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Thanks but I want line counters.

Got any pics of the reel?

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I'm looking for some older Daiwa Saltist 20's with line counters in the old style not the new. If anyone has any for sale, let me know.

Being consistent in the trout and salmon game, you need to pay attention to details. Some days those details are very minor but make a world of difference. Take Gator's advise! There are a lot of guys on this site that are willing to help in one way or another! Do you have a speed and temp unit on your boat? IMO, speed and temp units are worth their weight on gold! Last week, small temp breaks were holding fish. If we saw a small temp break, we worked the area and it put a lot of fish in the boat. If you just want to catch fish, laker fishing is a great way to put fish in the boat to keep the kids entertained. They also offer better fishing mid day than the other species.

The DEC stocked browns a couple weeks ago by my work. For over a week, cormorants were pounding the area. Not good!

I fished them Saturday and caught a lot of browns. We just couldn't crack 10lbs. Saturday was the first day the inside waters looked good off Sandy for the entire derby. Good king bite definitely attributed to less brown fishing. I didn't see a boat fishing browns in the 4 days I fished in the derby. Last year like this year was a warmer than normal winter and two years in a row the brown fishing was not normal during the LOC. Hmm. On a good note, the browns I cut on Saturday, they were loaded with gobies and 3-4" alewife.

2022 NYSDEC Lake Ontario Unit Annual Report Suprisingly 3 years olds were the biggest returners to the hatchery . 4 year olds were 1%.

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Doubtful. Fewer and fewer 4 year olds. I will see if I can find the slide from the state of the lake meeting showing the shift in age that made the hatchery.

Laker rods were converted to Saltists a long time ago! 🤣

I’m selling a slightly used Daiwa Seagate LW50H. This reel was used for a 250 copper. Great reel for a 200 -250 copper or a 10 color leadcore. $80.00 local pick up in Hilton NY or shipped to the lower 48 for $85.00.

I am selling a slightly used Penn 320 GT2. The reel was used as a 5 color leadcore reel and never saw a lot of use. $40.00 pick up in Hilton NY or shipped to the lower 48 for $50.00.

The current bait biomass is way up compared to 2014-2019. King size is down compared to that same time period. The low teen kings you are catching are more than likely 2 year olds.

There were some good kings caught before the derby. I saw a 26 and a 25 on Facebook. The Saint Catherines Fish and Game club derby has a 25 and change leading. We boated a 20.8 yesterday out of Sandy. The Baitfish biomass being low excuse being the reason for the smaller kings is complete BS. Seeing that the bait biomass is up, king size should be up and that is not the case at all. I would love to see the chart from the hatchery showing the percentage of age of each year class that made it to the hatchery last fall. I would be willing to bet, a ton of two year olds spawned last year.

The last two days, we have had ice water inside. Saturday, 180-225, Yesterday 225-250, today 275-325.

Good king out of Sandy this morning. Another insane king bite offshore!

Did you get a length? Tough to tell by the pic. Looks 18-20lbs to me.

We put a laker in the board today but we were not targeting them! 95’ down over 210’. Insane king bite. We had a coho commit suicide too! I threw it over the port funnel and it swam under the boat right into the prop on the kicker cutting it in half….