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  1. LongLine
    Billy V's Habanero! Tom B. (LongLine)
  2. LongLine
    Absolutely!
  3. LongLine
    Tie a rope between your two rear cleats. Replace metal handle with a very short rope. Thread cleat rope thru new rope handle & it'll stay centered behind motor.
  4. LongLine
    Best darn tire tread lubrication ever discovered!
  5. LongLine
    Absolutely right B.D. Fish can see a lot more than humans give them credit for. Tom B. (LongLine)
  6. LongLine
    Streakers usually meal fish looking at your weight so shorten them up. Rick's advice is solid - definitely mup rig! Tom B. (LongLine)
  7. LongLine
    ditto Tim & Chris. Tom B. (LongLine)
  8. LongLine
    An old timer (older than me) once told that if I wanted to go super slow just tip your motor up to the highest position and troll backwards.
  9. LongLine
    Fish have a different number of cones in their eyes. They can see in ultraviolet which humans can't.
  10. LongLine
    A few tuna cans with some mothballs in them, strategically placed about the grounds.
  11. LongLine
    ok, so now there are 7 cats on the bus but one only has 3 feet.....
  12. LongLine
    you sure it's the kicker & not the pitch of the big prop?
  13. LongLine
    Boy, this would come in handy for “combat†fishing. Need an awful long handled net though. (El Galeon – Brazilian replica of a Spanish galleon. 8 cannons per side. – Beautiful replica of fascinating history. Here till the 28th) Anyway, launched early & took a left again. River up to 72.5 F. Bright sky, lake flat with a variable ripple. Headed out to 110, put in and worked out to 210 and back in. 2 lakers maybe 5 Lbs (lost ….err…let go …at boat) over 120, 1 steelhead, (7 Lbs) at 150 and 1 King (9 Lbs) at 170. All 80 ft down with short lead. Spook did the trick today. Trolling fast. Pulled out at 10 due to fest. Maybe 14 trailers in the lot. Beautiful day to get cooked out there. Luck to all, Tom B. (LongLine)
  14. LongLine
    Nice fish. Great day on the water. (Steelhead has a white mouth) Tom B. (LongLine)
  15. LongLine
    Thinking about it, I agree with momay. They have to be parallel from front of weight to back of weight. It shouldn't matter if the top of the hook is bent to the left or right of the bottom of the hook.
  16. LongLine
    Never attach to the back of the weight. Just the line/lure pull is enough to deflect it especially on a turn. If you want to prove that the line supplies pull, just let some line out (without snap or lure) and watch your rod tip bend.
  17. LongLine
    You're not attaching release/line to that back loop are you?
  18. LongLine
    No one is arguing statistical math. No doubt their arithmetic is correct. The argument is that they take Northward 10 minute trawls with a net that is not all that wide. At 3 mph, that's only about 1/2 mile and off Rochester will definitely not cover 30 to 400 FOW. My argument is that I troll basically a N-S zig zag with an E-W spread of about 1 to 1 1/2 miles with a typical Saturday troll total of 17-20 miles. Last year I saw very few pods while major numbers were reported off Niagara. This year I've never seen so many pods. My conclusion is that they are not randomly distributed around the lake.
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    The problem with the current trawling methodology is that they assume a random distribution not only in the water column but laterally as well. I realize they have the hydra-acoustical but, really, how far out does that scan from the trawler? Bait is usually in a tight pod and you may have to go 1/4 mile to see another pod. This year I've seen "mountains" of them. I'd like to see/hear the reasoning/math behind the random distribution theory. Tom B. (LongLine)
  20. LongLine
    Spent lots of money on research not a whole lot on preventing them. NY tried to get tough on entering ships but got "blown out of the water" by the Feds & lobby groups.
  21. LongLine
    Got 2 on Saturday but they were deep.
  22. LongLine
    WTG! Kids will remember that trip for a long time.
  23. LongLine
    Peek-a-boo… Launched early, in position around 5:30. Beautiful morning. Flat as a mill pond after the sun came up. River temp 69F, out a ways was 62.4F. Dredge working up river & barge was being pushed out the channel. Put in at 100 & worked out to 190 FOW. Bait on bottom at 110 but pods came up higher as you went out. Best day out there this year. 2 small kings & 2 stlhds (26 &28â€). All released to catch another day. Stlheads came 90 down over 170 FOW. NK Wonderbreads. Medium lead, going fast. Pulled them all in at 10, when the ragboats started to appear at the river. Maybe 7 boats out there. Luck to all, Tom B. (LongLine)
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    The key is to keep the amount of rod bend constant. I've seen guys haul back and double the rod over and then lower the tip so the rod has very little bend in it. This allows the hook to work itself loose in the fish's mouth. It's very important especially with the non-stretch lines and heavy mono's. Tom B. (LongLine)
  25. LongLine
    Bear - Give Hank a PM (L&M). I'm sure he'd look at them for you. My 75 idles right down with no problem. I only carry the kicker for emergencies & when I want to troll real real slow.. (I'm at the age where I don't want to find out if I can paddle in from 4 miles out or not.) Rol - They're in spawning mode right now. Mussels have pushed them out & salmon generally cruise above them (pelagic). Nature's law of survival I guess. Tom B. (LongLine)
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