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As a wave passes the buoy only part of the buoy is supported by water. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Wrap a piece of black electrical tape around the ends of the red negative wire to to indicate it is a negative wire.

Keuka Lake in NY ice fishing has a vertical trolling method for lake trout. A spoon is jigged on the bottom and reeled up and the lake trout follow it and strike it on the way up. The speed of the rising spoon gives it the attraction for the strike.

A key indicator for locating fish is the location of the algae bloom. The algae feed the phyto plankton that feed the fry and minnows. The plankton thrive in 55 to 65 degree water temperature water. this happens on the surface in "early June" As the lake waters warm the plankton bloom drops in depth so at the end of June fishing the bloom is located off shore in 30 to 55 foot of water. Locating the bloom on your fish finder is a cloudy area. Where the bloom meets the shallow shore waters is the perfect area to fish for perch then. By mid July the bloom has moved deeper to to 65 to 70 foot depths as the surface water temperatures have risen to the upper 70 degree condition. This is the time that the perch are now concentrated from all over the lake in schools over ten foot deep solid. You can fish only one line when you find them out there. In mid August the cool nights start bringing the perch into shallower waters and the perch seeking travelling begins again. Good luck.

The weather buoys are farther west and the farther east the fetch of the waves increases as distance increases. Good observation.

39 F degree water is the denses and when the condition exists on the surface, the water is the same. This is when the "lake turns over". The fish can be anywhere except the bottom feeders such as perch. There are no good concentrations since they can be anywhere. Shoreline areas warm up quickly from sunlight and stream flows. There are charts on the internet showing daily surface water temperatures taken by satellite of all the Great Lakes surface water temperatures. This is the key to fishing success. https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/glcfs.php?lake=e&ext=swt&type=N&hr=00 This chart shows where to find fish today in Lake Erie. As the water warms the metabolism of fish increase and their feeding rate increases.

Seven year old gasoline could be a problem. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

I am secure with separate fuel tanks for both engines. you can pick up the kicker tank to ensure you have fuel. The plastic tank is translucent and if you have a water problem it is visible by just looking into the tank. Keep it covered if water spray lands on the tank as the fuel fitting if it is not sealed will suck in water when the engine is running. But a portable tank is easily cleaned of water and sediment, sludge or contaminants. It is also an emergency fuel source when you run out of fuel. Yes it takes up valuable space but three times my trolling motor brought me home since 2004.

Early spring fishing on Lake Ontario, water temperature below sixty degrees, I would catch Lake trout right up to the beach as the sun became low in the sky. Dawn and sundown where the warmer water had plenty of bait fish. Once the sun came up higher, like 8:00 AM the fish would head out to fifty foot and deeper to escape the sun.