Dave,
I totally agree on the lake vs trib battle needing to end. Working together towards the common goal is what we should ALL be focused on (like the new Sandy own project). To sit here and say the DEC came up with these regs on their own is complete BS. We all know that is a huge stretch of the truth. When you have an organization like TU commenting on the proposal (even though some of them will never fish Lake O steelhead just inland trout) it floods the comments and the DEC is going to take that into consideration big time. The regs have done nothing positive to change the steelhead fishery since they were out into place. The steelhead numbers don’t seem any higher and size hasn’t seemed to improved.
P.S. when Jessie contacted Rob about using the pens and restarting the Sandy pen project, I was 100% on board and even offered helping Jessie with anything he needed.
Unfortunately, I will not be at this show with my rigs. I will be there walking around to see the Rochester guys! I will be at the Finger Lakes Trollers Association flea market on Sunday!
I run my coppers with double keels. 300 and 400 still put a lot of drag on the Otter Boats and decreased their performance without the dual keels. Yankee Troller is the man to ask about the keel measurements.
What does everyone use to store pre tied diver/ cheater leaders? Here is what I use. They are tackle buddy leader holders customized with Velcro. I cut them down some, screw the caps on and add a piece of rope to hang them in the cuddy.
Warm winters (2012 & 2018) are usually phenomenal fishing. Lack of Erie ice will get things started early and hopefully the weather will cooperate this season and allow the lake to be more stable.
Stop down and check out the Fingerlakes Trollers association trollers flea market on March 26th! I will be there with Gambler Rigs and my new for 2023 line up!