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Saturday to Saturday

Perfect. Fish are in trouble. Thanks gents.

Pelthunter, if you wouldn't mind, could you ask your buddy how deep the thermocline is set up? I won't have a temp unit. Thanks.

That fish's eyes bugged out when it saw that Gambler rig!

Ah but there is something very relaxing about putting some rods in their holders and puttin' around while taking in the scenery.

I assume smaller spoons sizes?

If the line is abraded from touching bottom, I am going to replace it no matter what I use. Fluoro is expensive. Mono cinches down on knots better than fluoro. On Lake Ontario the water is green, you don't need fluoro. If I was fishing Huron.....yes I would use Fluoro.

Good call Lucky......I just realized I have two on my boat I can bring along. I am going to have that ski boat looking like a porcupine yet!

How many colors of leadcore would be best for July? I imagine there will be no rod holders on the boat so it will be a limited spread.

Lake George equipment Have not been to Lake George since childhood. Back then I fished for bass off the docks. I will have access to a rental ski boat for the group so I will of course will bring some trolling bags!!!!! Plan on bringing a couple of thumper bottom rigs, an eight color and my spin gear for jigging bass. What else should I bring?

Slide out into the 200-240 range. Marks disappear but there are fish out there with empty stomachs that are hungry. Try some meat down 80-140' down this late in the day.

You have a swivel on your dipsy helping with line twist so I think you are covered. Yes a split ring would do similar to a duolock snap. The benefit is when you have a fish on, the knot isn't reefing across the metal blade causing weakness. With a split ring or duolock snap, the moving parts are metal on metal so the line is protected.

Big boys comin' Like clockwork around the fourth of July every year, the SW or Westerlies push the Niagara flow faster causing the North shore to roll cold from the push-pull. The conveyor belt effect pulls the big boys off the bottom and dumps them on the North shore of Canada. The cold water and presence of bait is an enticing concoction that allows for even small boats to reach big fish. Here is the latest in the Ontario Derby- some well known names on the board.

I would be a little worried about your termination with the spoon shown in picture. A good duolock snap will help with the spoons ability to be free to move back and forth. The size of the hole you are direct tied to would put the knot at risk for slipping. If you want to tie direct, try a loop-style knot. There was a test of knot strength on "knot wars" put on by the show North American Angler. They tested various loop knot designs for break strength. You should be able to look at archives of their show to get an idea for a good loop knot if that is what you are looking for. I think the "King-Sling" knot won the contest if my memory serves.

Then you are running the wrong spoon! Lol.

Almost all of mine are ugly sticks. One piece 7' for downriggers or shoreline trolling for browns off the boards. I have the 10' newer model and the slightly different older model 10' model dipsy rods. If you find the older model, buy them! The newer models are overkill too beefy. After hearing Best Chance To's lecture at a LOTSA event, they seemed to indicate they were involved with the design of the Shimano Talora rod. They stated they were made just like the Ugly Sticks.......well I broke one yesterday and I can tell you looking at the broken tip, they are not made like ugly sticks. The tips are not solid fiberglass.....hollow.

Oh my!

If you are running a clear dipsy then leader length should not matter.

More likely those are kings. June is called the "transition" for good reason. Bait is coming ashore to spawn pulling predators with them. Meanwhile some bait is still in winter deep pattern so you are likely to still see those 150'-225' bait and salmon marks for the rest of the month. Once the bait hits the shore and completes spawning it will move out into the lake in their preferred temp range. July makes for easier fishing because of stratification of lake temps makes targeting easier plus alewives are out of their deep cycle pulling predators with them. Those deep marks are hard to target. I might dedicate one rod to chasing deep so my boat mates don't fall asleep from boredom.

That is a BIG tiger!

Worm harnesses or sticks?