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    Might be worth sending the reel to Andy Coperhaver at Tuna's Reel Troubles. He is very good and fast turn around on the reels etc.
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    Mike -You guys had a heck of a team there and that red cooker on the back really completed things Nice work on the fishing. I hope to get into the derby next time was too late pulling the trigger this time and thought I'd be on Lake O that day but opted to fish cayuga anyway because of the wind prediction. Thecurrents were all overthe place and the fleas were a pain but great day anyway.
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    Nice going on the fish Nick but too bad about the eels
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    Good chatting with you this morning Mike. Yeah that launch today was the busiest I've seen it. We also saw some nice smallies trying hard to recover from the tournament when we quit today.
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    Thanks Brad... will do... please give my best regards to your folks too. Bob it sure wasn't the easiest day out there bud fighting that wind and fleas but at least there was action to be had (unlike some other spots we like to fish) Good that you got Liney out there today. Billy I saw your name up on the derby board yesterday in a couple places....at least you had some excitement. Cinnamon fish you had some really nice fish during that derby and the fact that you were able to connect with all those species (nearly twice) is a testament to your fishing skills. Ed as usual you summed it up perfectly bud.
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    Nice work Cinnamon Fish You've been hammering some beauties....
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    Grand Slam on Cayuga today My son Mark and I decided to fish Cayuga today despite not entering the derby. We arrived at Dean's Cove abut 6:15 Am and were marking bait and fish right out front of the launch so we fished it and also went north for a bit. We stayed on the west side the entire day because of the wind and went as far south as Sheldrake and then turned back around north again. Most of the time we fished 45 to 75 ft of water with 2 downriggers with sliders and two inline boards and a 300 copper down the chute. We ended the day with 4 lakers, 3 rainbows 1 brown and 1 Landlock all caught between 35 to 50 ft down over 45 to 8o ft of water. Bait all over the place suspended mostly from 30 -50 ft but some on bottom as well. Fish usually around the bait either above or below it. Interestingly, we came up unexpectedly with the downriggers in 46 ft of water with the deepest one set at 45 ft and noticed at the same time a lot of bait with fish underneath and thinking they were lakers because they appeared right on bottom I then saw a fish go after the 45 ft downrigger and whamo he hit it and I was still thinking laker when my son grabbed the rod and the fish went for the bottom. It fought real good and once we got a look discovered it was a brown instead. So much for assumptions about fish marks and their positioning. All fish were caught in the morning nothing in the afternoon until we pulled the final downrigger line to discover a 14 or 15 inch landlock on it to complete the Grand Slam.l. Only took a couple pics one of the brown and one of one of the first rainbows. All in all a fun day despite the moderate level of fleas on the lines (other than on the copper) and the variable wind affecting our trolling speed.
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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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