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No problem, 10 minute cruise. Check your PM by the way

Those all sound good. I would suggest one rod rigged with the biggest live bait you can get. there are allot of bays etc that will hold northerns. what kind of boat do you have? you can pretty much cover the island area down to the SE corner with not much trouble

The great sacs data is my home water your idea of fishing around that cluster of islands is s great place to start. You will find many rock piles and underwater old foundations and stone walls. There are also allot of drop offs etc. in the middle of those islands is basically a big flat of shallower water. Another great location is the south east section of the lake. Allot of big northerspns over there. The majority of northerners are caught thru the ice. I routinely catch. 40+ inch females in March. I would concentrate on shallower waters in the early am then work out to deeper water as the sun comes up. What kind of technique are you thinking?

Northerns spawned out early this year

I run both as well. You will notice a trend, most will have both styles and will deploy based upon the situiation and target species

I kinda thought the same

yeah $3500 that is a hell of a deal even with some minor issues that need looking at.

Get some trolling bags easy to deploy and bring back in

I have been in mid July out of Mexico not much happening. The further you get into August seems to pick up. That has been the standard

Hey Big Dave, hows it going??

Travel more into the Adirondack State Park and you will find ponds/streams with plenty of brooktrout

I will tell you this, I have just started fishing lake o the last couple of years and to date have only made a half dozen trips. I purposely stay well away from any packs of boats because I am just learning the etiquette out there. I will say though that I have been trolling along and been passed by much bigger boats throwing big wakes not 30' away. I felt that was kind of odd...

Yup I do the same on my islander with the 9hp merc.