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Barney is a Cayuga Lake icon. He will be sorely missed by all. He always made you feel welcome, even if you were dropping in unannounced at his house to turn in a B&B Derby entry form. I think my dog liked him better than my dog likes me. Barney will live on through retelling of the endless stories we all have about him. Our prayers go out to his family. We were all blessed to know him.

Fished Cayuga today out of Meyers. Launched at 9ish. A regular who was returning reported a skunk. He rarely gets nothing. I fished the top 60 ft over deep water between Taughannock and Meyers and eventually headed south past the Yacht Club and back through the same area I started in. Morning was slow. The entire day was all salmon. All dinks but one. The whole day was real slow. I had a great flurry of activity an hour before sundown. I got one legal size salmon on a Sutton cheater just as I was finishing up. There are giant buoys down past the Yacht club. There is a rig that is probably for cleaning the Lake Source Cooling pipe. The buoys might be for that. I stayed clear as I could. I also heard they are netting for egg collecting.

Fished Cayuga this weekend. Out of Meyers - headed north. Next day out of Long Point - headed south. Fished temp and above. Morning bite was light the first day and non-existent today. Sunday brought a fantastic bow out over the deep water. Over 5 pounder. Great fight with jumps. On a rigger with a small Stinger in purple. Released at boat. Today I fished just north of same deep water as Sunday. I ended up having to adjust my troll to avoid the weeds. Stayed over the deep water. It paid off with a great LL Salmon about the same size as the Bow from Sunday. It jumped once and came to the net tangled in the line. I netted it with the rubber net. Untangled it and put it back in the water with the net. She was really lively in the net so I dumped her out. She floated so I did a quick circle to see if I could get her revived. Got right to her and took my eyes off for a second and she was gone. I hope she makes it. That was a beautiful fish. That fish came on the same purple small stinger. Great to see some Salmon growing up and becoming such great fish. I have spent years clearing lines with the little ones that are so crazy aggressive. Sorry no pics..had to get these fish back in quick.

All Arimas are seaworthy...but on Lake O you might want the 17 or 19 for snotty days. The West Coast guys do use 17s for near shore use all the time but generally move up to 19s 21s and 22s for any significant off shore use. (Carefully check out the porta potty space in a Sea Explorer vs a 17 Sea Ranger...that alone might influence your decision) As for your Sea Explorer 16, it will work on Lake Ontario for days with good weather, but it will probably make you decide to stay in port on rougher days.

The Sea Explorer 16 is a pocket cruiser. Its purpose is to allow you to sleep in the cuddy on a boat that size. The rear deck area (dance floor) area can be greatly affected by the seating arrangement. See the following video for a visual on how seating can effect the amount of room for fishing. The best motor size for that boat is a four stroke 60 or 70hp. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-RuXUIjMmk

Arimas are great boats. I have a smaller one. There are tons of plusses. I'll let you in on the secret minuses. You will rarely hear about the minuses because they are so outweighed by the plusses. 1) Not self bailing...unless you go with a 22 Sea Legend. 2) Not real fast...Most top out in the 30's. You can put a huge motor on it and it won't go much faster. Its a semi displacement hull. 3) Beats the h*ll out of your back in rough water. It's impractical to go fast in rough water. You must slow down to get an acceptable ride in the slop. It's not a deep V. 4) Older models are a wet ride. A 90's redesign helped a lot. 5) Water magically gets into weird places (motor well cable boots, under the rub rail, and many other crazy places) leading you to search frantically for non existent hull breaches 6) Anchoring is challenging. 7) Can be stern heavy (way more so the smaller you go) Hard Top is low...5'8" max 9) Cheaper on East Coast, but HARD to find on the East Coast 10) So wide,trailering issues arise. 11) Challenging to dock in the wind...think controlled crash 12) Maximum size is 22'. 13) Automotive grade wiring from factory. With all that said, if what you are looking for is a fast boat in the chop, move on...if you can stand to slow down and use trim tabs there are very few similar sized boats that are better.

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Went out Friday afternoon out of Meyers to break in new kicker motor. The launch was open with the water just a couple of inches from swamping the dock. There was a steady semi westerly wind (8 mph or so) that was pushing a lot of debris towards the east shore. I found lots of open water, with occasional debris. The debris, lots of it, was concentrated in several long slicks in the eastern third/quarter of the lake. The open water areas did have the same or slightly more loose wood in it that we have been experiencing for the last months. A few people were up on plane in the middle of the lake. I thought they were nuts! My prediction is next week to be cautiously navagitable, two weeks before the lake is back to its pre storms state. On a happier note, I threw out some lines in the top 10 to 30 feet just for the fun of it and caught two rainbows and a chunky laker. All came on a small purple spoon. Stay safe and keep a keen eye out for debris. Remember that Cayuga is under a no wake within 500 ft of shore restriction.