LongLine

Welcome to the site. A lot will be in the tribs & a lot will be at the mouth of the tribs. Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to the site. Your boat is plenty for Big-O. No matter what size boat you have, keep an eye on the weather. That's the most unique thing about the Great lakes. Many of the tactics you use on Champlain can be used here. Good luck, Tom B. (LongLine)

I've never fished Lake G but would imagine most of the tactics used in the Finger Lakes section would work. Welcome to the site. Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to the site Mat. Hope you tell us about Champlain & post some pix once in a while. (I've never fished there but heard some good stories about it) Tom B. (LongLine)

NK trebles can be replaced with 3/0 & 4/0 singles for almost, but not quite, the same action. Tom B. (LongLine)

Thanx Mudflat. Now it makes sense. The thrust from the exhaust IS pushing it around. I can't help wondering if a little different prop pitch & higher idle RPM wouldn't solve it. Oh well, life's little mysteries. Good luck with it. Please let us know what works for you to solve it. Tom B. (LongLine)

Sorry guys...the engineer in me is trying to figure out why this occurs. If fixing the cavitation plate helped then I'm thinking exhaust and prop has something to do with it. I know when in neutral, the exhaust has a tendency to push my little guy forward. Tom B. (LongLine)

I don't get this. Are you saying the lower unit wanders all over the place like the steering is loose or are you saying the steering wheel says put but the boat goes all over the place like the wind & waves push it around? Tom B. (LongLine)

Have you tried a "down & out"? Tom B. (LongLine)

Worked another weekend so took today off & went fishing. (Yay Me!) Slight wind out of the south. River temp 73F. Some big-butt logs just outside the jetties. Went around them and to the left again. Actually got on the water a little later than usual today. 71 ½ on the surface. Put in around 120 ft - 70F down 75. Clean screen till I hit 185 FOW, then it was like I was in 75-80 FOW. Bait all over the place! I have never seen so much bait. Stayed basically 180 to 215 FOW. Probe down 105 & in the Thermocline and 2nd rigg’r stacked at 85. Dodger-fly on top of a clean spoon - matching Bloody-Butt Blk/Slvr w/ clean BB Blk/Slvr on the probe. Short leads, 2.5 down speed. 3 out of 5 in the boat. 1 King, 1 Rainbow, 1 Brown. All on the spoon below the dodger. Nothing more than 7 Lbs. # 4 is either resting on the Canadian shore right now, dragging a couple hundred yards of line or was the SUNY Brockport submarine. Here’s what can happen if you’re not too careful with the spoon –Dodger trick. i.e not enough distance between the lines. (Only took ½ hr to straighten it out – then ended up cutting it apart anyways. Off the water around 10:00 and had to take a field trip to go find some more line. 5 trailers in the lot including the SUNY Brockport Bio group. Beatuiful day to be on the water. Luck to all. Tom B. (LongLine)

To our favorite plumber – someone who really knows his cr@p. (Cakes are becoming like a pair of pants – harder & harder to find one that fits….) Happy Birthday ray. Tom B. (LongLine)

Beautiful place. Suggest you turn the gain down a bit tho. Tom B. (LongLine)

Well....1 for Mustad...1 for Owner...Personally I like Gammy's. 3/0 for NK 28's. Tom B. (LongLine)

I used to have a silver Evil Eye with an orange lightening bolt on one side that browns loved...until a 12 lb Northern destroyed in I-Bay. Tom B. (LongLine)

WTG. Water was really moving. Tom B. (LongLine)

Congratulations. Definitely a keeper. Hope momma is doing well. Tom B. (LongLine)

For Mono, reel the line up till the wad of fleas is 10-15 ft from the tip; put tip under water and whip it out of the water. Surface will cut them right off. I tried smacking the tip against the water & guess it was one heck of a smack as the rod broke. Tom B. (LongLine)

Had the day off so in the water around 5:00. Had a little scare with the engine so turned back and had to tightened up some fittings. Ran fine after that so headed out. Boy that flash really lights it up. (heh, heh, heh) South wind, pretty clear sky.. Don’t know where the clouds were that the weatherman was talking about. River up to 74F. Nice to have some high water for the launch. Took a left & headed out to 90 FOW. (There's the clouds) Surface 72F. Warm water here so worked out a little. Found 54F with about 110 ft of cable out over 120 FOW. Very thin Thermocline. A little turn to the right pulled it up to 62 & a little turn to the left dropped it to 49F. Worked the area over pretty good from 110 out to 180 FOW. Lot of bait in 160 down 75-85. Anyways, two of these guys between 125 & 140FOW. (Browns) Both rigg’r. 1st with 115 of cable out on NK Wonderbread: 2nd on Purple Spook with 85 of cable out. Down speed 2.5, both short leads. Had three other knock-offs on stacked Bloody Blk/Slver but nobody home. Found a N-S scum line around 38.4. Surface 70F. Oh well, felt great to be able to get out again. Pulled them up at 10:15 & burned some gas. Maybe 6 trailers in the lot. 1 was DEC, 2nd was USGS. (small boats) Lenny’s doing a great job at the launch. Wasn’t one piece of driftwood there. Luck to all, Tom B. (LongLine)

Ditto Gammies - sharpen on 3 sides with a fine file. Tom B. (LongLine)