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WD-40 will put a great shine on silver. Tom B. (LongLine)

I'm sure if you put in at 60FOW, you'll be in 300+FOW in no time. Hopefully we'll be able to read about your adventure on LOU & not in the paper. Tom B. (LongLine)

Don't forget to wear you hats - Remember:- if it gets wet, it's rainning & if it blows off your head it's windy. Tom B. (LongLine)

FWIW Lot of people talking about the big asian carp & I didn’t know what a little one looks like so did some checking. Here’s a Michigan comparison to some common minnows. (takes a few seconds to download & don’t ask me why the 1st page is upside down) http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/a ... 8343_7.pdf Found this more interesting from the people that have the big time infestation: (& much faster to download) http://mdc.mo.gov/landwater-care/invasi ... rp-control For anyone not wanting to download stuff: One’s a gizzard shad & the other an asian carp. Bodies very similar but snout & eye quite different. (upper is a shad) Tom B. (LongLine)

Clean & fast. Tom B. (LongLine)

Charters generally know their gear & what it can withstand. I think, but i might be wrong, that I use lighter down lines than most guys. I also have 3 defined edges on most of my hooks. Of course you have to realize that what works for one guy may not work for another and that is part of the challenge of fishing. i.e. finding out what works for you. Tom B. (LongLine)

For me, flying solo from mid summer onward, one rigg'r is nearly always stacked. Tom B. (LongLine)

Hey Pete... I missed something here. What was the score of the cowboy game?? Tom B. (LongLine)

F1 - You should not have to really yank on them to release them. The way I have mine set is to firmly lift/jerk the tip, probably 2 ft, & they'll release. IMO, sharp and proper sized hooks do more for hook-ups than cranked down releases. Tom B. (LongLine)

I was told that Captain’s training used to mention a little bit about safety & well-being of clients & vessel. I know basic boating courses talk “a little bit†about it. Most charter sites talk about a little about client comfort & safety. Some even brag about weather radios, radar & other gear. So I guess my question is what “Good, dependable, responsible, safe, secure, steady†charter captain would ever voluntarily chase waterspouts with a boat load of clients? Please let me know as I'd never hire a guy that takes chances like that. Judging from the pictures on the ICWR gallery of waterspouts (those just forming)…IMO, anyone on the water with the skies shown is pretty desperate for fish and certainly not thinking safety. ICWR wants actual sightings not that conditions are right for it. They already monitor the conditions and are looking for confirmation that they occur. BTW - I don’t see anything on the ICWR sighting submission form even identifying the source (or his credentials) of the sighting http://www.icwr.ca/waterspout-report-su ... n-form.php nor is there any mention of credentials on form to become a member of the ICWR. I once had a Physics professor tell me “a meteorologist is a guy with both feet firmly planted in the air.†Perhaps he was right? May he RIP. Tom B. (LongLine)

f1 - I'm guessing what your seeing is line stretch. It's caused by line tension. XT doesn't like to stretch so it frays. Either by your rod being over loaded or the the speed that your trolling against the weight of the hardware your using. i.e. if you have a 6 ft rod with it's tip touching the water and you have the release tension "cranked" down, it stretches the line something fierce on the rod side of the release. It'll get worse the deeper you cannonball is. If your pulling a flasher fly at 3.5, it will also stretch the line but on the other side of the release. Some guys swear they have to have the rod tip touching the water but if your rod holder is at 45 deg or higher from the water and your ball is 100 ft down, it doesn't make any difference to your hooking ratio whether your rod tip is touching the water or if it's 3 ft off the water. I only use 3-4 line twists, not the recomended 5-6. I also use 8'6 rods with 12# co-poly line and don't have that issue. One other thing on mono - and I'm not bashing anyone here: When you spool up your reel, if you ever notice a white powder on your fingers that have guided the line, don't use that line. It's the plasticizer coming out & the line is becoming very weak. (Remember to store your line out of direct sunlight-UV weakens mono) Tom B. (LongLine)

Chris - Maybe you, me & a bunch of other guys aren't "reliable." Don't you love how the weathermen can mess things up? Guess they don't realize that most fishermen especially rec's carry cameras and most operate with active GPS. All we'd have to do is take a pix of the spout with part of the boat in the pix, take a pix of the shore, report coordinates & send them in so they could confirm on their radar/dopler. (Then get the he[[ out of there) Fishermen have been telling the weather just by the hats they wear a lot longer than weathermen have been around. When water drips off the brim - you know it's raining; when it blows off your head - you know it's windy; when icicles form on it - it's freeking cold! But hey...we're not reliable..... Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome. Tom B. (LongLine)

WTG Toal Chaos. Glad you made it back ok choo. Hope you can get it fixed. Tom B. (LongLine)

'94, 95 & 96 had the lowest King stocking numbers. (Remember 93 was the year that stocking numbers were greatly reduced) Those 3 years they only put in like 1mil to 1.3mil. Also Nat repro hadn't kicked in enough to be noticed. (Till '99) Fish from 95-96 would be the big ones caught in '99 In 1999 the yearling alewife numbers were extremely high during April-May. The yearling alewife numbers since have been 20% of that or less. Basically, during the "get fat" portion of their life cycle, there was more prey available. Another way to look at it is to figure the ratios: in very rough numbers - the year that we had the tremendous kings, each king had 10,000 alewives to chose from. In the last 10 yrs or so King stocking targets roughly 1.7 mil & Nat repro has kicked in. Alewive population is down from those years. It's more like each king now has 500-1000 alewives to chose from. Additionally, the invasives (mussels & gobies) have shifted the alewive population out over deeper water. The kings start sniffing around the rivers in mid-late Aug. Mid July the alewives go back out. The kings used to be able to eat pretty good around the mouths of the rivers. Now, there's not much of their favorite food available to munch on while they're sniffing. Tom B. (LongLine)

Try this place. He's in N Tonawanda http://laingsoutboards.com/ Tom B. (LongLine)

Tim - Browns are typically the fat ones but the cohos I've seen this year have almost put them to shame. I'm wondering if they've exchanged diets. Tom B. (LongLine)

Fishing Report LongLine Guess what time I launched… Clear overhead. Big bright Blue moon high in the sky. Very slight south wind. Headed out & to the left. 73.5F on the surface. Put in around 120 FOW and worked out to 230FOW or so. Very busy screen between 190 & 220 between 80 & 110 down. Managed to lose the first 4. Two were on for ten minutes & had to be Lakers. 2 were on for 10 seconds, max. Glad I got up so early…. Finally got the act together around 10:00. Little King down 120 over 200. Wonderbread on the rigger. Then a chunker, same depth same lure. Both short leads; 3 mph down speed heading south. 54F down 105. Very thin line but I guess from here on out, temp doesn't mean all that much. Flotilla of larger boats working a little eastward, more off the river & a little shallower. Maybe 8-10. Pulled them up around 11:30 & scooted around to burn some gas. 6 jackas…er...fellow boaters trying to launch. Man that water’s low. Couple guys in a Lund pulled out right behind me. Guess they had a pretty good day to the east. About 20 trailers in the lot. Going to play with the carburetors one more time tomorrow. Luck to all, Tom B. (LongLine)

For the do-it-yourselfer check out this site: http://alantani.com/ It's loaded with info on all kinds of reels. Tutorials are awesome. Tom B. (LongLine)

Yeah, the big one. used to be the county launch but now owned by the City. They're going to go ahead with their plans for condos etc. Originally they were going to put in a new launch just a little south but looks like that's scrapped. Anyone figure out the mayor's email address? Tom B. (LongLine)

What's this BS about closing off the launch at the genny? Anybody have the mayor's email address??? The only one I can find requires me to change a bunch of stuff on my computer. Tom B. (LongLine)

Any one that isn't secured to your cable when on dry land. Over the years: Couple of Roemers, 1 Chamberlain, 2 pinch pad cannons, bunch of Lauricks. oops...only 1 cannon, 2nd broke & I threw it in the trash. I'm not bashing anyone here. I can be a klutz sometimes...funny how I've never dropped a rod overboard...knock on wood. (kicker motor doesn't count as I wasn't holding onto it at the time & besides it was chained.) Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to the site Devin. Keep your eyes open & stay safe. Billy V is the guy I'd look up for the Fingers. Tom B. (LongLine)

Definite + on the Black's. Black's are much much harder to drop overboard. Tom B. (LongLine)

I don't know of any place around Rochester. I did however do a search on "used outboard motor parts" and it turned up a whole slew of places that sell just about everything. What kind of motor? Tom B. (LongLine)