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  1. Yankee Troller
    Yeah, all the charter captains I know that are complaining about a lack of business are waiting for clients to go to their website too. The successful ones with excess business go out and put themselves in front of potential clients. If the DEC truly wanted to answer questions and take comments they would have done a little more to promote it. When there used to be three SOTL meetings in the Spring you saw it on Facebook, LOU, and the President of the Lake Ontario Charter Boat Association was aware.
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    We only run in-lines on the Lund. On the Trojan we run big boards 70% of the time and in-lines 30% of the time. On the Lund I don't want to store big boards, and I'm not a fan of a planer mast in the bow area due to excessive board stalling on turns. In-lines take some getting used to. Especially with newbies.
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    So, I found out second hand about a virtual State of the Lake meeting the DEC was holding last week. I jumped on late, but missed so much of it I didn't want to ask questions that may have already been asked. My point is, however, why were there a select few people that knew about this? Not even the Lake Ontario Charter Boat Association President was informed of this meeting to help spread the word. There was nothing on Facebook or LOU either. I always have questions at these meetings and feel left out of an opportunity to ask my questions and get answers. I frequently get asked questions about the fishery from clients, people on the dock, and at shows. I like to be informed with the latest data and direction of the DEC. There is some pre-recorded video data they wanted you to watch before this meeting. I will include the web address to these videos below. The recorded presentations are available on the DEC website at https://www.dec.ny.gov/fs/programs/press/LakeOntarioFisheries/
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    We did a quick recon trip to check on the Lake Ontario Brown Trout. After a very difficult Spring fishery there seems to be a good amount of cookie cutters in the water we fished today in Monroe County. There were also some nice ones too! The surprise catch of the day was this nice Rainbow Trout. It definitely fought different than a Brownie. Fingers were crossed it might be a small Salmon. Our best rods were flat lined Bay Rat Lures Short Shallows in Glow Goby, My Secret, BT Candy, and Referee. On our Chinook divers and Cannon Downriggers Bay Rat Lures 3.5 spoons in Glow Frog and My Secret were best.
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    FOR SALE: 10" Strikemaster Lazer Pro ice auger. This auger has very little use on it, and I may even have a set of new blades to go with it. It comes with an auger bag. $250 pick up only in and around the Rochester area.
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    We spent the morning on Oneida Lake and put a hurting on the school of Walleye hanging on the West end. The sunrise this morning was pretty spectacular, and pictures do it no justice. As for the fishing, 1/2oz Perch colored i1baits blades and size 7 Glow Perch Jigging Raps took a majority of our fish. Our best depths were 14-17' of water. The fish today seemed to like flats better than drops and humps. Water temps were 41*, but the fish still didn't mind an aggressive retrieve. If anyone is interested in booking a trip on Oneida we will fish it right until she ices up. Give us a shout!
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    I entered last year and never fished it. It's a hell of a thing they have over there.
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    Unless you buy it WITHOUT a transducer and put a traditional 83/200 or 50/200 transducer on it you won't be any more impressed with its marking ability. It may be prettier with a higher definition screen, but it most likely wont mark more since fish finders are mostly coming with CHIRP frequency transducers these days. If you have a Fiberglass boat I'd recommend an AIRMAR B60 (thru-hull) or P66 (transom). If you have an aluminum hull go with the P66. Let me know if I can help get these to you. I can ship right to your house through Krenzer Marine. If you need help installing we do that as well.
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    Tough to do without State of the Lake meetings....
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    Mercury, Mercruiser, and Yamaha both recommend fogging the engine with what we call a "cocktail." Here at Krenzer marine we use a 6 gallon shop tank shop tank filled with 5 gallons of 90 No Ethanol fuel, 2 quarts of 2-cycle TC-W3 oil, and 1oz of Stabilizer. We run the engine on t his for 5-10 minutes. This cocktail lubricates the cylinders and fuel pump.
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    There isn't a tougher format than the Orleans County Open. It's an event where you have to catch different species to complete your box.
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    I love this! This is what I wanted to see when guys were complaining about wacky winds this season. That southernly direction would explain the cold water we saw on the South shore during Summer. This wind data paired with the DEC's angler survey would make for a nice set of data over the years to see how wind direction effected catch rates.
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    Never done the night casting thing. I bet it's fun!
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    Well, after three cancellations, two of which were weather related, we finally got back out on Oneida lake and ran a charter. Paul fished with us this Spring for Salmon on the Niagara Bar. Today, his brother tagged along. The goal today was to learn how to troll for Walleye. We started the morning casting. There was a nice breeze to give us a good drift, so I couldn't let these guys not experience that. We tossed 1/2oz i1baits blades and size 7 jigging raps at eyes in 17-14' of water. Perch or Firetiger patterns were our best. After an hour or two drifting and catching a few eyes everyone's hands were cold and we made the decision to troll. We went upwind from where we had been catching the fish drifting and casting and set out a trolling spread. We ran Bay Rat Lures short shallow sticks 145' back on 10lb braid on the outside Off Shore Tackle Company inline boards. The two inside of those were deep divers 50' back on mono. Our best Bay Rat colors today were Can't Afford It and Jailbird. Other colors that took fish were silver blue, pink lemonade, perch, and fire tiger. On the troll we targeted 20-17' at 1.5mph GPS. If anyone's interested we have next weekend available (weather permitting). Let us know if you want to target some tasty meals!
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    Not to make excuses, but he's just a small business. He makes a living between that and his charter business. It's hard to find help in our recent times. He's a good dude. He took care of mine this Spring.
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    Screwy Louies if you're on the East end of Lake Ontario and Tony's rod and reel repair if you're near the Buffalo region.
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    There's weather every year. I still have no data from anyone to back up the theory about the weather this Summer being different from the last few where fishing was good.
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    Yup, going off the racks of zombies I see all over Facebook. I've silenced those trib pages on social media. Watching that crowd of people disrespect our tribs, as well as those Salmon, makes me sick. The stream guys beyotch about something and get protection for the fish that's slated for them. However, the fish slated for the Lake guys get's no protection from the trib guys. Our best specimens get ripped out of the system before their genes can get harvested. They're un-ethically caught most of the time. I can go on and on, but it falls on deaf ears so one county's business isn't effected.
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    Either will work.
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    If you're looking to go in April St. Cathy is where to go. Maybe even up until the first week of May. After that the US side is plenty consistent.
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    Kind of over this statement unless someone can line up data to back it? Whenever there's tough fishing I hear this excuse. I only fish weekends, but I didn't have to cancel a charter becasue of weather until mid September, and I started in late March. Currently, the East end rivers and streams are loaded, so we can't use the stocking cuts as an excuse either. I'm at a loss for why it was tougher for some areas of the lake.
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    Here's my take, which don't mean dilly! I'd say if you were a West end fisherman it was good and consistent. Not lights out like we've experienced in the last few years, but consistent. I feel for the East end guys this year. They had more of a typical season out there, and maybe even a little tougher. They did get spoiled the last few seasons. The newer guys down there would say the fishery was off.
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    All the major manufacturers will network well and will run radar. We run Humminbird on our boats and have no issues. If you went Humminbird I'd recommend the HELIX series and an Airmar transducer. I sell a lot of Garmin at the marina. This brand also networks well with each other. If you want to get radar eventually you have to use the GPSMAP series (743/943/1243). No need to go 86xx series. If you want to chat further about this you can reach me at Krenzer Marine M-F 8am-5pm. I'm in service. I sell a ton of electronics out of here. I also have one Tech here who installs electronics 40hrs+ a week 52 weeks a year. That's all he does, so we are very knowledgeable when it comes to these things.
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    I've never ran autochart live becasue the maps I needed were on Lakemaster chart cards. I don't see why you couldn't run them together though.
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    We installed an 87" Minn Kota Terrova on a 24' Robalo this past winter, that we used down in the Gulf, and it worked great. Our boat for this Winter is a 30' Robalo. We have a 96" Rhodan sitting here that will be installed on it soon. There are options out there. Best thing to do is take a measurement from the top of your bow down to the water line.
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