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    Good going Billy....off to a good start
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    WTG Mark
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    You might want to consider posting all the stuff in one post rather than separately which takes up a considerable amount of page space.
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    Nice work Aaron
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    Just took a look at the radar and it looks like a lot of real bad stuff went to the north but there is still some heavy rain in a pretty direct path coming from west to east that looks as though it may reach you folks in awhile. Better keep the rain gear on....
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    Looks as though you've had your coffee already Keith
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    Best of luck Brian....I know you always fish it hard out there. Good luck folks and stay safe
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    lily is right. I used to work for Asplundh Tree Experts a long time ago and we did the trimming for the NYS Gas and Electric at the time. We usually did not trim tree limbs as radically as that pic depicts very often. I assume however in thisday and age of the profit motive being the main factor underlying much of our culture the electric company is trying to save money by not having folks come back any time soon....cost cutting at the expense of aesthetics basically. If they had taken the whole tree without written owner permission rather than the limbs in the right of way they could have been sued for tree replacement etc. in civil court... this way there are no grounds for a potential lawsuit as they were acting lawfully and within company guidelines. A lot of folks don't realize it but towns and cities also have right of way access to a few feet from the curbing into folks lawns as well.
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    I had some fleas on the Sea Flee line when out on Tuesday and that is the first time in about 4 year years using that line. They are really thick this season. The line diameter thing is no guarantee either . A couple years ago on Keuka they wee so thick on the 150 lb downrigger wire it blocked them from coming up.
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    The older Mag 10's did not have auto stop... the circuit boards are a bit different with an additional connector on the autostop version. A lot of folks complain about the slowness of the mag 10's but I view it as a positive mainly because I use the time to re-rig stuff and I adjust the clutch to slip slightly if the weight comes out of the water and rests on the terminal end of the downrigger and I hear it and shut off. Neever have ahad a problem with this method.. We Americans are a very impatient breed and everything has to be immediate and fast which sometimes leads to other problems Take a look at the complaints about some of the high speed downriggers...lost weights, cable jerking etc.
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    Those damned things can be aggressive too especially protecting the nests near docks etc. I got bitten when just a kid and the teeth from some of them are like glass shards and had to be removed by the doctor.
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    Better not leave the pond too early Ed.... you know Kinger is always right
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    I think John is exactly right with his assessment. My 10A's are over 30 years old with moderate use and I have never had a structural problem with them. Any plastic based product can crack when over tightened by metal screws.and when UV exposed it may happen faster....
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    One of the things omitted here but important is that a specific speed number is often not sufficient to tell if you are on target or even in the ballpark because down speed may be different than the GPS speed and even the number off them isn't going to "do it" because currents can wreak havoc with attractors. The subsurface currents on Lake O are often brutal and vary in direction as well as intensity such that speed adjustments have to be made along the way to get your lures to act the way you wish. The gauge I use is the rod tips and their position along with the angle of the lines especially the wire setups and downriggers and and I monitor it constantly. You can tell when you are running with against or across current and also whether the attractor (Spin Doc, flasher, dodger or Cowbell) is working effectively once you gain experience with it.
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    Just as a point of reference about the die offs in the 60's they also happened frequently in the fifties as well and it was always around the summer time. There would be piles of them spread out along and smelling up the shoreline.
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    Rollie the info on the website for Itroll for Gen 2 says it will work on bigger motors....
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    I may be mistaken but it looks about like a 1992 Evinrude to me.
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    WTG Kev Great to see your dads back in action and back to himself busting your kahunas
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    Perfect summary Brian
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    Some Bob camera pics. The steelies loved the orange Revolution spoon
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    Bob summed it up real well althogh he did leave out a few little details being the humble guy that he is. We did have a hell of a day and especially him...he smoked me on the kings. We caught 7 kings and 6 steelies that actually got into the boat. We each lost 2 nice steelies and the first one I caught after his 2 king skippys jumped 6 times behind the boat and was still flopping pretty good when he was netted. One of the steelies lost was a big fella from the looks of it when he jumped and spit the hook....gave us a good look anyway. Each fish was really agressive and the 3 fish that hit the wire rigs and cost us equipment were savages and bent the rods over while stripping line like there was no tomorrow....classic king stuff...We released everything but the 17 lb king that had fought his heart out and was totally spent. When I left in the early AM I had grabbed one of my point and shoot cameras not realizing that it was one with the battery almost depleted so although we took pics they didn't actually register on the memory card for the most part but a couple shots came out. Hopefully Bob has some pics on his phone. We marked very little bait and considering the action we had not all that many fish for the most part. The fleas are active and the wires were particularly prone to them. Currents were variable direction and very strong. For the first time they accrued on my 30 lb Sea Flee rods as well so they must be quite thick down there. I must add that although Bob isn't particularly known for having long patience while fishing (especially with perch fishing) he displayed the patience of Jobe while spending about an hour untangling one of the worst leadcore messes I've seen on his line (to save money of course) - a situation I would have remedied in about a millisecond with my knife I had a great time despite having to suffer the agony of watching Bob reeling in kings while he tricked me into locating on the wrong side of the boat.....
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    Nice going John
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    The one on the left with red beads is a Red Eye Wiggler - very effective pike spoon.
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    I fully agree with you on that one...
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