Sk8man

fishinfreak - I know the above information is well intended and possibly usable but you may find what I did after using the EZ steer that it may not be really necessary in all cases. I used mine for several years and it was a pain in the butt sometimes; especially if you need to release the tie arm while out on the water. Just one more thing to dick around with and a couple hundred bucks that may not be necessary to spend. If you find you actually do need it...fine.... but I think a lot of folks make the assumption that it is absolutely necessasy in all cases without experimenting first.

Nice going John.

Thanks Mark.....some nice fish caught

Where the arrow is pointing is the edge (slightly) inward toward the big motor. I also have the Seastar hydraulic steering.

Just a suggestion but have you tried using it by steering with just the big motor? I used to have an EZ steer but discovered I didn't need it with the new 4 stroke 9.8. My boat is a glass Whaler probably heavier than yours too. I just position the kicker tilted a slight bit toward the big motor and seldom have to re-position it and then only into significant wind. It sure simplified things....worth experimenting before investing in other stuff.

Yesterday there were pods all over the place north and south of deans down 80 ft over whatever and especially packed in from 90-110 down 80

Thanks Mark....looks like you had a nice salmon too

Great variety of fish and a lot of happy folks that is truly what it is all about.

I agree Justin and my comments were intended as general ones for the benefit of folks that might not be as familiar with the lakes, and not meant to question your comments either... Each of these species and lakes has its own learning curve too;some much steeper than others

Good stuff and good luck this weekend Stix

I have to chuckle a little bit on this one because the fishing hasn't always been this way on Cayuga or always on Lake Ontario for that matter. Seneca has been having problems of late but a few years ago it was jumping and Cayuga was on the downturn and slow. Those of us that remember fishing for trout and salmon in the 70's and even much earlier realize that this stuff runs in cycles in each of these lakes for a variety of reasons. Fishing Seneca and Cayuga in the late seventies it often took 4-6 hrs or so to catch a legal salmonid. At one point Keuka; especially at the Hammondsport end was hot for browns.....how many do you see being caught right now?..and on and on. For those folks who feel that they have all the answers or the most accurate ones to the riddle I would caution....wait a while and see whether your comment or opinion holds up over time. These lakes are very fickle regardless of species, and making any profound judgments about them at any one point in time will be a limited sample from which to form any hard fast conclusions. Just enjoy the time out there when things are going well, and don't assume that it will always be this way when things are good. It is always easier to catch fish when the populations are at a high point, and it may have more to do with probabilities than skill.

Yep....hoping that one of these days that another more northerly weigh station can be obtained as it is one heck of a long journey to Meyersboth by water and land if not from that area or staying near there, and are located on the other end and side of the lake. I'm pretty sure that campers at Cayuga Lake State Park might participate as well if something were closer to weigh fish. I know this may be a bit complicated logistically but I think worth actively pursuing.

It is still somewhat of a question mark in my own mind whether immature chinook or coho as well in the absence of actually seeing the things I mentioned.

Hey could I have the GPS coordinates for that spot?

They call Cohos "silvers" for a reason....they are pretty silverish. There are no sparce large dark spottings on the gill plate or "X" or "comma" shaped spots on the body on that fish on the left which an Atlantic should have. It isn't real clear from the pic, but the area around the mouth looks greyish. If with the greying on edges whitish inside mouth (base of gums) and not black except tongue- Coho. Can't see the adipose or tail spotting clearly enough in the pic to tell anything, nor can the rays in the anal fin be counted. If the area around and in the mouth itself is actually black including the tongue it would be a king rather than the other two choices. Be aware also that there have been suspicions from time to time that there may be crossovers between the Chinooks and Cohos. Coho tail spotting is usually confined to the upper half of the tail. Usually the tail of the Coho is more squared off than forked but as said above it can depend on the way it is being held too, and same can be said of the anal fin which looks longer but could be distorted by the hand. My guess is immature king (which can still be quite silver) but without actually seeing the inside of the mouth and the tail spotting etc. the pic is a bit ambiguous.

I've been a Lowrance guy since the dinosaurs walked the Earth but I also say FURUNO