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Lowe’s has a rubber coating spray I use on my torpedos and they hold up well. It’s not too thick either.
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Timing is everything but recently released on Amazon Prime is the show The Fish Thief A Great lakes Mystery. It's about the devastation the Sea Lamprey brought to the Great Lakes Fishery. We sometimes take for granted our fishery and this documentary puts a lot into perspective about how hard it was to control the Lamprey as well as touching on the introduction of Salmon into the Great Lakes. It puts names and faces to the people that made these things happen. I really had no idea how bad things were before Lamprey treatments were introduced.
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alexkeys replied to Jed Brown's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
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There are fewer and fewer hunters in the woods each year. We may need the wolves to regulate the deer population and possibly control chronic wasting disease.
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heaviest LO King this year, how
Big fat pike replied to schreckstoff's topic in Open Lake Discussion
Idea is to mix it in the hatchery food so eventually the fish will recognize it if one tries an occasional goby and they will start -
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reel rage posted a topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
Wanted for personal collection, michigan stinger scorpion live series spoons..please let me know what you have - Yesterday
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"Someone" brought up grinding them up and mixing them with feed at hatchery. My responses were geared towards that and not to what they eat out in the lake.
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13owhunter replied to 13owhunter's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
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We are now over run by wolves in the arrow head of Mn. The DNR lies about the numbers. Dogs have been disappearing for several years. No more moose hunts as of 2011. The deer population is on its ass in northern Mn arrowhead. You do not want them.
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Irondequoit Bay 3/15
Chicong posted a topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
Had a chance to get out with a couple of friends in 16’ outboard. Very rough in the Bay but not too bad in the lake. Headed east and got as far as the Webster pier. Browns hit on all different stick baits as long as they were very bright color. Even very small 3” bass plugs worked. We used one dipsy but all others were flatlined. Fire tiger, chartreuse, black and silver all worked. We were in primarily 20’ at 2 knots. In 2.5 hours went 11/12. We are not pros. Had a good time. The gentleman in the photo is pictured with his PB brown trout. -
heaviest LO King this year, how
Big fat pike replied to schreckstoff's topic in Open Lake Discussion
I dont think the hatchery has that much to do with it i think its either less abundant food or something driving them to spawn younger then they used too -
I don't know if fish will exhibit the symptoms and/or die from it. Birds found with it were waterfowl and their infection in Great lakes area was attributed to the Round Goby. As shown in previous posts, gamefish are also eating the gobies. Do gamefish filter the toxin out via their bodily functions thus fishermen can safely eat them? Gamefish don't seem to be able to filter out other pollutants, hence health and preparation advisories. I don't know that there's a feed shortage for the hatchery. I'd rather see some kind of "growth hormone" added to the feed. Do Bass get big because Gobies are nutritional or because they eat so many of them while defending their nests?
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Skaneateles Skaneateles PB Walleye
bulletbob replied to Great_Laker's topic in Finger Lakes Discussion
I know thats how most guys fish on this particular board, but personally, I would bet a plain old jig and minnow or even a whole nightcrawler or good size minnow on a bottom rig drifted would catch a lot of fish, especially at the south end and north end where the water isn't very deep.. I could be wrong, but without alewives I will bet these fish are bottom oriented, not mindlessly following huge schools of fatty alewives like all the salmonids in the Finger Lakes do... -
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Now That You've Taken the Course...
Big fat pike replied to Pete Collin's topic in Open Lake Discussion
Usually you see people with new driver stickers holding up the left lane -
The thinner the cable, the better it is to reduce blowback. Coated cable has more blowback than uncoated. I tried 220 Lb and went back to the 120 Lb the next time out. As to painting: Years ago I molded my own weights. When the weight was fresh (i.e. bright, shiny and a little warm), regular Rustoleum worked great. I still have a couple that the paint is still intact. When the weight has turned greyish, the lead has oxidized. Lead oxide is a passive surface, to which nothing will stick. Chemicals to remove Lead oxide and activate the surface are very hazardous and I certainly DO NOT recommend sanding them. (lead dust) They only thing you can use is a "rubberized" coating that encapsulated the entire weight. I think Flex-seal and Rubberized Rustoleum have sprays but they are difficult to paint over if you don't like the colors.
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Anyone been by the launch next to the Coast Guard Station or the one next to Arnie’s Marine on Sodus Bay? Wondering if the ramps are usable and ice free. thanks
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Now That You've Taken the Course...
spoonfed-1 replied to Pete Collin's topic in Open Lake Discussion
Just remember. Folks have to take much more extensive training and tests to get a drivers license. Hows that working out. LOL -
I have always used the 12 pound torpedoes, but I have always wondered if there are any downrigger weights that have side fins under an angle that push the weight down and thereby forward much like a dipsy diver pushes sideways. Or is it really the water resistance of the cable that causes the back blow and if so, what would be the cable with the least blowback. Also, what is the best material to spray on lead torpedoes in order to cover the lead?
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