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Tom B. (LongLine)

The reading on your rigg'r is important after you catch a fish. Always look at it as your taking the rod out of the holder and befor you crank it up. That way you can get it back to the same place. Tom B. (LongLine)

Tom B. (LongLine)

WTG Brian! Wow! Tom B. (LongLine)

Every year, off the Genny at least, Early-mid Aug, there's a big band of fish in that 70-80 ft range that will drive you freaking nuts. My advice - go deeper & find something that will bite. But seriously, try stopping & let lures settle, then put it in gear. Another trick with clean spoons - pop your line loose from the rigg'r & let them come up by themselves. Tom B. (LongLine)

Nat Repro has been known about since the mid ninties. It's only recently that formal studies have been undertaken by DEC. Back in early 2000's a prof at E.S.F. (w/colleagues) published a paper saying Nat Repro was highly variable and could vary as low as 10% & up to 85% in lake Ontario. I also have a problem believing the catch is 40% natural. I'd say it's closer to 60% this year & hopefully going to be higher next as the hatchery egg success wasn't very good this year. Tom B. (LongLine)

With the well publized info on natural Kings; some info on natural Atlantics; & a couple of lakers here & there, it's only logical that the others are doing it also, although to what extent, only a few really know. Tom B. (LongLine)

I wouldn't pull anything over 3K Lbs. Aluminum is obviously light. As for the boat, look for a deep vee type hull. Something pretty deep and wide. As you're standing in boat, side of gunnel (side wall) should come up well past your knee. Side wall should be minimum 6" wide to mount rigg'rs on & solid. Look at transome - Does it have room to put a kicker? Look at the room you'll have for fighting a fish - is there a lot of room or are you going to trip over something? Get a survey & insist on a test ride, even if you have to pay for the launch. You might want to offeer to tow it to the launch for the test ride, just to see how it trailers. Tom B. (LongLine)

Heck, I've done that on perfectly calm days. Tom B. (LongLine)

Probably because there was a boom in the wild population. An awful lot of little guys were caught in those years & a lot had adipose fins. Take a real good look at the recent posted photos of 15-25 lb fish. Majority have their fins intact. Tom B. (LongLine)

Orange - Go to this site. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/glc ... pe=N&hr=00 Click on the various hour boxes then play back with you browser and you can see what the surface has been doing. (note; scroll down to see what's happening on the bottom.) Also go to the "forecast" pulldown menu and find Lake Ontario. Do the same thing there with surface temps. You can also go to the 'nowcast" pulldown, find lake ontario & play with the surface transects. Put them all together in your mind and you'll get a pretty good indication of what's going on out there. (Note the transects start in about a 100FOW or so) Tom B. (LongLine)

It's telling you that west of the 78'30 line it's awful cloudy and that the satellite beam can't penetrate the clouds well enough to give you a good indication of what the surface temps are. Tom B. (LontgLine)

Study a topo map of I-bay before trolling it. The shore line can be very tricky. There are some fingers and drop offs that come out of nowwhere. North of the bridge on the East side you can have your bow on the shore & your motor over 50 FOW. Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to the site Jim. My 18 ft'r is an all around boat that I used to take the kids tubing, swiming & just playing around with. Consider mounting rigg'rs so they are easily removeable & you get the best of both worlds. Tom B. (LongLine)

Very early in the spring, you can get a lot of good size Browns, Stlhds & Cohos in all of the bays on the south shore on simple flatlines. In mid fall, especially at dusk you'll find some big kings, again, in all of the bays, although they may be very difficult to catch. Tom B. (LongLine)

All depends on your location. Generally along the south shore, south wind is calmest. North wind out of Rochester can be brutal. If you're 12 miles out, wave can get big no matter which way wind is blowing. Obviously on the Canadian side, south winds make it pretty rough over there. Tom B. (LongLine)

Anybody hook a cowl (engine cover) to a Merc 110 off the Genny. please let me know. Tom B. (LongLine)

Go to this site: http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/27068.html If link doesn't work then go to NYSDEC website & use search function for "Lake Ontario Annual Report." They have the last 5 or so online. In each report there is a section on stocking. Each of the stocking sections will give you a comlete breakdown of what & how many were stocked where, including size/clipping/tagging, where they came from, date of stocking etc. Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to the site. Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to the site. Hope the weather breaks by then. Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to site cs. I think I'd put on a PFD rather than wear an adobe file. It's very difficult to see any boats on the shoreward side of you due to the shore lights. Please be careful. Tom B. (LongLine)

Somebody once told me that "An 'Ex' is a has been and a 'spert' is a drip of water...so all you have to do is put them together to figure out what an expert is." Tom B. (LongLine)

Avid - Try to do the driving of the boat. i.e don't just sit there waiting for a fish. Stay out of the engine fumes. Make sure you wear a hat. Tom B. (LongLine)

Hey Ray - Did you get he cake we ordered for you? We made a special trip to the Plumber's Bakery just for you. . . . Happy Birthday. Tom B. (LongLine)

WTG Brian. Tom B. (LongLine)