Tim Bromund

Well, we caught one yesterday out of Olcott. See Gill-T's report.

chinook35 I'm sorry, I don't see anyone contesting that.

At the risk of repeating myself, again. it's not about boat safety or educating boaters, I'm pretty sure everyone is fully behind that. This is about window dressing/smoke screen on another attempt by NYS to pick our pockets. Tim

it depends on whether you are targeting size or numbers. Back before VHS when the Rys Davis Herring Strips were available and I was running meat a lot more, it seemed like the shorter leads took more fish, but they would be smaller kings, steelhead, coho etc. If you were specifically targeting big mature kings, the 72" leads worked better, less bites, but bigger fish. We'd also cut the number of lines in the water way down. In the late august/fall derby time frame, we'd usually only have 2 lines in the water, with cut bait on each rigger with a minimum of 15' of separation and leads of 15' and 25'. More stuff in the water seemed to decrease the number of hits so no divers or other junk lines and when you had em tuned and running right, 2 lines was enough to keep you busy. I haven't played with it much in recent years with the general lack of availability of quality cut bait, but I now have a bunch of rocketman's MC Rockets (fake bait strips) I'm planning on spending some more time this year playing with it again. The thin strip of aluminum inside the rubber imitation meat strip makes then a piece of cake to tune to roll properly. I've also had some really good luck with the Familiar Bite Whole Alewives in recent years, but they are a little trickier to get properly tuned than the old cut bait heads and herring strips were. Tim

Like I said initially, I'm absolutely 100% all for boater safety training, but I am dead set against another freaking license/fee. New York freaking State picks my pocket enough already. What makes anyone think that pinheads will follow the rules of the water anymore because they have another card in their wallet. you certainly can't prove it by watching all the chooches on the road that have drivers licenses. This is just another NYS bend over and grab your ankles cash grab, nothing more. Tim

I'm absolutely down with training as it pertains to something like the CGA safe boating classes. I took the CGA class before I even took delivery of my first boat. I have a huge problem with NYS imposing another license/fee. That would tell me it is not about safety at all, just another attempt by this POS state at picking our pockets to feed their insatiable spending addiction. Tim

Love my Depth Raider Tim

FWIW, ValvTect is NOT ethanol free, it is Ethanol that has some additives added that are supposed to prevent phase separation. http://www.valvtect.com/marineFuelGasoline.asp Tim

Coal Buffler, you are not long for this site if you don't stop being such a d-bag. I'm just sayin' Tim

and another one copied from spoonpullers, off of 50 point on thursday 3/22 also in 15 fow

I copied this from spoonpullers. here's a pic of the 1st confirmed king of the season taken last Sunday off of Jordan Harbor on the Canadian side in 15 fow while brown fishing 22 lbs it's on boys!!! Tim

I use the 500 lb spectra braid planer line from Amish Outfitters nice and slick, the releases slide right down. Tim

some good eating right there, yumm

On Thursday April 12th at 7pm the Lake Ontario Trout & Salmon Association (LOTSA) will be sponsoring a Seminar on Spring Fishing Lake Ontario for King Salmon off of the Niagara County shoreline. This seminar will be put on by Captain Pete Alex who runs the Charter boat “Vision Questâ€. Captain Pete will present tips, tactics and King Salmon presentations for the part time Salmon fisherman. He will gear his presentation to help both beginners and the more experienced fishermen showing us simple things that will make us a better weekend or tournament angler. Pete has over 20 years of experience fishing Salmon on the Great Lakes. He is also a very successful Tournament fisherman with several first place finishes and over 45 top 10 finishes in tournaments across the Great Lakes. 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 believe where he was filming was in a sanctuary/no fishing zone. Tim

Actually they show up first on the far western Canadian end of the south shore which is fairly shallow sandy bottom and warms first. Jordan Harbor, 50 Point etc see kings several weeks before they show up near the bar, then they show up off St Catharines/Port Dalhousie then finally, they make it to the Bar. In a normal year, the ice water coming out of Erie corrals them on the Canadian side as the water pumping out of the river is initially, normally 10 or more deg colder than the lake water to the west and that kind of forms a thermal barrier that they don't seem to want to cross. Erie does quickly warm up and once that water coming out of the Niagara equals or is warmer than the surrounding lake water, the bait pile in and the bar fishing takes off. This year all bets are off. I would expect the kings to spread out much earlier and not all be concentrated off the Bar for any length of time since there won't be that thermal barrier present to restrict their movement. Tim

They spend a normal winter in the warmest water available, which is 38-39 degrees. That water is at the bottom of the lake, so they can be anywhere from 200-500 or more feet down until the surface water warms enough to bring em up to follow the baitfish. Tim

byoung62, you are EXACTLY who the Open Division of the pro am is designed for. Tim

Yeah, and Hernando Cortez overthrew the Aztec Empire, how much ancient history do you want to dredge up out of the gutter. The dolphoons have been as big a joke as the Bills in like, forever.

well ,that probably has as much to do with the fact that the Bills have sucked for better than a decade than anything else. Now that they're showing some signs of life perhaps that will change.

couldn't find just the float in the 4" Here's a 3" one http://www.muskyshop.com/modules/cart/p ... ipBobbers3 otherwise do a search for the Joe Bucher's Magnum Quick Set rig (on that same site) it comes with the hooks and steel leader and is around 10 bucks, but has the 4" float. I'd bet the 3" ones work just as well, though. Tim Years ago the quick strike rigs used to be on the rack at Richards Sporting Goods

Not anymore, I used to know of a place in Wisconsin, but they're website is no longer around. I don't know where you're located, but the Slippery Sinker in Olcott usually has them in stock. Tim

I'd rather live in Buffalo than Houston, or Miami, or Rochester if it comes right down to it OK, I wouldn't live in in the actual City of Buffalo if you paid me, but I'd rather live here than anywhere down south. Seriously, I think you're wrong about that Tom, he sounded really and truly sincere in the press conference. He's a small town guy who loves hunting and fishing. I think Western New York is actually a much better fit for him. Tim

I had the snap there with the OR8 release just in case it let go, I don't use it anymore with the OR16 since it can't let go with the line behind the pin. Tim

4" foam muskie quick strike rig float. since I took that pic, the OR8 release has been replaced with the little red OR16 snap weight release with the pin in the middle of the pad so it cant release. this works best if you have a hard top or radar arch with rocket launchers to get the rod up and out of the way. I also use boards some myself, but especially on the longer coppers, not sure why, for whatever reason, the chute deployment on the pike ball seem to take a lot more shots than off to the side. we've been using this rig for many years when trolling shoreline browns, put a stickbait back 30-40 feet, clip on the pike ball and you can run that 200+ feet behind the boat and not hang bottom like you would if it was directly flat lined. That tail gunner picks up a LOT of fish that moved off to the side as your boat goes by and tucked back in behind the boat after you have passed. Tim