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  1. LongLine
    Hi troller. Welcome to the site. Another week and I'm sure the guys will be posting reports. Tom B. (LongLine)
  2. LongLine
    Are those "V" ones Pine Valley? Tom B. (LongLine)
  3. LongLine
    Saw my first flock of Canada Geese for the year, honking away today. Must have been 250-300 of them in one huge Vee. Unfortunately they were flying south..... Tom B. (LongLine)
  4. LongLine
    You made a good choice. I've been running Heartlands for a long time. Tom B. (LongLine)
  5. LongLine
    Any plug can be made to wobble a little more by slightly bending the front eyelet up a little. Just be careful not to bend it to the side. To test a plug, let out about 4-6 ft of line from the rod tip & look at it in the water. Make sure you do this from both sides of the boat. Tom B. (LongLine)
  6. LongLine
    Bait fish come up in the cover of darkness and start settling back down into the depths after sunrise. At 100 FOW, its hard to really see what's going on in the top 20 ft and it's been my experience on Big-O to very easily be fishing under the fish. Tom B. (LongLine)
  7. LongLine
    Snow will be gone in a couple weeks so now is the time to make sure you renewed your trailer registration. Can be done online & you can get a ten day temp instantly OR do it at your local DMV office (and you locality gets to keep some of it) Tom B. (LongLine)
  8. LongLine
    There are much better things to think about than 2 feet of snow on the ground: Think SPRING! Tom B. (LongLine)
  9. LongLine
    May/June Think Spring Tom B. (LongLine)
  10. LongLine
    The MODIS imagery of Lake Ontario covers a good part of the Fingers: http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/webdata/cwops/html/modis/modis.php?region=o&page=1 Definitely neat to see which are frozen & which aren't. Tom B. (LongLine)
  11. LongLine
    Ditto ace, in the central areas. Tom B. (LongLine)
  12. LongLine
    tbulhead hit the nail on the head. It's mainly the depth to surface area ratio; coupled with upwellings. Tom B. (LongLine)
  13. LongLine
    Very ingenious. Great job. Tom B. (LongLine)
  14. LongLine
    About 2 hours before the 4 ft'rs, my boat is back on the trailer. Ain't no fish out there worth the issues you can run into. The fishing was better yesterday anyways and they'll be out there next time. Tom B. (LongLine)
  15. LongLine
    Get out real early in the morning. Winds usually don't come up till 9:30 or so. Remember your boat can troll very slow, so tune your lures to run slow. Wide spoons wobble & flatfish run best slow. Slightly bending the eyelet upward on sticks will also help them run better slow. Tom B. (LongLine)
  16. LongLine
    Welcome to the site. I started in a 14 ft'r. I remember launching at Irondequoit outlet real early in the morning, & hanging around the outlet. (like 1/2 mile either way) Always picked up a few Browns. If the lake got rough then hit the Bay and always picked up Bass & Northerns. Tom B. (LongLine)
  17. LongLine
    Anything "long & slender." Sharks are good, torpedoes are good. Round ball is about the worst. The best shape for least blowback is streamlined to cut through the water. Also watch the size of your cable. There's a big difference between the 150 Lb and the 200 Lb. Tom B. (LongLine)
  18. LongLine
    Welcome to the site Rick. Lot of good people on here and we're all getting the itch to go fishing. Make sure you post some pics of the fish you catch this year. Tom B. (LongLine)
  19. LongLine
    Whichever way you go, make sure you have a chain on that kicker! Bouncing, prop dragging, whatever, make sure you can't lose that little beast. Tom B. (LongLine)
  20. LongLine
    Yes. They have some for plastic & some for metal. Tom B. (LongLine)
  21. LongLine
    Tried it years ago & found it was a pain. storage, retrieval etc. Actually, I think white shows up a lot better on Lake Ontario during spring/summer. I never could figure out why solid orange was the color of choice of the CG. Guess they're thinking snow & ice.... Tom B. (LongLine)
  22. LongLine
    Pink Bomber Long A, NK28 Glow Clown, Assorted Rapala countdowns. Tom B. (LongLine)
  23. LongLine
    Clear acrylic, non-yellowing kind usually works well. Tom B. (LongLine)
  24. LongLine
    Maybe it's superstition, but I've always believed that specie of any given kind tend to school together. Mine are not perfect matches, but if I put a blk/glow flasher down then it'll have a fly with some blk & glow it in. Same with greens - if the main color of the flasher is green then the main color of the fly will be green. One thing I do know from experience is whatever my flasher/fly combo is, I always put out a clean spoon of near exact color to the flasher on another line somewhere near it. Usually below & beyond. Tom B. (LongLine)
  25. LongLine
    450 Lb line is typical parachute cord, although a couple companies do make marlin leaders in that test range. There's a saying: "It's on the internet so it must be true. " Tom B. (LongLine)
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