Tim Bromund

I used to have old Cannon Mag 10A's on the boat, in 2003 I put two Scotty 1116's on the corners and moved the cannons up the gunwales as out downs. After two year of the cannons being in the way and not using them I took them off the boat and stuck them in the basement until I eventually sold em. The old Cannons were were fine, but very slow. The Scotty's were superior in every aspect. Like tangler, my only complaint was the rod holders. I have since replaced 1 holder on each rigger with the adjustable holders that come on the 1117's and that completely got rid of my only complaint. Couldn't be happier with them, 7 seasons so far without a single issue on either of them. From what I've heard, the repair centers will tell you they never (or very seldom ever) see scotty's come in for service, they just keep working. Tim

That was fall of '07, so those were the 2008 year class of stockers and this years 2 year olds/teenagers. Those will be next years matures. Tim

they're talking about fishing the lake itself. No problem there. The no night fishing is in the tribs, generally above the first bridge. Tim

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Done. Tim

Tom, they live a long time, they just don't reproduce in the ponds. Brian, gotcha, misread your post. Tim

Brian, From what I've seen in other documentation, these carp need large free flowing rivers at least 30-50 miles long for the eggs to properly incubate, which is why they've done so well in the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio , etc. We really do not have rivers that fit that description in the Great Lakes. Tim

I believe almost everyone uses what has become known as the Willis knot after it was posted on Great Lakes Angler by Captain Willis Kerridge of Thunderduck Charters on Lake Mich. I actually saw it years before that from Captain John Oravec at a LOTSA Seminar. Tim

Hope this guy is right. I've heard similar opinions expressed by others as well. We don't have the proper rivers for them to reproduce in, so even if a couple of them do get in, which appears to be a foregone conclusion at this point, they may not be able to take over the lakes as the doomsdayers are saying http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sp ... ays.html?s Tim

Ed, the shape and heavily spotted condition of the tail particularly on the bottom half, the shape of the anal fin, the overall coloration of the fish, the black mouth. Here is a pic of a 12 lb coho we got back in july, notice the much longer leading edge of the anal fin is compared to the fish in your pic and the distinctly different shape and total lack of spotting on the tail as well as the distinctly different color of the back. Also, I've just been at this game a long time (since the late 70's) and have gotten very good at fish identification over the years. Tim

Ed, Nice fish, that's the second Chin-ho we've seen on here in the past week. By the way, that first fish pic is an immature king, not a coho. Tim

Fished out of Olcott today. First off, inside fishing still sucks. We fished inside from 0630-0930 without moving a rod. We tried doctors/flies, opti inticers/flies, R&R 8" assassins/flies, lymans, j plugs and familiar bite whole alewifes. 0930 we pulled rods and ran out to the 29.5 and 50 lines and trolled north. Lines in the water at 10:00, first steelhead in the boat at 10:10. Dad just got back into town and wanted some fish to smoke so we were fishing for the box. by 12:10 we had 5 nice steel and a lost brown trout about 8 lbs in the box and called it a day. Could have stayed out there and continued to put a walloping on em, but I wasn't interested in leaving a trail of floaters behind the boat so we pulled and ran in. No idea what the brownie was dong 11 miles offshore in 470 fow and hitting a spoon trolled at 3.2 at the ball, but we weren't complaining. Fished the 29.5 to the 32.5 lines. Ended up 8/10 in the two hours we were out there including a 5 lb king (released, clipped fish) the 5 steel and 1brown in the box and a small steel that was also released. had a hit and run on the wire diver and a slider fish come unbuttoned to complete the action. Fast troll was best, 3+ at the ball to get them to hit. 7 of the 10 bites came on 1 spoon, the laser spooked NK blue thunder that has been my best steelhead spoon for the past 4 seasons. Highly recommend taping one up, every time I put it down, it just fires all day long. R&R Union Spoon took one fish on the 45' rigger and a Ludington stinger took the small king on a free slider on the 40' rigger. Everything else came on the spoon above on the 50' rigger. hit and run on the wire diver back 180 on a 3 was on an R&R mag watermelon grape dot. Nice average size with 3 of the 5 steel between 8 and 11 lbs. Tim

Nick, I've had my Scotty's since 2003 and have no pulley issues that I'm aware of. I run them at 45 deg off the corners. One still has the cable that come on it the other has the coated cable for my Depth Raider. The Scotty weight retrievers are king of soft and will eventually groove and slightly damage the cable coating, but no pulley problems. Tim

at least none of them gutlessly hide behind the anonymity of the internet with a new screen name and no identifying information in the registration. Tim

Off of Cattaraugus Creek. Tim

Definitely looks like a big female coho to me, nice fish. Tim

Sigh.... here we go again Depth Raider. There have been LOTS of past threads on this very topic if you wanna look for em. bad azzzzzz??? does that mean the X4 stinks like someone with a gastro intestinal problem Tim

Tom, if you are talking about going to the Genny to fish for Sturgeon, you might want to reconsider that. They are a protected species and I believe it is illegal to target them. The ones caught in the Niagara are incidental catches while people are fishing for something else. Tim

The Oswego Scotty Tournament is this weekend, so you should have plenty of company out there. Tim

Rich, that's why I got the manual crank planer reels this year and next year I'll buy the motors and controllers separately, spread it out over two years. It's a simple add on to convert the manuals to electric. Tim

I have 2 of the 28" Beefy Bags from Amish Outfitters and those almost pull my 24' Thompson to a dead stop at idle when both are out. They make bigger ones than that that I'm sure will get you in the speed range you are looking for. http://www.amishoutfitters.com/ Tim

I have the cisco manual reels on my boat now and they are great, they'll be even better next year when I add the motors to them Tim p s yeah I know I didn't answer your question Rich. Why do you want something other than bright aluminum and did you ask cisco if they could powder coat them for you? you have the cisco rod holders right?

not sure on the lake, but the sturgeon populations on both the upper and lower niagara rivers is quite healthy and seems to be improving every year. I know the DEC has been stocking them in the Genny, but I haven't heard anything about how that is going. Tim