wishinfishin

Thanks Les, I enjoy your posts

Sk8man, you should not of said that ,LOL. As maybe youve seen in my posts ,Im a newbie , but I was thinking of doing what you said about shorter coppers and adding weights. Could you help by explaining how you set that up meaning how much weight and how much additional backer you let out to get to a certain depth? Snap weights, yes,Ive also read guys using rubberbands with a half hitch to attach weights, any thoughts?? Chuck

sounds like a blast,wish I was there , would like to have seen your face when the steelie hit letting line out

appreciate it iceman, had to make a decision early this week about coming up and go out on the lake and try the bay and it did not look good, some other time soon I hope Chuck

how old are they?? I would use these for wire divers ,guess i would replace the top with twilli

I will send a pm

iceman 05 way to release some big ones, nice fish,is the bay still hot??? never been there before always wanted to try it. I have a 18 ' jon with a jet motor do you think I would be ok in the bay and be able to get around . Im sure it gets weedy being so shallow would have to go before weeds get thick, jet wont work well then. Is ther good pike fishing along the shore outside the bay????

didnt want to catch to many and sink the boat ,

hey guys , Bloodrun tackle has some great info on copper , check out their pro tips and blogs It has to do with copper depths vs leadcore and also divers, extensive depth charts with different size copper and their respective speeds, and tips on making boards pull them better

That son loves the walking dead ,Lol. Just depends on the day , not saying Im the smartest guy, On Monday we were the last guys on the lake with the smallest boat. Not worried about flipping over , but too much wind and its not fun . We were out 140 fow a few times

Here are all the actors that played their parts perfect

thanks baitrigger , I will have to check it out

Silverfox was wondering who invited the rednecks to the party

no problem. Marked fish on bottom from 80 to 100 , which is where we caught some lake trout. Salmon and laker in 90-110 using divers set at 75 and 100 and 125 and the 250 copper with just a spoon (depth ) going about 2.2 was our number for the salmon. we did try different speeds , but that one worked for us.

kind of like the ford vs. chevy argument

Thanks Sea - IV, used will be the way to go for me , but what brand ??? Anybody

Hey fishtails, Im so hooked I cant even see straight, Were from Nottingham PA

Can anybody recommend some inexpensive manual down riggers to get me going in the right direction??

If you saw a camouflage jon boat ,Sun or Mon , that was us. Hit Sandy on Sun ,and were new to trolling Lake Ontario and gave it a shot. First rod down , first five minutes ,bang lake trout, this is great.Used a screw on rigger , the one you get for $79. The manual screw on rigger broke mid day. Me and my two sons picked at fish and caught 6 lakers and 5 salmon , hottest thing for us was 250 copper with just a spoon on the only tx-44 board I have ,we caught lakers and salmon on it using orange and black , name ???( soo many spoons , soo many names ). We even tripled at one point , tried to duplicate same thing , nothing. We also caught fish on slide divers, with spoons and flies .Great day!! Feeling like an expert now!! Which brings us to Monday in olcott,Got a late start , left ramp at 8:00 or so , there were guys already cleaning fish , Heading out the gate more guys coming back yelling go to the tower,Ok Im no dummy, so off we go see the pack, lower gear , couple divers couple coppers , clocks ticking , see guys reeling them in , see guys netting , taking pictures with fish,hootin and hollerin, not us . Change speed , change depth , change color, still nothing. Im using a tiller handle , slow down for something ,maybe a tangle, whatever, bang!! 14 pound king hits the diver with flasher and spoon, that was sinking fast,I'll take it my fourteen year old son reels em in. Wind is picking up, more and more for an 18' jon boat, just before heading back , one more hit on a turn, lost em. Other than the last one ,we landed all fish that hit. I will post pictures later, need my kids to help do that. Chuck

You da man , nice fish. Feels like I know where that boat was docked.