Second Chance Sportfishing

Full send this morning for a $15K fish. Formulated a plan and sent it at 5 am. We had a blast, Hayley did awesome work on the rods. Ol girl impresses me each and every outing. She finally threw in the towel mid day and said “ I can’t do anymore, my hands and elbow are screaming.” Lots of silvers got bogeyed and sent back for another day. After the day we had I pointed the boat toward home and now we are going to enjoy good company at the docks before the fireworks.

What a crazy and fun few days competing in the Sodus Pro/Am. This weekend was very memorable for Second Chance. Over the years we have competed in the AM division and PRO division ( teaming with other captain’s) but this year marked our first Pro entry with our team. Day 1, we came up with a plan and did not deviate from it. Knowing Day 2 could possibly be cancelled due to wind, the team worked their asses off to put an 11 fish box together putting us in 10th place out of a 25 boat field. As it would happen Day 2 was cancelled. Fishing day 2 or not, we are so proud of our team making this a weekend we will never forget. Wish we took more pics from pre-fish and after day 1 but pics were the last thing on our minds. It was awesome seeing everyone. Thank you to the Sodus Pro/Am committee and congratulation’s to everyone that competed.

Lady O is starting to set up nicely. Weekend recap: Saturday we chose to make a run and paid off. Sunday knowing we were only fishing a few hours, we hunkered down not far from port and another solid decision. Both days produced both quality and quantity for fish and bites. Today was about as epic a show you could have watched as rods were flying, pumping like a freight train was on the other end and screaming drags. Hayley and kielbasa John did a great job on the rods. John Vishnefski
was able to stay calm and get Second Chance on the LOC board with a 21.5 mature. Nothing more to say other than get ready all it’s looking like a banner year for kings!

A-TOM-MIK Challenge in the books! Here is a short recap of the day. Decision was made to get a few quality browns in the box before heading in search of kings. Plan A worked, landed our solid browns in the first hour and change of the tournament start. Plan B- Pulled gear and ran with a ton of time to upgrade with kings. Plan B- didn’t produce for us as we expected. Found the kings but couldn’t make them chomp. Plan C- With an hour and half left for rods out of the water we pulled gear again and ran to where we thought we could trigger our upgrade bite. Rods reset and after a 5 min soak rigger fires boating a 17.25 king. Hopes were high to continue the pace for the remaining time to hopefully upgrade but fell short. The team kept calm and still put a health box together. Great job to Hayley, Mike and James. Thank you Tom and Steph for another great event.

Today the boys had an early morning start and had a blast fishing with friends / like family, chasing browns in the brown trout tournament. 8/9 on a tough day of fishing but made the best of it. The boys had fun and we made memories. We did our best to get them on the board for the kids division.

Last minute decision to get wet a week early. The Saturday morning splash started out with my own mistake putting us about 1/2 hr behind schedule, a winter gremlin that reared its ugly head as we headed down the little salmon river to the shoot that cleared itself up prior to entering the big pond. Shake down trip with these boys kept me at even keel Mike Alba John Vishnefski Mike Barna. Second Chance performed flawless after a late start and going 1/4. Final rest in her slip for the summer. She’s a fishy rig. See you all on the water.