Agreed !! My meter is over 2 bills. If it got trashed I'd be pizzed. We got a harbor freight store close by and I think I need to visit them. My engenieer has givin me great advise on must have items and make sure they are disposable .
Thanks for the advise !!!!

The lakers (5) and brown (1) that my daughter and her boyfriend kept from my most recent trip made for a few tasty meals.  I prefer eating trout over salmon because of a milder taste. Baked with a little white wine, fresh lemon juice, butter, paprika and salt & pepper and you have a plate that would cost $20+ dollars in a local establishment.
 
HT, glad you identified the problem, good luck on your next venture.

Just catching up (barely...lol)... Awesome time was had tuna with all of the gang! We had the steelhead two days later and it was absolutely delicious... I do agree that its better than the salmon as clint and gerry mentioned. ... And yes, it is one hell of a ride!!! Hope to get one more in before the weather completely caves!!!

The weather is looking great for this weekend . I got to much invested in the game to give up right now so the ride will continue. We may just enter the LOC because IMO it's just a luck tourney that could pay back huge. I'm sure there will be a lot more boats out then have been due to that but hey it's a BIG lake.
Gonna launch outta pine grove, you know the place and the boat , give me a shout if you want to join the ride db. We are going to hell in a bucket but at least we'll enjoy the ride :)
Another possible is weekend after Labor Day then I might make a trip to the adk's before I put her to bed for the winter .

HT,
 
If you are entering the LOC, make sure you read the rules carefully. They used to require everyone on board to be registered, and a lot of big fish holders have been disqualified in the past because one or more people on the boat (even non-fishing observers) had not paid up.
 
L13 

Thanks for the heads up L. I got the one about everyone on board but the one that confuses me is that you must register before 7am and prior to fishing. Does that mean if I get to town around noon and register then any fish caught that day don't count ? Questions I will have to ask before we get in on it.

Pretty sure that's what it means Tunes.
That is so people don't go out grapple a pig  come in register then go back out and bring in the honker for the $$$$$.
People will  do lots of dirty for much less.
Guy tried to win the Naples derby one opening day by bringing in a LO fish.
 
Back in the days when steelhead would win L13 and I watched a guy climb a tree to spot big ones for his buddy to snag.
Lotta  crazy greedy aswipes and look at me types out there.
 
 

Knock them dead Tuna. 
I hope to get some reel time in Narragansett next week.
 
 

Good luck, RJ. Hope some hit the deck.

Thanks guys. Weather/ waves look ideal, lets hope the fish want to play .
Boat is Packed and stacked.
I got the details on the LOC and reason for 7 am register is so folks don't decide to go fishing and get skunked without registering , also the flip side go out catch fish then decide to register aka , skam the system.
We will probably just fish tomorrow and if the bite is on then just do a 1 day for Sunday $15.00.
I could use $25,000 ..it's all luck out there IMO
Also see that property has become a buyers market again. Maybe Santa will be nice to this bad boy