Tim Bromund

Jammer, my personal opinion is that it doesn't make a lick of difference as far as hookup ratio goes. Tim

up by 2 right now, 542 to 540. good luck Tim

Pretty sure that's a coho, nice fish anyways. Tim

Tony, itis starting now out of Olcott. I've seen a few reports of kings this past week. the Niagara County king fishing in May is out of this world, it seems like every king salmon in the lake is parked between the bar and 30 Mile point. It slows down in June through the lake transition period (between the spring fishing and the lake sstratifying and the summer fishing starting) but usually pickes up right around the 4th of July and stays good right through the summer. Last July the king fishing out of Olcott was lights out all month. I need to get my boat to the shop for a quick repair, but I hope to be in my slip in the next week or two. Tim PS the Slippery Sinker in Olcott has an excellent selection of flashers and flies.

Nice Browns Frank. Did you get a picture of the King? Did it have it's adipose fin or was it clipped? Thanks. Tim

Last I knew, none of that takes effect until your boat has been in Canada for something like 45 consecutive days. Unless something has changed in the past year or two, til that point, what you need for the US is acceptable. Tim

Howie, according to the Lake Ontario Ports o' Call map here on LOU the Olcott Coordinates are: 43.20.21 N 78.42.54W http://www.lakeontariounited.com/LOU_map2.php Tim

Back to back uni-knot Tim

Chad, you a funny man I'll have you know I've got the nicest damn ropes on the great lakes. I polish them regularly till they have a mirror like shine. Tim

Justin, most of us just load 1000' of wire in the reel and be done with it, no backing. 1000' of 30 lb wire perfectly fills up a 47 size reel. Tony, advantages: more depth due to thin diameter and no stretch; wire gives off a harmonic vibration when going through the water that a lot of us feels attracts fish (I know my wire divers always get a lot more bites than the power pro divers and the power pro will get to about the same depths, so there may be something to it); with no stretch, wire is a lot of fun to fight fish on, you feel every head shake; with no stretch, you can have 300+' of wire out and get down 80+ feet, yet you can still trip the diver with flick of the wrist, not possible with the stretch of mono. disadvantages: eventually you may have to replace the tip guide on the diver rod with a twilli tip if the wire wears a groove in the stock tip; nothing else that I can think of. Tim

Tony, not so much for kings other than right now in the early spring. Chasing steelhead offshore, deep diving cranks are a possiblility bus summer kings are pretty much a spoon and flasher fly bite. I keep my boat docked in Olcott for the season. PM me when we get closer to the time you're coming up and I'll let you know what's going on. If it works out, maybe even get you guys out on my boat early into your trip and show you the ropes. Tim

Welcome to LOU John. Tim

yes they do, i haven't registered a trailer at a DMV in at least 7 or 8 years, always wait til a couple weeks before I plan on splashing and the online registration is always prorated. Tim

I think the reasoning behind the 21' boat size is, the bigger boats, typically with I/O or IB power are put away for the winter between November and May, so the boats mostly being used during the winter months are smaller, open, OB powered boats with relative low freeboard, so the law is designed around the boats typically being used that time of year. Tim

is it Seaboard or Starboard? Not familiar with Seaboard, but Starboard is great stuff, expensive, but great stuff. They have a line called Starboard AS which stands for Anti Slip, which has a diamond textured finish that would be great for a floor application. I replaced the floor in my Thompson back in 2002, that turned into replacing the floor, stringers, motor bunks and transom (lots of rotten wood) are you sure the floor is all you need to replace? Tim

As opposed to seasquirrel, I can strongly recommend Dodge. My previous 4 vehicles were Dodge Rams and they all were super reliable tanks. I put a lot of miles on and work them hard towing the boats and none of them ever let me down. My 95 Ram 1500 WS was a simple little V6 2wd 5 speed stripped down base model work truck, it pulled my 19' Bayliner all over NYS and several trips to Wisconsin until it was tragically totalled in an accident in 1997. Replaced that with a 97 Ram, same configuration and rode it just as hard and only put brakes and tires on it. Traded that in in 2001 with 77,000 miles on it on a 2001 Ram 4X4 Offroader with the 360 (5.9L). Bought the 24' Thompson in 2002 and that truck pulled it like a champ and I was trailering that boat for the entire time I owned the truck, so it towed that big heavy boat a LOT of miles, up and down the Niagara Escarpment. Once again, only put brakes and tires on it until I traded it in in 2005 with 97,000 miles on it and bought the 2005 Ram 2500 Quad Cab 4x4 Diesel. That one, when I replaced the OEM brakes at 60,000 miles in 2007, I had to replace a U Joint. Other than that, a couple sets of tires was it when I traded it in with 86, 000 miles on it on my current Subaru back in June 08. The only reason I got rid of it was that was back when it was $5.30 a gallon for diesel and I just couldn't afford the $600-$800 a month I was putting in the tank, especially now that I keep the boat in a slip and only need a tow vehicle twice a season. I couldn't have been happier with any of my Dodge's and I really wish I had the 2500 back, not that the Subie is a bad car, but I miss the Pickup. Tim

Wow Rick, Nice Football!!! Tim

Gasp..... dead fish!!! OMG the horror of it all. Sorry just couldn't help myself. nice catch and some fine eating you got there. Tim

ok cancel that, they only show one in stock. Oh well, it is a nice reel for the money. Tim

I've got my 400' copper on an Okuma Titus T-20L which is a lever drag level wind reel, with 400 yds of 30 lb power pro backing. I believe it has the same rated line capacity as the Penn 345 and the handle on that reel is HUGE, makes reeling in a lot easier. Those reels are still pretty reasonably priced at East Coast Tackle on closeout at the moment for $104.99 (regular price was $139.99) Just thought I'd throw that out there as another option (for the time being anyways) for longer coppers. http://www.eastcoasttackle.com/mm5/merc ... y_Code=174 Tim

while I admit to being a strong Daiwa fan, I'm fairly non-partial as to what I will use. I have Daiwa's, Okuma's, Shimano's and Penn's on the boat in different applications and they all do the job. Tim

the coated cable issue is WAY overblown in my opinion. I had a Fish Hawk 840 for years and had somewhat less than the great luck that Capt. Vince had with his. It used a probe battery every trip and the numbers jumped aroubnd so much, I eventually lost all confidence in the data I was receiving, so after losing my 3rd or 4th expensive probe, the FH ended up in a box in my basement and I got a Depth Raider and it has been Awesome. Going on my 5th season with it with the same cable, I cut back and reterminate at the start of each season and approx mid season as the bottom foot of coating gets chewed up, so I've lost 8 or 9 feet of cable since I've owned it. BFD!!! I use 1 probe battery for the entire season. The display head is by far the smallest on the market if dash space is an issue, yet the readings are huge, rock solid and easily visble from the back of the boat. You do get a little more blowback from the coated cable,so I went from a 12 lb round ball to a 13 lb atommik torpedo rigger weight and the blowback was the same as the old FH probe without the coated cable. I now have a 15 lb chrome shark on the probe rigger, but that's mostly because I'm a tackle junky and have to have the latest shiny new toy than out of any real need. I hear that with the X4, Fish Hawk corrected all of the issues that made the 840 a piece of junk IMO, but I couldn't be happier with the Depth Raider and I'm glad I made the switch. The Moor Subtroll is basically the same unit, just with a large analog (dial) display instead of digital. They're all good units, don't let the coated cable scare you away from the other two. Personally, I'd rather not drill any more holes below the waterline to install another transducer if I didn't have to . Tim

Vince, are you going to be able to stay in Olcott with the new ride or will you have to move down to Wilson? Tim