Sk8man

Ditto on this 700 ft is plenty for the Fingers as you seldom let out more than 400 ft and that still leaves you the length of a football field on the spool. For Lake O because of the king potential you'd want new wire at 1,000 ft. If only on the Fingers another option (but less sound) would be to cut out the bad section and rejoin the two remaining sections with a small SPRO heavy swivel and use crimps on both ends of the swivel. This would allow you to keep the extra 300 ft. as a (backup) just in case you got hung up on bottom or something and needed the extra 300 ft but it would still probably be the potentially weakest part of your setup and you would have to make sure the swivel would safely clear the line guide ofthe reel and the eylets of the rod.

Use a 124mm Deeper Diver (Walker) on 30 lb wire set to zero if have longer diver rod if not #1 to get it away from the riggers and run it deeper with more wire out.

Will do thx.

Anything is worth a try and you'll never know until you actually do try it but again I'd compare it right along with your other braid.

I'm not familiar with that particular line but line diameter may not be the most critical factor. Line texture is what seems to make the most difference with fleas combined with the density of the fleas encountered. Although some types of fleas seem vulnerable to line diameter lines like braid and leadcore seem to load up more than certain mono like Sea flee which has a slippery surface and at 30 lb test it usually also provides some relief in terms of diameter as well. I have had 6-8 ft long thick strands of fleas on 150 lb downrigger cable on Keuka Lake in the past and that suggested that for some flea densities at least diameter may not be the critical factor but the texture of the wire and heavy concentration of that particular type of flea gave us that "headache". It might be interesting to run one rod with it against one with your usual braid and see the result

Thanks for delievring the package too Sammy.

Nope but he was interested in that boat and may have waited too long on it

Friend looking for 16-17 ft center Console glass w/4 stroke A buddy of mine who already owns a new large pontoon boat is looking for a fairly recent fiberglass 16-17 ft center console boat with a 4 stroke motor to fish solo on Finger Lakes. If anything interesting out there I'll get his contact info.

Great fish and really nice photo as well..the clouds and chop in the background make it pop

I think that water is going to be pretty mixed up for a while temperature wise and otherwise

The bottom line is no matter what the size of the boat when it is that rough out there you aren't able to fish the way you want (although someboats may be more comfortable than others) and have no control over your speed and presentation and this ='s no fun

The thing is it doesn't take much of an opening for water to do its damage over time and much of the time the places are either hidden or obscured in some way so the internal damage itself isn't detected. The location of the "culprit' also isn't always where you might think either and the water can travel distances to the place it does the damage. A good example s on house roofs the water can be wicked across the roof to the opposite side and leak there without it being apparent where it is coming from. If you are concerned I'd have it looked at by someone trusted that is knowledgeable regarding transom repair.

Ben - Frogger's boat is pretty similar looking to yours and he did a truly exquisite job of restoring that transom so if yours needs it he is the guy to really listen to

Use weights on the copper to get it down further and dipseys on wire you'll save yourself some headaches.

Carl has some really great stuff. Hey Sammy great chatting with ya at Arney's.

20 ft of 12 lb test Segaur fluoro because it makes it easier to estimate how far out with the downriggers etc. because I usually start out at about 22 ft (couple feet beyond the leader swivel) and then the estimate from there as I increase distance is easier and more accurate than say from 8 or 10 ft.

Bob - I haven't fished there in awhile but right straight out from the main street at the north end there is a point at which it drops off severely and when I looked down the hole while ice fishing back then at the edge of the drop off it looked like looking back in time to the dinosaur age with craggy rocks in a deep depression and lakers all over the place down there....some of which I caught on tip ups (run small 18-24 inches) and yet off to the west side of it I was jigging up real nice perch in less than 20 ft of water. Might be worth trying to find it and giving the laker jigging a try there. It is right about straight out from the accesss point at the north end.