Gill-T

Browns walleyes and lake trout sharing same water. Be aware of season dates for each species. With a warm December, kings can show up off the fort if smelt come in early.

I fish Erie and Ontario so the down imaging will be used for ontario spring brown shoreline trolling and erie perch and walleyes on the reefs. I look forward to having a functioning GPS as my Lowrance GPS puck crapped out after 2 years. Ten years of fishing without a GPS tells me this is probably the least important feature in the equation but a GPS will certainly help stay on an offshore pod of fish. Can't wait to play with next years three year olds!

Just purchased a Helix 9 with mega and down imaging. I am happy to report that the owners manual is not 150 pages like my Lowrance LCX that it replaced.

I agree. You targeted way too deep for staggers and for silvers you may have been too shallow.

No stretch with wire. Keep drag on the loose side esp. on the initial runs.

I don’t think you need permission for a “live” thread. As you and others populate it, the thread will live at the top of the page. I will say this year and next, it will prove difficult as I was very busy at the back of the boat and would have difficulty keeping up lol!

Bass Pro in St. Catherine’s has them.

They show in pods but shoot the river fast. Here today. Gone tomorrow. October starts the main run. On Erie Tribs we see jacks come in as early as August if nights get cool enough.

My friend is in town (Buffalo area) the first week in October looking for a lake Erie walleye charter. Does anyone have a good reference for Sturgeon Pt. to Dunkirk at that time of year? Thanks.

Have found this year.....the season of the king....constantly changing leaders because of rubbing against wire during battles. Most of the time I would swear the line never got into the wire before netting but you never know what happens to the line after the initial strike and run up towards the surface. I will routinely walk off my wire at the local school soccer field to lay the wire back on tight and even on my dipsy reels. I will find all kinds of kinks 50-150’ back on the wire that indicate our gear gets together more than we think. I was also finding my mono leaders I was clamping a slide diver on was getting a pinch from the two sharp rumble strips the clamp arm pushes the line against. The issue is not 30 lb test IMO. Check your gear!

I would add a few items. On the tag end of a braid knot, tie long so you can do an overhand knot in the tag, then burn the end. For micro lead, you will not be able to do a willis knot because of the small diameter. The sheath is spectra so just remove lead (similar to willis knot) and just use the sheath to tie a double wrapped improved cinch to what ever you are tying to (braid backer {double wrap this also}or mono/fluoro leader). When I used to splice copper I used to use a haywire twist and cover with 2 minute epoxy.