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Got out for 3 hours Sunday afternoon and had lines in from 3:30 - 6:30. Creek water blown out and chocolate as you would expect. Water temperature between the piers 47.7, creek water in lake from 44.5 - 41, and lake itself inside 20 FOW wat 39.8 - 40.4 mostly with some low 41 degree water east of creek mouth. Dirty water (coffee with cream) extended far into lake. Picked up 1 small brown west of Olcott a short distance in 10 FOW with temp of 40.4 ( a little higher than other water nearby). Fish came on a 3.5 Maglip in color Keeper at 30' behind the board. Great to be out for the first time. Only 1 other boat out that I could see and only 2 other trailers in lot (booth was open for launch fee of $8 as typical). Only a couple of charter boats in harbor. One of the ramps is blocked off for some reason. Tight Lines

Starting lead core this year and fish both Ontario (salmon/trout) and Erie (walleye). Picked out two Okuma GLT copper/lead core rods and think I will like for Ontario but seems heavier than I want for the 'eyes. Thinking of the Shimano TDR86MC2C copper/lead core rod for Erie. Thoughts/experience with either rod appreciated. Will be using inline boards or flatline. Thanks. Tight Lines

Vey interesting. never would have guessed that variation. Thanks.

Thank you for the replies so far. The idea that adding a weight after the lead core (at leader core junction) would kill the lead core action is one of the reasons I was questioning if guys run the weight at core/backer junction. If anyone does that, can you tell me how much backer do you let out and how do you determine the running depth of your lure. With the RAM rod holders I have I can troll with Magnum Tadpole divers and have hooked into salmon and decent size lakers without a problem (just need to set the drag a little looser).

I spoke to Jake Romanack at the Niagara Fishing Expo regarding Yakima Lures specifically. He said they are getting things up and moving again. Opened a factory in Mexico to supplement their Washington State factory around the time COVID hit and this created a lot of troubles as they were not even able to visit their plant. He also mentioned that Washington raised their minimum wage to $20/hr and that created a situation where it was not economically feasible to produce many of their lower profit margin items with that labor cost. The Washington factory is going to focus on more of their higher profit products and the other things will come primarily out of Mexico. Demand has also been very high for their products and so they shut the website and focused on distributing largely to vendors on the west coast. Jake believes this will be improving in Yakima's case in the coming months.

Sorry to say after a lot of looking I am still unsure about how this would work. Adding my first leadcore setups this year (5 color and 7 color with #18 lb. Tuf-line Microlead). I would like to use these for running lures deep, which is my biggest problem especially at speeds over 2 mph. So ... Should weight be added at leader/leadcore connection (30' - 50' leaders) or at leadcore/backer connection? If answer is the first location, then how much extra depth per ounce can I generally expect? If answer is second location, then I would have to let out backer to get weight into water and actually effecting depth and I am very confused about how I would know how much backer to let out to achieve depth I am after at the lure. Just to point out why I am not looking at dipsy's it is because I have RAM composite rod holders and have been told by numerous people they won't be strong enough for Dipsy pull. I am also considering a set-up with 30 lb braid (no leadcore) and then running Torpedo divers at leader/braid connection and simply following the dive charts provided by Torpedo for each weight. Feed back appreciated. Thanks.

Surface temp. was 45.7 - 46.7 on Saturday and about 1.5 degrees cooler Sunday.

Went 6/7 with 5 kings (small/medium), 1 coho, and 1 football brown on Saturday and 2/3 Sunday in about 75 minutes of lines in before I had to call it due to waves (all mid size kings). 60 FOW +/- 5' was where it mostly happened for me, although 1 king and the brown came from 25 FOW. I was solo running 3 lines most of the time (but a bit of time with just my 2 deeper lines only). Spoons got everything with Dreamweavers in GetRDone and Jordo being best. A 6" Yakima Big Al's Fish Flash helped as well when paired with the GetRDone. In the deeper water I had best luck 40 - 50 feet down if I had to narrow it. Got nothing to the east of Olcott, with everything within a mile west of the creek mouth. Tight Lines