jimski2

I crossed the wake of a Purse Seiner in a 14 foot 10 hp boat with two guys in it and we went over. Your boat does not have to be overpowered, you must be more careful crossing a wake.

Two points. The Power Authority is using NY's ability to sell bonds that jeapardizes other needed projects to pay for this stuff that is economically not viable. Nobel Energy this past week stopped building two wind farms in Allegany, NY and Centerville, NY because they are money losers. Just my 2 cents.

The walleye do not spawn on the time set by the DEC closed season rules. They spawn when the water temperature and their metabolism happen to the right conditions. In Lake Erie Eastern Basin, they spawn in late May some years and in Ohio waters they spawn a month earlier. The success of the spawn is less important than the success of the fry and fingerlings reaching a survivable size. Predators such as perch can decimate any successful hatch. We must remember to keep the perch and smelt numbers under control if you want good walleye fishing.

Usually the warm waters from Hamilton area industries start the Kings going west of Port Dahlousie first.

My progeny came back with limits of walleye. Ten foot of dirty water, bucktail jigs. First drift resulted in seven walleye.

Do not use "automotive service" batterys. With the pounding a boat gives the batterys, the cell plates separate and will kill your battery. You must get "marine service. If your boat does not start, do not use your car battery in the boat as when and if you get back, your vehicle may not start when you put it back.

The elevation of the antenna from the water is the key. If your 8 foot antenna is ten foot off the water, your range is one mile for every half foot above the water, meaning twenty miles since "line of sight" is what works. If the other guy has the same setup, and weather conditions are right, you can be forty miles apart and "may" communicate. A three foot antenna does not cut it for range either. The Coast Guard has an antenna high on a ridge above Lake Erie that reaches from Detroit to the St. Lawrence Seaway. Their stations have high antennas as also a helicopter has the best height to receive your signal.

I found that the fill hose gets hard with age and can leak gasoline into the bilge area. You fill the tank up, raise the bow up to drain the bilges and gasoline leaks from the fill hose where it enters the tank.. It is hard to access and tighten. I gave up on the large tank and use six gallon portable tanks now. I can fill them up, close the vent and do not have to deal with gasoline fumes, moisture and alcohol fumes.

Changing the regulations on a whim is not good. Maybe the fish are bigger since the forage to feed them is there in the lake. Use science to set the rules.

Great report, got my fire going.

Use a 10 Gauge wire to power your radio. If you use a lighter wire, you will lose power and distance. You only need the heavy wire to transmit which is a two+ amp draw from your battery.

A couple times when my main engine took a dump, I came in with my trolling motor.

Fish where your surface temperature is highest, usually 10 foot of water, using floating stick baits that will not sink when you get a snag or stop. When you get a fish, go back over the spot.

Thr parks will be open till the paychecks start bouncing. This happened to my Grandfather during the depression. His school district paycheck was no good. He cashed it at the coal dealer who used it to pay his taxes. Wal Mart will cash the checks of state employees for 25 cents on the dollar. They will use the checks to pay the sales taxes to the state.

The alcohol that vents from your tank will dissolve many pastics and glues on nearby articles that are valuable. My six gallon tank that I left the vent open on in my boat caused my Cannon Downrigger Plastic case to stick to the carpet on the floor of the boat. The plastic beads on several worm harnesses were stuck to the rug also. To top it off the glue on the carpet let loose the carpet and now I have to reglue it back down.

Yes, 2 inch crappie, chartreuse, pink, white. Twister tails, tubes and beaver tails all work. I might add- three guys in the boat.

45 on tube jigs.

If it is in the high use season, you can get away without it, but if you leave your boat sitting on the high humidity waterfront and your fuel tank vent is open to the atmosphere, the daily temperature changes expand then contract the volume of fuel and outside air is induced into the tank, water will be accumalated in the tank due to the E10 alcohol and its affinity to suck up the water and then separate in the tank. The water is on the bottom and when you start up, you get a slug of water and you are stuck at the dock for your day off.

Thanks to Chad who I met at the State of the Lake Thing in Lockport last night, we are going to have a place to "schmooze" about Yellow Perch, Crappie and Sunfish". Go Own the main page to "Panfish" reports.

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Welcome, hard core ultra light finesse perch fishermen. Jimski2 Let start up a connection making us better and successful. Check out "Perchmasters" for the Keuka Lake contest for best 5 perch next month.

The built in Charger, maintainer, conditioners in three stages works well for me. I leave my boat connected all year with no issues. Trickle chargers can kill your batterys.