Sk8man

Hopefully the plating has improved from the ones they sold last year. (didn't hold up very thin) but they always work well anyway

Geez Harv thats like getting rid of the Holy Grail

Sorry Todd I guess I missed the post on that one....

http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/42739941/fishermen-escape-crash-by-split-second

On the west side it doesn't start dropping off until Canoga Creek. The channel is 10-12 ft. but itdoesn't even get to 10 ft until near the channel which is a long haul from the shore.

You don't have to be on the Branchport arm to catch lakers they are in 20 plus ft of water all over the place We caught 2 yesterday while after perch and one of the guys I spoke with in the parking lot had 5 that he caught in about 40 ft. They are very long and thin by the way and are feeding on small perch. One I had yesterday should have weighed about 7 -7 1/2 lbs from the length and I don't think he made 5 lbs. They are fun on 2-3 lb test line though

It never ceases to amaze me that with the millions of other possible places in this wonderful playland we have here that the "lemming" or "herd" mentality takes over and people just go with the herd rather than using their brain a little. I think we perch fishermen are especially prone to this for some reason (like the gold miners) whether on the ice or boat fishing. Even out on the vast ice space when someone hauls in some good ones the crowd merges on them.....is it just "human nature?"....or bad manners I've had guys even come right in and use the holes I drilled near me so I could switch things out....

I think if read carefully he said he already has an X4D display and probeand wanted to know if he could use his existing transducer with it on this boat. I believe shawn393 answered it correctly.

I just looked mine up (green and black) and I guess they were a bit more than the $100 but they are great https://www.froggtoggsraingear.com/FirebellyToads.shtm

I think it bears mentioning that nearly anyplace accessed there or elsewhere the question will be whether the ice around the shoreline is safe. This is especially critical where there are streams located along a shoreline as that rain we had recently was VERY substantial and the runoff was excessive and can have a lot of impact on the shoreline even though a distance away from it. This may harder to detect now with all this recent snow on top of the ice. Stay safe out there.

Fish 307 (Lake George NY) great folks to work with....

Yeah Mike it is tough on your pink barbie rod

I hear ya John.

Hey John - You may regret getting rid of those Syclops come derby time

The Hong King version is virtually identical to the original Pfleuger's and is basically a less expensively manufactured version ....sort of a generation 2 two without any improvements also known as a "copycat" They work as well a s the originals despite the "purists" claims that nothing compares. The Bladerunners came about when the originals and Hong Kongs were no longer available and Great Lakes Lures makes a very good replica. They work too. These spoons in the right hands are laker killers for sure.Some of my Geneva buddies know exactly what I'm talking about