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Thanks for the update. Haven't seen to much reporting lately. Mush be guys are getting their boats ready for the spring fling. I should be out in the next few days. Hope to see you out there.

If your seat mount will hold your big a$$ :shock: when you miss a strike on a plug boiling on the surface then it should hold a planer mast without any problem. I can't believe I just said it like that . Anyway Lefty, you know what I mean.

Do you have a GPS? Even a hand held will work . If so use GPS speed. If not and no other way to moniter speed and you really want to get out on the water then drag a plug along the side of the boat and keep within a speed range that the plug runs properly. I wouldn't give up a day on the lake unless it was to work on my boat.................or go have dinner at `frisco's house. Why not install your FF on Sat and fish Sunday?

What Ray says Chowder. ....and Don't get yourself hung up on all the rigging stuff all at once. Take your time and ease into it or you'll get yourself frustrated and cash it all in. This is a good time of year to work the upper water columns and that won't be as challenging as later in the season. Another easy setup to try is a mini diver disc,...6' leader with spoon or plug set back 40' to start, then lenghten the set back as the fish go deeper. This will be good practice for the bigger divers later in the season. The chartreuse-y - orangey stuff has been working lately. Also try the naturals. The water temps will start to change and you'll start seeing warm and cold water, clear & stained water. Work those edges. Although speed is of utmost importance your lure action will tell you if your in the game. Check your spoons & plugs to be sure they are running properly. You may not be able to mix certian lures because of speed. And last but not least.....don't leave fish to go find fish.....big mistake unless of course your arms are tired from reeling in fish and you want to go home . Good luck....enjoy yourself and tell us a fish story on Monday .

Nice ride Rusty' . Got a name for her/him? I'll bet you can't wait to get some fish slim on `er. Don't worry, we won't follow you around `cause it's going to be parked at the dock during the LOU-All now that your coordinates will be public knowledge .

OK Rusty, I'll behave myself on this one. I run a 2 battery system with a Perko switch. Main line (feed) goes to the main electrical buss. All my electrical & electronics feed from there including my charging systems from my main & kicker engine. Batteries go to Batt #1 & Batt #2 Only one battery is used at a time (I never use the switch on BOTH) and I will alternate the battery used from trip to trip (or day to day). This setup has worked just fine for me for 22 years on a couple boats. Never had a dead battery. My kicker is a 9.9 with a 6 amp generator and it does just fine keeping everything running. 4 riggers, GPS, VHF, FF, autopilot, power kicker bracket, etc. (no electrical trolling motors) Just be sure that you use large enough wires for the loads, bigger is better (within reason)when it comes to moving electricty. Also I do switch batteries while the engine is running. I never had a problem so far with a merc IO and outboard.

We don't believe you have a big boat. Show us a picture of it :roll: .

Try this link out. It should give you present and future wind & weather info. Click on the various arrow locations for that particular area. Also if you play around a little you'll be able to see 5 day forecasts. http://www.fishweather.com/windandwhere ... meOffset=0

...and 90+ others of us . Good one musky

:shock: :shock: ...rusty,...without you knowing it a transponder has been attached to your boat. Chaos is now in Colorado establishing an up-link to my GPS. You cannot hide your boat. My want to think about leaving it at the dock for the LOU-All

I agree with Zeke, no problem with an internal antenna on a GPS. I have the Garmin 162 in my hardtop for 5 years now and it works just fine.

Vince....you are a bad boy. Your post is starting to sound a lot like Rush Limbaugh's, "Operation Chaos"

Sean....if you check back a little you'll see this topic by fishstix. I think that it will answer some of your questions for you. http://www.lakeontariounited.com/fishin ... highlight=

Ray/Jason....for what it's worth. Cayuga lake level is up. Was only about a foot low Saturday when we were fishin. The inlet is wide open and vary little debris so if your thinkin about Cayuga, Treman will accommodate you.

`stix,....was wondering why we haven't heard from you lately :? , hope your selling because you want to. That is a lot of house if your down to just you & the misses. I just pulled my boat out of storage Friday and have to doll it up a little after being stored all winter. Got a couple of upgrades to work in when time permits but can fish it right away if the need arises :roll: . Please stay in touch `cause we miss you. Better yet I hope to see you out on the lake this spring before you shift gears for Lake Ontario.

Well I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that yesterday was my last trip on 195 . 'frisco took me out on the lake for one last fling and to kiss`er goodby. The good news is that we were able to catch a few fish to wipe some fish slim on`er carpeted deck one last time. I would have started a new post for the fish report but figured it was best to post here were only a few guys would read it and the word wouldn't get out. The last time `frisco tried to be all-inclusive with a fish report all hell broke loose and a couple of the lakes stealth :roll: fishermen (who just happen to be fishing again yesterday) got pizzedoff. Hope that those that stopped posting because of the fallout from that incident will reconsider and join back in. Weatherman,....where are you. All in all we had a pretty decent day again. Didn't get the quality salmon we would have liked to get, but that happens. The browns were in suicide mode and we would have limited out by 9 AM but threw some back as we caught them to save room for some salmon. No bows or lakers . Most everything was run on the surface and a little below. The streamers bombed out as well as Billy and the fish we caught were a little more particular and favored bright stuff in the chartreuse family. We hit a good size pod of browns that we marked on the GPS (sorry can't tell you were, secret) so we can return during the LOU-All and win the trophy . Have to cut this short. Got to get ready to go to church. Happy Easter all.

If I didn't know better I would of thought that Chaos was trying to get on my boat. But after rereading his post I figured it must of been for someone else. He knows there isn't any beer on my boat. I did get a few responses on the ad I placed to get a crew put together for the LOU-All. This is what I have it narrowed down to so far......... ....they'll be in town next week for a interview. ....wake me up before I think it is for real .. ....on second thought, let me sleep a little longer . .to be continued....

Hay Zeke..........I think `frisco is a couple years behind :shock: ,...........don't you ? And Slider' partners-up with `frisco thinking he has a leg up on this fishin' stuff... . I had to start working on recruiting my new crew. Nobody will fish with me anymore. They all said something about can't afford the tickets :? . I told them that you didn't need tickets to enter,....that the derby was free,.. but they didn't care :roll: . I just can't figure out what the big deal is with those guys :? . So anyway I'll have to break in a new crew... got a couple nibbles on the ads I placed.... to be continued

This whole credit card limit at the pump is because of fraud :shock:. ......who would do a thing like that :evil: ?

Congratulations! Nice catch. My best catch was a double :shock: last June, twin grandaughters........4 more rods in the water. Now all I have to do is finish converting the cuddy into the nursery , and get my daughter-in-law to agree to let them go fishin' with grandpa. So far she is holding out .

Ray.....I see that your looking for a mount with some grapes. I added this to my boat last year. Pretty tough mount, but will cost ya a few buck$ http://www.jrmarineproducts.com/ If you would like anymore info let me know. In the mean time don't forget to use the LOU duct tape :? when you have guests onboard that you would like to come back for another trip. Your LOU brother..........

Thanks for the heads up. May head on over after happy hour :shock: .

I think that LOU Duct tape has a place in the LOU Store........ I'm sure there will be many that will appreciate it....

Chris,.......a fuel/water seperator is really a must have. The upside of having to put one on is that they usually have two knock outs for fuel lines so your kicker will have filtered gas. In the process of adding your kicker fuel line be sure to have a primer bulb inline and in such a way that the primer bulb is not laying flat or in the down position. The primer bulb has a check ball in it so that the fuel does not blead back into the main line which will also prevent siphoning by the main engine. Few more weeks . . . .. ......well when I added this reply I see that Erin was a little ahead of me. It's a little redundant but I'll just leave it as is :roll: .

Just wanted to put this thread to bed. Made my purchase yesterday at 3 PM. Received it this morning at 11:30 AM. If I needed it that quick I'd be waiting a week or more. Anyway, I went with the Furuno 620 from Hodges Marine. Now all I need is my boat so I can install it :shock: . 2 more weeks to go.