Fishing Totals thus far and a classic

Largemouth Bass- 43

Rainbow Trout- 9

Brown Trout- 2

Pike- 2

Bullhead- 2

Crappie- 5

Sun Fish- 16

Chubs-1

Turtles-2

Crash O Rama

A couple of Saturdays ago, Ryan "John Sanders" Welch, Mike Welch, his grandparents and I celebrated Ryan's birthday by first trout fishing, then eating dinner at Earls, and then going to the Crash O Rama in Holland, New York. Here are some details of that day.
Fishing:
I already posted on this event.
Dinner:
Earls was good. I had a beef on weck with a slice of pie. It was apple. I give Earls 2 thumbs up!
Crash O Rama
If this event was not one of those redneck gatherings, I don't know anything about life? Holland Speedway was packed with 10,000 screaming rednecks, all wanting to see a couple of innocent racers get injured and cars get wrecked. This night provided you with your typical cars ramming into others, cars landing in RV's, and the school bus figure eight race, but the best of the night was the trailer boat race. A couple of years ago, I witnessed near perfection from a guy named Raybow out of Orlando, Florida. He almost completed the race without losing his trailer boat! Amazing. This year though, everyone lost their boats within the first three laps. But this race was very entertaining and the crowd loved it. The much hyped motorcycle demolition derby was a huge disappointment, and the crowd let them have it.
Evaluation of the trip:
I give this trip 4 1/2 out of 5 stars only because of some unforeseen obstacles that hurt us when Ryan and I were fishing and the motorcycle derby. I can hardly wait until next year.
Sincerely,
John aka Ronnie James Dio aka Holy Diver

PS Sorry about the annoying underlining. I can't seem to figure out what the problem is right now.

Fishing and Painting in Florida

Today my uncle chris and I went fishing at this little pond by their house. It produced nicely! We caught all of our bass on shiners. My uncle caught 4 nice looking bass including the biggest of the day which weighed around 3 1/2, 4 pounds. I caught one which was probably around a foot. We are hoping to hit that place again next Saturday, which is the day I will be arriving back in Buffalo. At the end, I had a real nice bass hit my shiner twice, but it kept spitting the shiner out. It felt like a nice one!
I have been in Florida now since Thursday, and the weather has been real nice. I have been working for my uncle's painting company, as well, in Ormond Beach, Florida on a Bell South building. I have learned many new skills so far, and I hoped to learn more as the days progress. See ya, John aka Ronnie James Dio aka Holy Diver

Fishing Totals thus far

Largemouth Bass- 40
Rainbow Trout- 9
Brown Trout- 2
Pike- 2
Bullhead-2
Crappie- 5
Sun Fish- 16
Chubs- 1

Fishing Totals thus far plus a special picture

Largemouth Bass: 40
Rainbow Trout: 5
Bullhead: 2
Pike: 2
Crappie: 5
Sun Fish:16
Chubs: 1

Indy, the Sabres, a Birthday, and another Vaction

For starters, I wanted to let you all know what a great city Indianapolis is. It is a real clean city, there is a lot of restaurants, and my aunt has a pond in her backyard (not like that matters to you). I visited the downtown area of the city and went and saw a baseball game at Victory Field. The Indianapolis Indians played the Charlotte team (to lazy to look it up). The Indians ended up winning 5-2. It turns out the Bisons were just there and it would have been funny if I acted like a complete idiot there rooting for the Bisons. Also, like I said, I did some fishing in my aunt's backyard. I ended up with 3 Crappie and 15 Sun Fish. Nothing really with size, accept a couple of decent sized Sun Fish. Pictures to come from the trip.

As for the Buffalo Sabres, I'm real worried right now. I have read a couple of sources and those sources are saying the Sabres are just going to keep Briere. If that is the case, I would rather lose both Briere and Drury. Today though I read this article in the Sports section of the Buffalo News and I was real impressed by a writers thoughts. He first talked about what the Anaheim Ducks and the Indianapolis Colts and how they were successful in winning their respective teams sports championships. Then he tried comparing them to how the Sabres should handle their off-season. He suggested the Sabres should sign both Drury and Briere and get rid of some other players by trading them on Draft Day. Players like Afinogenov, Kotalik, Vanek, and Roy are very talented players, but these guys at the end of the day aren't going to win you a Stanley Cup. These are the Danny Heatley's, Jason Spezza's and Miro Satan's who show up during the regular season, but when it matters most do nothing. I suggest the Sabres make cap room by trading guys like these and look to add more grit. My dream trade would be trading Afinogenov, Kotalik and Kalinin for Mike Fisher. Fisher was one the top players for the Senators in the playoffs and could also really help out on a penalty kill that was just awful all year. The Sabres need more character, not 4 top scoring lines. I would rather end up in sixth place in the conference next year and win the cup, instead of going to a of bunch regular season games and them winning. Vanek has a tone of potential, but I want the cup and I don't know if he is the answer. Here is the problem with this idea: Darcy Regier, one of the leagues most conservative gms, is our gm. He will not do this. The Sabres also have a owner who knows absolutely nothing about hockey, so don't expect us getting rid of Darcy either. July 1st is going to let Sabres fans know how serious the Sabres organization is about winning the Stanley Cup next year, and I hate to be negative, but it isn't looking good right now.

Tomorrow is Ryan's birthday party thing. This is a special day because we go trout fishing somewhere near the town of Arcade for a few hours, then go to Earl's for some fantastic food, and then to the always classy school bus figure-eights. I'm going to have a post on this as soon as I can to let my loyal viewers in on how June 9 went.

Finally, I'm going to be going away for about 11 days to Orlando, Florida. My favorite Uncle Chris has hired me for that time to help him out with his painting business, aptly named "Dulakis Painting." I need all the money I can get because tuition just went up a grand on me. My response to this is our country is a joke, but I would rant now. Anyway, hope this post sparks some interest. Let me know your opinions on how the Sabres should handle their off-season problems and etc. See ya, John aka Ronnie James Dio aka Holy Diver

Totals

Totals so far:

Largemouth Bass: 40
Rainbow Trout: 5
Bullhead: 2
Pike: 2
Crappie: 2
Sun Fish: 1
Chub: 1

Pixs from Ellicott

Ellicott Creek Fishing Trip Part III

Ryan and I hit Ellicott Creek today. I drove this time, so it was even more exciting! Ryan caught about twenty bass on his famous crankbait and artificials and I caught 10 bass, with 6 in the 12inch range all on crankbaits. We also saw my cousin Manny fishing and he caught a real nice Pike out of there. He said he had also caught a Pike early that day as well. Pictures of the day to come.
Tomorrow is the day I head up to Indianapolis for the weekend. My aunt and uncle have a huge lake in their backyard and I guess there is some nice bass in their. WE SHALL SEE!!! I'll have pictures from Indy as soon as I get back (whenever that is). Thanks, John aka Ronnie James Dio aka Holy Diver