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Know your depth chart. Distance back to depth achieved starts out 2:1 then will start planing out to a 3:1 ratio with a standard Dipsy. Setting on the dipsy, current direction, boat speed, and bait presented (flasher vs spoon) all play a roll in depth achieved. You would be hard pressed to get deeper than 80’ down with a standard diver size (approx 300’ out). The mag divers will stay 2:1 longer and get you 115’ with 300’ out. Once you know the depth chart, it is simply dialing in the amount of line out to achieve the depth the fish are for that day/time of year. If you are unsure of depth where fish might be you can “fish” your dipsy by setting them out on a light drag so they slowly creep out and then note the line counter if a fish hits. Leader length for me is based on rod length. With the diver at the tip of the rod, the leader is long enough to go around the handle of the reel and back up 1/2 to 3/4ths the length of the rod. If you get out late April into May, start your dipsy out 80-90’ as a good starting point.

You are you uniquely qualified for Lake Trout as a prison guard.........you are used to poop flingers!

Northportnailer.com. Go to accessories section and click on lure tape. Lots of colors to choose from.

Those large metal cylinders are what float the metal cable. The metal cylinders and the cable is considered “the boom”.

The boom has broken a few times in recent memory. I went over the skyway and was able to see ice as far as the eye can see.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/must-see-ice-climbs-ashore-from-lake-erie-in-vicious-winds/ar-BBU1zaP

The ice boom broke on Erie. This means an earlier spring in Niagara County and potentially a faster dispersal of fish lakewide after the May flurry on the west end.

You get a chance to see some of the local news out of Buffalo there is some great video of shove ice growing like tectonic plates colliding.

The crap just started here in Buffalo. It’s coming.

Is this another NOAA report? Looks calm.

Tons of dead skunks around Skaneatles and I saw robins!

Perhaps you might be interested in one of these? https://www.amazon.com/Celebrity-Machines-Seinfeld-Kramers-ASSMAN/dp/B00E0LV4GE

Unfortunately I can’t grind my dogs like I would like. My pointer has a condition called Exertional Rhabdomyolosis that causes skeletal muscle break down on heavy running. She will start pissing blood after 1hr.