Sk8man
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I think that captures the scene thus far real well Kev. I've had all my stuff ready since October and it looks as though I may be ready for the 2017 season now -
Flags are useful on ANY planer boards as they aid in being seen by other boats especially in choppy water. It isn't a warm and fuzzy feeling having your boards run over I made the ones on all my boards rather than buying though. -
Kevin you couldn't ask for a better present than that one for XMas Congratulations! -
Justin is one heck of a fisherman and sportsman and for anyone out there considering fishing for the eyes, tigers and smallies on Otisco this is the guy you want to be out there with -
Alex you have a PM
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I omitted mentioning that I sent one of my reels to Tuna Tom completely disassembled
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The thing that is worrisome is that the ticks may be coming a lot closer too. -
This certainly has been one of the more informative as well as entertaining posts I've seen I'm already struggling with that image of Ray -
Yeah Brian....when you get enough in your system the ambient temperature displays on your butt -
John if you don't need too many done it is very reasonable to have Tuna Tom do them. He carries the Dragmaster carbon fiber drags. They are great to work with and the turn around time is excellent too.
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for sale : usa Starcraft Islander Hardtop
Sk8man replied to Little Crappie's topic in Boats for Sale
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I think you'll love them (the drags)
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Harvey they are referring to the Chamber of Commerce launch at the NORTH end of the lake. The grass in there was about 3-4 FEET thick and huge pods of it a week or so ago and worst of all it has foul smelling decayed stuff mixed in as well as silt etc. which can mess up your water intake on motors. Additionally it gets clogged on trailers terribly and that stuff would surely spread from lake to lake if someone were to relocate. It is truly a mess there.
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Wanted Wanted: Torpedo Down Rigger Weights
Sk8man replied to tlavan's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
If you're thinking shark weights I'd be looking at bikinibottom's weights (Rich is here on LOU and he is also a fisherman and a good guy) they are nearly identical to the sharks and much less expensive and come in a variety of colors including black. I've been using them this year and they are great. -
Merry XMas to you folks too -
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to Hank and all the other great LOU folks out there. May you have tight lines throughout the upcoming fishing season
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Agreed.
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The problem of runoff is more complicated than just the wineries. When you look at the blue green algae problem from last summer (e.g.satellite images) it appears that farm and lawn fertilizer and possibly raw sewage runoff as well as these other contaminants are involved creating enhanced water conditions for these nasty things to thrive. In all probability the current problems with Seneca and a number of the Finger Lakes relate to them becoming too nutrient rich and bottom structure being chocked off by the invasives while straining out the phytoplankton and zooplankton that the food chain depends on.
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I have a great deal of respect for Keith's (Gator) take on this issue and his published work as well so I guess my above comment was a bit lacking in concept clarity. It is also apparent that there are two separate issues at hand here: the first being the prevention of additional invasives entering the watershed and secondly the reduction/elimination of the current culprits and problems which also cross the boundaries of plant and zoological entities. These certainly aren't simple problems with straightforward answers or solutions.
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Ray I'm well aware of that and friends are currently working on a proposal to deal with it and hopefully the guys on here will be supportive of it.
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I think that the only way we have a chance of dealing with the current invasives is though scientific research to find their weaknesses and then initiate things to exploit those weaknesses but unfortunately these things are very costly usually and despite putting our natural resources in jeopardy (billions of dollars attached to them) our government instead seeks to monitor and control the end users of these resources much as in the so called SAFE ACT which exerts increased controls on folks that are not the problem but that happen to be "handy" to make a public claim that they are doing "something" about something they have absolutely no control of which is the illegal trafficing and criminal use of firearms.
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The interesting thing to me is the fact that Seneca Lake has many many good places to fish for perch but people crowd one another in the same old seasonal haunts creating problems instead of doing their "homework" and looking around for the perch. I laugh when I see it ice fishing as well when just because there are a few huts clustered together folks figure they are hammering them when often it is just that those people are too lazy to move around and look for the fish. With that said Seneca has been tough this year for most of the guys open water fishing I know but the great thing about this area is that there are other lakes to try within reasonable distances and despite the focus on Seneca there are jumbos in Cayuga, Keuka, and Canandaigua and in that order so instead of jumping at the more "familiar" places folks should be exploring other places and discovering "honey holes" less traveled. I've had the "followers" cast sinkers into my boat and the "nudgers" crowd me at places like Sampson and it certainly takes a lot of joy out of the fishing and for no good reason.
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The last couple years during the ice fishing season it was hard to see any ice between the shelters and people in the marina as well causing a number of human problems (e.g. fights etc.). I spent about 15 minutes there last winter and left shaking my head in disbelief. The present mentality of fishing perch as though they are an infinite herd that constantly magically replentishes itself as fish leave for people's bucket is taking its toll. These fish (perch) are particularly vulnerable to extermination and depletion because of their schooling behavior. This concept of vulnerability appears to have been recognized with respect to crappies (25 limit) but perch remain vulnerable as there are a lot of people that take in excess of the 50 and also take multiple limits with little to no intervention by law enforcement because they are understaffed or busy with more pressing matters elsewhere and this has been going on for years. Human greed is destroying our society and this is just one more example.
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I was giving the details so that new folks reading the post might be aware that some things or questions may not be as simple as they might appear at first glance and there can be numerous things to consider in an answer and your question is a good one. I would imagine that setting your drag as light as you can without it falsely going out might be wise too as leadcore has a lot of drag from water resistance and eyes aren't always real "ferocious" when they hit (can carry the small ones for a long time without realizing it much as in downriggers with the release set tight)
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I think there may some missing details in the question - A lot depends on the gauge of the leadcore (18, 27, 36, 45?), the size of the deep diver and whether you use a leader on the leadcore and its diameter and length, and most of all the intended trolling speed and underwater currents and direction trolled. All these things (and more) will affect the depth the setup will run. If you have a Fishawk TD you could get a pretty good approximation with it but again even the weight of that device will factor into the equation. You may have things working against each other down there. For example the belly of the leadcore may either help or hurt you depending on boat speed etc. At certain higher than intended speeds deep divers can go sideways too cancelling out some of the depth and the belly of the core may carry the diver up and down in the column too.