Sk8man

I hope so too Wes. I have a lot of fond memories both as a kid and adult of being out in the creeks in the Spring with a Coleman lantern and net getting them and seeing the occasional rainbow scoot out of the shallows in the light.

There are still some Smelt in the Fingers but not in past numbers....I thought they were pretty much extinct here on Canandaigua but there are a few left that we have caught accidentally through the ice while fishing for perch. I haven't heard of runs in the Spring for years now though

The water temps are still up a bit from normal was 64 down to 65 ft the other day on Canandaigua. We will need a few more cold nights to get the temp below 60 degrees or so and the fleas should be reduced. They are probably the fishhook type now so harder to get off lines.

These days it pays to run 30 lb Sea Flee as the main line and then leader down to 10 or 12 lb test

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If you do any reloading the cartridge casing tumbler with walnut shell material works well. The finish does stain deeply on Sutton's and may not be re-vitalized if badly spotted.

Check with Troutman87 on here. You probably won't find them any better or cheaper even used.

Trailering is really about matching up the boat weight with trailer tongue weight distribution and having a wide enough wheel base on the tow vehicle and towing capacity to keep the tail from wagging the dog with smaller boats, and getting the right hull design for the boat itself depending on use or purpose . My 18 ft Whaler is much like a 20 ft boat and can be pulled by pretty much any pickup truck or SUV. I can launch it solo, go out in very rough water without problems and in the 18 years I have had it I have never had any water come into the boat from waves because of the hull design. Fishing rough water is another issue because no matter what size boat you are in when the wind is up and the waves are cranking you can't control your lure speed properly;although some may be more comfortable to be on than others. I'm convinced there are no perfect boats - just some that perform better than others at some things. After all is said and done it is always a compromise of some sort ;whether comfort, expense, purpose (s) etc. and personal preferences seem to guide that decision. Most glass boats and aluminum boats "feel" different when in them and once someone gets used to this (either way) it can be a preference or desirability factor too which can later affect "satisfaction"