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What's your opinion of the current state of our fishery?
Gill-T replied to Yankee Troller's topic in Open Lake Discussion
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What's your opinion of the current state of our fishery?
Gill-T replied to Yankee Troller's topic in Open Lake Discussion
These are 90% three year olds being caught IMO. They have developing gonads. With that being said, single digit percentage of kings making it to four years old off a huge class of fish means there should be historically big numbers of four year olds based on pure volume for next year -
What's your opinion of the current state of our fishery?
Gill-T replied to Yankee Troller's topic in Open Lake Discussion
Single digit percentage of kings make it to 4 years. -
I have been having reoccurring problems with my Cannons. Blown fuses and motherboards. I run a Big Jon on deep center rigger. It goes up and down. Never a problem. My two corner riggers are cannons. They last a year before boards need replacing. Big Jon and Cannons are wired exactly the same with an inline fuse to POS + post direct to a dedicated battery that only the riggers are hooked up to. Connections to primary battery and perko battery switch. Rigger wires are sized up two sizes so it should not be a resistance problem. See picture of the melted fuse below. It has been suggested I have a bad ground. Connections look perfect with sealed terminations. Getting ready to junk them. Any suggestions? -
What's your opinion of the current state of our fishery?
Gill-T replied to Yankee Troller's topic in Open Lake Discussion
Lots of skinny kings and steelhead. The same is going on with Erie walleye. Too many mouths to feed to support a trophy fishery. -
I was thinking the eddy near the Niagara red can in the fall would be fun. -
Wow that looks like fun. What is the approach? Find marks and spot lock with electric trolling motor?
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Grind bite today with those same 12-16 lb three year olds that dominate the catch. We did see a couple bait pods and basically made circles where the bait was all day. Meat rigs were the ticket. Two spoon fish and two plug fish, the rest were taken on meat. 124’-180’ -
Boy was I wrong about the shootout weights. 6.7 lb average won. -
First day back on Lake Ontario since the spring LOC (boat repairs). Hit the water at 8:45 and appeared to have missed the morning bite or fishing was slow as the lake was empty of boats after 1:00. We trolled north out to 420’ and back and never really saw anything to turn on. Zero bait, skinny fish and what appeared to be a SE down current (usually NE). Fish were scattered. Lots of steelhead everywhere we went. Most of the kings of any size were in the 135’-180’ range. Mag dipsys with meat back 240’-300’. Riggers 68’-82’ with spoons. One plug fish on slide diver. One junk line fish. I surmise the wind direction last night played a role but it seemed like the lake was settling when we quit at 4:30. Fish came in flurries. 4 or 5 fish in quick succession then nothing for an hour. Back at it in the morning
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Guesses on the average fish size for the winning box? Knowing there will be calm seas, some will go for the home run jig bite. My guess is a 7 lb average
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You may want to check on the battery type. I have heard Lithium batteries don’t like cold temps below freezing -
As per usual, great content Dan. You will need new drag washers before the season ends!
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I know a guy if you need help.
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Rick, how is the device for checking on muskrats chewing on cables?
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I would try to jog your memory of any women you may have wronged on 7/14. That coincidence seems a little strange.
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It is a design flaw of all boats that we must rely on a $150 bilge to secure a very expensive piece of machinery. The day I decided to no longer slip my boat, a great weight was lifted off my chest. I have two auto bilges and an on-demand third and I still have reoccurring dreams I am on my boat sinking.
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Good heads up. Good weekend to play around on Lake Ontario with the derby going on and an equally great bite.
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Cayuga Cayuga Has New State Record Largemouth?
Gill-T replied to Reel Doc's topic in Finger Lakes Discussion
Wow what a pig. -
Nice report shorthanded
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Never got deeper than 52’
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Two man limit in two hours off the Catt. Three way rigs and riggers on bottom with worm harnesses. One short eye and 13 large sheep as well. Nice to be at fish cleaning station before all the boats came back. Zero perch.
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Did Bandits keep the short fish off the line?
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What's your opinion of the current state of our fishery?
Gill-T replied to Yankee Troller's topic in Open Lake Discussion
Only one fish over 30 lbs in the Canadian Derby so far. This is a lakewide phenomenon. -
Fish are everywhere this year so boats should be spread out
