Sk8man
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I'd be careful with that substitution as some fuses for electronics are "slow blow" type which is a different type of fuse.
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Yes many different rodents like to chew the wires on boats and cars in barns too over the winter as well. I believe I read somewhere they are attracted to the urine that is used in the manufacture of the plastic coating on a lot of wire.
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Talk about nailing the question..... should have one of those best answer things attached to Hank's post
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can I have a reliable dock and boat lift installed on lake ontario
Sk8man replied to dfg4240's topic in Open Lake Discussion
These guys are totally right. Back in the 60's and 70's there used to be houses along the shoreline that are no longer there (some of which ended up in the lake itself) because of the power of the waves and wind and related erosion. At one time when I was a kid there were some docks on the Lake O southern shore in places and they are long gone along with the cement bases that held them. Lake Ontario is truly a force to be reckoned with in winter. The ice can twist up steel girders like pretzels... -
I guess I distinguish between a cheater and a slider. The traditional cheater is a leader with a spoon on it that is located in a fixed position a few feet above a set of cowbells (used to be called "flashers") and it is long enough so that the spoon angles downward in back of the peanut or cut bait setup so that the fish is attracted to the cowbells and may or may not hit the peanut but then sees the spoon trailing behind it appearing wounded. The slider on the other hand is a short section of mono or fluoro (mine are 8 ft which is 6 inches shorter than my downrigger rods to allow for netting fish) with a swivel snap at either end. I use cheapo swivels for them but ones that have rounded fasteners (e.g. like duolocks in shape)so that the lure can operate freely in them. I use one a size smaller than the other (the end that slides down the main line) so that it can't get by the terminal one (ball bearing swivel) with the main lure on it (if somehow the lure should come off that the slider lure wouldn't also be lost). I roll a few slider leaders up on a section of foam noodle so they are ready to go if tangles occur etc. and with spoons already on them to save time. One of the reasons I use cheapo swivels on the sliders is that over the years I have found that it doesn't make any difference on them and if the line gets tangled (e.g.from excessive speed etc.) it is less expensive if you lose some from cutting. It is the only setup that I use them on ...all others I use solid ring ball bearing swivels. -
The pigeon didn't take Dramamine before landing on the boat and lost his lunch?
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The hook sizes aren't always "standard" or completely consistent from different manufacturers sometimes but I'd say a 4/0 could be OK for salt water but a little big for most freshwater applications except maybe a super magnum spoon.
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The hooks come "open" at the end from the factory. I use pliers to close them It is one of the reasons I like the Mustads and also I prefer the long point and short barb of them to other hooks because they make it easy to release fish without even touching them (just grip the hook with pliers at the side of the boat turn upside down and a small shake and they are off)
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Nice going NIck and Theresa. Sure hope the king trend continues this season. Hey Nick - in that first pic on the first page looks like your alien nature was exposed (looks like an antennae coming out of your head )
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King Slammin Olcott 5-24
Sk8man replied to King Slammin's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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Spin doctors for Lakers
Sk8man replied to SmellsLikeFishNH's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
Spinneys work fine on lakers or kings especially in deep applications and relatively close to the ball. -
Most of ours on the rigs didn't do too much until they got close to the surface and then it was "game on" most of them fought like hell then and were a challenge to net. Lakers can be an underrated fish .....and they can be a lot of fun
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Nice going Ed. I used to watch those bows with their dorsals out of the water in mid lake near the high banks in years past gobbling those flies and they came right next to the boat sometimes as their attention was riveted on the bugs. We sometimes forget they have a fairly diverse diet....not always sawbellies -
Great account of things ifishy. We must have crossed paths out there too the day you launched from Geneva Congrats on the fish. I learned quite a few derbies ago to get the fish in ASAP as a couple times I lost out on quite a bit of money for just hundredths of a pound.
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Coast Guard may be closed for launching I'm not sure if it is Memorial Day that they close it through the summer months maybe?
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baitrigger said it right on the mark...I've been using them for over 30 years on virtually all my spoons but used hardened stainless steel ones not the "cheapos" -big difference. I use the Mustad Siwash salmon hooks in sizes 2/0 and 3/0 for most and 1/0 for small spoons. If spoons such as Suttons come with solid rings I cut the trebles off and leave the ring alone and I use the existing split rings on others if they appear OK.
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One of the questions to be asked is: "where are they going to be used"? If Lake O then the larger paddles seem best suited to large dipseys and meat rigs or larger lure setups usually for deeper water application and on the Finger Lakes they may be unnecessary drag on your rods given the absence of kings and extremely large lakers. The smaller paddles seem much more versatile to me as they are easy to run on downriggers, wire or braid behind small to large dipseys with less drag. When running spoons or normal sized sticks the smaller paddles are all that is needed. The old maxim of "Why use a shotgun when only a BB gun is needed" applies as far as I'm concerned. Others may have a different view of it.
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Check your SNUBBERS!
Sk8man replied to piratesholly's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
Snubbers are one totally unnecessary piece of equipment kinda like "pet rocks" -
The derby is all about catching the biggest fish not the most fish great brown and precious look on those kids faces and that is really what the derby is all about too Congratulations on a successful derby placement and really nice fish! -
That whole family of fish is unpredictable. I once caught a lake bullhead on a Seth Green rig with a Sutton spoon over 280 ft of water on Seneca (mid lake north end) and estimate he was down about 80 ft. Thought it was a small laker until I got it up and then just scratched my head in disbelief -
Nice going Mike and good report. Sorry we didn't get a chance to meet up but we never got that far down the lake this time -
What I was referring to (with transom mounts) when I said "tilting" was not made clear...what I meant is that the transducer face should be parallel with the ground on most applications and sometimes if someone installs it flat with the bottom of their boat (angled transom) it needs to be adjusted (tilted) so that it is flat with the ground surface
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Nice going Nick. Looks as though you folks had a lot of fun and that's what it is really all about -
Sometimes you have to play with the tilting of the transducer to get it the way you want it but it may also relate to the particular cone angle of the transducer as well. For example a 50 khz or 83 khz transducer may have a considerably wider cone angle than a 200 khz so once the ball goes down past the outside edge of the narrower cone it disappears from view on the screen.