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GAMBLER

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  1. This week of East wind is going to push the ice back to the West into warmer water that could deplete the ice too. Hopefully it is gone soon.
  2. We are supposed to get another 70 degree day Monday and some rain before then. We can all hope.
  3. Run them at 1.0 - 1.8mph at the ball with a peanut rig or a spin n glow. Drop the downrigger ball to the bottom and troll them within 5' of the bottom. Lakers can not resist them, kings not so much.
  4. There is no need to run cowbells more than 20' from the ball. I run them as short as 5' and 15' is my max. Drop the ball to the bottom and lift it a foot. Let the ball settle back and repeat. There is no need to keep it dragging on the bottom.
  5. Anyone think about getting TU involved?
  6. The channel is wide open and good flow is coming out of Long Pond. They were really slow all winter.
  7. The last couple years, we have been doing browns good in 25-35 fow with boards, riggers and slide divers. 1/2 oz of lead with spoons off the boards produced a lot of browns.
  8. . I had a great fall for perch. Icefishing all species was off for some reason.
  9. I run 15lb floro. No issues at all.
  10. I'm suprised at the lack of guys that are running divers in their spring brown sets. Slide divers have really produced for me along with the normal spring plainer sets. Some trips, 2 slide divers have out produced shallow riggers and plainer boards.
  11. The warmth and the rain in the next 10 days should be a game changer.
  12. Not every year. The winning salmon has come from Rochester and Oswego in the past in the spring. Rochester also has a back up plan for rough days. Irondequoit bay holds a decent number of browns that make any weather a go.
  13. Downrigger weights are a lot cheaper than a probe.
  14. With the X4, you can run it off of any rigger since there is no coated cable. I run my probe on my starboard rigger until it is time to laker fish. I then put it on the center rigger. Always have a rod on that rigger. It would be a waste to have a cable in the water with nothing on it.
  15. I do what Tim said. When I troll browns along the bottom, I run the probe rigger as my high rigger. When I drag the bottom for lakers, I run a high rod for kings and steelhead on the probe rigger. When I'm not near the bottom, I can run it where ever.
  16. I forgot to add some mayo to the list.
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