Sk8man

It is possible that the folks that were using it yesterday are still out on the water trying to scrape the fleas off it Seriously though even the wire isn't immune to the fleas right now.

I believe the above post was meant to say that Cortland Flea Flicker has been discontinued but Sea Flee monofilament from Bloodrun is still available. It is helpful but like the rest of the lines not a "silver bullet" when heavy concentrations of fleas are encountered especially the fishook type that seem to be the worst problem right now

I think it is one of those things kinda like health stuff: early intervention and prevention is about what you are left with....and prevention is probably impossible....so that leaves early intervention which in this case means that although a MAJOR PIA lines need to be checked VERY frequently before the huge build ups. When you have multiple long setups out it becomes the task from hell and you have to ask yourself "What did I do in another life to deserve this"

He is now in his new boat (and name) "Top Secret" on here

Fisherdude is on Cayuga. His phone confused the two

Bad switch?

Fishnet -Do you think it might be coming from internally in the boat from something like a live well, or storage compartment, through hull drain fitting on the outside being cracked, or lines going to or from them and when you get up on plane the water gives in to gravity and rushes to the bilge?

If you have a Runnings store near you less than $10 with the various sized plastic rod diameter adapters.

I got rid of a bunch of old ones on the fourth. I watered down a section of the lawn and taped tent spikes to them and put them in the ground and lit them with the strikers. A couple the strikers didn't work so I used one of the flares to set them off. Not great to have them just sittiing around and you can't just toss them in the trash without getting rid of the igniting stuff. When you buy the flares look closely at the expiration date. Sometimes these places put ones that only have 2 years left on them out and they are good 3 years from the date of manufacture so you can get screwed out of some time on them if not careful.

It is what I have been saying all along some of the lines work better than others when the fleas aren't HIGHLY CONCENTRATED but when they are in max. concentrations they will cling to about anything. The folks that are having apparent success in avoiding them and thinking they have miricle solutions are just not encountering these high concentrations. You have to wonder how the fish survive down there with the water clogged up like that.

A couple things come to mind that are related to the above posts; The adult salmon that are spawning and pre-spawning even become a very different target. They are no longer actively feeding so the approach is to irritate them into striking out of territorial aggression rather than evoking a feeding reponse so you use highly active bright lures and attractors to get them to bite. Hooks need to be very sharp and sturdy as their mouths harden during this time. They may be anyplace in the water or water column homing in on their stream of origin so the fishing around steam mouths etc. is a good idea. Water temps may mean virtually nothing to them. The other option when the fishing gets tough for them is to go after younger salmon often with steelies and cohos in the mix, but this often will take you out deeper and you will have to choose your days carefully. September can be a real questionmark weatherwise from year to year with very different water temp profiles and lake conditions so it is impossible to clearly predict from year to year what it will be like or what part of the month it will be like as well.

https://furunousa.com/en/products/gp1971f Don't have one but if I were looking I'd be taking a serious look at it.

Yes the rudd look kinda like a cross between a golden shiner and a carp and only the fins are reddish/orange colored. As lucky mentioned people release common goldfish (member of the carp family) and Coy as well into these lakes and they are invasives. There is a whole school of coy in Canandaigua Lake and often seen at the north end near Inn on the Lake so they could be present in Seneca for just such a reason too.