Jump to content

Sk8man

Professional
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    13,870

  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by Sk8man

  1. Sk8man
    Amish Outfitters has 500 lb low stretch stuff I think.....specifically for hard pulling boards
  2. Sk8man

    LOTI

    Sk8man replied to Kevin J Legg's topic in Ice fishing

    Nice work Kevin ....I'm especially jealous regarding the crappies we haven't had much luck finding them this winter. WTG Les
  3. Sk8man
    That is pretty sick Ray! Doesn't get much better than fresh sea food either....
  4. Sk8man
    I have a few dozen of them and the smallest ones are the Quickstrike #11's and they are killer rainbow and laker spoons and one of my favorites. The ones pictured look like 88's with the swirl finish and the #35 ? or #88 (hard to tell in the pkg) hammered brass. They were modeled after the Sutton's by a guy who lived in either Corning or Elmira area and used to sell them in various tackle shops in the Finger Lakes area. He made them in his own shop there and I met him at a friend's tackle shop back in the early eighties. He looked to be in his 50's or 60's back then. I think his name was Bill something. His spoons were stamped out and he had the plain silver color, plain brass and hammered as well as swirl finish in many of the same numbered and sized spoons as the Sutton's (e.g 11, 22, 44, 35, and 88) and I think he mentioned to me that he actually made the model for his stamping from a Sutton spoon shape. They cost $2.00- $2.25 at the time :smile:By the way that is the original packaging with the red band at the top. Some are pictured below: (they originally came with flimsy trebles which were easily crushed by big lakers and browns) From left to right are: Quickstrike 88 in swirl finish #35 in swirl finish #22 in swirl brass, silver swirl, hammered brass #11 (my favorite) in hammered silver and swirled brass
  5. Sk8man
    At least Seneca will be fishable a lot sooner than the other surrounding lakes but I wouldn't put the cold weather gear away any time soon That new boat looks terrific by the way
  6. Sk8man
    OK
  7. Sk8man
    I'll bet you are dreaming of hammering those browns in your new boat ED
  8. Sk8man
    Might help if you had some decent pics of them....sometimes folks know them by other names
  9. Sk8man
    I think there may some confusion here about UV light and that emitted by phosphorescent or fluorescent paint and they are very different wavelengths of light than UV and are within our range of sight and probably that of fresh water fishes especially in terms of brightness factors. The UV light is used to charge the glowing additives to the paint on the lures so they make the patterns on the lures appear brighter to fish and are more readily seen by them. It is not the actual UV light that comes from the lures that we see it is the difference in brightness/contrast of the paint additives after charging. Most of the phosphorescent or fluorescent paint (or undercoatings) additives can be charged by natural sunlight, fluorescent, "black lights" or incandescent light sources but the effect (brightness) on the older zinc based additives doesn't last as long as the UV charging process on newer lures with UV enhanced coatings (additives).
  10. Sk8man
    I find it interesting that a number of these reports keep saying that the reason that Lake Ontario remains "open" is because it is so deep but Lake Superior is far deeper and the volume is much much greater....my hunch is it is because of currents (i.e. moving subsurface water) in Lake Ontario stemming from the fact that it is hooked to the St Lawrence and Hudson at the eastern section and the Welland Canal etc. to the west.
  11. Sk8man
    It is a highly technical article and it is predominately aimed at salt water reef fish as the targets of the research. Half the species of those studied were not found to have UV receptivity but the most interesting statement to me was near the end and it is maybe more relevant to our fresh water concerns: "Fish may be UV sensitive in early life stages and lose that ability later in their lives, as shown for salmonid fishes (Hawryshyn et al., 1989)". It was also mentioned that in those fish studied that there was a great variation among species in the composition of eye pigment (rods and cones). These fish live in a salt water environment in the Southern Hemisphere that also has a much higher degree of UV and bright sunlight penetrating the water than found in our northern hemisphere fresh water lakes so the eye composition of fresh water fish inhabiting our lakes may be very different. There is no argument that UV light is present or doesn't penetrate the water but it is still unknown whether fresh water fish may respond to it or not. The statement above in quotes suggests that adult salmonids may NOT have this capability. Thanks for the article Thun
  12. Sk8man
  13. Sk8man
    Used to have good luck with the small ones run way back and/or off boards and if out deeper add a large split shot about 3 ft ahead of it.
  14. Sk8man
    Good points... I'm with you Hotfish
  15. Sk8man
    Dave is right on target....I should have mentioned that...
  16. Sk8man
    Well, the solo launch went well beautiful day light breeze, small chop on the water, breeze at my back - so good to be back in the boat again. Ah here we are at my favorite starting spot, lines are out with my favorite stuff on, drags adjusted, trolling motor purring like a kitten after that nice tune-up during the winter....time for a coffee (and I just know that will ensure a hit as soon as I start drinking)....what the hell are those ice boats doing out here?....oh no... it was only a dream. That damned ground hog probably had a heart attack when he poked his head out..... Is it Spring yet?
  17. Sk8man
    Yes should be able to really slam them if you can locate them Mike. i guess it is just a matter of checking through the old spots for starters Good luck if you get out there.
  18. Sk8man
    Here is a pic of the Finger Lakes....only Seneca and Cayuga aren't frozen up... http://eosweb.ssec.wisc.edu/browse_images/terra/2014/065/2014-03-06_1604-1614_HITH_010403_QKM.jpg
  19. Sk8man
    I know it Mike. I fished the one in 1976 or 77 and the temps were about like now but the difference is the prevailing wind was out of the North then and there was a period of little to no wind for a while that allowed it to "set up". My great aunt skated across the lake as a little kid back around the early 1900's or late1800's. That one must have been really cold....the whole lake totally froze up.
  20. Sk8man
    I think I would contact John Mann at Sodus Bay Canvas and ask him if there is any chance of you sending your old canvas and plastic to him to do it that way or to have a new one using that as a pattern and if so give him the dimensions and maybe the pic for a quote. I know the preferred way is to actually fit it to the boat but he might consider it. He is a very honest guy and reasonable. All canvas work on boats is usually more expensive than you think no matter how you slice it.
  21. Sk8man
    http://eosweb.ssec.wisc.edu/browse_images/terra/2014/065/2014-03-06_1604-1614_GRLA_010403_HKM.jpg
  22. Sk8man
    Nice fish.....man that largemouth sure has been chowing down out there Good work!
  23. Sk8man
    Great idea Thun....I still have my Dillon tumbler and only had used it to clean cartridge casings in the past....haven't used it in years but still have the tumbler media (walnut husks) As far as paint goes I use the Krylon stuff... it costs a little more but doesn't run as much and seems to be a bit more durable. I've used both gloss and flat black or white with good success.
  24. Sk8man
    Most marinas have the plastic tings but they aren't cheap ($7 or 8 each)...not sure about the metal part but they are also used on the side of boats to hold bumpers.
  25. Sk8man
    You'll be even more dangerous than usual during the derby now Mike
×
×
  • Create New...