John Ireland's Trip with Alibi Charters
I WON A TRIP WITH ALIBI CHARTERS LAST SUMMER AND DUE TO
SOME UNFORESEEN PROBLEMS WE HAD TO CANCEL OUR TRIP
FOR FALL SALMON OUT OF OAK ORCHARD. WHEN I CONTACTED
CAPT. BUD MARSH, HE WAS MORE THEN UNDERSTANDING AND
MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE WERE MORE THEN WELCOME
TO REBOOK THE TRIP WHEN WE COULD. I CONTACTED CAPT
MARSH IN LATE WINTER TO SEE WHAT HE HAD OPEN FOR THE
SPRING SALMON. BUD TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD HAVE A
BOOTH AT THE ERIE COUNTY SPORTSMAN'S SHOW AND THAT IF
WE CAME UP THAT WE COULD TALK THERE, I NEVER IN TEN
YEARS HAVE MISSED THIS SHOW SO IT WORKED OUT WELL
.
WE SET A DATE FOR MAY 8 th AND HOPED FOR GOOD WEATHER. WE ARRIVED AT
WILSON AND WERE GREETED BY CAPT. BUD AND HIS FIRST MATE EGOR,YES I SAID
EGOR. WE WALKED OUT TO HIS BOAT DOCK AND I WAS IMPRESSED BY HIS BOAT
AND SETUP. ALIBI HAS ALL THE NEEDED ELECTRONICS AND THE BEST OF TACKLE
TO PUT HIS CLIENTS ON FISH. WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST BOATS ON THE WATER
AND WITHIN 30 MINUTES WE WERE INTO FISH. THIS TRIP WAS ALL ABOUT MY WIFE
FIGHTING HER FIRST BIG FISH AND SHE WASN'T DISAPPOINTED.
AFTER A 15 MIN. FIGHT EGOR NETTED A BEAUTIFUL TWENTY PLUS POUND KING
SALMON. AS SHE WAS FIGHTING HER FISH A RIGGER WENT OFF AND I WAS INTO A
NICE STEELIE THAT I DECIDED TO RELEASE. ALL MORNING LONG WE WERE INTO
FISH AND ENDED UP KEEPING A MIX OF KINGS AND NICE COHOS. IF YOUR
LOOKING FOR A TRIP WITH A VERY EXPERIENCED CAPT AND CREW , CAPT BUD
MARSH AND HE CREW NOT ONLY KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO PUT YOU ON FISH BUT
ALSO HAVE A NETWORK OF OTHER CAPTAINS THAT THEY COMMUNICATE WITH
ALL DAY TO KEEP YOU ON THE FISH.
IF YOUR LOOKING FOR A GREAT TIME AND THE CHANCE TO HOOK INTO SOME FISH,ALIBI
CHARTERS IS YOUR TICKET,THEY ALSO HAVE A WEBSITE  AT www.alibicharters.net.   
THANKS AGAIN TO NYOC AND CAPT BUD MARSH AND THE BEST FIRST MATE   EGOR  !!!!!!!!   
You guys are alot of fun!