Re: Seneca Lake Trout Derby! 2024
 

2024 National Lake Trout Derby winner board-


William Welch

12.36-pound lake trout

Division Winners

Lake Trout

Michael Salotti

12.02 pounds

Brown Trout

Ralph Feo

8.55 pounds

Rainbow Trout

Matt Dyske

8.45 pounds

Landlocked Salmon

Christopher Miller

7.61 pounds


all nice fish... Nothing earth shattering, but all good fish.. That derby gets a lot of GREAT trollers from all over the northeast.. Not my bag at all, but its a very big, very popular, well funded tournament,, and a LOT of fish get killed when there are hundreds of boats trolling multiple rods run deep... Lot of small fish get hooked, dragged to the boat which doesn't stop of course, quickly dumped overboard so the rigger can be reset quickly.. lots of floaters after all these massive tourneys up here... Trout tourneys and bass tourneys.. Personally, I have no use for them.... bob

Re: Seneca Lake Trout Derby! 2024
 

Sad narrative. As a civilization, all we preserve is exploitation of one resource after another and abuse of the planet for the sake of the almighty dollar. The fact the Great Lakes are the largest fresh water system on the planet and infested with invasive species is a daunting reality.

Re: Seneca Lake Trout Derby! 2024
 

Parents almost bought a motel with 40 acres running down to the lake in the 60's, I wasn't looking forward to moving to the middle of nowhere. Big mistake, area was incredible, Cathrines Creek was famous for it's Sprog Rainbow run and the area was largely undeveloped. There is a large Winery on that property now, wish they had made the move.