Latest Club News & Happenings

SEMINARS &  GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS:

LOTSA is a group of mainly weekend recreational fishermen who are dedicated to the enhancement of the Lake Ontario Sport-Fishery including the pen rearing project at Olcott. Each meeting also features a sharing of information the current fishing conditions. So come join us and become more successful at fishing Lake Ontario!

The meeting will be held at the new location for our LOTSA meetings, The North Amherst Fire Company, 2200 Tonawanda Creek Rd. Amherst, N.Y. The Seminar is open to the public and free to attend. See WWW.LOTSA1.ORG for any questions.

LOTSA “Tournaments within a Tournament, free for LOTSA Members” 

Summer LOC Derby        $750   Cash Largest Salmon          6/27 – 7/26

NYS Summer Classic      $250   Cash Largest Salmon          7/1 – 8/31

Fish Odyssey                    $700   Cash Largest Salmon         8/22 – 8/29

Fall LOC Derby Wk #1      $500   Cash Largest Salmon         8/21 – 8/29

Fall LOC Derby Wk #2      $500 Cash Largest Salmon           8/30 – 9/07

LOTSA LOC Summer LOC Derby Winner:

Cindy Culverwell of Ransomville won the LOTSA LOC Derby prize of $750 and took first place
in the Salmon Division for the Summer LOC Derby on the final weekend of the derby. Fishing
with her husband, Wayne, aboard their 21-foot Fish Hawk Celebrity named “All In,” they were
fishing 5 miles west of Wilson (Niagara County) in 60 feet of water.

“We were getting ready to quit for the day and came into shallow water, running a wire diver
108 feet back on a No. 3 setting with an 8-inch Dreamweaver 2-face Spin Doctor with a
Diabolical meat rig and N & D cut bait,” Culverwell said. We were in the process of pulling rods
when the fish hit. It took over 300′ of line out and 30 minutes to reel in. “And at 29 pounds, 12
ounces, it was the biggest salmon that I have ever reeled in.” It came at a good time to win the
$1,000 first-place prize as well as a $500 check for the big salmon of the week.