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Silver and chrome on that lake Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I think for videos you often have a very short lead that changes the action and can make it a much faster swing and roll so harder to hit back it up a little and it's more manageable but less erratic which is not always good Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

i would jump on that fishing info from lakebound that guy knows that lake. I used to fish mostly Seneca untill i got a bigger ride and started hitting Ontario. August used to be great time to fish that lake. if you could find bait balls you could scrape Lakers from under and pop bows or land locks from up high. Sampson is a good starting point lots of good areas around there heck you can start trolling within 100 yds of the marina and be in good water. I have only fished Cayuga a couple times and it was out of Deans caught fish in both directions and again fishable water is right out of the shoot. great area of the state to be in for a fisherman

monel is a single strand wire that is or at least was often used in the fingerlakes for hand lining. just like pulling copper i believe it has a slower sink rate than the single strand copper but I cant say for sure i never really got into it I tried once or twice but it did not excite me.

so maybe this is a stupid question but i am just starting to try tourny fishing and looking at this one as fitting my schedule. what is the calcutta? and is the sign up cut off 8am or 8 pm?

Get 19 strand wire and you can leave the factory tip on Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Accuracy is less important than repeatability Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Use torpedo 19 strand and you don't have to change the tips at all Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I have a dragonfly I like the picture but sometimes wish I could play with settings more wifi is great feature I use a tablet or my phone when I need or want a second screen if you want a no muss no fuss unit this is a good one if you like to always tweak and play with settings than go elsewhere Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I'm with skate I have a 7 hp Nissan kicker and can go 2 trips on 3 gallons trolling makes it easier to top off the tank for the main when it only has to go out than in Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

More thrust means less throttle to move and lower battery draw I had a transom mount 30# on my 14 foot it did the job but had to use full throttle to move in the wind had I had the money I would have gone a size up at the time Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

the trouble with center consoles is limited seating and weather protection and for trolling lake O those are important things. Walk around's on the other hand are a nice compromise on that and for my next upgrade they will definitely get some consideration. i like the option to trailer so i prefer a boat in the 19-20 foot range and fall firmly on the outboard side of the engine question. there are some really nice models out there for that type crestliner has a model called the authority that i would very much like to get my hands on there are some comprable versions from alumaweld though i have not seen any around here and Hewescraft makes some very nice pilot house models most of those. most of those also have a versions in the 22-24 foot range they could be good for a more multi species guiding service but for pure trolling the big glass inboards mentioned above are tough to beat comfort is important for customers that may not be hardcore fisherman that would prefer fishability

The most you can get with your budget Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

fishing is just as good the only difference is you launch in the light and retrieve in the dark

i bay launch is a headache when the weather is nice (googans) i would avoid it. in between those two places you can also launch from sodus or fairhaven or hughes. personally hughes is one of my favorites nice place to launch for fisherman. you can also get a pass for bear creek but you either have to go later or get it the day before plus if there is any wave action coming in from the north there is no protection there. if you want to stay west the genny is a decent launch but you get some pleasure boaters there as well

So this was our tenth year fishing the derby (maybe ninth). We started out Saturday in front of the Keuka outlet. I know the registration numbers were down but it seemed way more crowded than the last couple years. we had good screens and good temps to start so we set up in the top 30 feet and fished on the drop. We did this for a couple hours before we finally got our first hit. it turned out to be our only hit of the day. We boated what turned out to be a 4.2 lb LL which at the time of weigh in at Sampson was top of the board. It all went downhill from there. Saturday my daughter was not feeling well and wasn't eating or drinking by Sunday AM i told my brother who was on the way to go back home as my girl was dehydrated and getting worse. by 9 am we were in the ER with her which led to her being admitted to strong. Monday the wife felt bad so she sent us fishing but my heart just wasn't in it we made two quick passes at the north end one top water one dragging cowbells and grease traps. not a single hit despite seeing some good marks. As i said i just wasn't into it so after 2 hours we called it and i was back to strong where i ended up staying until late Tuesday. She is home now but still not recovered. i finally looked at the results not expecting a 4lb fish to mean anything and low and behold I'm in 5th. I look a little closer and they posted the fish as 4.02 instead of 4.2 which would have been 2nd instead of 5th. I sent an email inquiring if someone could look at the sheet but I am not expecting anything because i didn't bring it up before the derby ended. I have no qualms with the derby committee i think they are doing an excellent job with trying to grow and improve the event. I just wish I had been paying more attention. the important thing is my girl is showing signs of recovery though its still a little up in the air. so even though I placed i'm kind of jaded on the derby partially because of the fishing but mostly because it was a rough weekend for me personally i was surprised to see the small size of silver fish that placed i think it points towards a possible die off of older fish? I dont have the answers but I hope the lake recovers at this point i dont know if i will fish this next year. that is something i never questioned in the past. congrats to all those who managed to find fish and thanks to the derby committee for running another good event. sorry no pics i really didnt think the fish had any chance PS it had at least 5 sawbelly's in its stomach all different sizes from 2 inch to 6 inch