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    Thats about the best deal I've seen on here
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    One of the things many folks don't think about on the Finger Lakes in mid summer is the occasional idiot that is attempting to swim across the lake without an escort and all that can be seen at best is the tiny shape of their head in the water and you have the possibility of folks traveling at full tilt (e.g. cigar boats etc.) just another disaster waiting to happen....
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    Sodus Bay

    Sk8man replied to Pennfish's topic in Ice fishing

    Even on Seneca a 2 lb perch has never been common regardless of what you might hear or see posted. After over 60 years of fishing for them on many of the Finger Lakes as well as Sodus and Port Bay etc both ice fishing and from the boat and growing up fishing Seneca I've seen fewer than a half dozen caught. My own largest was caught while in high school (early sixties) from the long pier on Seneca while casting for trout with a small size daredevle and it measured 19 1/4 inches and looked like a football. It is one of the only fish I really regret not having mounted but never could have afforded it at the time anyway. We didn't even have a scale only a tape measure....Folks that have fished perch derbies have a real appreciation of what constitutes a 2 lb perch and they are very uncommon in any of these bodies of water.
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    A few days ago four of us ice fished it at Penn Yan end. There are 3 - 6 inch dinks covering most of the territory out to 30 ft. and despite there being decent perch down there they only look and don't hit (except for the dinks) regardless of bait used, jig, or approach.Some folks have been getting pickerel and bass on tip ups in closer to shore. A buddy tried yesterday with his new Vex and had the same result ....only 4 people out there. The Branchport arm is totally ice free and we checked the launch on the way home and it too is free of ice and should be no problem to launch if we don't get another huge snow storm.
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    Good to see kids outside having fun
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    Hopefully the plating has improved from the ones they sold last year. (didn't hold up very thin) but they always work well anyway
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    Very nice job with the video transitions, drone work etc. What software do you use for editing the video? I must admit that although I enjoyed the video it was pretty long and yet short on actual fishing content suggested by the title. I couldn't help but wonder if the snow machining around the tip ups was a good idea....as far as spooking the fish and may have related to the apparent catch results but I'm sure it was just great getting out there.....
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    Sodus Bay

    Sk8man replied to Pennfish's topic in Ice fishing

    Keith- You are a sick buckaroo....and here I believed everything you said.....
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    Sodus Bay

    Sk8man replied to Pennfish's topic in Ice fishing

    Wow....pretty sad.
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    My wife just saw this and brought it to my attention....
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    Geez Harv thats like getting rid of the Holy Grail
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    Sorry Todd I guess I missed the post on that one....
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    http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/42739941/fishermen-escape-crash-by-split-second
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    Cayuga

    Sk8man replied to FishingTheFL's topic in Ice fishing

    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.
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    PM = personal message Ron. Look up in the right hand corner of your screen at the little envelope. Click on it and you'll be ableto see them or create one. Just type the persons user name and send it to them or if they have sent one to you return one. It will be a message between you and not public.
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    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
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    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....
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    X4 TO X4D

    Sk8man replied to Snsh's topic in This Old Boat

    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.
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    Signs of true jealousy Bob.....you know it is double the size of yours (which goes for everything else as well)11 inches of solid ice where we were. I think it was trying to FEED on the perch as contrasted with hanging out. It hit on a tiny jig with spikes so it had to be desperate.
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    Hopefully all the fish don't end up as this laker I caught there today while perch fishing He was 20 some inches andprobably didn't weight over 2 lb max.
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    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
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    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.
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    Fish 307 (Lake George NY) great folks to work with....
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    Sold / Closed Boston Whaler Outrage 21 - SOLD

    Sk8man replied to Bearcat's topic in Boats for Sale

    Real good advice from a very knowledgeable Whaler guy
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