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  1. Big Water
    Never let the line free spool and always keep at least a little tension on it and you'll be good. Also, a kink in the line will break like a piece of thread.
  2. Big Water
    Nice fish Andy! What did that 'eye weigh?
  3. Big Water
    No need to apologize, it was all in jest! Cabin Fever!
  4. Big Water
    I was just looking over the Navionics map of Ontario and noticed this 135' deep hole. Is there something they're not telling us???
  5. Big Water
    Based on twelve mile creek being twelve miles from the Niagara and St Catherine's being about the same, I'm guessing 24-26 miles.
  6. Big Water
    Put the line in the release and see how hard you have to pull to trip it. Adjust to a reasonable release tension. If you over-tighten, it may be impossible for a smaller fish to trip it, or more importantly, for you to trip it when you bring in the rod. If too loose, it may trip when you turn the boat or pick your speed up. For Lake Ontario, I keep them relatively tight to get a better hook set on the initial strike.
  7. Big Water
    To the seasoned veterans, With all of the ice in Erie, what are the prospects of fishing the bar in April/early May? 1) Remember the Titanic! 2) Just dodge the bergs. 3) Won't be an issue by then. Too new to this to know what to expect.
  8. Big Water
    It looks just like the link Legacy posted. Different manufacturers have slightly different variations. It is a color combination, not a specific lure.
  9. Big Water
    That's my home lake when I'm not at Ontario. Welcome aboard.
  10. Big Water
    You bet!!!
  11. Big Water
    Any update on how Jimmy is doing?
  12. Big Water
    Sums it up!
  13. Big Water
    Fall/Winter boat. Spent alot of years being beat around on Erie and Ontario before I got a bigger boat.
  14. Big Water
    Thoughts and Prayers go out to Jim and his family. I hope to see you soon!
  15. Big Water
    26' Hewewscraft Pacific Cruiser. 2-135hp Honda mains and a 9.9 Honda Kicker.
  16. Big Water
    Has anyone tried this? How many feet separation do you need to keep from ending up with a mess? My guess is at leat 10'.
  17. Big Water
    Agreed, but put this into three coordinates where the depth is the Y axis, the distance to the rear is the X axis and the distance to the side is the Z axis. Your measurement is the vector magnitude in the XZ plane. The question is what is the Z magnitude.
  18. Big Water
    Ray, Nice recollection of trig, but I think you're explaining how far behind the boat, horizontally, the lure is running. The question is, I believe, "when I set a dipsey on 3, how far does it put it out to the side of the boat?"
  19. Big Water
    PM Sent
  20. Big Water
    Nice fish KS. That big pike is a beauty.
  21. Big Water
    What? Unless I misunderstand what you're suggesting, a dipsey diver on the cable without a downrigger ball on the cable would be just like having the dipsey on your wire line except it wouldn't dive as deep since the DR cable is heavier, If you mean attaching a mono/braid dipsey rod to the release with a dipsey behind the ball, then yes. You get more spread and depth that way. You really need to snug down the release so that it doesn't pull loose from the tension of the dipsey.
  22. Big Water
    Spot on. Deal with the mental issues and almost all of this goes away, and I don't mean being a compassionate humanitarian and having a talk with them. With our age of having access to massive data capturing possibilities, use it for something worthwhile.....tracking these psyche cases. If you track a persons abberative behaviour in a database from the time they are in kindergarten through adulthood, you'll know who the bad actors are. Are they showing aggression, psychosis, anti-social behavior, narcissism, lack of compassion, cruelty to animals.....etc. Be much less tolerant of these individuals and quicker to commit/imprison them It's time for real measures and not feel good gestures.
  23. Big Water
    Nice fish. That's a slob of a brown! Thanks for posting.
  24. Big Water
    I stayed at the Gorgeous View hotel last trip which is about 1 mile up RT 14 on the west side of the lake. Real nice people and they gave us a great rate because of the time of year. The driveway is a little tricky, but I got my 18 1/2' boat up without incident (sharp turn....take the second entrance, much better). It sits off of the beaten path and I had no issue leaving my tackle in the boat. That's more than I can say about some of the places I've stayed there. They even have a refrigerator and microwave in the rooms and brought pastries and juice to the room for the morning meal. Ask for Stephanie. (607) 331-4276.
  25. Big Water
    Happy New Year Everyone!!! May you be happy and healthy and get to fish as much as you want.
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