Kosydor Adventures

Kosydor Fish Camp on Crab Orchard Lake awoke to clear skies and a light breeze. The guys in camp were looking forward to some trolling for Crappie. The coffee was made, the boats were checked over and made ready to launch. Ron Jr. and Ron Kosydor Sr. chatted about fishing near the bridge while finishing off the coffee. Mike and Leo Kosydor made plans to fish near campground bay before searching some of their other hot spots. Ron and Ron could not locate any fish near the bridge where they had caught 75 fish several weeks before. They moved near the damn and started picking up a few fish in deep water. Mike and Leo motored up and complained they had not found the fish yet either, but that was about to change. About a half hour later Ron and Ron could see that Mike Kosydor had a large fish bending the 12 foot crappie rod. Leo was moving about the boat pulling in trolling rods to make room for Mike to fight the heavy fish. After what seemed to be 5-10 minutes Mike yelled that he had a monster Carp and not a Channel Cat as we had assumed. Mike asked for assistance and to bring our big net. Minutes later the huge fish was dropped into the bottom of the boat. This monster was caught on a white and chartreuse Jiffy Jig with 6lb test line while trolling for Crappie.

Ron Kosydor appearing for the first time at the 10th Annual Wolf Lake Mud Race this past Saturday turned in the fastest drag time ever. The annual Mud Drag Event draws a large spectator crowd from around the Wolf Lake, IL area. Ron Kosydor turned in a 2.2 second run at his first launch off the line annihilating all previous records held in the ATV Mud Drag Race. Local ATV rider Lingle had held the fastest time for more than 7 years and was favored to win until being upset by Kosydor on Saturday. Lingle posted a 2.8 in the 125 feet run. Kosydor was piloting a 350 custom Drag Yamaha Banshee. Kosydor is a sponsored rider for Zaksatvzone.com and HighRpmRacer.com . Kosydor’s HighRpmRacer Banshee can be seen at Zaks ATV Zone’s Showroom located in Carbondale, IL.

Yes it sucked. 5 year old Zachary was released from Carbondale Memorial on Tuesday Morning. Guess where I spent my holiday weekend. Continue Reading »

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