Sk8man

Very cool John and a great service you are providing

Question : How will the bobcat keep up with the boat on the water and does it have a pontoon base or something? Seriously, Great looking top

Nice going Dan.

When younger I could sit in it touch it etc. without consequences but once I did have a reaction to it (throwing cut trees through a chipper without a shirt on and getting a bad case of it ) I became highly sensitized thereafter. There seems to be a reverse tolerance for it (i.e. increased sensitization with subsequent exposure so he may need to be real careful around it.

Always good to see ladies involved in the sport too

Beautiful dog John. Hope he gets a great work-out this season.

I believe they usually come in 12 and 9 inch sizes if this makes any difference. It is also important to know the spread of the holes intended for use unless you intend to drill as each application can be a different span between screw holes as well as the hole diameter itself. The gimbals are not all the same but most do have a 30 degree angle that usually anchors to toward the bow. There are some inset holders installed in boats with the tube straight down or to the side. The screw holes of Cannon tracks are not aligned with the screw holes in either the Cannon tracks or the common generic ones by the way.

You are correct. I didn't word it very well I was referring to the entire life cycle and where it occurs entirely in fresh water and it is 3-10 years in duration. I have read in the past that in the oceans they have a longer life span (e.g. 4- 15 years where they live and then breed in freshwater but I have also seen 4 yrs in the ocean in another article so I'm not sure) http://www.glfc.org/sea-lamprey-lifecycle.php There are 19 - 43 different types too (depending on source) and some are non-parasitic.

Can be15 years plus for adults from what I have read.

They use very strict protocols to administer the lampricide to minimize collateral damage and the treatments have to be carried out when not windy, waterflow is right etc.The treatment doesn't kill the adult or juvenile lampreys it only affects the larval stage in the mud and sediment.

I was there on the west side and marked a lot of bait with fish mixed in and nearby in the 70 -90 ft range. I caught 3 rainbows and a laker 60-70 ft down over 70-76 ft. All rigger action nothing on 300 copper or 7 color leadcore. I had some interesting display shots of some interested fish and I believe I may have caught two of them (rainbows) just a couple minutes after they appeared on screen. Some nice bait pods marked today as well.

There have been several problems with flooding and them getting over barriers and the treatment is complicated. Weather conditions have to be pretty exact to avoid collateral fish/other organisms kills etc. In years past the environmentalists presented some objections to treatment for Cayuga delaying things significantly.

Congrats! Beauty Always seems incredible to me that something grows that big in that little shallow lake

Cool good luck with it Dan.

Nice color stripe on that one too John.

Great pic John