Tim Bromund

Nice fish

The 40 lber was in the GOSD in Canada, not the LOC. Tim

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and miss out an all those quality vittles???

No, the state stocks both domestic rainbows and steelhead in the lake. It's interesting that the domestic rainbows have been genetically manipulated in our hatchery system (using light manipulation I believe) to be fall spawners instead of spring like rainbows naturally are, so those are the ones that run earlier in the fall, with the washington (chambers creek strain) steelhead picking up in November. Our domestics are clearly a different genetic strain of rainbow trout and have a distinctly different look than the Chambers Creek steelhead, usually much thicker bodied relative to length and with more vibrant coloration (emerald green backs, faint but evident red stripe even in the open lake) than the long lean fish with pure chrome sides with and almost gunmetal (dark green/gray) back of the steelhead. I don't have a lot of domestic rainbow pics in my photobucket account as we don't keep a lot of bows/steelies but here is one, the stripe didn't show up great in the photo: typical chambers creek steelhead Tim

I use the cleaning station at the Marina

No, Sorry, they're not, technically or otherwise. A steelhead is a rainbow and a rainbow is a steelhead. Domestic/inland nonmigratory rainbows and migratory steelhead are different genetic strains of rainbow trout, but are the same species. What is a salmonoid exactly that they supposedly hybridized a rainbow with, and who was it that performed that supposed genetic engineering many thousands of years ago?

It's called autopilot

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when that happens, ya just gotta head offshore til you find stable water, and just hope ya don't have to go all the way out to the 30 line to find it

Chris, the reason a NE wind causes an upwelling on the south shore has to do with the combination of the NE angle of the wind, coupled with the coreolis force caused by the Earth's rotation. The combination of those two forces causes the water to shear off in a clockwise direction, kind of making the warm, nearshore surface water deflect offshore and flow in a NW direction. Once it does that, the cold water being pushed in from the deep by the NE wind rushes in to replace the vacated warm water inshore, resulting in an upwelling in the nearshore zone. There's more to it than that, but that is kind of the readers digest version. Tim

On Thursday July 11th at 7pm the Lake Ontario Trout & Salmon Association (LOTSA) will be sponsoring a seminar on Lake Erie walleye fishing with Captain Don Ruppert. Captain Don will review in detail the techniques he is current utilizing to catch Lake Erie Walleye from the Buffalo Small Boat Harbor to Dunkirk. Don is an experienced presenter who will answer audience questions throughout the seminar. This will provide both the experienced and novice Lake Erie anglers with techniques to become more successful this summer. LOTSA is a group of mainly weekend recreational fishermen who are dedicated to the enhancement of the Lake Ontario Sport-Fishery including the pen rearing project at Olcott. Each meeting also features a sharing of information the current fishing conditions. So come join us and become more successful at fishing Lake Ontario! The meeting will be held at the Cornell Cooperative Extension, 4487 Lake Avenue (Route 78 two miles north of Lockport), Lockport, NY 14094. The Seminar is open to the public and free to attend. See www.lotsa.org for any questions.

They still catch plenty of fish if you run them in the proper spread. Evil eyes are speed sensitive and run best at speeds slower than most people are trolling these days. Tim

you should let ALL divers out that way, actually.

yes the mounting holes on the low profile swivel base line right up with the hole pattern in the high profile rigger bases you have, so it's a direct bolt on. Tim

No, and No. Copper line is soft , so it won't damage the guides, but it also has a large diameter and needs a big, high capacity reel to hold the copper and adequate backing. Tim

yes that is the hydraulic fluid reservoir for the power trim/tilt. Tim

This!!

Just keep in mind that the lat/long grid on the Coastwatch maps is off by approx 3 miles, at least in the Lat scale. for instance, Wilson is approximately at the 19 line and Olcott is approximately at the 20 line and those maps show those ports at aroud the 22 and 23 lines respectively. They were notified about this a number of years ago but have never corrected it. I assume that that inaccuracy carries across the lake. Tim