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Welcome aboard Dennis. You'll usually find me up the lake a ways around Long Point-Levanna area. Great bunch of guys here and you'll even get some tips on what’s hot & what’s not,.....> after the B@ll busting of course . Think about joining in on the `09 Cayuga LOU-All. Well worth the time and it was in your back yard this year. Check this out. :arrow: http://www.lakeontariounited.com/fishin ... php?t=5013 http://www.lakeontariounited.com/fishin ... highlight=

Thanks for your post Chris. I was afraid that there was a problem with those units seen as no one has been talking about them in the various autopilot topics. That's too bad. Raymarine just can't get it in this class of autopilot. I really hate to say good bye to my King because it has given me great service for 17 years in two different boats but I don't want to wait until it breaks before I do something about it and I really can't change my steering without replacing the autopilot. Right now time is on my side so I'll keep looking & shopping.

OK......I know we are into the hunting season and most guys are putting their boats away but I'm still thinking about fishin' and starting to shop for a new autopilot. My present unit (King AP2000) is 17 years old, overhauled 6 years ago and although it is still working Ok I'm going to retired it this winter. I'm thinking about replacing my steering system (cable) as well with a new hydraulic system in the spring. My boat is a 19' glass hardtop with a outboard engine. The Raymarine SmartPilot X-5 Sport came out this year and I was wondering if any of you have one and what your experience/opinion is. http://www.raymarine.com/ProductDetail. ... ODUCT=4177 The new unit looks good on paper but does it work?.....all the time?....not like the old sport pilots did. Any input will not only help me but anyone else in the market for an autopilot in this class boat.

Harvey,.....look back at the last couple weeks of posts for Cayuga. That should give you plenty of info on were to fish. As Split said, launch at Tremain on the south end and have some fun. If you decide to still launch at Deans Cove I say look for bait in the 50' to 120' range hanging close to structure and fish that area . There is enough action to keep most people happy but the better class fish seem to be down the lake further.

Fished out of Long Point last Thrusday (9/25/08 ) and the fly bite was OK. The day was a combination spoon & fly day for me. Spoons off the riggers and flies off the wire dipsey. My speed is 2.0 to 2.6 gps. Only had 1 under size fish (LL @17"). From the reports I'm seeing the bigger browns & salmon are south of were I normally fish but I'm getting enough fish to keep me up there. Besides, I just don't want to crowd anyone out.

The Gander Mountain store in the Binghamton area is now stocking the new Sta-Bil Marine treatment @ $19.99 for a 32 oz bottle. I picked up a bottle a couple days ago and noticed that that 1oz treats 5 gallons were as the regular stuff (red color) takes 2 ozs to treat 5 gallons. So even though a bottle costs a few bucks more it will treat twice as much gasoline and has some added benefits over the red stuff. http://www.goldeagle.com/sta-bil/stabil_marine.htm Just thought I'd pass along this info seen as many of you will be thinking about winterizing your boats now.

Thanks for the heads up Mower. I haven't fished since Labor Day and that's like an eternity to me. I took a day off of work yesterday and I launched out of Long Point. Even though I don't use temp probe I had an idea of were to start looking for fish because of your post. I went right to the drop-off areas and looked in the 60' to 150' bottom to scout out some bait. As soon as I found some bait I dropped the secret weapons down (spoons & flies). The fish were taking both and as the morning went on the spoons started to produce a little better. I ended up with a mini slam (couldn't produce a legal salmon). Did 16 for 17 and I was happy . Took one 3.5lb rainbow home to eat and the rest are still swimming. Lakers were running small (18" to 24" size) Flies were white on a white flasher and green/LLB on a silver glow dodger out 180' to210' on the wire dip. Spoons were 2 7/8" blk/white 10' behind the ball at 50' & 60' down. That 50' to 60' range was were the active fish were at. Got all four species there. Not one touch on the slidders. Fleas are still hanging around up at that end of the lake. So again thanks for posting your info. Hope others will also

I think your safe to use any 20lb super/braded line as leader on the Fingers. Most 20lb super lines are about 10lb dia. Just be sure to use a leader rated less than your main line. I also use the snubber made by Opti which has premium swivels and attaches to the dipsey end of the leader. If you don't like snubbers then change the swivel on the dipsey. If your getting line twist when using the good stuff then check to see if there may be something hindering the swivel (ie. fleas) My leader lenght from dip to flash is about 6'.

Chowder says > "a fine laker that parted the leader between Dipsy/ Spindctr, when I inspected this 20# FC it was very twisted feeling so I replaced the other one as well- is this common? " I use Berkley Fire Line for my leader from the dipsey to the dodger/flasher/spoon/plug in the 20# range. Vary strong and abbrasive resistant and doesn't seem to spook the fish. I use this same leader for pulling plugs at Oneida. Again, doesn't spook walleyes, or at least the ones that I catch. Florocarbon line isn't the greatest line to use were high shock & abraision are present. Save it for your cheaters. Check your swivels. If the line is twisting then the swivels are not doing what they are supposed to.

Was out on Saturday up in the Long Point area. Only saw a few boats out fishing and the radio was pretty quiet. DEC was out checking boats but that shouldn't have taken vary long cause there wasn't that many up were I was. He stopped by around 1PM just to make sure I was behaving myself and moved on. :roll: Fished the East side for awhile and then moved to the West shore to look for some of those silver fish. My spoon program needs a little fine tuning but it does get me a few fish early in the day but when my fly stuff kicks in and woops the snot out of the spoons. Once the spoons cool off for awhile I change to a dodger/fly and that station starts paying the rent. Must be the way I fish I guess. The last couple weeks I worked closer to the shore line at first light in the 40' to 100' bottom, down only 30-40' & cheatin'. Can usually grab a couple bow's & browns and move out as the morning wears on. The better lakers have been coming over the deep water down 70' to 90'. My best spoon is in the 3" size, black- w/wht or sliver. Fly combo has been either white or greenish stuff. Really don't know what else to say. Thought I'd post something just to get the dialog started again. With the fishing as good as it has been I thought we hear more from the members :? .

That adds up to 37lb 12oz. :shock: . After the drop weights were removed it came to 32-8 ,.>......................... >........just kidding. Split, will have to help me out here with what he has. I may have copied his notes wrong . I'll do a temp fix above and clean it up after split responds.

I have this set of smart tabs for sale. These are the polished stainless version, not the plastic ones they not sell. Sold for $170.00 in Cabela's + shipping. Comes with Installation/Owners manual. These are 12"w X 9" deep, for 18' to 22' boats. If your boat is slow to plane out and think you may benefit to have tabs then this is a cheap why to check it out. That is what I did and have upgraded to Lenco Tabs. My boat is a 19' glass hard top with 4 stroke main & kicker engines. Rear 48 gallon gas tank. These tabs worked real good with all that weight on the transom. Looking to get $75.00 PM me if your interested. Thanks

Was a great time. Hope to see those that missed it next year. Last minute stuff caused a few boats to pull out. There were some pretty nice catches represented for the mornings effort. A 5:15 thunder storm cause about a 45 minute delay getting out in the lake but after it passed the boats went to work. Thanks goes out to Splitshot (Scott) for heading up this event this year. Great door prizes!. If anyone has more info to add or clearify (names, weights, captions, etc.), please post and I'll edit this thread. And the winner is..again.. :arrow: Rusty Rat Second year winner with overall weight of 32lbs 8oz. Total weight of only 1 mans limit of trout & salmon per boat. Line up went like this: 1st Rusty Rat 37# 12oz 2nd Bluemahi 31# 5 3rd Stinger 25# 10 4th Splitshot 5th Playing Hooky 6th Chowder The winner holding trophy, Rusty Rat (Scott). Presenting trophy, Splitshot (Scott) Captain & Crew 1st place youth division - Chowder's son Elliot Chowder standin behind red cooler Nice brown by RR. 9# 6 oz Rollie standing behind the scales wondering if he can have it for dinner . LOU members that were still around after the awards were given Barney donated his time & scales for the event. He is all tired out from weighing all the fish. Thanks Barney :!: BTW, Because of Rollie, none of the fish in this Tourny went to waste. http://www.lakeontariounited.com/fishin ... highlight=

Please stand by. :? Working on it. :arrow: Will post results & pictures later this morning. Got held up pulling the sinkers out of my fish

Here's a list of proposed participants, so far:: Friday 8/1/08 8:45PM Bluemahi Stinger (LI'L Buddy) Rusty Rat dsco Strike 3 Fish Buzzard Hookedup Splitshot115 Hermit Mower Zebedee ? dallesandroj Chowder Lavarock64 Landshark If anyone else wants to jump in, Just sign in on this post. LOU-ALL will be Aug. 2nd at Meyers Park on Cayuga Lake from 5 am till 1pm. All NYS DEC rules Apply. Total Weight of 1 mans limit of trout & salmon per boat. Kids trophies will be for heaviest fish. 1st and 2nd place trophies

Here's a list of proposed participants, so far:: Friday 8/1/08 3:30PM Bluemahi Stinger (LI'L Buddy) Rusty Rat dsco Strike 3 Fish Buzzard Hookedup Final Flight ?? Splitshot115 Hermit Ray Koziatek WW IV Mower Zebedee ? dallesandroj Chowder Lavarock64 Landshark If anyone else wants to jump in, Just sign in on this post. LOU-ALL will be Aug. 2nd at Meyers Park on Cayuga Lake from 5 am till 1pm. All NYS DEC rules Apply. Total Weight of 1 mans limit of trout & salmon per boat. Kids trophies will be for heaviest fish. 1st and 2nd place trophies

"Best of luck (skill) to all especially the husband-wife teams" I think you know that I made that statement affectionately. I admire a husband & wife that can share a common activity. As far as the skill part. Well the fish aren't jumping in the boat and just throwing a lucky spoon in the water may not produce what it will take to win this . That's way split' is on his way up there right now. He needs a little head start. Thanks for the words of encouragement `stix. It's going to be tough for me. It will be like fishing with 8 rods tied behind my back. :shock: Ok Scott, I'll try and keep the list updated seen as I won't be heading to the lake until Sat AM. That should give you enough of a head start fishing. PM in your box 43 hours and all this B$ will stop

OK Chaos I know it's not time to be nice yet,..... :arrow: Saturday afternoon we can start. For now I'll take the razzing but since when did you cut me back my number of lines :? ? Two days left and my hooks are Sharp Best of luck (skill) to all especially the husband-wife teams .

Sorry to hear that Stan. Saw the notice in this mornings paper. Prayers go out to your family.

Try this link. Scroll down the page to see Non-Resident rates. :arrow: http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/6091.html Welcome to New York and the Finger Lakes. I'm sure you will be impressed.

Hookedup said: "Any guess what the winning weight will be? ." I bet 32 to 35 pounds, still working on geting my crew together for the 2nd." You must be talking about one fish @ 32#. Hope so, `cause if your not catching these then stay back at the park and get the fire started for the BBQ. :shock: :shock: .......that fish won't even fit in Rusty's cooler

`stix,.....this is how RR did it last year. Maybe he'll let you borrow the cart after the weigh-in. RR bustin'em getting his catch to the weigh-in last year. wow.....that looks heavy... :shock: ....his kid put the `rigger weights in the cooler .

Aye - Aye captain. I'll be out in the morning at it again. `specting to hear a lot of radio chatter on your private channel at 0510. ................... Anything else? quiet now ch 68 :arrow: 9 days left to sharpen hooks

You all better think twice about staying in this derby :? . As long as it's going to be total weight I have this one in the bag. Was out Saturday and fine tuned my technique (after a tip from Chaos ). In 4 hours fishing in RR's honey hole and a little culling I boated a 11#er, 18#'er, 21#'er - biggest, 15#'er and another 18#'er. :shock: :shock: Almost broke my dipsey rod on the 21lber. It was touch & go for awhile. Had to shut my engine down once to clear lines and had one hell of a fight on my hands. It's amazing how the weed clumps can tire a guy out . This weekend I'll work over splits' SECRETE spot and clear the way for those behind me like a Polish Mine sweeper. (no disrespect intended) Now Ray,....what does BS mean again. 10 days left to sharpen hooks

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