LongLine

You can use straps but be sure they don't slip.

Try 10-2-15: FF on top, 10 to 15 ft back. Spoon on bottom 10 to 15 ft back. And 10 to 15 ft between them. Try to keep 10 to 15 ft between rod tips (min)

How about lake wind farms vs recreational T & S fishing on Lake Ontario? (electric-magnetic fields, underwater cables, obstructions to navigation, no fishing zones - no boating zones.......)

Yeah, but it works great!. Also keeps the ball bearing swivels lubricated and split rings from squeaking underwater...

Yes

Try looking over these. Just remember that there were made at a certain water level so you have to add a little for hi water & subtract a little when the water is low. Also remember that sandbars have a nasty habit of moving. http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/14814.shtml Tom B. (LongLine)

Get yourself a good map of the shoreline and keep an eye out for bars and obstructions. Even small boats don't like rocks. I'd suggest you get a set of planner boards and stay in 10 FOW min until you know the areas. Tom B. (LongLine)

Merry Christmas Hank Tom B. (LongLine)

Question? What invasives has the DEC fought? Other than lamprey, which they have admitted that they can't eradicate and that lake where they killed everything thinking there might be Snakeshead in it. Did the bait regulations stop the spread of VHS? NYS did try to make very tough laws about freighters entering the Seaway but got shot down by the Feds. Wouldn't trailering a boat from Chicago or the Mississippi to Big O at highway speeds would be more than sufficient to dry it off/out? I'm all in favor of a war on invasives. ( I have always removed all weeds from my trailer, pulled the drain plug and put the engine down for a couple of minutes after every retrieval; even turn the engine a couple times out of water without starting it). I just don't see how the details of the reg are going to really be effective. Flush the engine? Towel dry? Who can really wash every inch of the bottom of an aluminum boat? (rivets, seams, runners?) Wash the trailer? (inside the hollow tubing frame? inside the lights?)

At 9:03, USGS recorded an aftershock...

I don't like the drying part because it invites vermin & cats not mention bird crap. Additionally, it gives potential thieves or the kids next door an easy look inside, especially when I'm not home. Rinsing the bilge may cause traces of gas/oil to go back into watershed, ground water or sewers that lead right back to the water. Dampness is bad enough but hot water will affect wood floorboards & stringers. Besides, my bilge doesn't leak. Tom B. (LongLine)

Comments are being accepted for the new regs. http://www.dec.ny.gov/regulations/104431.html Note these regs apply to ALL public waterways, including Lake Ontario, not just DEC launches. Personally, I don't like the drying part...about leaving boat uncovered for 5 days in the direct sun. Tom B. (LongLine)

D&C reported that USGS recorded a magnitude 1.5 earthquake 19 miles N of Hilton, 3 miles below Lake O on Friday. Tom B. (LongLine)

Tried to get a new license there about 1 1/2 month ago & they weren't selling them anymore. Tom B. (LongLine)