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Here’s an updated post from the P.H. era - Black’s on a Sub-T: I’ve tried many releases but I always return to Black’s. Probably because I like to pop the line loose & let the lure flutter up while I’m cranking in the cable and then have no hassle resetting them exactly where they were. (or maybe it’s just that I’ve been running them for so many yrs that mastering the other brands is impossible with my motor skills) Anyways, the only problem with them on a coated cable is that they may spin and wear bare spots on the cable, hence may cause a loss of signal. Here’s my solution for the 150Lb-coated cable: It’s a short piece of spray tube from a can of WD-40. The diameter fits the cable perfectly. (Note: tubes from other spray cans are different sizes – usually too small) The release holes were enlarged ever so slightly. The tube is held in place by crimping the wire holding portion of a wire connector. The crimp also prevents the release from sliding up the cable. The release can spin all it wants and will not wear into the cable coating. The result is no loss of signal. This year, I upsized to the 210 Lb coated cable. Unfortunately the WD-40 tube has too small of a diameter and is virtually impossible to ream out. The solution is to use a piece of insulation from 12 AWG stranded copper electrical wire. I’ve had both down over 100 ft & have not lost signal. Tom B. (LongLine)

RiverEco - good explaination. They're generally recognized as good for your garden but a major problem in hardwood forests, especially those full of hard/sugar Maples. Not the trees but the ground cover can be greatly affected. Follow some of the links for UofMn explanations. Kind of neat that here's "another" that can be blammed on ship ballast. Apparently years & years ago, ships used dirt & rock as ballast so UofMn thought is that the soil may have contained worm eggs. All I really know is that (1) they're squirmy/slimmy (2) they're expensive (3) Fish love them (4) girls generally don't love them. Tom B. (LongLine)

Invasive worms :?: http://www.nrri.umn.edu/worms/forest/people.html Guess I don’t feel so bad about drowning so many of them when I was younger. :roll: Tom B. (LongLine)

Does it look like one of these FuzzyBear - Dreamweavers :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: The suspense is Freek-N killing me guys Tom B. (LongLine)

Luhr Jensen makes the Coyote spoon. Lord knows how they doctor it up at the Oak. Tom B. (LongLine)

Got’ta "love" the Feds for ignoring ballast water. :evil: Especially when you see articles like this where the ships coming into Lackawanna has gone up 4X this last year. http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20 ... 021937.asp Tom B. (LongLine)

For anybody that’s looking for Nautical Topo’ charts on-line and lost the site from the P.H. era (pre-hacker) here’s 3 neat sites that are all printable: NOAA Charts Online. 1st is the index so you can pull up any map that NOAA has around the Great Lakes, including Finger Lakes, canal etc. http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/OnLineViewe ... rTable.htm #14804 is a familiar stomping ground. You can move around, zoom-in etc. http://205.156.4.52/cgi-bin/EyeSpy.dll? ... =1&aligY=1 This one shows that there IS bottom structure in the Great lakes. Zoom in on Big-O by click/drag a rectangle then check the visible layers “Lk Ont Bathymetry,â€Â

WTG Jeremy. Great pic. Tom B. (LongLine)

Tom B. (LongLine)

Hey YT Isn't amazing what those guys up East can do with Photbucket. I mean to take a simple Blk/Slvr lure and cut/paste those Grn/Yellow ladders on it so delicately on a photo is amazing... Fishstix must be holding classes or something. :mrgreen: Tom B. (LongLine)

Toon – Wind is the easy answer. I offer this to “complicate matters.â€Â