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Tim - Browns are typically the fat ones but the cohos I've seen this year have almost put them to shame. I'm wondering if they've exchanged diets. Tom B. (LongLine)

Fishing Report LongLine Guess what time I launched… Clear overhead. Big bright Blue moon high in the sky. Very slight south wind. Headed out & to the left. 73.5F on the surface. Put in around 120 FOW and worked out to 230FOW or so. Very busy screen between 190 & 220 between 80 & 110 down. Managed to lose the first 4. Two were on for ten minutes & had to be Lakers. 2 were on for 10 seconds, max. Glad I got up so early…. Finally got the act together around 10:00. Little King down 120 over 200. Wonderbread on the rigger. Then a chunker, same depth same lure. Both short leads; 3 mph down speed heading south. 54F down 105. Very thin line but I guess from here on out, temp doesn't mean all that much. Flotilla of larger boats working a little eastward, more off the river & a little shallower. Maybe 8-10. Pulled them up around 11:30 & scooted around to burn some gas. 6 jackas…er...fellow boaters trying to launch. Man that water’s low. Couple guys in a Lund pulled out right behind me. Guess they had a pretty good day to the east. About 20 trailers in the lot. Going to play with the carburetors one more time tomorrow. Luck to all, Tom B. (LongLine)

For the do-it-yourselfer check out this site: http://alantani.com/ It's loaded with info on all kinds of reels. Tutorials are awesome. Tom B. (LongLine)

Yeah, the big one. used to be the county launch but now owned by the City. They're going to go ahead with their plans for condos etc. Originally they were going to put in a new launch just a little south but looks like that's scrapped. Anyone figure out the mayor's email address? Tom B. (LongLine)

What's this BS about closing off the launch at the genny? Anybody have the mayor's email address??? The only one I can find requires me to change a bunch of stuff on my computer. Tom B. (LongLine)

Any one that isn't secured to your cable when on dry land. Over the years: Couple of Roemers, 1 Chamberlain, 2 pinch pad cannons, bunch of Lauricks. oops...only 1 cannon, 2nd broke & I threw it in the trash. I'm not bashing anyone here. I can be a klutz sometimes...funny how I've never dropped a rod overboard...knock on wood. (kicker motor doesn't count as I wasn't holding onto it at the time & besides it was chained.) Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to the site Devin. Keep your eyes open & stay safe. Billy V is the guy I'd look up for the Fingers. Tom B. (LongLine)

Definite + on the Black's. Black's are much much harder to drop overboard. Tom B. (LongLine)

I don't know of any place around Rochester. I did however do a search on "used outboard motor parts" and it turned up a whole slew of places that sell just about everything. What kind of motor? Tom B. (LongLine)

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The reading on your rigg'r is important after you catch a fish. Always look at it as your taking the rod out of the holder and befor you crank it up. That way you can get it back to the same place. Tom B. (LongLine)

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WTG Brian! Wow! Tom B. (LongLine)

Every year, off the Genny at least, Early-mid Aug, there's a big band of fish in that 70-80 ft range that will drive you freaking nuts. My advice - go deeper & find something that will bite. But seriously, try stopping & let lures settle, then put it in gear. Another trick with clean spoons - pop your line loose from the rigg'r & let them come up by themselves. Tom B. (LongLine)

Nat Repro has been known about since the mid ninties. It's only recently that formal studies have been undertaken by DEC. Back in early 2000's a prof at E.S.F. (w/colleagues) published a paper saying Nat Repro was highly variable and could vary as low as 10% & up to 85% in lake Ontario. I also have a problem believing the catch is 40% natural. I'd say it's closer to 60% this year & hopefully going to be higher next as the hatchery egg success wasn't very good this year. Tom B. (LongLine)

With the well publized info on natural Kings; some info on natural Atlantics; & a couple of lakers here & there, it's only logical that the others are doing it also, although to what extent, only a few really know. Tom B. (LongLine)

I wouldn't pull anything over 3K Lbs. Aluminum is obviously light. As for the boat, look for a deep vee type hull. Something pretty deep and wide. As you're standing in boat, side of gunnel (side wall) should come up well past your knee. Side wall should be minimum 6" wide to mount rigg'rs on & solid. Look at transome - Does it have room to put a kicker? Look at the room you'll have for fighting a fish - is there a lot of room or are you going to trip over something? Get a survey & insist on a test ride, even if you have to pay for the launch. You might want to offeer to tow it to the launch for the test ride, just to see how it trailers. Tom B. (LongLine)

Heck, I've done that on perfectly calm days. Tom B. (LongLine)

Probably because there was a boom in the wild population. An awful lot of little guys were caught in those years & a lot had adipose fins. Take a real good look at the recent posted photos of 15-25 lb fish. Majority have their fins intact. Tom B. (LongLine)

Orange - Go to this site. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/glc ... pe=N&hr=00 Click on the various hour boxes then play back with you browser and you can see what the surface has been doing. (note; scroll down to see what's happening on the bottom.) Also go to the "forecast" pulldown menu and find Lake Ontario. Do the same thing there with surface temps. You can also go to the 'nowcast" pulldown, find lake ontario & play with the surface transects. Put them all together in your mind and you'll get a pretty good indication of what's going on out there. (Note the transects start in about a 100FOW or so) Tom B. (LongLine)

It's telling you that west of the 78'30 line it's awful cloudy and that the satellite beam can't penetrate the clouds well enough to give you a good indication of what the surface temps are. Tom B. (LontgLine)

Study a topo map of I-bay before trolling it. The shore line can be very tricky. There are some fingers and drop offs that come out of nowwhere. North of the bridge on the East side you can have your bow on the shore & your motor over 50 FOW. Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to the site Jim. My 18 ft'r is an all around boat that I used to take the kids tubing, swiming & just playing around with. Consider mounting rigg'rs so they are easily removeable & you get the best of both worlds. Tom B. (LongLine)

Very early in the spring, you can get a lot of good size Browns, Stlhds & Cohos in all of the bays on the south shore on simple flatlines. In mid fall, especially at dusk you'll find some big kings, again, in all of the bays, although they may be very difficult to catch. Tom B. (LongLine)

All depends on your location. Generally along the south shore, south wind is calmest. North wind out of Rochester can be brutal. If you're 12 miles out, wave can get big no matter which way wind is blowing. Obviously on the Canadian side, south winds make it pretty rough over there. Tom B. (LongLine)