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....well sliderman, while you are at your office dreaming of all those bows on skinny, two of your buddies have read the above reports and are now out on the lake reducing the number of rainbows for you to catch.

This quote came from a locked topic. Chris,.....I've been interested in that X5 to replace my existing autopilot but held back when the recall started earlier in the season. Just wondering if you would give us a post on the status of the X5. Thanks

Fished yesterday (Monday 10/5) up around the Long Point area. All fish caught were in the 50' to 80' range, mostly over 85' to 125' bottom. Spoons at 50' & 60' would only produce dinks in the 15" size, 9 LL’s, 1 rainbow and 1 eyeball. The LL's must of been hitting on the side of the spoons because I got 4 of them foul hooked on the side of their heads hence the eyeball must of popped out on one fish. Lakers hit flies off the rigger 70'-80' & dip @ 200'-230' # 2 setting. Boated 9 lakers from 15" to 23". Lots of bait and it was all on the bottom at 80'-90' or suspended at the same dept close to structure. Tried plugs on the surface,then with a ½ oz drop weight and then off the ball @ 15', 20', 25', 35' & 40',.....no takers Winds picked up about noon so I packed it up. Hope to get out a couple more times before Lil’ Buddy goes into hibernation.

Yes, you are right. My bad

I thought I'd post this here for those that may trailer from this area and would like to keep ethanol out of your boat as long as possible.. The Citgo station on the corner of Exchange & Susquehanna Streets does not have ethanol in their fuel. Asked the owner because I did not see any stickers on the pumps indicating that there was 10% ethanol in the fuel. He said that his tanks & supply line could not be used for that blend and that he was not going to pay to have the system upgraded. I asked if he would be forced to upgrade and he said as of right now there is no mandatory directive so he'll just keep everything as is.

I thought I'd post this here for those that may trailer from this area and would like to keep ethanol out of your boat as long as possible.. The Citgo station on the corner of Exchange & Susquehanna Streets does not have ethanol in their fuel. Asked the owner because I did not see any stickers on the pumps indicating that there was 10% ethanol in the fuel. He said that his tanks & supply line could not be used for that blend and that he was not going to pay to have the system upgraded. I asked if he would be forced to upgrade and he said as of right now there is no mandatory directive so he'll just keep everything as is.

The wind forecast for Sat & Sun is pretty mild right now (5'-6's), so you should be OK. http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/fin ... uery=14850 Couple riggers and a couple dipsey's and you'll catch fish. Look back at the last couple weeks of reports. Nothing has changed much. Have fun.

opps,.....double post. How'd that happen?

Vic, this one fell for Mr Wiggly this past Sunday.

Rainbow

Thanks for the heads up Ray.

This is what I use when I fish solo or anytime during the winter. It's the only PFD that I'll wear because the other stuff just gets in the way and is hot & sticky in the summer and they usually end up staying in the locker. The best PFD is the one that you are wearing. http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/store ... 0_225-17-0 I also attached a whistle to the belt .

....to be continued

Check out were the fluxgate compass is and be sure that you don't have any magnetic objects near it,( ie. radio, cd player, speakers, tackle box, etc) as those items may interfere with the true course heading. Also on the right side of the control unit there is a knob that is the gain control. Use that to dial in amount of correction in varying types of seas. Good luck.

little cleo,...try this out. You should get all the info you are looking for. http://www.kingmarineelectronics.com/

Matt,.........thanks for explaining what is causing the problems with the 19 strand wire. Most of the guys (& me) will understand the cause & effect of the spooling process. I was ready to just leave this new(er) style wire to guys like you and continue to use the 40# 7 strand wire from McMaster-Carr that has been good to me. I remember the first year I started using stranded wire and all the problems I had with kinks & break-offs. It was only after a few of the guys here explained how to treat wire did most of the issues go away. When it's time for me to respool with new wire I'll surely consider the 19 strand wire now that I understand what to do and how to avoid the main issues (kinda like women, they each have their own little piss-offs that you need to understand ). In the meantime I'll also be watching this topic for further input from the guys to see if these issues disappear with experience. Again thanks for explaining.

wow.....this stuff sounds like nitroglycerin

bigweenies,...... I see in your website that the heads are available with the leader setup. Are the heads for sale seperatly?..or do I have to buy the entire leader also? I like to make my own flies so the heads would be of interest to me if available. Thanks.

Rollie,.....fished Sunday out of Long Point. Stayed on the East side all day from the Green Can down about a mile south of Long Pont. Few weed clumps south of Long Point and none north.

Beautiful fish Rollie! 14.9 lb Cayuga Trophy

This was submitted today also....> viewtopic.php?f=12&t=12221&p=65134#p65134 Not good for Raymarine.

Thanks for the heads up. Check this out. 2nd posting today! viewtopic.php?f=14&t=12220

Here are the winners of the `09 LOU-All. I don't have all the details to go with the results but pictures, stats & comments will be posted later as it comes in. 1st place - Final Flight 29.8 (Rollie had a fabulous brown trout in the mix) 2nd place - Hooked Up 25.15 3rd place - Playen Hooky 22.10 4th place - Lyte Line 21.15 5th place - Splitshot 21.6 Youth division 1st place - Tyler 6.12 2nd place - Elliot 5.7 Thanks to all that showed up.

`08 LOU-All results > viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6902

Only one persons salmon & trout limit per boat can be entered regardless of how many are on the boat. Culling will be easier with more people on the boat because you'll be able to keep more (legal) fish to choose your final fish to submit.( ie: I'll have three people on my boat so I'll be able to keep up to 15 fish, but can only enter 5 fish in any legal combination.) All NYS reg's apply.