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WTG Double J & HnU . Hope your hand heals quickly. Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to the site. Quite a few of the guys fish up that way. Great BT water. May have to go deep for the Salmon though. Tom B. (LongLine)

Get out early, Real early. Try mouth of I-Bay, Webster park, Summerville pier, Slater creek. Welcome to the site. Tom B. (LongLine)

8 inch'rs. Boy, I could make a wise butt remark here but this is a family site... Tom B. (LongLine)

This is sometimes true, sometimes false on Big-O. I've experienced moving two miles west and finding 8 F difference. Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to the site & back to Big-O fishing. Fishing is great! Tom B. (LongLine)

Jim B - Nice fish. Cover as much of the water colum as you can this time of year (Try one lure up in the 12-20 ft range.) Tom B. (LongLine)

A guy & 2 gals launch a jet ski at the river. 2 gals on board, guy jumps on from dock & flips it over. All 3 in the brink. Almost thought you were going to say: "pulled his front bummper right off." pap - Ouch... Tom B. (LongLine)

Wish you a speedy recovery. Glad you're not pushing up (click on the "show all" below the row of icons that show up on the "quick reply" after you click the smiley or click on the left/right arrows of the row) Tom B. (LongLine)

WTG. Glad you figured it out. It's awful easy to troll under the fish on Lake Ontario. Tom B. (LongLine)

Kil'r - Before you go throwing $ at fuel system, make sure you got good spark. Tom B. (LongLine)

Thanx guys. Tim - I've caught beat-up rainbows before but they were all a bit darker. This guy turned his lake colors and had pinkish "skin" rips, gut, side & back. I was wondering if he near killed himself trying to shake the lampry which had him about an inch in front of his tail (on the other side) Jeff - Launching solo at the River is not hard. My auto pilot was made by an Italian company called "Bungie". Tom B. (LongLine)

Ouch...sorry to hear about the engine problems. Hope you can get them fixed. (When going fast, get the big sticks out there but make sure they're tuned properly - many trolled at 2 will roll & go belly-up at 3.3) Good luck with the engines. Tom B. (LongLine)

Well, weekend was a little too windy and cold for me, & the festival was a madhouse, so took today off & went fishing. Launched solo at the river around 5:15. River temp was 64F and passed this guy on the way out. (Lake Guardian is in town) Didn’t see any local reports early when I got up this morning so headed out to the old stomping grounds & put in around 90 Ft. Surface temp 52.5F. Easterly wind, maybe 1 ft waves. Cloud cover building. Thought I saw a near full moon on the way out but it disappeared quickly. Temp down 50 was 48F but somewhat inconsistent. Anyways, worked from 95 to 145 a few times. Littlwe too choppy to keep a board out there by myself so stacked on the 2nd rigg'r. Went 6 for 6. 3 small Kings (2 were tiny); 1 Laker & 2 Rainbow. Kings hit NK Wonderbread down 55. Laker & Rainbow were a double – and another Cluster Humper. Laker down 75, same lure, Rainbow hit a pink Bomber stacked only 12 ft down. What’s with the Rainbow this year? Another one that looked like it barely survived a major car crash: It also had a fresh lamprey mark on its other side, but back by tail. Look at it’s tail & lower Jaw….Hmm… Finally, here’s what a Lake Ontario Rainbow is supposed to look like! Also on the pink stick, stacked 12 ft down. All fish taken in the 110-120 FOW range. All caught running faster than normal - 2.7 down speed. Two other boats out there. 8 o’clock & it looked gloomy over the city, 9 o’clock started sprinkling out there and Saturday is only 4 days away, so pulled them up. Headed in & got soaked on the way. Who was it that said you get less wet if you go fast during the rain????? Luck to all, Tom B. (LongLine)

WTG PH. Over in my stomping grounds huh. Tom B. (LongLine)

FB try this one - http://www.frontiernet.net/~markvii/PYC/weather.htm It shows lake from Summerville side. (It usually, but not always works) Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to the site. Check out the Finger Lakes section and the Panfish thread. Lots of good info there. Tom B. (LongLine)

Years ago I had my boat at Port Bay at my parents place. It was a 21 ft PennYan. I was going to go up to the Seaway. Stopped & cruised around Fairhaven then proceeded to Oswego. Took a few hours & went up a couple of the locks. It was great seeing my tax dollars at work. Being the only boat, and a small one at that, in a lock was a thrill. Back then you only had to approach the lock, blow your horn & they'd let you in. (Gave the lock-keeper something to do) Proceeded to South Sandy and got hit with a big blow out of the North west. Stuck for 2 1/2 days. Waves finally calmed to 5 ft'rs so decided to chance it & head back. Bounced the keel off the sand bar that quickly formed at the mouth, twice. Made it back to Port Bay, worried all the way. Put it on the trailer & checked it over. Lucky I didn't crack the hull or lose the outdrive. For anyone planning a trip, make sure you have the long range forecast, study the Nav charts before you go & let someone know where you're going & when you'll be back. Stay safe. Tom B. (LongLine)

Yes, The bill seeks to eliminate the date & make it permnent. The 3/31/13 is probably when the bill went to the typist. Tom B. (LongLine)

Vince, I'm thinking they made a good decision as it gives the alewives a chance to bounce back and their salmon will be on the upswing. Tom B. (LongLine)

Couple interesting articles on the Salmon: http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/news/upwellings/april-2013/#salmon Ours are bigger - nanh, nanh na nan nah. Tom B. (LongLine)

Exactly! Play the loop feature. Put the surface, the transects & the surface currents together in your mind to get a decent picture of what's going on out there. Tom b. (LongLine)

Cluster slider puts it mildly. Look at the orientation of Lake Ontario on the maps w.r.t. the prevailing winds. See the genny in the "cove?" Now figure in the outflow from Long pond, Round/Buck pond, Braddocks and even the River & I-Bay. Really gets interesting and becomes quite the challenge. Tom B. (LongLine)