Tim Bromund

The reason the boom is in place is to protect the NYPA Robert Moses Power Plant water intakes from ice damage. They can't pull it until the ice cover on Erie drops below 25 sq miles. Tim

I thought they were supposed to be starting to pull it last friday, but as of tuesday, last time I was on the 190 / skyway, it was still in and untouched. Tim

you can't go wrong with either unit, they are both using the same technology (Moor's by the way) so it all boils down to personal preference on the digital vs analog display. I have the depth raider and have no trouble seeing the display from the back of the boat (I DO have a hardtop). I've fished on a number of boats with the Sub Troll and it works great as well. I just prefer the digital display so I got the DR. One nice thing about the Sub Troll is that Moor is located in Buffalo, so they are local and from everything I've heard, Hank and the guys are great to deal with. Kell Labs is in Michigan. Tim

Is it a single 4 banger? I've seen 240 fishermen with twin 4 cyl I/O's I can't believe they's put a single 4 in that size boat. Mine is a 230 hp 305 merc and I wouldn't go any smaller. I top out at around 32 mph sog, but before I added the trim tabs, I pretty much had to be wide open to get it to plane out. Tim

Team FishStyx will be doing it again. Olcott is my home port. I'm in a seasonal slip, docked at slip D-10 (last dock, almost under the bridge) Tim

They're talking about 10 Meter Trojan Boats (33 feet), usually powered with twin 454 inboards. Lots of Charters use em, 13' beam, real nice fishing platform, gotta cost a mint to fill up though. Tim

another one to look at is www.boatfix.com I've usually found them to have the lowest prices around. Tim

I don't know about that. I read it the same way as well. absolutely no info in the profile. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if that is someone already on the board that ran a new registration so they could run their mouth (keyboard) anonymously. Sorry, I see a post full of whining sarcasm, NOT an enthusiastic newbe. well that's my $0.02 on it anyways Tim

OLCOTT PEN PUT-IN SATURDAY APRIL 19th AT 8:00 AM AT THE NEWFANE TOWN MARINA IN OLCOTT Mark your calendar for another fun Saturday putting the salmon and steelhead pens together and in the water. (hopefully brought to you snow free this year) Due to drought and other conditions, the Chinook salmon egg harvest fell way short at the Salmon River Hatchery last fall. The DEC, LOTSA, Niagara County sportsmen, Charter Captains, Slippery Sinker and the town of Newfane along with their Fisherman's Park staff worked to help out with an emergency egg collection at eighteen mile creek. This effort showed the viability of emergency egg collection at eighteen mile and thus eighteen mile was designated a "back-up brood stock stream" by the DEC. This designation helped us to receive a larger percentage of our normal Chinook stocking than most stocking sites in this year of reduced stocking. This year we will be raising 67,100 Chinook and our usual 3,500 steelhead. This is an increase of 17,100 Chinook in our pens. With this increase we will need all four of our pens adding 25% to our work load. So we need all the help we can get for Saturdays crew. Please come to help and bring a friend or two. All who have helped in the past know we have a good time and it is a great chance to meet some new friends from the community. Don't forget to bring your wire cutters for snipping tie wraps. We think we have found a place on the water for our after-work "pizza party" when we are done. Look forward to seeing you there on the 19th and thanks for the support.

http://www.northernkinglures.com/ Tim

On Thursday April 10th at 7pm the Lake Ontario Trout & Salmon Association (LOTSA) will be sponsoring their first fishing seminar of the year. This seminar will be given by Captain Marlowe Beis on Spoon Fishing Advanced Techniques. Captain Marlowe is a very experienced Captain with over 25 years experience fishing for Salmonids on Lake Ontario. His presentation will focus on tuning your spoon program to be most effective in the clear waters and currents of the Western Basin of Lake Ontario. LOTSA is a group of mainly weekend recreational fishermen who are dedicated to the enhancement of the Lake Ontario Sport-Fishery including the pen rearing project at Olcott. Each meeting also features a sharing of information the current fishing conditions. So come join us and become more successful at fishing Lake Ontario! The seminar will be held at the Cornell Cooperative Extension, 4487 Lake Avenue (Route 78 two miles north of Lockport), Lockport, NY 14094. The seminar is open to the public with a $5 charge for non-members. Call 636-0519 with any questions.

I take it that means it passed the survey? Great!! You're gonna love that boat. Tim

Duane, IMO, the tail is definitely brown trout, not atlantic salmon. Tim

Yes, my name is Tim and yes I have, most guys flyfish the riffle water behind the Lodge (actually I think it's an Elks Lodge, but whatever). I'm gonna try runnning my center pin down there soon. Tim

I have the 24' Thompson HT Adam was talking about (1986 Model 252 HT, pretty much the predecessor of the 240 Fisherman). Great boat to fish out of. I like the fact that the gunwales are so high that unless you're Wilt Chamberlain, you HAVE to have a bucket to pee As other said, get a survey. I didn't and lost the entire summer of 2003 having the stringers, transom, motor bunks and floor replaced. On a good note, the boat is now better constructed than it was when it left St Charles Michigan in 1985. I have the 230 HP 5.0 Merc in it. I think it is a little underpowered for the weight of the boat, but I'm not trying to win any races with it. How slow it trolls down to is more important to me. If the boat you are looking at doesn't have trim tabs, get them, these boats really need em, the difference the tabs made on mine was nothing short of miraculous. Here's mine Tim

Ice cover has to drop below 25 sq miles before they'll pull the boom if you haven't seen it, here is the link to NYPA's web cam on the boom http://www.nypa.gov/iceboom/ Tim

Yes, that's Cayuga. There can be some pretty good steelheading right behind the Moose Lodge at the Western most Bridge on Rte 20. Tim

I was noticing that too. As Gill mentioned, a lot of those were cut bait rigs. What it looks like is that that video is a lesson on having your meat properly tuned. If you notice, the ones that fish came up to and rejected, didn't quite have the correct roll, the ones that did, got bit right away, or at least the fish took several swipes at it before getting hooked. Tim

Shade, Olcott is my home port. I have a seasonal slip there as well. Us LOTSA guys usually hang out on channel 9 or 10, but I typically also have 68 and 72 in the scan unless the chatter gets too annoying. Boat's name is FishStyx, 24' Thompson Hardtop. Im in slip 10 on "D" dock (the last one almost under the bridge). Tim

Seforellen, if you don't know how to tie what has become known as the "willis knot" here's a link to spoonpullers where skeiner has step by step pics. http://spoonpullers.proboards42.com/ind ... 1116977996 Tim

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on the main index page, scroll all the way down to the very bottom. There are a number of links there, the profile one is on the bottom right. Click on that to edit your profile. Welcome to LOU. Tim

http://www.landingzonecharters.com/ Tim

Jax, you have a PM. Tim

The problem is, if you aren't full and run your card though a second time right away, that flags a potential risky transaction with the credit card company. More than once I've gotten a call a short while later from the cards security people making sure it was a legitimate charge. Nice to know they are keeping track, but really a needless PITA. If the transaction is pre authorized , why should the station care what the total charge is. Tim