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F77 - What you're looking for is a prop with a LITTLE less pitch. Your prop should be stamped with a number. I.E. 17, 18, 19, 20 or something like that. Getting a LITTLE less pitch means your boat will not go as far with every revolution of the prop. However you will also lose high end speed. Note that I said a LITTLE. (cap letters) Less pitch also means you will probably gain RPM on the high end which, if you go to far, can be very detrimental to engines. I'd definitely check with the dealer & explain what you want to do before going out & buying a different pitch prop. Tom B. (LongLine)

1st mate finally caught a fish. Glad that jinx is busted. Anyways, launched at the Genny & headed to the sand bars off to the west. Heavy clouds moved off to the east with a brisk SW wind. Bright & sunny. Marked a lot of something in 60-65FOW. (Possibly alewife spawning?) Couldn’t get anything to move. Surface temp seemed to get couple degrees warmer going out to 200 FOW. My guess is that there is an awful interesting water circulation pattern going on right now. Circled back in off the river & we ran into the one above on MUP’d Blk/Slvr w/glo at 40 down over 100FOW. Off at 11:00, both of us par-boiled. Great day to be on the water. Tom B. (LongLine) p.s. How do flies & bees get out to 200 fOW?

IAb - I have manual cannons. They're have swivel bases and are mounted to a removable board I invented many yrs ago. The last 15" hinges up to get the riggers off the side off the boat for fishing and then up out of the way at the launch. Tom B. (LongLine)

SD - I hope you didn't buy a boat from him. Did he sell bridges in his spare time? If his theory was correct every racing boat would sandblast their hulls. Tom B. (LongLine)

b - with enough time & effort almost anything is possible . All lines, wire, mono, rope, cable, etc should be spooled like this: If you only have 12,000 foot or less of it on there, let it out behind you on the boat then hire a youngster, that wants a work out, to reel it back it on :?: Tom B. (LongLine) ps. playing with that last statement. Maybe someone out there has a real idea.

JH - FWIW, The DEC did a special study on Smmouths in that area last year. They found numbers were up. Not like they were 20 yrs ago but definitely up. (Think I wrote some notes on it in the State of the Lake article in the Article section) Tom B. (LongLine)

Jekyll - the center engines for deep water trolling :?: Ray - 6 Minn Kotas on the bow :?: Tom B. (LongLine)

FWIW, I pull the lines up every 20 min or so. Sometimes to wash another lure, most of the time to check for weeds & other stuff. Tom B. (LongLine)

Freeman - The great majority of my spoons are singles. You'll find that you'll be able to troll slower with them & they still wobble. However on the high end they'll spin out a little sooner. Weight is a factor but so is drag against the water as it wobbles back & forth. i.e The treble has more surface area hence offers more resistance whipping through the water. It's true that you will brain hook a few shakers, however you'll have more solid hookups with their big brothers. Some guys think singles mess up the action, others think it enhances the action. Like everything you have to weigh the pros & cons and how you fish. On the plus side, singles are easier to remove from their mouths; easier to remove from netting; easier to store... Interestingly, I have inadvertently snagged an occassional fish from the deep with singles. Tom B. (LongLine)

Number 1 with a rod in one hand and a net in the other. Tom B. (LongLine)

Erin, I'm the "little rec. guy" at the Genny. 18 ft BlueFin. Tom B. (LongLine)

Yes it will. It also makes it troll faster. (At least mine does) Tom B. (LongLine)

Fishinman - Yeah, been a while. Guess it was "Long-awaited" huh? Felt good to be out again. FX - Yes - some do flip-flop the other way and release themselves, especially Coho's. If they'd only sit still for a few seconds.... Tom B. (LongLine)

Finally made it out. Charging at 12.3 v with a new stator Launched at Genny & headed out NW to 90 FOW off Russell. First line in a little after 6:00. South winds, fairly heavy unsettled cloud cover. ½ to 1 ft Chop. Surf temp 48 F. 8 Lb stlhd at 7:00, 40 down over 117 FOW. Orng Crush w/Grn Ldrback, 40 back. (Kind of skinny, clipped Adipose & 3 lamprey scars.) Little Coho on the surface over 150 FOW. Literally right on the surface as I popped the rigger loose, cranked it up, and then saw the splash on the surface as he grabbed it. R&R Gold w/Orng Ldrback. Oops….. where he go? Here he is. Feisty little bugger… Off at 10:30. That south wind was getting a little sporty out there & didn’t like the looks of the sky to the west. Radio awful quiet. Real junk yard at 135 FOW (scum line) off Russell that was moving westward. Genny launch finally has an attendant that knows a little about fishing. He’s getting reports from the guys & posting info at the shack. River fishing as well as out in the lake. Guess they’re getting some huge catfish up the river. Lot of marks between the piers. Launch fee is $8 this year or seasons pass is $100. (Also good at I-Bay) Luck to all, Tom B. (LongLine)

D'79 - This one? http://www.fish307.com/index.asp?PageAc ... odID=10200 Tom B. (LongLine)

No wonder glow lures work so well. The salmon grow up eating baitfish that glow. Tom B. (LongLine) p.s. Let's hope the canadian gov't goes after them to put a heafy fine back into fishing

I agree with MissD. I've bought some parts from RAS & he's been willing to talk to me about problems with my 75 Hp Evinrude. 2 weeks ago he was pretty backed up with people just getting their boats out of storage. Located on Ridge Rd (Rt 104) just west of Spencerport. Tom B. (LongLine)

Rubber hose from the auto parts place doesn't work?? Maybe windshield washer fluid hose? My Laurvick package says 1411 N 58th st Superior WI, 54880 Tel 715-394-7671 Tom B. (Longline)

run, First - Welcome to the board. Second - gillnet? Rumor has it that the last guy who mentioned participating with those "people" (censors at it again...) was publiclly flogged. Why? - You gotta be kidding. Only "people" (censors at it again...) would enjoy wiping out a population of gamefish and ruining it for sportsmen, with those things. Hopefully your conscience will guide you towards a sportsman's choice. Tom B. (LongLine)

Some days are really tough on Big-O. Just guessing but... Have you tuned your plugs lately? (Make sure they're running true.) Have you tried back-tracking? (troll in opposite direction) Do you zig-zag or are you a "straight" troller? (No comments Ray) Even though you run shallow do you fish deep? (Such as 14 down over 18FOW) Good Luck, Tom B. (LongLine)

Poc - Not sure where you intend to fish. In general get something as wide & as deep as you can afford. Look for plenty of room in the stern & wide gunals (sp) if you're going into rigger fishing. Seating that allows you to easily move around. Car wax (pastes) generally work fine if you're going to be trailering it & not leaving it in the water between fishing trips. Necessary boat equipment: Life jackets, anchor, rope, paddle... Fishing equipment: Fish finder. If your interest is going out on Big-O then I'd suggest looking through the posts & at other guys boats. See the fishing gear they've phto'd. Also find the weather sites & check them religiously if you're ever going to venture out on the Big-O. Tom B. (LongLine)

Jed, I'd work the drop-offs. North End & East side. Watch out for structure. Trolling in the bay is a challenge. Look at the lake posts for what's going on out in the lake. Kings just starting to show up. Tom B. (LongLine)

WTG Stix, Tom B. (LongLine)

Waneck - Welcome, where you coming from? There's a county launch on the North end, west side of channel. Couple marinas around the bay. (East of channel, on west side by bridge & on south end) You name the fish, it's in there. Lots of non-fishing traffic during warm weather. Launch early. Here's a topo on the bay & area. http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/14804.shtml Play with map & you can see structure. Hot spots all over the place. On the lake side, Durand & Genny to the west, Shipbuilders, Webster, Pultneyville to the east. Smallies generally within 20FOW from Shipbuilders east, Browns will be a little deeper almost anyplace. Good luck, Tom B. (LongLine)

BR - At the state of the lake meeting they said the Goby population was the about same or a little more than the Rainbow smelt population in Big-O and increasing. (Hopefully still a minority compared to alewives) I don't know what the birds were. All I know are gulls, commorants, ducks & geese. They definitely weren't gulls, commorants or geese & there must have been 300 of them scattered around shipbuilders. There were fairly large black ones and those that flap their wings at 90 miles per hour. I agree with the commorant problem. Walrus - Gobies are very digestable. They're carriers of diseases (botulism) which is killing the other wildlife. Tom B. (LongLine)