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It is too early for April Fools......the camera date is 2008. I call bullshat!

Launch out of Lewiston and stay downstream of the launch.......plenty of good drifts downstream with safer water. Don't go upriver until you have been with an experienced guide or angler.

The key to the ez-steer is to take the measurements required and order the correct size for the size of the engine you will be running. Go to their website or call customer service. You should never have the rod come apart unless you rigged up the wrong size bar.

While on the subject of kicker motor set-up....I have had the same two deep-cycle batteries that I bought new when I purchased my boat five seasons ago. I have no onboard charger other than the I/O alternator. Just now the batteries are showing signs of demise....so five years is good right? Start up has never been a problem in the past, but now I will be adding an electric downrigger so I am thinking I will need to use my kicker to help charge the batteries. What type of arrangement is involved with bringing power from the four-stroke kicker to the batteries. I have a Perko switch (I will be getting new batteries this year).

With that much money at stake.......people will go out on the water and prefish. Can't enforce it Jason. You also have charters running during the week. We do not live in a perfect world......but this tournament with no communication is a step in the right direction. Going to be interesting seeing some of the big boats having to run six rod spreads like us amateurs.......even if Kings are the only target.

Does Sodus Bay suffer from industrial contamination like most of the other bays along Lake Ontario? Was wondering if the perch/pike/ etc. are safe to eat.

I'll leave that one alone.....too easy.

Go with the long shaft. I have the mid-sized and have "long shaft envy"

Tweaking spoons, when to drop divers and go to junk lines of leadcore/copper, when to go with a flasher spread vs spoon spread, how do you like to run along a verticle temp break vs hortizontal temp break. The room will be filled with experienced fishermen for the most part so skip the basics and get into the knitty gritty.

Tim complains about the Black's releases every time he is on my boat. His sausage-fingers can't make the twists Reasons to like Black's......low drag/profile reduces blow back, you can really crank them tight when fishing deep, no false releases, SIMPLICITY.

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Hey guys, consider a weekend when there is no Lake Ontario Pro/Am event going on. I think you would get more interest.....from myself included.

A friend of mine who is a scubba instructor, told me past 40' his partner's cherry red O2 tank turns grey. The hook would not "dissapear" as you suggest.

I agree. My brittany is on his last legs and retired but the personality!!!! Quirkiest dog I have ever owned, and the best hunter. In his day we could hunt grouse all day, get up and do it the next day without a whimper.

Always suprises me how you guys will risk life and limb on thin ice for a couple of friekin' perch. Glad you are ok.

I would gather the fleet in Barcelona is still using downriggers (deeper water). I use a beat up 6lb downrigger ball with the release 3-4' above and bounce bottom with a long lead in the sand off the Catt. Nice to fight the fish not the weight with downriggers. The fight with a Walleye on a #1 dipsy is non-existent.

Try Vibrax spinners. They have an anti-rotation feature in the body. Use a quality swivel. I have trolled these in the ocean in Alaska, and did not experience line twist issues. Watch your speed, spinners are a slower presentation.

Tim, did you try tilting the transducer so it points more in a forward angle? Turn off the zoom?

In states that Coyotes and Wolves reign (out west and Canada) bucks have bigger bodies and racks. The increased fitness is probably the result of years of pressure from predators (survival of the fittest). We wipped out coyotes in the southern tier for decades until they rebounded. Did we help cause a decrease in fitness within the deer population during those years? Possibly. I know the bucks coming from Ohio are bigger than the ones from NY, and yet they are next door so genetics should not be an issue with farmland/food being equal. I agree they are here to stay......but I am going to shoot at them still the same because they don't descriminate between doe vs buck fawns.

What glen said. You can cover a lot of the water column from 15' to 105' down, depending on the size of diver disks with wire or braid. Chose the disk and distance back to reach the target depth of where you are seeing fish or the temperature you target. A precision trolling guide is a must! Generally, my two person four rod spread is two divers and two riggers cheated.

As you know Tom Allen being the cutting edge fisherman dude that he is, has built his business by listening to what fishermen want, and great customer service. I PM'd Tom to see if he could order from AFW Co. their 200 lb green braid downrigger cable. Tom got back to me within minutes and agreed to order what I need. If anybody else wants to get in on the order PM Tom. AFW braid comes in a 450' spool.

email them under "Dave" icon at mytacklebox.com and they can custom paint Locos for you.

Congrats on the show Mike. You have achieved your lifelong dream of jiggling your little rod in a hole and have it filmed.

I am sure he climbed right down and headed for the nearest washing machine.

Tragic!!!