GAMBLER

There was another pig caught out of Rochester the other day. 23lbs..... Crazy when the browns disappear in the spring how many slobs are around. Oh and for those that thought the small browns were decimated by the cormorants the last two years, they were not. Plenty around when I have brown fished this summer.

We crushed them this morning also. LOTS of small browns. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I hope it goes through. My kid can hunt in Orleans but Monroe county would be good too! More options!

You can buy the echips and epoxy them onto the flasher.

When I fish lakers, I fully commit to lakers because the other rods get in the way. I run two riggers on the bottom with cowbells and that is it. I used to run a third rigger with a Flat fish or quickfish clean 20' up and 40' back, a thumper rod with cowbells and divers but we would get 4-5 lakers on at once and it was actually counter productive. We had too much downtime redeploying everything. If you have time, go to youtube and search Gambler Rigs and watch the video I posted a couple years ago. It shows how good laker fishing can be if it is done right.

The past couple of years, I have had better luck running Echips over Spin Doctors. The Custom painted stinger paddles in Hammertime, Live Wire, white double crushed UV and UV two face have been good for me,

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This depends greatly on the port you fish, For the most part, 120' is the most consistent depth I have found to catch lakers most of the year. If you are marking them and not catching them, here are a couple tips to try: 1. Slow down - 1.0-1.8 ball speed is the speed for cowbells 2. change direction - some days lakers do not want to chase baits certain directions 3. make sure you are fishing within 5' of the bottom. I don't mean using your line counter to see if you are 5' off the bottom. Due to current and blow back, there are times you have 20-40' of extra cable out to hit bottom. I drop the ball until I hit bottom, lift a foot, let it settle for a minute and repeat. A lot of fish finders (especially Furunos) do not mark bottom hugging lakers well. Zoom in close and lots of times they barely show up. 4. change cowbell and spin n glo colors. I have had days that lakers will only hit on color combo. Here are my simple tips on selecting proper colors: Cloudy/ low light - glow backed cowbells, sunny or bright conditions - silver or UV backed cowbells. As for spin n glo selection, I run mostly glows and silvers. I find bright colors attract too many small lake trout and not many big lake trout. 5. temp - most lakers will be in water from 39-45 degrees. Smaller lakers are found in warmer water more often than the lake trout we want to catch! 6. If you are not using Gambler Rigs and Hammerhead cowbells, you are not fishing, you are boating!

I saw on Facebook yesterday another giant was caught. 36.22lbs.

yes. A 38.88 was caught out of Newcastle last week!

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A good taxidermist will not use the head on that laker to do the mount. Skin mount or replica, the head should not be used on the final product.

I was told when they aged our laker scales are not very accurate. Otoliths are the most accurate way. I took the head from our laker after the taxidermist took it off and got it to the DEC. The taxidermist has to be careful not to damage the otoliths when the head is removed. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Trailer is sold.

You are welcome!

Like AnglingAddict stated corrosion. My buddy just put new risers and a motor from a salt boat he bought. A well taken care of salt boat can be good but salt takes its toll.

If you buy a salt boat, expect to spend more money in repairs after purchased. If you go into it with that mindset, you will be better off. Get a reliable marine survey done.

You wouldn't like the interest rate!

Yes sir