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Coup that is a nice buck way to go.... I guess the pressure is off now for venison.... Let me know if you want to hit Canandaigua Lake for some lakers and rainbows..... Dale

After watching that for the last 20 minutes I need to get the boat gassed up forget deer season... That was a great show for Lake Ontario Fisheries...... Dale

Kevin I think sunday morning may have some potential. we had a ball trolling that lake.. I need to hit up B&E Fishing tackle for some killer laker lures.... Dave I know what you mean there is a lot more meat in a deer than a limit of lakers... I talked with Roger the other day and he said they are having a send off party at the firehouse sunday........ Dale

Fished the north end friday morning from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm with a couple friends. We caught 7 lakers from 2 lbs to 5 lbs best depth for us was 100 fow down 65-75... Nice bait pods with active fish working them... Best lure was 42nd spoon which did 6 lakers and a green echip with a green fly did one laker... It was a foggy and rainy day for us but we had a great time.... Dale

Salmonite I just prefer people stop by anytime until 10:00 or 11:00 pm at night... We always have somebody around to check in deer during bow and gun season.. I also have some people that call before they stop out and that is also exceptable.... (315)524-6265...Thanks.. Dale

Thanks for the pat on the back Jeff.. I hope to see you this season a few times..... Dale

I also had a Lowrance ff with issues and their Customer Support was sub par to say the least.. I have had great success with Garmin for Customer Support with my ff.. I would highly recommend them to my worst enemy... P.S. The moderators in this forum have always been very professional in my honest opinion and would do nothing to help themselves.... Hank helped me with the diagnosis on my I/O and gave me the information to replace the camshaft myself..... Hank did not make a dime on that, but he was there for a fellow sportsman in my time of need. I wish there were more people like Bob and Hank that would rather give not take...I think we could all learn from their actions.. I would recommend thinking before posting about these fine moderators.... I think Governor Patterson has a website if you are bored and would like to complain about something.. At least maybe everybody could benefit from your anger..... These comments are not supported by the website or their moderators just me..... Thanks... Woody

Kevin that is one heckuva Brown..... Good job.... I think Dave will be following you around Seneca for good now !!!!!

Billy I processed quite a few deer last year (135) and we used a foodsaver vacuum packing machine. I would highly recommend spending a couple hundred and getting the higher end model for the commercial design and extra features...... Dale

It is that time of the year again.... The price is staying the same due to our current recession and our lovely governor raising our hunting and fishing licenses. I will post my business card in a couple of days.... Thanks.. Dale

Kevin that was a smart move fishing Seneca over the big O... I have been out a couple times in the last week and have not done very good at all.... Skunk city yesterday out of Hughes Marina.... I am glad to see a nice report for you guys... One of these days I am going to hook up with you and run my boat down to Seneca for a day trip....... I also want to give jigging a shot on seneca for lakers..... Dale

Gentlemen first off I want to thank you for your assistance with this motor issue.. I spoke with Hank before I went out of town and he said the samething. Camshaft has a worn lobe... I disassembled the motor to find the camshaft had a worn lobe on the #4 cylinder so I got a new camshaft and lifters and new gears for the camshaft and crankshaft.. It took about 8 hrs to teardown and reassemble the motor but it is currently running beautiful and has good power... I have not run the motor that long yet maybe an hour or hour and a half... But the sounds are gone.... Hank I want to thank you for the phone conversation about the motor if it was not for you I would not be able to get out in fish this week.... A huge Thank You to you sir....... Thank you to everyone else that posted on this subject..... Dale

I guess that is good to hear.....

I agree it was nice to get out.. Just stunk a little bit getting out late.. How was the fishing before the sun started to bake....

I am thinking it will be 36.10 #

Jeff nice report. The funny thing about the wires other than the one brown we took right away yesterday on the wire they were silent the rest of the day.. Finders Keepers and I actually waged a bet of who could get there wire to fire first with absolutely zero success. We threw everything at them but the riggers were hot.... Dale

Mud Chicken Report ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s): Time on Water:9:30 am to 3:00 pm Weather/Temp:Hot Wind Speed/Direction:nw 4-5 Waves: 1 or less Surface Temp: Location: LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== We got a late start today because Finders Keepers and I were going to fish the Fair Haven Challenge but he had trolling motor problems (would not start) so we went from Port Bay back to my house to grab my boat and went out of Hughes this mid morning.. We motored out to 110 fow and started a nw troll just as I got the port wire set-up in the water out 150 on a 2 setting the rod tip starts bouncing and I reel in a 6 lb brownie. That came on a white echip and little boy blue fly.. Got the rest of the spread out and the starboard rigger fires down 65 with a black and green glow Mag Tim (Finders Keepers) fought that Steelie and lost it just before it got to the boat... That rigger was mupped and we took several hits on that for our short time out there. Next fish cam on a green on green echip fly down 78 over 220 fow about a 4 lb steelie.. Just before the end of our trip we had the starboard rigger fire again and then the leadcore went with a nk mag raspberry knot in the water over 270'... That was it all steelies and 1 brown no kings..... Maybe next week..... Good luck to all in the LOC..... Dale =============== Total Hits: 8 Total Boated:3 Species Breakdown:steel and a brown Hot Lure: black glow green nk mag Trolling Speed: 2.9 Down Speed: someday Boat Depth: 110-320 Lure Depth: 60-80

Just run the core rod down the chute...... I have had very good luck with that.... Dale

Ok guys I pulled the valve cover this morning 8 hours earlier than I hoped due to Finders Keepers boat problems (no Fair Haven Challenge) we will get them next year. So I pulled the valve cover and found that I had one rocker arm that was not getting any oil up through the hollow tube so I took the rocker arm off and noticed that the tube was clogged. Cleaned that out put it back in started to get the rocker adjusted nice and notice no oil still on that rocker arm. So I pull the tube again and decide to clean the oil galley for that rocker and put it back together and I finally get oil on top of that rocker and the sound starts to dissipate... Now i notice that the rocker arm that was not getting the oil is not rocking like it should. The other 7 rockers are really moving up and down and the other one is barely moving up and down.. But I was getting good lubrication on top of the rockers..... Took the boat out after these adjustments and the boat ran very nice motoring out to 250 fow.. Trolled nice... But as we were ready to motor back in the engine would not power up good and was really making some loud notices... So I am not sure if the engine has a stuck valve or a collapsed lifter... It definately has engine woes... Anybody have any ideas on how to solve this issue...... Thanks in advance..... Dale

Hank I have not pulled the valve cover yet. I guess when I get back into town I will pull the valve cover and adjust the rocker arms that need adjusting.. what is the lash tolerance on the 2.5 liter and I will check this out.. Hank I really appreciate the information and Thanks for the help.... Dale

That is one nice Laker. If that young man can reel in that monster he is welcome on my boat any day of the week.. Congrats to your nephew on that 2nd place fish......

Anybody have any ideas on this. I have a 2.5 liter OMC that I picked up in the spring. It was running great then all of a sudden engine started ticking.. Neighbor of mine said that it is a lifter and I need to adjust it.. And he also said it would be fine after the adjustment.. I talked with a friend of mine who is a gearhead who said those engines have hydraulic lifters that Cannot be adjusted.... Here is my concern. I do not want to damage the engine further..... Any ideas Hank.....I changed the oil about a month ago and put fresh Castrol 10w30 oil in it and has been a very smooth running engine.... Thanks... Dale

Kevin glad to hear you and your Dad got into some kings.... Way to go.. Dale

Chris good job on the fish for just a few hours of fishing.... I did not get out tonight because it took me a little longer than I had scheduled fixing my lawnmower and since it has been a cold and rain filled summer it was a priority to get it back up and running..... Dale

Jack I have been using an Etrex Legend for several years now and I love the little thing. At the end of each trip I take the suction cup mount right off the windshield and slip it in my pocket and put in my truck... I have caught many fish with this little unit... Dale