Fleas

[Chas0218]

Could anyone give me an idea of when the fleas are generally gone or less dense?

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[YodaMage]

I'll say I usually notice that their pattern looks like:

 

3 weeks where they are building but not awful

4 or 5 weeks where they are brutal

3 weeks where they decline 

 

That said, the whole game with them appears to be water temperature so the earlier it gets warm the faster they start, the longer it stays warm the worse they are. This might be a bumper year for the evil bastards.

[Chas0218]

Ya that is what I thought.  O well Looks like I will have to spool up a little mono on the downrigger rods for now.

[tlox]

Fleas are BAD right now.  I had them sticking to 30lb mono, sticking to the wire on the dipsys, sticking to everything!!!!!!   I don't even want to talk about the mess that was on the coated cable for the probe.

[Adk1]

I wish there were more pics of the problems

[Chas0218]

Fleas are BAD right now. I had them sticking to 30lb mono, sticking to the wire on the dipsys, sticking to everything!!!!!! I don't even want to talk about the mess that was on the coated cable for the probe.

I was planning a trip for friday or saturday looks like I will need to pull lines often or hope the fish do it for me. I am planning on spooling up with some 40 lbs mono hopefully they stay off.

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[Egoody]

I'm new to the flea problem. I'm reading where some folks are spooling with heavier mono. Are they less of a problem on the heavier weight mono? How do you clean them off the line? Are they a problem on steel down rigger line? Thanks fo any info you can give.

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Egoody

[Tim Bromund]

I wish there were more pics of the problems

you mean like this

 

 

or this

 

[Chas0218]

you mean like this

or this

Was that a wire dipsy?

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[hooknup]

I just got two tekota 700s. Spooled them up with 40lb mono. No more fleas

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Al

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[sabonation]

I've used 30 lb flea flicker line for years and never have a problem. My dipsy rods will accumulate 3 or 4 feet of them but it doesn't seem to hurt bc its not at the lure and we still get bites on them

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[Tim Bromund]

Was that a wire dipsy?

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yes

[Chas0218]

Wow that is crazy.  I don't think I even had a flea last year on my line.

[Chas0218]

I was out today and ran 40lbs mono, wire dipsy, and braid dipsy with next to no fleas.

Braid was 40lbs Power Pro.

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[orangediablo]

you mean like this

 

 

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Look like you're running a 500lb braid leader on your wire!!!!

[Tim Bromund]

By the way, those pics were courtesy of my friend Skeiner on the North Shore.

 

Tim

[JimB]

I was out last Friday and today from Sandy.   Barely a flea on the lines.    2 weeks ago, I had to slap the rods to break them off.

 

Running 25# mono on the riggers, and 7 strand wire on the dipsy.

 

Thankfully I've never seen fleas as bad as some of those pics.....

[joe g]

Fleas were bad between wilson and olcott today

[Sk8man]

They were pretty bad out from Sodus Point day as well. They seemed to like the 30 lb 7 strand much better than my Blood Run 30 lb See Flea mono though...