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I usually keep 1 or 2 on flat lines in the mix when I'm winter fishing. Also can be a killer on Skinny in the late fall.

Well, fact be known, we catch LLs and lakers all winter long though they can be spread out all over the water column.

Lot of interesting info in here. Deer take in the towns we hunt in is described as higher than I would have guessed. Deer take by MU is interesting too.

Bigger South winds are not going to be your problem- it's going to big Westerlies in fair weather or NWs in the crap. You could go down to Cayuga lake and fish the west side if it's honking from the West and it probably wouldn't be bad at all. Just a thought.

will do, thanks!

Looking for info from somebody with experience with a particular, reasonably priced, LED flood light that has held up well. Some pricey stuff out there. I've been looking at the smaller Black Oak and Rigid units with the 'Diffused' lenses.

I just got a set of Cysco electric reels and pulleys (took 2 1/2 weeks just so you are aware) They make the best stuff for tough jobs.

I usually run a reg on 1 w/ more line out & shorter rod on the inside and a reg on 2.5 w/ less line out & longer rod on the outside. This is just until I find what/where the fish are at then I run 1 hot diver rod/side. If the fish are scattered and the fish mood is neutral w/ sporadic to little action then I'll keep the double diver setup going and just keep searching. If this is the way it is then I'll have a board line/side out as well and maybe something down the chute so when we do hit a fish everything goes to hell and we feel we like really accomplished something.

I've had the Aurora's for 6 years- had heavy wood before that. The Aurora's pull anything and don't dive under like the heavy wood boards. They are also much, much easier to lift out of the water. Like all really big boards they will have a tendency to rip the line out of your releases when pulling long copper with a big flasher in rough water. There just isn't much give in the planer line and when the board takes a knock it will pop the release from time to time. I will add that you may want to consider not planning to run 3 cores or 3 coppers off each big board on Ontario. Even with your deeper lines next to the boat a good king on the outside line may take out your inside lines and make an expensive monster mess. Also, you can't redeploy the high line on the outside very easily if it's hot because now it's in the way of bringing fish in on the deeper lines to the outside of it. You might be better off using the Red Walleye inlines if you want to run multiple junk lines out to the outside. I do this quite a bit fishing for walleye or on the Finger Lakes for fish with less destructive tendencies than the Chinook. If you have the 3 coppers/cores off the big boards technique down then please forgive my words of caution.

Excellent

Can I rewire my existing switch to bypass?

S. Louie doesn't return my calls, who else has these bypass switches at a reasonable $? Thanks

As it seems to be turning out I'm probably going to stick w/ my Cannons on the new to me boat but HOLY WOW - these Traxtech riggers look incredible. A whole lotta bang for the big buck it seems to me. Maybe someday...

Is the delay-slow down the same thing as variable speed?