Sk8man

or did he mean to say 6 ft (which is something I sometimes do)

I hear ya Good luck with it.

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.

Even if you don't catch anything it may stimulate you to keep trying

I've used these spoons for a couple seasons including field testing the prototypes and I can assure folks that these spoons are the "real deal" ...they work great! The action on them is second to none.

Geez Sean... where did you get that great photo of Cuomo?

The cables and plugs etc. are far better than the crappy originals though. Most folks have some sort of plugins and receptacles located near the downriggers so that you don't need to run longer cables to the battery itself.

That is the good one....metal spool

I didn't drill the holes out or use the fittings they supplied and I used marine silicone filler in the existing holes and they are fine.

Yep they still work too Jim

:lol:

Looks like you're off to a real good start with a nice rig

Hey Mike - were you talking to us guys fishing with ya? Back in the days of the ESLO Derby I had a ritual of the first guy to catch a fish had to chug a beer no matter what time it was etc. and the last time was when it was me and it was 7:30 AM and there were 3 footers out there and I hadn't eaten anything....didn't get sick but was queasy for hours...last time for that ritual on my boat

That reel is in VERY good hands Bob

We are a pretty crazy bunch aren't we?

Yeah I got my boat name The White Porcupine because of all the rods sticking up (thanks to Hop). I've even had the DEC guys check me out when fishing solo to see whether I was "legal" I've had as many as 15 onboard fishing by myself You can never have enough "stuff" Nick feels that way about his rod holders

I agree on the expensive they are now about $1.00 each

Just for the record I have been using the bait heads and meat rigs for quite a few years and if you want to save money on bait go to artificials they last for years. I use both (and you don';t have to screw around stiffening with brine either). I guess the point I was making is that it doesn't have to be an "either or" siituation. I run Seth Greens, downriggers, pull copper, wire rigs, leadcore and coppers, use outriggers and big boards, inline boards and even the old Yellowbird boards as the situation dictates. Yes there are newer and easier ways to do things sometimes but part of the fun of it is doing different things and also using home made lures, flies and spoons etc. as well despite having thousands of commercial lures in the boxes. Newer is not always "better" either it is only "different".

Justin you did a beautiful job on that!

i guess that is one way to look at it but sometimes it is productive to think of things along the line of "just one more thing in the arsenal" because they still do work and sometimes even when the fish won't take the "Michigan rigs" I still keep the earlier "dodgers" and the various versions of "cowbells" for the same reason despite using the hammerhead routinely and flashers and spinneys. It is always nice to be able to bring out the old stuff when the "new" stuff doesn't seem to be working....sometimes the result may surprise you The practical thing about the approach relates to "do whatever works" for you.