Sk8man

The smiles on those guys faces say more than mere words could convey. Thanks for doing it and for sharing the results with us.

Great going NymphO! Those pics of the kids are priceless and no matter what... you are doing the right thing raising them that way. None of us have any guarantees in rearing results but modeling good behavior and exposing them to those kinds of things is certainly the best bet for good results later on.

If you have any dodgers try running either a fly or flutter spoon behind (or one of each) it about 8 ft in back of the weight at 1.8 in that 60-110 ft range. Sometimes you need to have your setups close to the ball and slow trolling speed sometimes down to 1.4 even and keeep going back over the fish you are marking

They could be different scales but would need to be zeroed out the same and certified as accurate (e.g. weights and measures certification)

Probably be better off if jigging than trolling. They appear to be lakers so try 1.8 to 2.0 mph. If you have gambler rigs use them at the lower speed.

Cool. Last evenings sky was the most unique I've ever seen around here. These are shots I took out back of my place in Canandaigua. Thye are not adjusted in any way except for size

Nice going on that bow Cinnemon fish. I didn't see this until now...sorry about that but we caught 9 unintentional lakers 3 -8 lbs and 3 landlocks all about the same near minimum size (one measured with the thought to use in my buddy's smoker but had to go back only 17 1/2 inches). Lost another bigger landlock right at the back of the boat. Had another 4 hits that didn't connect. One landlock had a 12 inch lamprey attached so I figured he'd look better as two halves and he didn't swim away 😀 We purposely fished the top 40 ft of water from 50 ft out to 300 plus over the course of our troll and only fished the west side from Deans to just before Sheldrake and then north to about 2 or 3 miles north of Deans (couple passes). Most of the fish came from just south of Deans in 114-141 ft of water with 1 laker coming out deep in about 300 ft.Two of the landlocks came off 3 color leadcore on inlines with J-7 gold and orange rapala and another came on a small green Cyclops again of boards on 5 color leadcore. A couple lakers came on flasher/fly run high at 60 ft out and one at 70 ft out.with magnum dipsy. Most others were on riggers set at 35 and 40 respectively. Temps were all over the place during the day as we hit pools of water that were 60 degrees down 38 ft while most of the time it was about 52-56 at 33 ft and 65 on surface. I thought if we stayed high on the column we could avoid the lake trout....forget that theory they are all over the place and one even hit the little gold J-7 Rapala. Nothing on sliders no matter what size. Even the lakers seemed to want a trolling speed around 2.5 at the ball.

Good going Scott and thanks for the report.

Thanks 😀 Going there in AM to give it a shot for the silvers

Nice bows. Did you mean west side beteween Shelldrake and Deans Cove?

Take a look at these and it may help sort things out. http://www.wideopenspaces.com/charts-explain-differences-trout-salmon-species-pics/

The Bonnell boys and Shiela strike again Nice report Dave.

I had one for 22 years and fished in the shipping lanes with it on Lake O more than once chasing the steelies and the middle of seneca in snow storms in Jan and Feb.. Wonderful safe boats (mine had 35 horse as main engine) and they can be well rigged for fishing with some thought behind it. I had 2 Cannon electrics with extendable booms and even 15 ft outriggers on mine and a 9.9 kicker. During derbies etc. I'd have people coming up to it and taking pics.. Kinda wish I have held on to it for a winter fishing boat For someone considering buying it I'd say have John Mann at Sodus Bay canvas make a dodger for the front of it....best money I ever spent in my life. Breaks the wind, keeps water out, and can serve as a dry storage area or place to read books for kids