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Sk8man

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  1. Sk8man

    Perch rigs?

    Jakey Baby you lucked out getting that info. Jim is half Perch and half Walleye and you can take his information to the bank (good as gold)
  2. I think that is one of the best deals I have seen on here....nice going Mike Guess there is no sense me entering the Seneca Derby next time
  3. You have a PM I sent you his phone number
  4. Nice fish and looks like you guys had some fun despite the short time out
  5. Try right out in front of Dean's where it drops off to check things out.Usually a variety of fish there. We usually do well on the rainbows and salmon across the lake near Wells College (Aurora) just be careful with your dipsys as it comes up very abruptly there like a wall on the shelf. If you are unsure of where it is just point your boat to the right a little and head for the eastern shore and you may pick up a few lakers along the way
  6. Small to medium light weight flutter spoons work best trolled pretty fast for rainbows. It is a good place to experiment.....different sizes, types, action (don't be afraid to bend one and play with it ). You may also wan t try short leads at first and then gradually lengthen them as the day moves on. Keep changing up your speed until you find something that clicks and make a lot of turns and if you notice current run on a diagonal to it or against it. Not sure with this latest weather and wind where the thermocline will be located but often it runs from about 40 -75 or so about now. Run your stuff deeper for lakers. They usually respond well to both flashers or Spin docs with flies of spoons. I'd use magnum spoons down real deep but smaller or mediums for everything else. As the sun gets higher in the sky move out toward the middle and run stuff a little deeper. A s I mentioned before I haven't been out here on awhile so this is just based on previous experience so keep experimenting. Give your spoons a work out best way to tell Good luck.
  7. If the weather is decent forget about the north end of Canandaigua it will probably be packed on the weekend especially. South end if you go early AM should be better. I live right here within 5 minutes of the north end launch at Canandaigua and fish Dean's and Lake O at this time of year if that tells you anything Fleas are reportedly bad as are the weed pads floating around in Canandaigua.
  8. Hey nice job painting the blood on that plastic fish Mike bought I guess it took you being in the boat to get him a good one....nice work Mike and Mike
  9. Cool at least we can scoot out in the main part of the bay to save time now Brian. Thanks for the update
  10. The older style (i.e.without autostop) toggles will stay up until shut off by operator
  11. That b rings up a question I have had for some time: In the past there was some concern regarding cross breeding between Chinook and Cohos because of some suspicious physical shared characteristics appearing making the exact fish identification a question. I think the usual hybridization of species somehow usually renders them sterile. Is this perhaps the mechanism responsible for a decrease in the Cohos if it is in fact occurring?
  12. The difference in the 3 and 4 prong switches is the auto stop feature. The switch is probably bad but I was just suggesting checking for corrosion because it could act in a similar way to corrupt the switch.Sometimes the little boot covering the toggle gets cracked or a hole in it and lets in water and messes up the switch. The guys at fish307 in Lake George are great to deal with and will help you out if they still have the stuff in stock. Just describe the problem and they will know what you need.
  13. There are 3 prong and 4 prong types so make sure you order the right one if you do. I would check the connections to the switch for corrosion and possibly spray with electronic contact cleaner as a first thing to try...may just be a poor connection since you have it momentarily . Also if there is an inline fuse I'd try replacing it in case it has corrosion too.
  14. Dan - When you're in a little boat you have to think big When I had my 13 ft Whaler I had the two manual Riviera downriggers with 4 ft booms, I had a kicker motor, 15 ft outriggers, and used to run 4 15 leader Seth Green rigs on the Fingers with just my 8 year old kid with me It just takes a little thinking and figuring. Oh.... and I used it that way for 22 years
  15. Good one Mike...and that wasn't even the biggest one. There is one called "The General" that makes that one look little
  16. It is still the deadliest way to fish for them Stan
  17. I used to go to the Dacks every year camping at Indian Lake, Lewie Lake, Blue Mountain, Lake Durant, Old Forge, and Big Moose and many other places that i can no longer remember the names of and even got married in the chapel at Big Moose Lake and canoed up the Cedar River Run miles from civilization so I fully know what you mean. I've done the boat trip through the chain of lakes several times, caught trout in Fourth Lake and Indian, and brookies in the Black River. Wellesley and the Thousand Islands have also been high on the list of favorite places and I've been there camping dozens of times. It is one of the advantages of being a dinosaur that was always on the move. Keith you'll love Sequoia I was there a couple years ago.....just stand in front of one of those trees if you want to be humbled by Mother Nature....incredible.
  18. HB2 my comments weren't directed specifically to you or your previous comments because my perception of them was that you have the right idea and were fully appreciating the total experience of it all and I enjoyed them. After that is when things got a bit "cloudy"
  19. Sk8man

    Canandaigua canandaigua 8/26

    The water temperatures will have to come down quite a bit before the fleas abate e.g. below 60 on surface degrees usually. The weed thing is just as frustrating....and dependent on wind direction and velocity we are pretty much stuck with that as well. About the only thing to do right now is still fish for them if you are after the trout to eat. Otherwise it isn't a whole bunch of fun out there with all the rec boaters on most of the lake and the fleas and weeds messing with trolling efforts.
  20. It is too bad that the "numbers game" is being attached to these situations and I guess it may be a sign of where our society is presently at. Each of the environments mentioned are vastly different in many ways and to even "assume" that they each should be yielding similar fishing results is naive at best. Each of the places mentioned have vastly different characteristics that make them "special", and Gator is right the atmosphere and ambiance is what is the really neat thing about them and also reflective of the many and varied fishing and recreational possibilities located right here on our doorstep. Being able to fish within each of these places should be considered a "privilege" and not something to be taken for granted and subjected to the numbers game. Fishing was different in most places 50 years ago but that shouldn't keep us from enjoying what we now have either.....folks need to step back and savor the variety and quality of things that we now have and try to protect them for the future generations rather than being obsessed with the numbers and size game.
  21. Angler's Pal rod holders
  22. Nice work Alex. Look for the browns within 80 or so feet of water adjacent to steep drop-offs near shallow areas and early in the AM they may be taken off boards nearer shore when the light is low. They frequently actively feed at night and unless you fish specifically for them usually they are "unintended" catches for most folks.. If pulling riggers for them pretty much have to fish it from the shore side and work out gradually with the lure short to the weight and near ( e.g. 5 ft off) but not on bottom. They like 58-62 degree water this time of year especially if it intersects bottom near where I initially mentioned. Sometimes you get an unintended laker but that technique can take big browns on the Fingers.
  23. Scottobx04 you have a PM
  24. It was in effect at Sodus Point yesterday and the Coast Guard and Sheriff were out there enforcing it.
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