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For anyone interested in Stan's lake, here's a site with some info. http://www.shastalake.com/shastalake/index.html Kind of a neat place. Tom B. (LongLine)

Fishinman - Don't scare him away. He finally learnted wear the punctuation key are. Tom B. (LongLine)

Stan, Sounds like those anti-600 ft guys have never fished a real lake. They've definitely never been on one of the Great Lakes. Which is okay I guess, cuz you're getting a leg up on them come derby time. (Pyramid Lake Nevada is about 1/2 the size of a few of our our Finger puddles...err... Lakes) Top Linning structure with a board can be extremely effective once you get the hang of it. Just use your boat handling skills to control the board. Many guys here fish boards in 3 FOW looking for early spring Browns. Tom B. (LongLine)

Good news on Salmon River Egg Collection: http://www.great-lakes.org/wklyfish_nz.html Tom B. (LongLine)

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Carpedium - Great outing, nice fish. I agree with Tim. I'm 100% C&R but will never condemn anyone their legal limit. Tom B. (LongLine)

Musky, Tom B. (LongLine)

That is just plain stupid. Bait doesn't cost that much I'd be willing to bet if he did that in May on Big-O, he'd be back in the boat a lot faster. :mrgreen: Tom B. (LongLine)

Definitely good news. I hope the reports on our rivers are good. :?: Anybody know? Tom B. (LongLine)

I know the pain. I just unblocked mine & ran it up to Hank for some engine work. Drove up to the lake. 19 boats on Port Bay plus a bunch of guys on shore. Lake is as flat as a mill pond. Drove up to Fair Haven to check out Screwie Louie's & he's closed Mon-Thurs. :evil: Oh, well, stopped at B-E on the way back & bought a bunch of tape. (I'll have something to do come the first snow.) Tom B. (LongLine)

Nice Vid Bill. Tom B. (LongLine)

Stan, In New York you can have as many rods as you can afford. The catch is that you can only fish with two lines, with or without rods. And each line can have a maximum of fifteen points on it. Tom B. (LongLine)

I got one too Tom B. (LongLine)

Just imagine: If they only dumped the stuff in the bin one day out of every 206,215 days. We'd have to wait 564 yrs till another Christmas in October. :!: Of course if there were 206,215 days in a year, then there'd be 17,185 days per month. As we're just beginning another month & most of us would start fishing in March or 5 months from now, then according to that calender, we'd only have to wait 85,923 days till we launch the boats again, (give or take a few) and try out all those new toys. Bottom Line: Jump on the Bargin Bin, they may not do again for a long time. Gill-T, it isn't hijacking the thread, it really is related to the original topic. Tom B. (LongLine) hmm......maybe that was Lemon Scented Joy and not Lemon Juice that I used.

I've got 3 1/2 Rivieras downstairs. Tom B. (LongLine)

But ....there's only 37 days of hard water per year. Actually, that's one heck of a long year if 67,001 guys can fish 206,215 days per year. Wish I could fish that many days a year. Tom B. (LongLine)

Hey Ray - You gotta try the dishwasher steaming. I was surprised, it works pretty good. When my wife went shopping Saturday afternoon, I rinsed out the soap dispenser really well then filled it with lemon juice. Cycled it twice then refilled it with L.J. & then put a piece of wrapped up fish in for the cycle. Stan - You Cailifornia boys have a good one there. Thanx, Tom B. (LongLine) BTW - Thanx for the sunshine yesterday. I got the boat winterized and some leaves raked.

There’s absolutely nothing like having your fishing partner try to net your trophy by swinging it like a tennis racket. :roll: Couple tips I’d add to your article: Put your net deeper in the water than the level you think the fish is at. Water hinders depth perception – He’s deeper than you think. Actually, you want the fish to enter in the top half of the hoop. If he enters in the bottom half, you have a real good chance of having a hook catching in the netting. If he suddenly dives, you still have him. (Kind of funny how hooks always catch in a knot in the netting) Secondly, if you have one of those nets with a bent hoop, net the fish so he enters the concave side of the hoop. If he dives and he’s entered the convex side, you’ll probably only have ½ of him in the net. (plus a hook “hang upâ€

Great pics. Send some of that sunshine eastward. Tom B. (LongLine)

Larry - Good pointers for the newbie & old-pro alike. I don't know anybody that hasn't lost a "beast" within a nets reach at least once. Tom B. (LongLine)

A couple years ago NYS passed emergency regulation to prohibit having live ones in the state except in a certain area in NYC. http://www.worldlakes.org/shownews.asp?newsid=1633 They are not known to be in any NYS waters. However that was also claimed of the snakeshead a couple years ago & the DEC just chemically treated a lake in the east end of the state for snakeshead. (Had to kill everything in that lake) There are videos on you-tube showing "Redneck fishing" for them with nets and others showing bow hunting the jumping fish. These are funny to watch the first time around, however these beast are a very serious matter. They could ruin fishing as we know it. As stake-holders in the NYS fishery, we need to be aware of them and if any of us run into these beasts, we need to immediately report it to the DEC. IE kill it, photo it, take it to the regional office. As to the 'Sanitary canal" barrier, it has gliches & needs funding, however a better solution would be to fill it in. The boats that use it are fairly small & carry nothing that couldn't be trucked around it. Tom B. (LongLine)

When the chart is gray, it shows that the satellite beam is not getting a full signal bounced back to it. I.E. don't believe the gray areas. Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome iF. That Mickey is one heck of a rod. I still have mine. It's tough to put a Twilli Tip on it though. (just playing - glad to have you aboard) Tom B. (LongLine)

BH - Are you sure it's firing on all four cylinders? Most 2-strokers will idle all day on two or 3 cylinders but won't take off unless all are firing. Tom B. (LongLine)

I put a couple dozen mothballs in a tunafish can & set it on a piece of wood in the boat. Have never had any signs of beasties in there. Smell goes away pretty quick after boat is opened up. Tom B. (LongLine)