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    " Flourocarbon leaders a must" very true and especially with the clear water conditions. Another thing worth mentioning is that rainbows well also respond to worm harnesses trolled at a distance or even from downriggers with long leads using either live nightcrawlers or rubber worms in the 5 inch size.
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    Rainbows have a pretty diverse diet - perhaps unlike Pacific salmon. They respond to a wide variety of lures both sticks and spoons and often seem to prefer spoons in the red/orange range or blue/silver, plain silver or silver/brass, and sometimes copper. I think the key is often size; especially in places other than the Great Lakes proper where alewives are a mainstay and get up to that 5-7 inch range. On the Finger Lakes small Suttton spoons (e.g. like the West River size and even smaller) work well. The silver plating on the Suttons (or other spoons for that matter) tends to show up well underwater for longer distances so that can be an advantage too. I've had the best luck over the years with spoons in the 2-3 inch range regardless of color or brand of spoon and even the large rainbows respond to them. Likewise stickbaits such as Rapalas or "look alikes" in that smaller size range seem to work best trolled back aways and at fairly fast speeds. Jointed F-7 size Rapalas seem to tolerate higher speeds and turns better than solid bodies. I usually use a large split shot or two about 3 ft ahead of them to keep them under a bit. I honestly think that the action of the lure is more important than the color most of the time whether spoon or stick. In many places rainbows feed on minnows of various types so keeping the lures down to size makes sense. On Lake O where the larger baitfish predominate the larger sized lures make much sense.
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    Sweet set-up Tyee
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    I just received this email from a buddy and figured it coordinates with my initial post. I do not know the exact origin of it and it was from 2014 but the content appears "familiar" and has some things in it off potential concern right now. Date: November 7, 2018 at 3:33:08 PM Subject: I think you all better take this serious. Now that the elections are over and Cuomo is in as is all the other ALBANY DEMOCRATS, and worst of all, we lost the NY STATE GOP SENATE MAJORITY, there is nothing to stop all the submitted gun laws and SAFE ACT 2 from ALL BECOMING LAWS of the NEW YORK LAND. Thus, start thinking of what your next moves will be. good luck, it's going to be UGLY. Maybe some of those NY gun owners that have no problem with the current Safe Act will wake up. Cuomo To Sign SAFE ACT 2 Into Law If He Gets Reelected Posted by Tony Oliva on Oct 13, 2014 in Elections, Email Featured, Featured, Legislation, Tyranny, video | 45 Comments 17.9KSHARES Share Tweet Plus If Governor Cuomo is reelected the framework is all ready in place for passage of SAFE ACT 2. While the Cuomo administration is hesitant to refer to it under that name during an election cycle, it will still be one of the first things he does upon his new term even if he has to manipulate the legislative process again in order to ram it through. Here are the 10 key points of SAFE ACT 2 that will punish law abiding citizens, legal businesses and in general diminish the sparse amount of liberty that remains in the increasingly appropriate named “Empire State”. My commentary italicized. There are some other points, expanding on penalties of SAFE ACT 1 and broadening terms therein but this is the meat and potatoes of what a Cuomo reelection will look like for the citizens of New York. Apparently, SAFE Act 1 was only the prologue and SAFE Act 2 will be the further advancement of the radical gun control ideology that Gov Cuomo holds so dear. To allow Gov. Cuomo to be reelected will be an injustice of the highest order. But it is not only an injustice to New Yorkers but for all gun owners and those who believe in liberty in America. To quote the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (he himself a victim of gun control like the SAFE Act when he was denied a carry permit): It is for this reason that, even though I am a Pennsylvanian, I am taking a personal interest in supporting the man who has vowed to repeal the SAFE Act, not expand upon it.
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    I guess some of the responses on this one have missed the target too
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    Gators comment
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    I know Mike....probably wasn't one of my smarter postings
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    Thye can be installed pretty easily but they need to be solid perhaps reinforced underneath. I have factory Whaler ones and they are very solid.
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    Another sad day for upstate New Yorkers
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    I don't know if you already have inset rod holders in the gunwales but I have 4 of them and I use Cannon gimbal mounts in them with 4 electric outlets located nearby along the gunwales two per side. I have olders Cannon Mag 10 A's and Digitrol each with extendable booms on swivel bases. I normally run 2 downriggers off the ends of the stern with one pointed at 45 degrees on the port side and one straight back on the starboard side with the booms extended a little. When I run a third downrigger I run it on the starboard side (away from my trolling motor which is on the port). I extend the boom aways and run the third rigger at 90 degrees while the other on that side is run straight back. I have never had any problem with this setup run for many years and can actually run 4 this way if I extend the fourth port side boom out further. Hope this makes sense to you....I don't have any pics of the set-up. The beauty of it is that I can take the riggers off and on by just unplugging the electrical connection and lifting them out.
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    Might be effective but really bad idea. Peoples pets could easily be killed by placement OUTSIDE. It s one thing to place the stuff in a contained controlled area such as a private barn where you have no pets or access by neighbors pets but indiscriminate placement is a very different matter.Not everyone here lives or has property well away from others in isolated areas etc.
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    It is definitely all three of the things we all mentioned temp, wind, and snow cover.
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    Concrete ideas for reduction in levels of water fleas, Zebras, and Quaggas
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    I'll bet the perch are hoping you don't get a chance to get at them I don't know Scott I've only had 65 seasons of ice fishing thus far so pretty small sample size to judge from
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    Hope she is right Scott. Cold temps are one part of the equation, but an even more important component is wind (velocity and direction). That is where I'm most concerned because so far this year it has been very windy. Good ice needs prolonged cold temps combined with some nearly still days and nights. As long as the water is significantly moving the ice either resists forming or else keeps breaking up before it get solidly formed and especially where there is some open water present.
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    Ditto on Keith's comment
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    Just hope they don't flip the glue board upside down.....ever try to get them off concrete once stuck? Don't ask....
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    Carol - my son has this one https://g.factoryoutletstore.com/details/467063/garmin-eTrex20x.html?category_id=31188&catalogitemid=429674 and he loves it and it takes map cards etc. I have the older (and cheaper) Etrex 10 model I use for ice fishing but it doesn't take the cards and isn't as handy.
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    I guess it should be mentioned that not all fish marks on the fish finder are trout or salmon (although we'd like to think so), or bait for that matter. secondly, interpreting the marks seen as specific species is at best an educated "guesstimate". Fishing the deeper water during summer months you stand a better chance of trying to interpret..as the rainbows usually appear above or within the thermocline layer, but so can browns and salmon. In shallow water during the Spring in the Finger Lakes or Lake Ontario for example the trout and salmon species may congregate in that shallow water to feed, and there may be bass suspended there too as well as other species; so any interpretation of marks can be just plain guessing. The 10 to 35 ft. mentioned above could contain anything including carp or bullheads for that matter and they are not always on bottom Looking for bait in shallow and seeing marks suspended near it may be more productive but again it is a guessing game. The more effective strategy is to concentrate on more likely areas to fish like around stream mouths, where shallow spots are near drop offs and using relevant artificial lures and spoons (small to medium in size and trolled fairly fast). A major problem with getting in that close is the weed beds that often stretch out to that area. You want to be outside it not only to avoid weed hang-ups but the wrong species such as pike pickerel and bass. a lot of the grass has not laid down yet because of the higher water temps than usual for right now.
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    Mice respond to peanut butter pretty good but VOLES (which look a lot like them) don't fall for it at all. They do eat shredded tulip or lily bulbs though. They also do a lot more damage than the mice too.
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    Dryer sheets work fine. I spread them throughout the boat covered by canvas. One of the things thata folks don't think about sometimes is that rodents chew electrical wires and I remember one guys boat at a marina over the winter had his transducer wires chewed up by a muskrat. urine is a component of some plastic s and wire coverings.so maybe that attracts them?
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    The invasives are one thing as far as having some control over things but this is a solvable problem and one that the DEC should be taking a stand on....
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    Brian - Yep. I have however worn a float suit for the past 14 years after going through on Canandaigua up to my chin by myself in 2004. My extreme risk taking days are over (other than perhaps being married)
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    egcuth you have a PM
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    My first thought would be aboiut safety rather than fishing success. Few if any people will be out onn the lake most of the time then, the water temps will be in the forties or less, even a brief "roll over" you'd be screwed. The weather especially in November is very unpredictable wind-wise..... not worth the chance from my point of view and I've winter fished in the middle of winter (Jan and Feb) in snow storms on Seneca with my 13 ft. Whaler in the past breaking ice up the canal with it on the way to the lake. NOT any more
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