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  1. Gill-T
    Yes, because it was already covered on another thread LOL.
  2. Gill-T
    Lots of cool stuff being done on both sides of the lake. Here is a how a video bean counter is being used on Canadian side. Great management tool that will help keep track of the health of run.
  3. Gill-T
    Definitely a record breaker for my boat. When you only catch 20 salmon because of an East wind and you wonder why the bite is off .....you realize your prospective has changed. Here is some good Canadian FUBAR TV.
  4. Gill-T
    On the issue of downrigger ball breaking, learn to tie the wire line knot on the termination swivel to your ball instead of crimps. Also, when you are bouncing around in waves, make sure your ball stays in the water until you are ready to load the release.
  5. Gill-T
    Fixed cheaters can be separated by as little as 5-7’ and you can go crazy and add as many as you want as long as you don’t go over the NYS nine- hook point per rod rule.
  6. Gill-T
    Learn to run fixed cheaters....easier than stacking. If you are going to try stacking then you need the rod holders on the downrigger pointing in opposite directions so as the line is pulled from the release, there is a slight movement away from center. Ultimately, the fish will dictate tangles with stackers depending on which they move once feeling the hook. Longer leads on the down line, shorter on the higher stacked lines. I would rather see you go wider with your additional rods on your sized boat (copper/leadcore off boards or more divers).
  7. Gill-T
    Prayers sent to family.
  8. Gill-T
    Good day for kings off olcott. All year classes from 140’ to 400’. The three year olds are getting dark. Temp got deep in mid waters so be prepared to fish below 100’ down.
  9. Gill-T
    I doubt they are chasing your balls then. Keep in mind your graph was showing bait above the hook. A dense ball of bait casts a shadow as it passes overhead......fish lift to feed. Your boat casts a shadow.....fish don't know the difference.
  10. Gill-T
    what color is your rigger balls?
  11. Gill-T
    Lowrance GPS pucks are notoriously bad. Mine died after two years, replaced it and it died again. I have been running without GPS for 10 years LOL. I stubbornly refused to give Lowrance another dime for their crappy product and poor customer service. I am shopping for a new fishfinder/GPS this offseason.
  12. Gill-T
    One fix that cannon recommended for intermittent problems was to spread the male pins on the power cord to gain better contact with the female end. You can run a Q-tip inside the female connector sleeves to clean any corrosion building inside the contact. Another thing to consider is your splice connections. Sometimes it takes cutting and splicing in new crimp connectors (adhesive lined). Lastly, if you run a kicker motor and don't run off the main, your battery charge may be dropping too low during trolling. The mother board does not like running on voltage too low and can blow.
  13. Gill-T
    Use a saltist ....you won’t have turn the handle as many times due to fast gear ratio.
  14. Gill-T
    They work on light line. For our leaders we use behind a flasher they don’t work well.
  15. Gill-T
    Ha! I called Steve this morning. He didn’t have anything I was looking for.
  16. Gill-T
    I thought you looked familiar. I will recognize your rig next time and say hi. I was the smaller of the two pink Tutu-wearing men at the event.
  17. Gill-T
    There always seemed to be an endless supply of gear we use trolling to be found locally at local tackle shops, Dicks and even sometimes Cabelas. Lately I am having trouble finding some of the usual stuff. Anyone have a lead on... **Berkley Big Game green 30lb spools **Clear Walker Deeper Divers (did Dreamweaver buy them out?) ** 1/2" glow lure eye stickers ** Large flasher eyeball stickers
  18. Gill-T
    The amazing thing is the strong spoon bite. This group of fish for whatever reason has taken to spoons 10:1 over flasher presentations. They have been on a black pattern for me the last month.
  19. Gill-T
    Nice bunch of Kings to the East offshore in 400’-450’.
  20. Gill-T
    Cherokee boats were made for our type of fishing. If you can find one ( probably Michigan) !
  21. Gill-T
    IMO the biggest factor effecting size of steelhead is the lack of Emerald Shiners due to the effects of VHS and the loss of productivity in the epilimnion since the 80’s. We are seeing the effects on Erie now with walleye growth slowing to “Canadian shield lake levels”. It used to be during the 80’s and 90’s the blue zone offshore had emeralds visible on the surface year’round. Each spring you could count on emeralds thick in each port,river,stream or ditch. Now.....nothing. I saw plenty of trout snagged in tribs via snagging hooks in the eighties and steelhead were bigger. The charter fleet in Canada has had to adapt to steelhead or go out of business as their salmon numbers diminished over the decades. Two factors effecting size are age and food. If you believe the C&R numbers then it has to be the food.
  22. Gill-T
    What were your downtemps out there?
  23. Gill-T
    You need to find the tutorial on YouTube for setting up wire slide divers by Team Casey 1. I don’t like crimps and wire
  24. Gill-T
    That is what I am seeing in walleyes, perch and gobies.
  25. Gill-T
    I am a stud.
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