.12 Kay Boeckel W. Henrietta, NY16.07 Fred Setera New York Mills, NY15.04 Robert Witt Savage, MD15.03 Derek Wirth Hornell, NY15.00 Michael Mercier Oswego, NY14.13 CharlieSchaufelberger Wolcott, NY14.11 Jerry Zalului Blechertown, MA14.08 Frank Antenori Peckville, PA14.00 Jason Hamilton Glen Park, NY13.15 Craig O’Brien Rochester, NY13.15 Andrew Grace Webster, NY13.12 Gregory Fox Mansfield, PA13.11 Joel Kowles Tonawanda, NY13.10 Maura Harris Monaca, PA13.09 David Renner Penfield, NY13.08 David Antenori Clarks Summit, PA13.07 Mark Troutman Mt. Savage, MD13.02 Eric Fritz Webster, NY13.01 Louis Calabrese Jr Taberg, NY

Lake Trout Division

24.10 Robert Turton Sanborn, NY24.08 Richard Barber Niagara Falls, NY22.06 Steve Klejdys N. Tonawanda, NY22.04 Donald Ruffell Webster, NY22.01 Gregory Wiacek Lockport, NY22.00 Edward Klejdys N. Tonawanda, NY21.12 Partick Barber Niagara Falls, NY21.05 Charles Trump Sackets Harbor, NY21.05 Daniel DeGeorge Rochester, NY20.15 Alex Sonneville Ontario, NY20.08 James Irene Brockport, NY20.08 Kevin Dodson Drums, PA19.14 Steven Berg Rochester, NY19.12 Anthony DiGiovanni Rochester, NY19.05 Andy Wegman

Hilton, NY19.03 Kevin Clark Highland Falls, NY18.07 Richard Trump Pulaski, NY18.05 Brian Gambell Hilton, NY18.02 Matt Hallett Rochester, NY18.01 Tyler Rawlins Hilton, NY

Rainbow/Steelhead

16.08 Michael Sabo Flemington, NJ15.12 Richard Steubing Brockport, NY14.13 Michael Zenkar Rochester, NY13.15 Jeremy Miller Pittsford, NY13.10 Edward Wilson Wexford, PA13.01 George Staufer Rochester, NY12.14 Thomas Borkowski Howes Cove, NY12.13 Robert Fritz Macedon, NY12.11 Kyle Carrigan Montour Falls, NY12.11 Chris Taramelli Eynon, PA12.10 Wade Winch N. Tonawanda, NY12.09 Kurt Charland Victor, NY12.08 Bill Laffler Troy, PA12.08 Ashton Mickatavage Ashland, PA12.04 Gary Biekett Millford, NH12.03 Laurie Jankowski Sloan, NY12.02 Matt Dunn Newfane, NY12.02 Michael Biernacki Medina, NY12.02 Louis Ababahr Rochester, NH11.14 Scott Flaherty East Aurora, NY

Both had fish on the board but they were trying to improve their ranking, fishing out of their 17.5-foot Crestliner named “Killer B’s.” On the final morning of the derby, again on the Niagara Bar, they were working a homemade spin-n-glow spreader be-hind cowbells to target lake trout in 105 feet of water. At 8:30 am they hit a double header and Richard’s catch took precedence because of its size, a 24 pound, eight ounce fish that was the big-gest of his life. The last weekend heroics knocked Steve Klejdys of North Tonawanda to third after leading for more than a month with a 22 pound, six ounce Niagara Bar fish. He fishes with his father, Ed. In the Rainbow-Steelhead Division, it was Mike Sabo of Flemington, NJ winning the top slot with a 16 pound, eight ounce fish reeled in during the Sodus Pro-Am event July 19. Fishing out of Sabo’s 22-foot Chris Craft “Roll With It,” the team (consist-ing of Rich and Ryan Raidline of Pen Argyl, Penn. and Kyle and Rick Ueberroth of Lancaster, Penn.) needed some fish in the boat to help improve their ranking in the Amateur Division. At 12:55 pm, the team hit a double while fishing nine miles east of Sodus. For the steelhead, they were 92 feet down over 350 feet of water, trolling a Finger Lakes Tackle blue alewife spoon on a free float-ing cheater set-up (putting the spoon roughly 46 feet down). “We saw the fish come out of the water before we even knew we had the fish on,” said Sabo. “We had it to the boat in less than a min-ute.” It was the biggest steelhead of Sabo’s life, coming at a great time for the derby and the tournament. They finished in third place for the day in the tournament; fourth overall. Second place in the LOC Derby Rainbow-Steelhead Division went to Rich Steubing of Brockport with a 15 pound, 12 ounce fish caught the last weekend of the derby out of Sandy Creek. He was fishing with Nick Bazinet of Brockport aboard Steubing’s 22.5-foot Thompson called “Live Action.” Fishing in the Sandy Creek Shootout, they were working the area around Devil’s Nose when they hit the steelie 63 feet down over 150 feet of water while trolling a Finger Lakes Tackle “Problem Child” spoon. They, too, were fighting a double at the time they caught the second place fish. It was the first time that Steubing has ever finished in the top two, while it was Bazinet’s first derby. Yes, tim-ing is everything. Youth award winners were: Hunter Peterson of Home, Penn. with a 28 pound, 15 ounce salmon caught out of Olcott; Ashton Mickatavage of Ashland, Penn. with a 12 pound, eight ounce rainbow trout while fishing out of Sodus; Tyler Rawlins of Hilton with an 18 pound, one ounce lake trout fishing out of Point Breeze; and Daniel Zeek of Rockaway, NJ with a 12 pound, two ounce brownie caught out of Sodus.

Summer Derby continued from page 9


Northern King was the lure of choice for Derby Winners back in the 80’s & 90’s. In the Millennium, NK still is the lure of choice for Derby Winners!!!!!

2007 Summer LOC1st Place Rainbow Trout caught On NK23% of Winning Fish caught on NK’s

2006 Fall LOC1st Place Salmon caught on NK

16% of Winning fish caught on NK’s

2006 Spring LOC1st Place Rainbow Trout caught on NK

over 15% of Winning fish caught on NK’s

2005 Fall LOC1st Place Rainbow Trout


2005 Spring LOC8 out of 21 Salmon caught on NK’s


2004 Fall LOC1st Place Salmon caught on NK

1st Place Rainbow caught on NK25% of Winning fish caught on NK’s

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2008 Spring LOC1st Place Salmon caught on NK

8 out of 21 Salmon caught on NK’s8 out of 20 Lake Trout caught on NK’s

1st Place Rainbow caught on NK

2008 Summer Derby23% of all fish caught on NK

2004 Spring LOC7 out of 21 Salmon caught on NK’s


2003 Fall LOCGrand Prize Salmon caught on NK

1st Place Salmon caught on NK25% of Winning fish caught on NK’s

2003 Spring LOCGrand Prize Salmon caught on NK

1st Place Salmon caught on NK1st Place Lake Trout caught on NK

1st Place Rainbow Trout caught on NK35% of Winning fish caught on NK’s

2002 Fall LOC1st Place Salmon caught on NK1st Place Brown caught on NK

2002 Spring LOCGrand Prize Salmon caught on NK1st Place Lake Trout caught on NK

2009 Spring LOC1st, 5th, 6th, and 18th Place Salmon

caught on NK’s2009 Summer LOC

1st, 3rd, 7th, 10th and 16th Place Steelhead caught on NK’s

2010 Summer LOC1st, 3rd, 6th & 20th Place Salmon

caught on NK’s1st, 3rd, 4th, 16th, 19th & 20th Brown

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2011 Summer LOC1st Place Brown caught on NK

2nd Place Rainbow caught on NK’s

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