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HB2

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  1. More laws that don't work or won't be enforced but on people we don't like? Ain't like that hasn't happened before . Freedom of speech is just that , say what you will unless it's threatening
  2. I installed the Kell Outdoors noise filter on my Yamaha kicker . Was a game changer .
  3. I had a X4 and liked it . Was 800$ when I bought it . Sold it with the boat. The new model was 1200+ at the time . I got talked into a Depth Raider . 525$ new shipped to the house . I love it . Not a real fan of the coated cable but it's fine . Had a little interference problem . Got a noise filter for my kicker and it has worked flawless every since.
  4. I use 80 or 65 power pro original on divers and 30# Big Game on riggers . Been doing this for years
  5. Don't reinvent the wheel . Use 30 # Big Game or something similar something . Heck ,I have even used the cheap Zebco from Walmart and it worked fine . Some of you guys just look for ways to waste your money .
  6. Something I did with my probe rigger was I made a 4 ft lead of coated downrigger cable for my pinch pad release . I have a broom stick with a cup hook on it. I reach over and snatch the cable while the ball it at the surface and put the line in the release and deploy it that way so I don't have to pull the ball to the boat . Works great.
  7. I have been using pinch pad releases for 25 + years and I use to use blacks. I have used Offshore but I like the Scotty's better . Both work .
  8. My feet get cold when it's warm and my Frogg Toggs were the best waders I have ever had and I have had like 5 pairs of Neoprene . At the price if you take decent care of them and they last 5 years you got your money's worth .
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    Perch

    Been getting a good amount of good size perch at Sandy fishing for Trout Small jigs under a float . Not fast and furious but doing all right . Got like 6 nice ones today
  10. I bought some Frogg Togg Steelheaders at Fat Nancysa few years ago boot foot . Very warm and I like them . Reasonably priced 225$ I think
  11. HB2

    DEC

    The solution to some of the nonsense that has been going on was taken care of Tues . At least it's a start .
  12. HB2

    DEC

    Really screwed the pooch over this Peanut the squirrel thing . Not one of their better days .
  13. I have sharpened serated bread knives with something similar to Sk8mans sharpener and it works pretty well
  14. 12 gauge
  15. Well , the DEC has said repeatedly that it is bait related. I have my armchair quarterback theory on why but they are the guys with the most experience with this . Banner year this year they supplied . I saw the most bait I have seen in a long time out there this year . There has been a biatfish biomass rebound the last few years . We are only about 5# off the mark for bigger fish actually. Let's see what happens when we have continuous years with good bait instead of using this as an excuse to close the tribs . Let's wait and see next year if avg and top end are bigger . We had a banner year . Be happy for that and hope for the best . I met the daughter in San Antonio of a guy who fishes a lot of Lakers in lake Superior. I have been going back and forth with him. The Lakers he catches average 5 # and a 10# is a big fish . If he gets a 10 fish day , that's a lot . He is jealous of what we have . It certainly could be worse . We are not Lake Superior.
  16. I'm across the marina
  17. Relax , the sky is not falling . At least not yet .
  18. The distain for the trib guys on this site really urks me . An awfull lot of crying for nothing . Are 30 fish days with 15 to 25 # kings not enough ? These fish are there for everyone to catch . Everyone gets their chance at them at some time during the year . Those Salmon River guys don't hurt the fishery one bit . In fact , even with the outlaws , they probably help . It's put and take . If a guy has a successful trip and comes back next year , all the better . Each out of state angler probably drops 150$+ per day minimum up here. The Pulaski region relies on that which is pretty much all they have . I personally love fishing for these tributary kings .It's really a challenge to get them to hit . And they might not have the power they had in the lake but they sure do fight .Had many, many , run 150 yds up or down the creek I could not stop . And so do a lot of other guys because I talk to them.Some come up every year . Some don't want , or can't afford 700 to 1 k a day to pay a charter and have a mate hand then a rod and reel the fish in . I was invited in a charter this year . Awesome captain and mate . If that's what salmon fishing is , I'll take up birdwatching . The only chart or data that really matters to the state of NY is the one about economic impact . Which is probably why the judges in those municipalities the tickets get written in throw the cases out . And I don't care if a fish hits because it's hungry , out of aggression , it's a conditioned response or it just made a bad decision . It hit by its own choice .He took my bait ,which to me is what it's all about. Getting them to hit . Are we going to make fishing WOKE now ?
  19. Which boat is yours ? Is it that white hardtop by launch ?
  20. So now it's ," well they hit , but why did they hit? Were they actually feeding or was it a conditioned response ? " Give me a break
  21. You caught me LL . I'm full of s....
  22. Pulled my big boat on Sat with no problems Stay between the bouys ! And watch depth past yacht club between piers . Red on right when going upstream Red on right when returning from sea.
  23. I can't see how those angler surveys are even remotely accurate , especially lake anglers . I fished a lot this year out of Sandy ,caught a bunch and only saw the survey boat once and stopped to see them . I don't know about how the Salmon River surveys go .
  24. The " these fish don't hit " ain't right. I've had I would say 50 king hookups the last month or so ( my landing percentage sucks though) on skien. More than a few have swallowed the hook . I also have had a good number over the years smash a J 13 rapala . Also fly fishing early Nov browns have had kings hit a woolly bugger pretty hard , and watched them do it .A lot of guys at the Oak fish skien off the wall successfully . So they don't hit is wrong . Sure there are an awfull lot of outlaws out there . So ticket them .Don't punish law following anglers . I really don't care about lake anglers and how they choose to fish .I use a lot of the same equipment . I find it funny that anglers that have all this high tech equipment have a problem with someone with a fly or centerpin outfit and waders . So I have an idea , let's close down the Salmon River from Sept to Nov for 3 years . With one caviat, A moratorium on all Salmon tournaments on Lake Ontario for the same length of time . You know ,shared sacrifice . Then 4 to 7 years from now we MIGHT, MIGHT, have a chance to catch kings that average 3 to 5 # bigger than we have now . Definitely not Worth it in my opinion. We have a great fishery with trophy fish , albeit not as big as they use to be . What a banner year this was . You are in hell if you land a 20# king and think it's disappointing . Some people are never satisfied .
  25. That's 10 k of the biggest fish , with the biggest fish genes that never even get a chance to run the gauntlet. They didn't get dragged in by their tails , they get dragged in behind a boat at 2 .5 mph with hopes of doubles and triples with all the multiple lines and high tech equipment to add to the fun . Some might say that's disrespectful . So people in glass houses .......
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