LongLine

I don't leave home without it. Tom B. (LongLine)

Zern, Nice fish. Love the photo. Tom B. (LongLine)

Chris - Great day on the water. Flying solo is a great sense of accomplishment. As far as solo netting goes: Check out near the end of article: http://www.lakeontariounited.com/blog/a ... oloist.php Never put your rod back in the holder if you have a fish on. Tom B. (LongLine)

From what I hear, one look would slay anything. Let's here the reel story bout dat der bare, Ray. Tom B. (LongLine)

Understatement for sure. Sounds like a good trip. Fairly early morning works pretty well, huh. If you figure out that "dead" period, let me know. Tom B. (LongLine)

Skipper - If you really want to make some money for sportsmen, convince the state to make each launch site a franchise. Purchase each franchise for say a buck a year. (Like the Fast Fairy deal) Then the state & local gov'ts will readily put up all the investment for you...Land development grants, subsidized loans, economic development areas, tax credits, etc. They'll wave all the permit stuff & probably give you your first tow truck. Open one dummy company (in wife's name) to handle upkeep & crowd control, (Bleacher area only) another (in son's name) to run towing/salvage and another (in daughter's name) for concessions & port-potty. Just as tax credits are about to run out, declare bankrupcy for the franchise. Tell the Feds that if your company fails then at least 3 other companies will fail & have to lay people off. The Feds will step in with bailout money so at least your other 3 companies will get a bunch of money. Why work if you can get free Fed money? Then take the Fed money, pay off the debts & use the rest to support fishing. You'll be a hero & sure to get elected. Just think saved the fishery without costing the state taxpayers a bunch of money. Then you can fire all the mor...err...people in Albany. At least the first part has worked before...... I NY. Tom B. (LongLine) p.s. don't quit your day job

Way to go Drew! Tom B. (LongLine)

Idea is noteworthy, however….this is NYS: Cost of commissioning a feasibility study: $50,000 Cost of hiring consultants & doing the feasibility study: $100,000 Cost of Environmental Impact study: $60,000 Cost of a new created position of “Commissioner of Bleachersâ€: $150,000 Cost to remediate & “bring areas up to code:†$90,000 Cost of overtime for cops for crowd control: $40,000 Cost of designing bleachers: $25,000 Cost of building bleachers: $10,000 Cost of yearly Bleacher Inspection & testing: $15,000 Cost of pension for Bleacher Inspector: $7,000 Automobile & gas money for inspector: $50,000 Cost of trashcan, porta-potty rental: $15,000 Cost of groundskeeper/attendant: $15,000 Cost of pension for groundskeeper: $7,000 Cost of bleacher liability insurance: $100,000 Cost of on-site ambulance: $50,000 Cost of tow truck subsidy: $50,000 Sounds like NYS will jump right on it. Typical NYS…spending 6 times more than they have. Oh, I get it...They just raise admission to $60.00 per seat. (But then they’d give the Commissioner a raise and let him hire a 6 person staff to review the Inpector's reports & contracts for porta-potty rental.) Tom B. (LongLine)

Erby's right. Looks like it's going to take 2 years. Tom B. (LongLine)

Happy Birthday Tim. Catch a bunch. Tom B. (LongLine)

I use the surgeon's loop http://www.animatedknots.com/indexfishi ... dknots.com Tom B. (LongLine)

As far as the Canadian side goes: http://www.freep.com/article/20090603/N ... ve+species All ships are being inspected before they enter. Question is " is it just a paperwork inspection or do they take chemical/biological tests? Tom B. (LongLine)

nice rig Tom B. (LongLine)

I thought most VHF were 50 ohm. Regardless, it's very important to match the impedence of the radio with the impedence of the antena. Word of caution: Don't key the radio without it being hooked up to the antenna. Tom B. (LongLine)

As Ray K said, aluminum boats don't have the deep-V hull design that Fiberglass boats do therefore they will ride higher in the water and will give you a bumpier ride in a chop. However I woudn't trade my 18 ft "tin can" for anything. 25 yrs old & going strong. Tom B. (LongLine) (knock on wood)

TTF Here's what happened quite a while back on BIg-O: http://www.lakeontariounited.com/blog/a ... onmena.php Tom B. (LongLine)

I inadvertently catch them with spoons. More bottom oriented than the other species. I;d suggest that you do a search of earlier threads on Lakers . Should be plenty o f good reading there. Tom B. (LongLine)

Happy B'day FX Tom B. (LongLine)

Big Easy - Beautiful job on that rig. Tom B. (LongLine)

In case you haven't been following. Shipping companies challanged the "ballast dumping" rules that NY added to the EPA regulations for the Great Lakes last year. A NY Court dismissed their challange today. Hopefully this will be a poitive step toward preventing more invassives in Big-O. IE Freighters have to get a permit to dump anything. http://legalnewsline.com/news/221304-ch ... denied8207 Tom B. (LongLine)

Mark Should I tell them Reeljerks sent me? Tom B. (LongLine)

WTG. Food & Fish...you've got fishing partners for life. Tom B (LongLine)

Junk lines refer to stuff that you get from the scrap yard AKA the "junk yard." I.E. metal. They include Wires, lead cores, copper lines. Lots of threads on them. Suggest you do some searches on previous threads. Good luck, Tom B. (LongLine)

Spoons roll over every once in a while so a swivel is a must, somewhere in your line. Easiest to go with is a combination snap-swivel right at the spoon. Some guys will tie a spoon direct or have only a snap but then have a swivel up 6 ft or so from it. If you tie a tight knot like a palomar or clinch on the hole in the spoon, it will damper the action considerably. As far as rings go, some guys fish the lure just as it comes out of the package, others put a split ring on everything. That's really a matter of your experience, how you fish, etc. What I'd suggest is that if you have one of those "hot" color ones and it's not producing for you then put a ring on it and try it. (or vice versa) Good luck, Tom B. (LongLine)

I believe a small boat is better off using boards than inlines, especially if fishing solo. Reason is simply the board can stay out in the water when you have a fish on. Inlines have to be unclipped and you have other things to worry about besides clearing the inline. Tom B. (LongLine)