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If it was my choice I would fish year-round. September comes and house chores, dog work, hunting seasons.....can't do it all.

Cold water is at the bar too, but manageable. Huge pile of weeds running north a couple miles East of the red can. Unfortunately, the great piles of Kings setting up there the last two weeks were blown apart with the influx of cold water. There were browns feeding on the surface. Lakers caught on a standard dipsy out only 100'. Kings were showing from 40' down to on the bottom. Plenty of shakers also. The picture is better inside 100" with the 75'- 85' band best. Good luck.....sadly my season ended today with no Tyees caught this year.

200 lb. Fish 307.com sells it. It has a cross-section diameter like Flea-flicker line so fleas are not really the problem everyone thinks. I would add that you probably will catch more fish with steel cable. What? yes, I do believe fish can be attracted to the cable hum, however, I believe older/wiser fish like their water quiet. If you are going to run it, run the braid on all downriggers. There is no point running it on one rigger as the other steel cable riggers will still be making noise......and catching more fish....which will have you frustrated with the braid cable. Steel catches numbers.......braid catches size. Coated cable for your probes does not seem to produce a hum.

When I bring it in I will stop periodically and flick the rigger line like a bow string and they shoot off.

I would assume the miracle rod catch incident is captured on the GoPro?

I paint my balls to make them less visible for the reason that I don't want fish checking them out. Use the White-tailed deer color principle. Dark on top, green (like the water color) on the sides and a light coating of white on the bottom. These color principals flatten the object out against the background colors and lessen the shadow under the ball. Loose the steel downrigger cable to reduce cable hum noise. Think about it .....how many of those majors staging off ports have been stuck by a hook before? I would bet the ones that got away or released have a negative experience associated with noisy cables. Add to the mix the pounding by the fleet during this time of year and you have a recipe for negative fish behavior. When team Cold Steel went to braid downrigger cable I took notice as Oswego charters pound the crap out of the same water over and over putting tremendous pressure on fish. Good enough for them......good enough for me. Nicer on the hands too. I have been using AFW green on my riggers for about 7 years and I will not go back to steel.

I would agree with your assessment......he does look 30 lbs. Nice fish.

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Check your ground. Black wire from engine block to battery. Remove connection and clean. Try cheap and easy 1st. Also call Moor in Buffalo, they may have recommendations of why it is not working.

Another pen-reared no adipose fin fish. Good to see.

That fish is missing it's adipose fin. What you are holding is the result of the Pen-rearing projects around the lake at different ports. Nice fat and healthy fish. You are ruined now!

Right....I think Nick and everyone else fishing the Derby are looking for Majors.

Unless you are off the deepwater areas near Pulaski or Oswego with the fish coming home....I don't think I would be fishing out deep right now. We are late in the game. A lot of fish are inside of 100' right now. The Kings I caught yesterday were females with color and red rub marks on their bellies. The cold water on the North Shore has pulled Canadian fish into their piers already so less fish out deep to play with. Get inside and grind the next three weeks.

Make a cheater hook!