justtracytrolling

Tnx diversion Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Better check the numbers....it makes a difference...if you cant find the post ill measure mine tonight when i get back to the lake Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Spot on Gill-t! Filetted, trimmed, and cooked properly big walleye are just as good! Thick fried fish doesnt have as much breading/batter/fried flavor...we like it that way...but not for everyone. Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Just set em in the water with the nose pointed out away from the boat a bit and slowly crank em out...nothing to it. There is a post from a month and a half ago that mentions correct knot positioning for your otters, by yankee troller. Use his setup....its better than the measurements given by big jon.

Ditto on the bigguns chris! They taste just fine!

Note the tow pulley is in front of the vertical tree Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

My old masts were 5' and about 6' of the water and it worked. My new setup is 8' off the water and I like it better. As far as rod holders goes you need at least enough distance from the mast to rods so the tow line doesnt hit them. The greater the distance from rods to masts the longer the hook/pulley line will need to be to reach the tow line. My tow point is 18 inches in front of the vertical tree and I can reach the tow line without a rope or hook and the tow line doesnt rub or touch my rods. Im sure somebody will say this is wrong, but when I asked the same question last year I got zero so this is what I came up with after talking to Tony at Great Lakes Planers. Ill post a pic from my phone...I dont have one on my pc.

Sounds like a good trip...calm water and 2 30+! Look forward to the pics!

I was thinking small gulp, but ill try the powerbait, on a little dropshot hook weightless. I have some brand new crappie jigs somewhere too. I had him on a noodle, but it was set up with 20lb braid and 15lb seaguar leader, great for walleye...overkill and then some for crappie!

The Otisco walleye have not exploded, but there is a good population. As far as the brown trout decline goes the browns are stocked over 12" in length and I doubt the walleye can be blamed for the lack of success. The reason the browns dont do as well is a lack of dissolved oxygen in the deeper colder water. Last year we had plenty of water all summer and fish were able to survive deeper, but 2 years ago lake levels dropped and so did the oxygen. Keep in mind that syracuse uses far more water from otisco than skaneatles, and it provides the water for 9 mile creek also. Walleyes feed on alewives, perch, etc not trout in Otisco! Everyone has a tendancy to blame someone or something when they dont succeed fishing....remember these lakes are stocked and managed and it isnt a perfect system. Nice job on the eyes Kevin! Did you win?

Sunday Tracy n I had friends and their son on board for some bass and tiger fishing. I couldnt seem to put us on much and after a nice afternoon i decided to head in. Their son Lucas wanted to fish more so I told him to fish right out of the boat at the dock. There is a decent crappie bite in the evening there because the bait shop dumps the dead minnows there every night. He picked away at bluegills, bass, perch, and got 6 crappie over 9 and 1 almost 12. They certainly werent big but we filetted a tasty snack! Gonna have to give it a better effort with minnows and see if we can get more of the bigger ones. Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

We had an even slower night last night...1 eye and a few bass! Found fish but couldnt get them to go. Weeds were tough where the fish were! A buddy got a nice tiger on the west side, but I havent seen pics yet or found out if he found any eyes. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Lake Ontario United mobile app