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  1. GAMBLER
    You and I were young once Dave. He will slow down as he ages.
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    I'm talking proportionally. The rigger to junk line hit ratio was higher in favor of the riggers than normal for sure.
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    I switched to braid last season and will never turn back. I got a lot more rigger hits than the past using wire. Fleas were not an issue. My retro ease on the cable took 99% of them off the line before they got to the boom end,
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    Thank god there aren't any photos or videos!
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    With alewife die offs, it's easy pickings for the fish. Why would they eat your offerings when there are easy meals swirling in circles and easier to catch.
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    Lakers are the worst out of the salmonoids on Lake Ontario due to their age. Most kings live less than 4 years. Lakers can live a long time. The 34.06lb laker we caught in 2012 was 27 years old. Lots of years absorbing chemicals than any other trout and salmon species we catch in Lake Ontario.
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    I find King, brown and steelhead fishing are slower in the afternoon. When I fish afternoons, I usually start off fishing lakers until the sun starts to get lower on the horizon. The way I target lakers, mid day is the easiest time of the day to target them.
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    That was weeks ago. These were freshly dead and some were still swirling.
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    They were all over the surface on Friday off Sandy.
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    Yes but to get it full, you may have to start off lower in price to get clientele. A marina with 10 boats at $1500 each is a lot less than 20 boats at $1000 each.
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    No. Guys at the oak reported some dead alewife last week too.
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    It was crystal clear in there yesterday according to a friend that lives on the lake. Maybe they were scattered out deeper and haven’t came back in shallow? Don’t know. When I started setting the spread I looked down and said, it’s going to be game on today.
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    Humbling morning on the lake! Fished from Sandy to Wautoma turned back west and trolled to the nose and back to the creek and boated one brown. Great looking green water that was 47 degrees! Worked out to 55’ and fished it for a little while. Some bait clouds and we marked a couple fish out there but zero releases. Lots of dead alewife floating on the surface throughout the day. The brown took a 5’ rigger with a Froggy glow stinger in 11’.
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    I get that Tom. If it doesn't happen, the states should take over. If not, we are screwed.
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    I was one of the test group last time they did this research. ALL of my levels for contaminants were well below average. Proper filet methods and keeping smaller to medium sized fish for consumption are ways to lessen the contamination levels in Lake Ontario fish. When they did the study, I grilled the lady heading the project. She was more than willing to answer every question I asked her. They grind the entire fish or testing for contaminants. They do this because some people use the entire fish for consumption. I filet trout and salmon, trim the fat and take the skin off. I grill mine in a grill basket so fats and oils drip out of the filet into the bottom of my grill and not stay in the filet.
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    The reports I have seen on Facebook says they have. Even a 24 and change king caught by Matt Yablonski.
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    If this is going to happen, the Great Lake States should band together and make a multistate organization that financially supports the Great Lakes research.
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    Looking at the web cam on this website, it looks like some colored water is back on the shoreline. It had been crystal clear since last week inside.
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    If the survey isn't done, and the ding dongs running this state want to know why we spend millions on a fishery, not having this data to show how often the fishery is being used would not be smart. These guys and gals also take scale samples and measure fish.
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    That was the old StarCraft back in 2013. This boat just got the repower. This coming offseason, it will be getting a new kicker and Dek-it flooring!
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    Sell the boat? Are you nuts? 🤣
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    Over the winter, Tom Barbara of East Fork Pro Marine rebuilt the 5.7 in my boat. We did a motor test Wednesday and Thursday afternoon was the first fishing trip of the year. We left the creek at 3:15 and was greeted with a flat calm lake and crystal clear water inside. We ran to the lake trout grounds and found a spotty screen. When we marked fish, we caught fish. We had a steady pick on lakers all evening. Hammerhead Cowbells in Froggy, Crystalina Watermelon UV, Gambler Rigs in Bullfrog, Alien and 2 Face were the best producers. 95-115' was the best zone. It seems like the natural reproduction is up. We caught 6 lakers that had didn't have an adipose fin clip. At the end of the trip, the Canadian Coastguard icebreaker (Griffin) motored by us and it looked like they were setting the buoy on Wautoma Shoals. Not sure if that was what they were doing or not because they were too far away.
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    The USGS guys and gals (especially Brian) are great people and do great work. Without them, this fishery will be a mess. It is important to write politicians to put pressure to keep the USGS programs.
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    I saw one report of a couple kings caught. Not as many as two ports to the East of us at Sandy.
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    Anyone try out of Sandy this morning? I'm heading out at 3 and was looking for intel.
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