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  1. Sk8man
    Hop is right and he definitely knows what he's talking about Not worth chancing the wrath of the Seneca gods.
  2. Sk8man
    Good luck this season Pap!
  3. Sk8man
    I tie my own flies and usually stay within the range of 18-30 inches with the most commonly used about 20-22 inches. No swivel on the fly leader just a loop. The flashers or spinneys already have swivels/snaps on them just fasten to them.
  4. Sk8man
    WTG Luke! They are a lot of fun
  5. Sk8man
    Rainbows and lakers on Seneca and Canandaigua, salmon and a nice 12 lb steelie on Ontario .
  6. Sk8man

    Canandaigua FLTA 5/1

    Sk8man replied to Nautitroller's topic in Finger Lakes Discussion

    It has become tougher and tougher to get good fish out there even when you are real familiar with the lake so don't feel bad
  7. Sk8man
    The water temps on charts should be considered as "suggestive" but the DEC chart looks close to me for a general idea. During the summer the kings may be found way out of the normal temp range but as mentioned the bait location is often the key to locating the active fish.
  8. Sk8man
    Just an FYI but the receipt for the bait is good for 10 days.
  9. Sk8man
    Yep.
  10. Sk8man
    The lampreys are real bad. They were on nearly all our lakers and those of our friends fishing near us coming out of deep water.
  11. Sk8man
    Lets hope it does us some good Billy
  12. Sk8man
    We'll be launching out of the north end
  13. Sk8man
    2002 18 ft. Boston Whaler Ventura
  14. Sk8man
    I previously posted this regarding the same question: I can't answer the whether it is worth the $150 or not but where I find one useful is in determining where my lines actually run depth- wise and in the desired temperature range. It is most useful when and after the thermocline forms usually around mid to late June or so I use it with coppers and leadcore primarily but it works with a dipsey setup as well. I also use it in summer to find a starting point for the thermocline for my Seth Green rigs on the Finger Lakes as it can give you a temperature profile at 5 ft intervals down to 100 ft which is what I am mainly interested in then. I attach mine to a downrigger when totally still in the water and I have a recording sheet for 100 ft at 5 ft intervals and I run it down and then back up and record the data at th 5 ft.intervals and look for the area where the temp changes the most radically and that will be the thermocline so I set my lines so I am fishing within and slightly above it (also taking into consideration specific species preferred temps which may or may not be as accurate or valid as some folks may think) as I am not interested in lakers much of the time I fish. This method only gives a starting point which is better than nothing but the thermocline varies in the water column in terms of depth and in various parts of the lakes to so it isn't foolproof and it isn't momentary like say a Fishawk X series but is better than nothing for someone on a tight budget.
  15. Sk8man
    Interesting....only thing I can think of is that it puts a slight downward pressure on the lure from the dip in the line (at the shot) and makes it swim erratically.
  16. Sk8man
    A couple things come to mind.....first of all I know with my Optimax it needs at least over a half charge to actually start the motor so if it drops below it it will try to turn over but not start. Second the battery core may be bad or individual cells bad and under a heavy draw it could appear dead yet if just tested without putting it under a draw and it may APPEAR OK. If it were me I need to rely on a good solid battery and not take chances so I'd get a new one....but that's me
  17. Sk8man
    Pete you are a natural instructor and I really enjoyed this video as well as learned a great deal from it.Thanks for doing it. You also have a PM Pete.
  18. Sk8man
    Best of luck with it Mike. The flies look really great
  19. Sk8man
    What was most surprising to me was that the seagull allowed itself to be held without biting etc. They can be a handful
  20. Sk8man
    I'm still trying to figure out how a split shot placed 60 foot from the spoon does anything as far as the spoon action or depth.....I'm thinking that just the placement of the lure at that distance is responsible for the result rather than the split shot.
  21. Sk8man
    Good fish At an earlier point in time the state record brown came from the south end of Keuka. There were smaller browns in the Keuka Outlet even back in the 60's. In recent years the lakers have apparently taken over the lake and the browns, landlocks and rainbows have been rarely caught compared with years past. Back in the eighties and nineties some of the locals used to get browns and rainbows as well as lakers pulling copper on bottom at the northern (Penn Yan) section. Good to see a brown come out of there....maybe there is some hope after all.
  22. Sk8man
    or did he mean to say 6 ft (which is something I sometimes do)
  23. Sk8man
    I hear ya Good luck with it.
  24. Sk8man
    Brian is right they do have a very diverse diet....even the ones in the Finger Lakes. I have found everything from multiple alewives, smelt, small sunfish, perch, shiners, fresh water sculpin and even a couple plastic worms in them over the years.
  25. Sk8man
    Despite what charts may say I've bumped bottom with the 124 mm's at 2.2 mph at 151 ft. with 325 ft of wire out and scratched the edges of them on the rough bottom.
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