Sk8man
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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.
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Wow! That is every boaters nightmare come true and lets hope that nobody was hurt and hopefully they have insurance on the boat and stuff that got messed up etc.It does bring home the point that a lot of stuff can go wrong that we often take for granted.
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Thanks Mike. Great chatting and also glad to see your sons fish hold up too. -
Rochester 05/25
Sk8man replied to Missdemeanor's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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I've used them extensively on the Finger Lakes and Lake O since 2002 on my Whaler for Mag 10's (4 ft adjustable booms) without any problem whatsoever but as stated above make sure that the notches in the ends of the mounts "lock into" the cross pins of the recessed tubes. I also have a third Digitroll (4 ft. boom)that is mounted on a pedestal that I move around on the four insets and they each fully support it without flexing or any other noticeable problems. I do store my downriggers after I put my boat to bed though or lock them in my vehicle when staying away from home. It is only a matter of unplugging them from the receptacle and lifting them out and I have never had to drill any holes in the boat other than for my depth finder wires and the transducer panel on the transom. -
Sounds as though you had a pretty good "practice" session John It is a great little lake to fish.
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Some really hard old school fishing father and son style and caught a total of 32 lakers but no money fish this year...a couple in the 9 lb range and the smallest about 6 lbs. We kept 9 fish to give to other folks on land to eat who couldn't get out there and there were some smiling faces when we opened the cooler we had for them A lot of fun but not much sleep ....pretty burned out right now
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Very nice fish! You folks did a whole lot better than many folks out there I'm sure. -
Glad to hear you're back in action Ed Those browns have been waiting in hiding for you -
Scout is a good ole boy and I've always enjoyed his company on your boat Jason. I hope somehow he turns the corner for the better healthwise. -
Rather than "bickering" I'd call it "spirited discussion" A number of useful points were made in response to your question and Rick adds another important dimension based on day after day heavy use of the wire as contrasted with most of our less frequent use of it. If the wire is standing up under those conditions tensile strength may not be the most important variable for our use of the wire.....cutting through the water with relative ease is really what we are looking for and if the wire gets the job done repeatedly without major problems it is a winning situation no matter how you slice it. -
Good point John. I also heard that their compasses all point south all the time (probably so they can get back home)
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Good suggestions made already but you may also want to try off Thornton Point (south east part of it southeast of Arneys) and in the grass beds along the way to Bay Bridge at the south end of the bay. The area between Newark Island and Eagle Island where it starts to drop off (about 15 to 17 ft or so can also be good and around the point near Bonnecastle. -
Tileman is a good dude and well intentioned and should be cut some slack. We're all in this thing to learn from each other these responses give us each something to think about and take away from this. Best of luck to each of you this season and to any of the other LOU folks reading this.
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Oh Oh the secret launch may be divulged to the southenders Even though those Great Lake lures are made by one of those elderly south enders they work so great that I'll have to swallow my pride and use a bunch of them
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Releases for yellow bird planer boards
Sk8man replied to Fisherman72's topic in Tackle and Techniques
I've used the small yellowbirds for many years without any releases successfully. I exchanged out the split ring that came with them (older models) to a much bigger one and I use an 8 ft. 12 lb test fluoro leader at the rear for the lure. When the fish hits the split ring slides to the front of the yellowbird (instead of being in the perpendicular position) with very little resistance coming in.