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They have to be concentrated as you found due to lack of rain. The warm rain this week should change things a little.

There is a tutorial by Bill Saiff on how to float a dipsy using tension control out the back in the prop wash to get beyond wingers. Search YouTube.

Awesome. I will join the hunt this weekend weather permitting.

Capt Pete Alex uses 5 or seven colors and then adds weight to leader end with a hitched rubber band.

I run the braid thru my fingers before entering the spool. When it wads up enough you pluck it like a bow string and they fly off

Then a mathematician can create a stocking formula. Good as anything.

Name the video "ground hog day". Apply, rinse, and repeat. Apply, rinse and repeat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPcGPC25Wyg

3.25"-5" spoon size is typical

20 Mule Team Borax.

I put the big gear out because the laker numbers you catch in April off Niagara county is crazy and I want to weed out "small" fish. I say small but 7-8 lb lakers are trophys everywhere else. I can tell you big spoons do match the hatch as most of the deep bait coming out of winter are adult alewives. My time on the Kaho showed me that 6-8" alewives is what is available. With the supposed hole in certain adult alewife year classes, I think going with smaller baits would make sense. The slimy sculpin that were netted were only 2-4". Not sure how much the bloater chubby will play a role....might be putting a hook off a dodger one day??

If you want the big ones PAP then throw a big bait out there. Guys fishing out west use Cisco Kid Musky plugs to catch big lakers. I have been testing huge spoons for Lakers in the spring to target the big ones in April. I am up to 7" spoons and may try larger.

This is not a Republican/Democratic issue, it is a health issue. Cancer does not care what your political affiliation is. These are just guidelines for people to make educated decisions about what they consume. The state has to put this information out for liability reasons. There are no "fish police" out there preventing you from eating what you want. If you want to eat the fish you catch......eat it (BTW every fish sold in stores has heavy metals also).

I am sure Bill frequents this website. Disappointing behavior for a supposed "leader" in the industry. It also speaks to the pressure guides are under to produce for their clients that he would stoop to those depths. Difficult business to hang your hat on a sport that requires the timing of bird migrations. A little bit of laziness involved also. A small drive up to Upper and Lower Lakes WMA + a little legwork and he could get his clients a limit of ducks every time.

Definitely get the delay-slow down feature for the rigger if you are going to run an expensive probe on it. If you get the swivel base, you can swing the arm 90 degrees when netting fish down the middle. I have a 4' boom to extend beyond a swim platform.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/north-country-guide-pleads-guilty-illegal-hunting-baited-waterfowl

Jake, June would be a good time. Find the bait under your boat and fish some Sabiki rigs above a heavy weight. Have a brine/ice solution in a cooler.....fish go over the gunnel and right into the salt/ice solution. Clean and cure the bait when you get home.

Typical spring pier fishing or in Olcott harbor from the docks is typically one rod for casting and one rod with a minnow tail hooked fished 4' below a float.

I ordered mine direct from company because I was planning on using them deep with heavy weights. I ordered a solid boom for strength. They also put a special 50 amp fuse on mine to handle the heavy loads. You can also order them with a delay that takes the ball down slowly for the first 5 ' or so before going to max speed. Call Big Jon and have them build you exactly what you want.