Tim Bromund

On Thursday July 12th at 7pm the Lake Ontario Trout & Salmon Association (LOTSA) will be sponsoring a seminar on Summer Brown Trout techniques. Captain Hank Condes, who was the winner of the Wilson Harbor Invitational Tournament this spring, will be leading the presentation. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions about Browns and about the spectacular Salmon fishing Lake Ontario has provided so far this year. 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 of charge. See WWW.LOTSA.ORG for any questions.

yup, I retired my old cannon mag10As for Scottys in 2003 and I firmly believe they are the best riggers on the market rock solid reliable and fast. I won one of the new HP Scottys at the Wilson Harbor Invitational last year but it never made it on the boat, so this spring I just sold one of my original ones to offset the purchase of a second HP. I am going to a 3 rigger setup this year and moved the other old Scotty to the center (probe rigger) and installed the 2 new ones on the corners. After lots of boat problems this spring I'm finally getting in the the water this weekend. I'm really looking forward to playing with the new ones. If you ask around the repair centers, they'll tell you the only ones they seldom, if ever see in the shop are Scottys. Tim

I'm sure they'll ignore it. The natives usually don't pay too much attention to "orders" about activities taking place on their sovereign territory. At least the Seneca's sure don't. Tim

My wire diver rods are 9.5' Daiwa Heartlands with Twilli tips that are 12 or 13 years old and are still as good as new.

Slurpee If you're referring to the kevlar drive belts, no need as they will never break. JT, I'll let you know after this weekend as I am FINALLY splashing the boat for the season. I have had 2 of the Scotty 1116's since 2003 and they have pulled 15 and 16 lb balls as fast as you could want them to, the new HP's are supposed to be almost twice as fast. This spring, I sold one of the 1116's and kept the other as my probe rigger mainly because of blazingly fast the HP's are. Will be interesting to see how my boat w/ 8' beam fishes a 3 rigger setup with the old Scotty/probe rigger down the chute and the 2 new HP's on the corners. I do believe that Scotty recommends 12lb minimum on cannonballs for the new HP Riggers. One of the nicest things about Scotty's is that they don't have lame, cheesy bouncy booms like some other riggers out there. These riggers are rock solid and reliable. Tim

Actually 4200 might be a better choice. 5200 is a permanent adhesive/sealant, once 5200 sets up and fully cures, good luck ever getting those back out, even if you want to.

Evil Eyes are super fish catchers, but they are not very speed tolerant. They work best from slow slow up til about 2.2 so they are not super compatible with a typical salmon spread. If you dedicate to running a slow trolling program, they'll tear em up. And like Nick said, browns love em. Tim

Hmmmm, I don't believe I've ever fished for gobbly gook, howdo they taste?

All I can say is AWESOME!!!!! [ Post made via iPhone ]

I always have some spoons in the mix myself. Tim

Hey Carl, where are moonshines out of

I wish I could afford $200 reels but I'm looking to completely outfit my boat and that would put me well over budget. maybe $100-$150 per a complete rod/reel. Any Input on Diawa heartland trolling rods? Fishusa has a rod/reel combo for $139? http://www.fishusa.com/Daiwa-Heartland- ... eel_p.html I would strongly recommend going for that combo. I have a pair of wire diver rods that are the 9.5' Daiwa Heartland Rods and Daiwa Sealine SG47LCA reels that are 12 or 13 years old, have landed countless big kings and are still as good as new. Super combos. All I did was replace the stock rod tips with twilli tips. Some guys will tell you you need to spend a boatload of money on roller rods for divers, don't believe it, not necessary at all. The heartland series in general are IMO the best trolling rods on the market for the money. I have a wide variety of reels on the boat but the vast majority of the rods are Heartlands, with most of the others being other Daiwa models. I love my Daiwa Jupiter downrigger rods, unfortunately, they don't make them anymore. For downrigger reels, I also don't think you can beat the Shimano Triton TR200G. They are basically the same reels as the Charter special only with a star drag instead of a lever drag, for half the price. For 69 bucks the drags on them are absolutely some of the nicest I've ever seen. I have 4 of them that have seen tons of use and the drags are just as sweet and smooth now as they were when brand new. Tekota's and Saltist's are nice if you have a big budget, but certainly not necessary. Tim

FWIW, Dave at R&R is starting to paint that pattern as well and will have them up on his site soon.

Everything SS. Backing plate on the underside of the mounting surface if that is feasible. If not, at a minimum, use fender washers on the underside to distribute the load, the largest diameter fender washers that are reasonable for the space. you may have to double up with a smaller washer below, to provide a solid mating surface for the nylock nut to press against. Tim

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Thanks guys, much appreciated. Tim p.s. Pete----- NEVER

On Thursday June 14th at 7pm the Lake Ontario Trout & Salmon Association (LOTSA) will be sponsoring a seminar on Lake Erie Summer Walleye Techniques by Captain Don Ruppert/1st Mate Scott Wind of WaveTamer Sportfishing. They will be presenting effective trolling techniques for Lake Erie summer walleyes to include lure selection/colors and depths for various stages of the summer. WaveTamer Sportfishing spends 90% of their water time pursuing Lake Erie walleyes. From surface applications to deep targets, the seminar will be very informative for any part of the summer that you may fish. It will be an interactive session encouraging questions from the audience. Both experienced and novice Lake Erie Walleye anglers will benefit from this session. The timing of this event is very relevant as June is the start of excellent Summer Walleye fishing at our end of Lake Erie. 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 with a $5 charge for non members. See WWW.LOTSA.ORG for any questions.

I agree with thompsm. I always look for 42 deg for the bottom of my spread and work the rest of the program up from there. Mature kings that are not actively feeding will drop down into the ice water, but will still smack a lure that passes by them. We've hit a lot of nice kings down there. Granted, it is easier to find 42 on the west end of the lake than it usually is on the east side but it's worth it if you have the means of getting that deep. I've been down over 200' to find it and have dredged kings from down there. Tim [ Post made via iPhone ]

Well done Folks. Olcott won in a landslide!! Last time I checked before it ended earlier today, we were up over 50,000 votes over the 2nd place town.

397 or was that 10990

I've run most over the years, lately I've run the 13 lb torpedos, a 15 lb shark, 15.5 lb torpedos and all have had acceptable blowback, but I lost one of my 15.5 torpedos last summer and replaced it with a 16 lb torpedo diver downrigger weight and I have to say that that weight blows them ALL out of the water as far as blowback is concerned. I've never seen a weight with less blowback and I've had that rigger down 200' at times. I would recommend checking those out if you get a chance. Tim

Last year end of May we were marking a lot of fish 180-220 out in the shipping lanes (350+) out of Olcott so just for giggles I charged up a glow spoons and dropped a rigger to 200 and that rigger fired 5 times the day. Here's one of them from that day Tim

Don't need a license They do need an operator's license in Canada. Tim

ifishy, looks like he's on the Canadian side

yup...wet towel works...until you get a new cable. more likely the problem is with the antenna than the cable