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Awesome! Tom B. (LongLine)

Is the engine really getting hot? or just the alarm sounding. i.e. faulty alarm. You may want to pull the exhaust cover plates to make sure a port or two is not plugged with bits of the old impeller. Tom B. (LongLine)

Never had mine die turning the backlight on. Have had it go blank if I get a lot of "crap' on the cable once in a while. Still working on my 1st battery this season but will probably change it this week or next. (superstition) Possibly the ground. You're running both leads to the battery...right? Tom B. (Longline)

Welcome to the site. If short on cash & have the rigg'rs, then use them. Get some NK28 size spoons. (3 1/2") Purple & greens. Tom B. (LongLine)

So far Nat Repro is accounting for 35-45% of the Kings. Look at the pics being posted & you'll see a lot of adipose fins. This year all Kings stocked were NOT clipped. There was a hatching/rearing problem at the S.R. hatchery so DEC opted to not stress the fish any further. Tom B. (LongLine)

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of the stuff alewives eat. Tom B. (LongLine)

They'll shut of the falls before they close Welland...Shipping" interests" should get the 6th profanity. Tom B. (LongLine)

.01??? wow. Is this olympic swiming or fishing? WTG Jerry. Tom B. (LongLine)

LFF - That's the little fin above the tail. Only Salmoniods have them. For the Last couple yrs or so the NYSDEC has been clipping them off of all stocked fish for their study of stocked vs naturally reproduced fish in the Lake. (Some debate how successful they are) Unfortunately this yrs crop of stocking was not clipped - but that's another issue. There's a very high probablity that these were all natural fish. i.e. result of natural spawning in out tribs. Tom B. (LongLine)

5 profanities: 1 for the USF&WS for allowing those redneck in Arkansas to have them in their ponds years ago & not considering that the Miss River floods every few years. 1 for the USACofE for taking so long in studying the issue. 1 for the US Supreme court in favoring one state over 7 others 2 for the Obama administration for ingoring International Treaty and placing a higher value on cheap sewage disposal for his hometown than the health of the Great lakes. Tom B. (LongLine)

Take a small amount of WD-40 & spray onto a soft paper towel. Works wonders on restoring spoon paint jobs & cleaning silver. If you're going to put tape on the spoon, you have to get all the WD-40 off. Tom B. (LongLine)

Congrats on the King. It's a rush to get them when flying solo. Please watch out with the Rainbows. Length limit on Big-O is 21". It's 15 on the Fingers but 21 out on the big water. Tom B. (LongLine)

I'm talking mainline. Some may say that going that heavy doesn't require retie. I advise retie after every fish: 1. The first 12 inches of mono stretches the most, especially on a vicious hit. 2. Salmon have teeth. This morning they were really smaking the lures. One good head shake or reverse in direction with a deep hook set & you have a nick in the line. You hear about bite-offs a lot. 3. Knots in mono cut into themselves when stressed. 4. The more knots you tie, the better you get at it. I'd advise you feel that last ft or so of line between you thumb & forefinger. Any roughness, visual "pig-tails" or if it doesn't feel like it just came off the spool - retie it. I normally cut about 3-4 ft off & throw it in my engine well. (Please don't throw it in the water.) Tom B. (LongLine)

Make sure that seat cushion style has the proper tag on it and hasn't been sat on. CG often looks at whether the "stuffing's been squished." Tom B. (LongLine)

Go to this site. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/glc ... pe=N&hr=00 click on "nowcast" click on Lake Ontario, surface transects. You'll at least get an idea of what's going on out there. Tom B. (LongLine)

If you want to be foolish then go ahead...but don't expect my tax dollars to pay for the ambulance/resusitation costs for partygoers. Enough of my opinion..here's some print right from the Coast Guard: http://www.uscgboating.org/safety/life_ ... acket.aspx Note it says "each person aboard". If it was strickly for boats under power, then ragboats, canoes, kayaks, rowboats etc would be exempted...which they are not. Tom B. (LongLine)

Generally 650 feet is fine. Every fish is a little different. You may however run into that "special" one once or twice a year that takes every inch of that and wants more. Tom B. (LongLine) ps - remember to cut some off & retie after each fish.

Fishing Report LongLine Up at 3:30, gear’d up the boat, stopped for gas then launched at the river. Very peaceful in the morning. Had a visitor in the harbor tied up on the West side: Pretty good overcast that cleared up around 8:30. River surface 79F. Slight SW wind. Headed out and off to the left again, flying solo. Didn’t stop till I hit 100FOW & 74F on surface. Saw a couple bait pods at 105 FOW so worked basically 95-120FOW off the plant. Kind of interesting temps. One minute it was 42F down 50 then 10 minutes later it was 54F. Must have been an upwelling this last week? Anyways rigg’rs set between 30 & 40 back. One set at 70, other at 50 with a stacker 12 ft up. Tried out some clean spoons with home-tape jobs. Prpl Ld’r on a Mongoose & Prpl/grn on Blk and had no reason to change them out. Went 7 out of 9 between 6:00 and 9:00. 6 Kings & 1 Stlhd. Everything worked. Nothing huge but nice fish. All Kings had adipose fins. Quite a few boats out. Maybe saw 10 out there. Some further east. Didn’t see any fleas on my 12Lb. Off at 10:30 as it was getting quite warm out there. Luck to all, Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to site. Braid is a flea magnet. Heavy mono and wires do a much better job. To remove them once on you line, reel the line until the wad of fleas is about 10 from your rod tip. Dip the tip in the water and then snap it upward as fast as you can. water will cut it right off. Some guys pound the rod tips into the water but I think that's a good way to break your rod. Tom B. (LongLine)

If in the boat then yes. If on the dock then no. Please don't overload your boat, even at the dock. Boats can capsize even at the dock. Tom B. (LongLine)

They'll definitely be sniffing around, looking at their spawning sites. Heavy rains & dark days will trigger the false runs. Tom B. (LongLine)

rolmops - What'd you decide on? Tom B. (LongLine)

Don'r know about the raider but my Sub-T manual & everything I've read says all probes should go direct to the battery. That's one reason they give you an in-line fuse. Tom B. (LongLine)