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Dryer sheets Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
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Once salmon are done there is a near shore bite for browns and steelies they move in and out of the tribs all winter so there are usually feeding fish in shallow similar to a spring pattern can be banner days with no boat traffic Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
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Sold / Closed 1997 Starcraft 170 Fishmaster Multi Species Boat
ifishy replied to steelie21's topic in Boats for Sale
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i used to get them in the spring that color. I have caught them on lots of different rigs. they are usually by catch when targeting other fish. they are predators but are opportunistic. if targeting them live bait is a good bet or any fish immitations. rubber worms can work as well as real worms but I have gotten more on live bait or fish imitations. The few times I have targeted them have been in areas where you can see them surfacing or crusing looking for easy meals. when i find an area like this everything else stops and I fish for these. get some live bluegill in the 4 inch range larger or smaller depending on the size of the bowfin. this works best off of docks or shore or outriggers. put a steel leader on with a small trebil hook. hook the bluegill in the back and set it so it dangles half in half out of the water. set it on a release and leave your bail open. the bowfin will come up to check it out and the blugill will splah around trying to get away. the bowfin once it decides to eat will not give up untill it has its food. you can often watch this play out and there is much splashing. once the bait is taken grap the rod close the bail tighten and yank the crap out of it there mouths are hard. the fight is spectacular and there is usually jumping.
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what happened to the 40 LB Kings of the past.?
ifishy replied to big easy's topic in Open Lake Discussion
with fewer fish stocked there are fewer that can reach 40. Add in that to grow a fish that size requires 3 straight years with optimal growing conditions that means mild winters where the water stays warmer longer much like last winter. That has to happen mulitiple years in a row though. with 2 out of the last 3 winters being very cold and long it suggests that the next two year classes are likely to be smaller. That said the growth potential of the king is increadable that is why the 2 year olds are some of the plumpest fish out there and the why there were so many 30lbs caught this fall despite having survived those 2 tough winters. as far as genetics I dont buy it there have not been fresh genetics added since the original stocking yet you saw 40lbs in 2001 so that would mean the genes survived 30 years just fine but than couldnt make it the last 15? Enivironment plays a bigger factor with growth potential. my guess is another mild winter combined with the alweye situation where there are mostly larger adult baitfish means nexts years matures could be very large. but a tough long cold winter will stop there growth early and it wont start up again till the water warms in late spring. -
Unlikely catch and unbelievable story.
ifishy replied to alex1young's topic in Finger Lakes Discussion
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Caps on Bert's rod holders
ifishy replied to bassman69767's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
Black duct tape works great fits my normal motif but not for everyone Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app -
Fishing oswego
ifishy replied to proline22's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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Lowrance elite 9 chirp
ifishy replied to Hawkeye50's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
have you already purchased it? or are you in the market? lowrance has a terrible reputation for customer service. I recently purchased a new finder myself but at a much lower budget. I ended up with a raymarine dragonfly pro. I have had it out twice now and am trilled with how it worked I can mark my downriggers down to 90 feet so far and was even able to mark the thermocline the first day out. this was confirmed when the line moved up and above the probe rigger and the temp reading droped accordingly. This is with everything set on auto I havent even played with the manuall settings yet. consider looking at the raymarine units. Another good option is the garmins really user friendly and the navigation competes with navionics all day. With the garmin you also can look at Panoptics. its worth looking at. t -
Atlantic. draw a vertical line at the back of the eyeball if the corner of the mouth is forward of line atlantic if its behind its a brown. even when they get that big hook jaw and there mouth looks big the back corner doesnt extend any farthur back. there are other telltales but that one is the best and overides any others.
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In the settings menu for the go7 there should be a wifi set up option within that menu it should list the network name and password and give you option to change either from there on your tablet goto settings wifi than select the GO7 one and it will prompt for password I played with a lot of models in store connecting my phone they all worked in more or less the same manner Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
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Alex (11 yrs) has his first day trolling ....keuka
ifishy replied to Netbender's topic in Finger Lakes Discussion
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outrigger question
ifishy replied to Ohreelyfishing's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
so I was given a pair of 12 foot tacos. I installed them late last year and used them a couple times for flat lines and short cores i like them especially in traffic or rough water. I want to use them more and like the idea of running a second dipsey on them better than copper. I only own one copper set up and usually leave it at home. just not my thing. my question is can you run a wire dipsey off the outrigger? does it hurt the line or potentially put a kink in it? my though it to just loop it over the release so i can slide it out before letting line out on the dipsey but I have been reluctant to try it with the wire. my other extra diver rod is braid so it doest run during flea season. -
i like the GO5 and tablet option. with the wifi you can also stream to your phone or another tablet at the same time so you you can have your fishfinder anywhere in the boat. or each person can have one if they are bored. I dont know what its range is but the demo models work all the way accross the west marine store so theoretically a friend on another boat could see your screen if you gave them the password. may or may not be useful but would be fun on a slow day.
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Garmin pantopix though way out of price range I have a raymarine coming next week the feature that sold it was the wifi can stream it to a tablet or phone and with navigation now through that app a 10 inch tablet is cheaper than a 10 inch finder so that was my way to get a large touch screen a budget smaller than yours hopefully it works out Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
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Potentially you could have kept and sold that one to an ornamental pond owner they are not cheap to buy big Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
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Comet goldfish same as the ones you win at the carnival the big ones are popular in the koi pond world they can live a very long time in captivity. Usually the majority are born a more subdued color similar to carp but they are culled out in the pet trade in the wild it's the other way around as bright orange is a predator magnet they are invasive here but I do not know of any impact studies Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
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For Sale : USA 4 Cannon Mag 10A Downriggers
ifishy replied to CaptDennis's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent