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Gentlemen, I am looking for a place on Sodus Bay for the last Thursday thru Saturday of July for the healing waters event. Need a dock for a 23' boat. Thanks for any leads.

Summer time means fishing holes in weeds weeds and more weeds.

Try snaking from the engine compartment towards the front.

First week of season I used to fish shiners under a bobber at the DEC launch and have at the pike and (out of season then) bass

Not that it matters as you cleaned as well as the cramped space allows but there has to be connecting plumbing between the two compartments otherwise how would water in the front compartment ever leave? Bilge pumps sit a couple inches above the bottom of the boat so you would always some water in the forward compartment if there was no connection. My Bayliner has a central drain tube coming from the front compartment, exiting directly below the factory installed engine compartment bilge mount. With the gas tank and water reservoir tank in the center, perhaps you are encountering a "T" in the plumping that is routed around those tanks. Someone who has refurbished a Bayliner may be able to shed some light to the issue. You also have weep holes thru the stringers that can get clogged. They drain near the transom into the engine compartment.

The girlfriend might be more expensive thou

Get a girl friend that likes to fish

The more experience I gain the more respect I have for the dangers boating can present. I try to pick up every piece of 30 lb mono I cut because twice they have jammed my bilge impellers. Check before you leave the dock as suggested. I have updated both fore and aft bilges and added a jabsco water pump hooked to a switch that allows me to clear the bilge dry if needed.

Use a vacuum to see what comes out. Part of periodic maintenance. The other day I sucked a bottle cap from the previous boat owner (that was 11 years ago). Stuff blows around down there. There should be a connecting tube to answer your question

Running it across your nail burns your ass? Strange connection you got going there LOL!

Nothing that a dremmel tool and a few swipes with a stone-bit can't take care of.

At those depths they are probably steelhead or shaker sized kings. If you want to see what they are you would put out some spoons with orange. A couple riggers maybe a 4 and 5 color leadcore off some boards. Dipsys out about 40-50'

My solo spread would probably one wire diver with a flasher down in chinook water and two rigger lines chasing the marks on my graph

Must be a weight to drag ratio allows for some additional sinking. I would be skeptical of much beyond an additional 20' of depth gain at traditional salmon trolling speeds

For sure walleyes that are neutral require a more subtle "ice fishing-like" vertical approach. Spend some time GPS marking some humps on Erie for just such an occasion. If the wind isn't blowing enough to get them active try going vertical

Gordy the mature fish lived thru two bad winters which knocked their feeding metabolism down. Don't expect huge fish.

250' and 400 are nice lengths as traditionally many fish are caught at 50' and 80' range. You could also just add torpedo weights to your leadcore rigs