Sk8man

Thanks Jim. Dean's shouldn't be too bad in the middle of the week ...weekends it may be another story. I think signalman and I may headed for Lake O on wednesday to chase down some kings and steelies. Jim the nice thiing about Dean's is the proximity to deep water so if the weather blows up and you're in a smaller boat you can readily get back in quickly. We marked a bunch of fish and right out in front of there in 60 ft of water so you may not even have to go far...

It is a wonderful time of life when they are young and still open to new experriences.....and it disappears all too quickly....so it is something to be savored by all concerned and it gives meaning to being a good dad

Thanks Brian. The current (and cross currents) was wicked and I think accounted for a bunch of folks having tangles yesterday. Mike - I saw where you folks grand slammed as well congrats! Congrats as well to John for his "ultimate" fish identification

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.

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.

Nice work Cinnamon Fish You've been hammering some beauties....

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.

Good going Billy....off to a good start

WTG Mark

You might want to consider posting all the stuff in one post rather than separately which takes up a considerable amount of page space.

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....

Best of luck Brian....I know you always fish it hard out there. Good luck folks and stay safe

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.

Better not leave the pond too early Ed.... you know Kinger is always right

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....