Paul Czarnecki

I can't believe you didn't even mention Pt. Breeze/Oak Orchard. I voted...."Other". Pt. Breeze is the ULTIMATE fishing town. You have 4 boat ramps, 6 marinas, 3 restaurants, lots of Fisherman Rooms and 1 bar and the BEST fishing on Lake Ontario. What more could you ask for?

There is a reason they call Vanish "VANISH"! Its garbage and all your tackle and the fish you hook with it will "VANISH!"

After several requests to post this I'm sharing a few pics of a reproduction steelhead I just finished for a client. Modern reproductions are NOTHING like the older ones that had thick fins and no detail. A good paint job on a good reproduction looks at least as good as a skin mount and will last longer.

Great reels. Smooth drags and great ratio.

If you're coming from North East PA you only need to go as far as Oak Orchard for good brown trout action. Two and half hours is a lot easier than 4 hours. Most of us will be going in the water in the next three weeks so there will be plenty of info getting shared.

Are "Oak boats" allowed to fish it? I'm always ready for a little tournament action.

While a trailered outboard or an I/O might be a better bet I would say if its an inboard and has been slipped for ANY length of time JUST SAY NO! I owned an inboard that had been slipped "ocassionally" in salt water and the problems were never ending. Sometimes minor electrical stuff sometimes major things like oil coolers, transmission, motor mount bolts, etc. BTW....even minor electrical "issues" turn into big deals when the end result is fire.

Good solid info above but I would also add...... --shorten your leaders to 15 or 20 feet. --eliminate the albright knots in favor of small Spro Swivels --when you go to untangle your first mess make sure you are patient. It WILL come out. --when you have your first tangle that will NOT come out and you have to cut it all is still not lost. Simply splice the two sections together with back to back haywire twists. --when you have a 300 copper that started out as a 500 and it has 8 or more splices in it you can then consider yourself a "Copperhead"! Good luck!

If it was bigger than a Canada and didn't have black wing tips it wasn't a snow. Probably a farm goose escapee. FWIW.....most of the snows left Middle Creek area of PA yesterday. Poor reports from there yesterday and today. Your best bet for a spring snow goose hunt is Missouri or Nebraska. I've had several clients hunt MO this year already and most are reporting 75-150 bird days.

Here is the continuation of the snow goose thread.......this is the tundra swan I just finished for the same client. He took both birds on the same hunt in Currituck, NC last year.

With everyone chasing the white geese now I thought you might enjoy this piece I just finished for a client. It was killed in Currituck, NC last January.

47H Diawas are great for 5 color cores. OR....you could put 4 colors of leadcore (since that's all you really need) and then add torpedo divers to get you where the fishies are.

What I was saying is that using anymore then 4 colors of leadcore is old school and is not necessary. Yes we manufacture the Torpedo Divers so that is my product of choice to achieve depth control. There are other methods of getting your leadcore deeper so use your method of choice. What methods do you use to get your leadcore to 50', 100' or even 150' depths? Please share info as we am always willing to learn more efficient methods of improving my spread. I thought that was why God created COPPER!

All my salmon and trout heads are cast from the original and then reproduced in fiberglass. Same with the fins.

As we watch the snow pile up and dream of summer chrome here is the First Place Summer LOC king that I just finished. It was taken by Chris Yard...aka Irish Knots. I will also have this mount on display at the Siggs booth at the LOTSA show tomorrow if you want to see it (and others) in person.

I have a Tekota loaded with 500 ft. of 45# copper. I went to 20# braid for backing and there have been a few times when I wished I had more. I definitely wouldn't even think of trying 600.

So....you're saying a 4 color leadcore achieves the same depth as a 10 color????

And maybe even a reproduction too Vince!

Reelpower.....your doubleheader was a king and a steelhead not a king and a coho. Nice steelhead too!

Oak Orchard lost another great one yesterday. Fran Perry owned a campground on Lake Alice and was a fixture on many of the Oak's charter boats---including mine. He was always friendly and enjoyed life to its fullest and was ALWAYS the first to buy a round at the North. He will be missed by everyone and joins the ever growing list of "great ones" we've lost. RIP Franny! Tight lines and Semper Fi!

There won't be a genny on mine much longer. I never use it and the 600 pounds in the back of the boat doesn't help much when I'm trying to keep up with Buck. I don't know what RPM's he runs his boat at but Bob's boat is scary fast for a 10M. Maybe he has some super secret turbo booster or something. Without a genny you definitely won't need more than two batteries. Just check your wiring and make sure your alternators have good output and you're charging both while trolling.

Seriously Rick....you only need two. I run my riggers, electronics, radar, downstairs fridge, washdown and everything else and never have a battery issue. Just make sure that whatever motor you're running off is charging BOTH batteries. A simple battery switch fixed all my issues. Don't know why Trojan didn't make them standard years ago. Save your generator to power your mood lighting!

I took one of mine out Rick and only run two now. I had issues with the 3. Its MUCH better now. Of course, with all the crap you're putting on that boat you'll probably need 5 or 6. Heck, your "underwater mood lighting" should have its own battery! You wouldn't want to run short there and "kill the mood".

The ice was "manageable" Sean but you had to be careful. As the day warmed there were big chunks of SOLID ice breaking free and floating downriver. Some were real boat breakers. Fishing was no problem though you just fish around the icebergs---typical Feb stuff.

I fished the Niagara River in the Roger Tobey Memorial Steelhead contest yesterday. We took some very nice steelhead and a few great browns just not the one we were looking for. Our best fish was around 10 1/2 pounds and we needed 11 to break into the money. A great day on the river though!