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Beware of "Flea Nose"....a condition caused by accidentally wiping you nose when you have fleas on your hand. You will smell the stink all day. Try at least #30lb line to keep the fleas away.

I am sure 38 degree water exists in the Lake. It buoys around like a blob in a Lava Lamp. I know the transects cannot possible predict the temperature of all the little pockets across the lake, but GENERALLY I find them accurate on a grand scale. With that being said, I have never noticed the blue lower layers absent from the temp transects. Usually there is some ice water showing up somewhere in the lake even into August.

For anyone whom does not believe in global warming, check out the temp transects for Lake Ontario. It is not even July yet, and the coldest water is a balmy 44 degrees. Looks like I am going to have to buy another one of those $100 20 lb sharks .

......and as the sands of time pass.....so begins the days of our lives. Will Richard be able to go fishing? Will he find his lost steelhead box? Keep us posted on the soap opera lol.

Some thoughts I had passed onto Paul included that if we really want to grow the events and have better payouts....we need to get involved. All of us contestants have a stake. Many of us are small business owners and in our circle of friends and contacts there are national/international corporations and businesses we should be tapping into for event donations. A simple letter to call in some favors coupled with passing on the name of the company contact to Pro/Am officials might go a long way to increase corporate partnership.

You lost me at the cheap looking plastic release arm. Nice concept however.

Nobody has a "right" to their waypoints, and nobody can possibly know the other guys' waypoints so for god's sake LEAVE waypoints out of the equation and look up to see what is going on around you!!!! Common sense SHOULD prevail. If everyone is trolling in a east-west direction in crowded conditions, and you want to troll in a north-south direction, then use your riggers only.......don't act all suprised and pissed off your 600' copper got caught in someone's dipsy. The act described above should never had happened among two fishing vessels. Blow-boats well that is a different story.

I don't know if those are sweedes. That looks like a Canadian mullet on that one dude.

I guess most sailboaters would not qualify based on the competency clause

Have the western challenge cup standings been posted anywhere?

I believe you can night fish after 12:01 am, so PLENTY of time for fishing. It is more of a beer league....low stress and fun. I might have to try it one of these times. I like the idea that I could try night fishing, come in, get breakfast, go out and fish some more.

From the thruway up #98.

I remember it being near an overpass past Capt. Cove I think? Mapquest is not showing the correct location and I need to give directions to my Observer. Anyone remember route numbers off #98?

Where is the captain's meeting friday? I will be coming down Rt. #98 from the thruway. Thanks in advance.

Get the stainless and never have one break again.

Nope, got beat out by one point for that category

Too few fish that were well fed. Those schools of smelt from 4-mile to the bar were sick!!!!!!!! After posting a zero day one trying to tempt those deep hooks that fed all night under the full moon to eat our offerings appeared futile. Day 2 we did well looking for fish away from the bait smorgasbord.

Happy B-day Tim, you are always willing to help out a fellow angler with fishing tips. Much appreciated.

Anyone interested in observing for the Orleans Pro/Am event for our team this weekend please PM me. Thanks.

Cabela's dipsy rods get my vote. With Cabela's visa points they are free.........free is the best value in my book.

I rigged the clincher as shown in years past, and it worked great....however I have been running a #20 shark this year and the clincher kind of scared me. With a #20llb shark $100.00 + probe I did not want to find out the hard way whether the clincher will hold all that weight. So after scratching my head in the offseason (I am bald), I rigged up a Cannon terminal attachment and stripped a large tag of extra cable coming out the end. Then I threaded the extra uninsulated cable around and thru the eye of the terminal swivel. There are at least five points of contact of the wire on the metal terminal swivel eye to transmit the signal up the coated cable and I have the piece of mind of the strength of the cannon termination.

Yea.........congrats! (Remember to keep your lures away from the diaper pail).

I am with ray on this one, get your readings and get that probe out once your course is set on a good depth. I will put it back on if making moves in search mode in a North/South troll on south shore of Lake O in case I troll across a temp break.

Adam, I run copper thru the swivel twice, then wrap tight. Finish it off with 5 min epoxy over the knot, blending the epoxy into a fine taper past the knot. You will have piece of mind with strength and the bonus of having the knot slide thru the guides and not getting hung up.

Sounds like you already figured it out, thanks for sharing.