Future Environment Designs Training Center's Blog: PACNY's Annual Pro/Am Fishing Tournament Was A Whale of a Good Time!

Friday, July 22, 2016

PACNY's Annual Pro/Am Fishing Tournament Was A Whale of a Good Time!

As we write this post, we are snacking on some of the salmon we caught and cured during this year's fishing derby. It is absolutely delicious! Creamy & buttery with a little hint of peat. Love eating it plain, it doesn't need any garnish or bread. Oops! Sorry we're getting carried away. The third annual (really the fourth annual, last year the weather was too rough to go fishing) Professional Abatement Contractors of New York's (PACNY's) Pro/Am Fishing Tournament (you say tournament, we still like derby) was a success. There was 18 boats that went out of Point Breeze at Oak Orchard Creek to brave the Lake Ontario waters and see what we could catch this year. A big THANK YOU to PACNY for again sponsoring this Tournament, giving us more opportunities to get together and network. Here was this year's lineup of PACNY members and the boat they were on:

Lining Up for the Shotgun Start

Abscope on the Chrysalis

Cornerstone Training Institute on the Sunrise II

Cornerstone Training Institute 2 (NRC) on the Legacy

Paradigm Environmental on the Free Spirit

Future Environment Designs on the Catchin Hell

Aramsco on the Runnin Rebel

LeChase on the U-Betcha

Rochester Environmental on the Irish Thunder

Envoy on the Rusty Lure

Environmental Contracting and Construction on the Reflection

AAC Contracting Inc on the Troutman

AmVets courtesy Sullivan Contracting on the Intimidator

United Rentals Rochester on the Screaming Reels

Dival Safety on the Reel Excitement

Dival Safety #2 on the Just Eleven

ECG on the Richmond 4

Greenleaf/Watts on the Rally Killer

AAC Contracting Inc #2 on the Shotgun

The day started out beautifully with a nice sunrise over Lake Ontario. We started loading the boats around 5:50 in the morning. PACNY's Darren Yehl organized the event again and was as efficient as the attendees allowed. Everybody was ready for the shotgun start at or about 6:30. As our usual we took the luck of the draw and this year our boat was named "Catchin Hell", with Captain Tom and first mate Mike.

Sunrise over Lake Ontario

It was a beautiful day out on the lake. The sun was hot but there was a nice breeze. We caught three king salmon, two steelhead trout and one rainbow trout. Veronica Garcia caught the big fish this year and the one that got away "coulda been a contender!" After the weigh-in, we enjoyed a delicious lunch at the Black North Inn, while being serenaded by Acoustically Sound. This year's prizes and the winners were:

Big Box of Three Fish: 1st: $350 2nd: $200 3rd: $100

Biggest Fish: 1st: $350 2nd: $200 3rd: $100

The final weigh-in numbers!

Though this year we didn't finish in the money, we still had a great time and we brought home a lot of fish. This year we tried a new recipe for salt/sugar curing the salmon. We even created our own version of the cure by adding Islay Scotch Whiskey to the cure. Needless to say we're in-love with our recipe. For the original recipe visit GNOLLS.org. Plans are already being set in motion for next year's fishing derby (tournament). We would like to host our own boat next year. If you think you would be interested send us an email so we can start making plans. The Tournament is always on a Wednesday and usually the second or third one in July. We're already looking forward to the adventure!