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Diawa Saltist 30. 6.1 to 1 gear ratio and the best drag going IMO. Tekotas are nice but the drags do not fine tune as good as the Saltist reels.

One word............Copper! When copper goes bad, you can take it to the scrap yard and get some $$$ back!

It had a little ice when I came to work today. Snow covered with a lot of slushy spots. It will be a couple days.

I never said I was dragging Gator around. I have too much stuff in my tent as it is!!!!

Atleast they have some ice up there. I'm ready to drag the clam around the hard way if need be.

I will talk to him John. If he has any info, I will send it to you in a PM.

If there is ice!

How heavy is the mono between the copper and the backing? I run 50 and the releases (scotty) hold really well, even in rough stuff.

Stop trying to pass the buck Brian ! We have already been through this.....it was you and you alone that put us in this predicament by buying that new propane auger !!!! Thanks buddy ! LOL Aren't you supposed to be working????

The real kicker is my buddy stayed this winter to ice fish. He normally spends the entire winter in Costa Rica. He usually fished one or two trips with me on the ice and then went South. He purchased a new auger, tent, tip ups, rods and jigs. He is the one that really screwed the winter up for us!

Nice Job Ray. How did it taste?

Hey, I was not out there???????

How would you troll without electronics? Sounds like a lot of lost gear if you do not use electronics.

I have a Vexilar FL8SE and love it. Vexilar, Marcum, Lowrance, Hummingbird, they are all quality. It is all personal preference. Do some research and figure out which units gives you the most bang for your buck. As an example, the Vexilar FL8 fewer options than the Marcum Vx-1 for the same money.

I was looking through our records at work and see that the lake temperature is 4 degrees warmer than it was 1 year ago today (36 degrees last year, 40 degrees today). 12/20/11 it was 7 degrees warmer than 12/20/10. If the lake is colder for a shorter period of time, are our kings going to be bigger? I would think the alewive population would be higher next year due to no winter kill. The rate we are going, Erie will not freeze and the spring fishing will be starting early. What are your thoughts?

If there is not enough iceon the 29th, I can make it. Supposed to go to Quinte with the LOU boys. We will see.

Happy Birthday Larry!

Congrats Jeremy.

Sliderbite is going to go nuts over this news!

Tom, can you PM me the answers so I can compare them to mine?

They are there in the lake. We get them in the intake at work all year. It is in 45 FOW. We used to get them fishing smallmouth in the summer also.

Nice job Paul. I really think those stream run Atlantics are the ugliest fish in the tribs.

I have never heard of noodling Tarpon. Nice pics Steve.

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It means you are bumping your post back to the top of the page. I would love to hear Ray K's explaination of what it means!