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Boga grip on a 6' rope tied to a cleat is the best I've found. Drag them for a few minutes until they get feisty. My boat is low to the water so you may need a longer rope for a proper lake o boat. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Wow. Gorgeous fish. Congrats Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

I use 30# fireline on diver rods. The fleas don't seem to like it like other braids.

There was a Bassmaster event a few years ago and the winner made the run all the way down from Waddington (?) to fish the deep structure on Henderson. You might want to look that up. Drop shotting, I believe.

Bearcat, are you running micro lead or the Suffix 832 instead of standard lead? Those are the ones that I use and the fleas absolutely covered them the one time I used them in summer. Like you said, almost had to junk the whole core. I think the standard may be thick enough not to be a problem. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Many thanks! I'm always picturing what could go wrong and with running only divers and copper so far I've been unpleasantly surprised a couple of times at how bad it can get. Not nearly as much as I should have been though, thanks to all the knowledge shared on this site.

So if you're running a fluoro leader with spoons do you do that if you're, say, running a Mup rig? If so, how do you connect the leader so that when the Mag gets hit you don't have a mess when the snap slides down the mainline? I'll be running riggers for the first time this year and love the concept of a Mup rig but it'd be nice to avoid as many early messes as I can. Thanks,

30# Fireline works great. Fleas hate it for some reason. I ran inside divers on wire and outside on fireline all last year. Fireline got less fleas but wire cleaned up easier.

The only thing they love more is log perch Logperch = walleye candy And back to the initial subject. The lake really does seem in great shape. This is the third year of lots of shorts around but now I'm running into last years shorts and they're 16-18" and around in large numbers. I personally wouldn't change any regs on Oneida. The fishing is great and if you want bigger fish there are enough other places around for that.

Perch are filled with gobies, walleyes are filled with perch. At least for myself and all the guys I talk to this spring.

Those fish are gorgeous. I'm not a musky fisherman (yet) but can't help but appreciate those beauties. Thanks for posting and congrats!

I'm using the 8'6" taloras for inline boards and downriggers this year. I just bought two sets of reels. One set with 10# line for walleyes/browns and one with 30# for summer salmon. It's not the cheapest solution but it did save me on buying twice as many rods. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

I got there around 10 last Saturday and, even though the lady joked that she could retire with all the fees she was collecting, there was plenty of room left to park. No idea if it'll be the same this week but that's what last week was like and I had your same concerns. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Good eats right there, trophyseeker. Nice job! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

This is great advice. Last season and so far this season dragging harnesses hasn't been working like before. I know guys that only do that and they've had a tough time. The reaction bite is still on. And I agree with reeleyz that the gobies aren't showing up in walleye bellies much yet but the bite has definitely been different since last year for whatever reason. The good news is that the eyes this year are already healthy, not drawn out at all from the spawn. From what I've seen they've been gorging themselves on perch fry.

Not sure if it's the same but FishUSA has Smithwick Perfect 10's in Marvin pattern. Just for reference. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

It's a pay launch. $10 last year if I remember right. I stayed over night a few times last year and rented a slip for a little under $25. The launch is included so that makes it just a little more than paying for 2 days launching. Not free either way though.

Just wanted to say thanks for all the great advice. I finally found a dealer when I was down in CT that had a pretty good selection to try on. It turned out that the 2 styles I thought I'd like the most didn't fit me well at all but I did find one that felt good. So I went with the Blackfins and am very happy so far. And, Gator, I also grabbed a pair of those Flying Fisherman Boca Grandes for carrying around and they are really nice. Much nicer than any $30 pair of glasses I've ever seen. The Costas will stay on the boat where they're safe (r). Thanks again, especially for the advice to try them on first. That made the difference in finding the right pair.

Looks right now like you're lucking out with that schedule. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/marine/zone/gtlakes/bufmz.htm I fish out of an 18' Lund and I'm good with that forecast showing anything up to 1-3'. But I do it a lot. Just watch the weather. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United