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    Problem with Cannon Dual Axis Rod Holders

    in Tackle and Techniques

    Posted · Edited by Tim Bromund

    While on the rod holder subject, I just put 2 sets of these on my boat. Now I hate to ask but how long can I expect these Big Jon holders to last?

    Greg, I've had 2 sets of those for over a decade and have had no issues. If it ever stops raining long enough for me to rig it, they will be going on my new ride.

    Tim

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    Fish hawk or not

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    Would not leave the dock without it. Down speed is critical for lure presentation and in the summer I always look for 50 degree water.

    In the summer, two best producers are dipies and the probe at 50 degrees.

    Look fo 42 degrees 😉

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    June LOTSA Meeting and Fishing Seminar

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    On Thursday June 11 at 7pm the Lake Ontario Trout & Salmon Association (LOTSA) will be sponsoring a Seminar with Captain Greg Wiacek on the summertime fishing that is available out of Golden Hill. Greg will be talking about the great Brown Trout fishing near shore along with the Salmon and Trout fishing just offshore that is available to the weekend and recreational fisherman. He will be talking about his many tricks and techniques that he has used for many years to be a successful angler on Lake Ontario while still working full time for the New York State DEC. Like most of us who work all week and only have limited time to fish on the weekends, Greg has fine tuned his program to where he gets the most out of the time he has to spend on the water.

     

    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 meeting 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 and free to attend. See WWW.LOTSA.ORG for any questions.

    Really?

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    Don't sell them too short. My grandfather was a retired commercial fisherman on Green Bay and also smoked fish commercially as part of the business, and in his opinion, a 10-12 lb female carp was the best smoked fish out there. Males of any size weren't worth a crap in his opinion. He smoked whitefish, chubs (cisco) and several others, and he smoked a mean brown trout and salmon in the back yard long after he retired, so he's someone who's opinion on the matter I have a lot of respect for.

    Tim

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    Really?

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    Guy at work asked me for some carp. I said really? He said back in China they pay $12/lb for carp and it is good. I said that is asian carp which is mild and tastes good. These are European carp which tastes undescribably horrible. Do you know how to remove the mud vein? He did not and he insisted, so I caught him two in May last year while bullhead fishing. He confirmed what we already knew - don't eat the carp. For reference, he also asked for suckers and I caught him a bunch of them he raved about them for weeks.

    Same fish. The "European Carp" ARE Asian carp that were transplanted to Europe. Carp are native to Asia.

    Tim

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    Really?

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    Here's a splake image I got off the internet.

     

    Splake_zps90krgtxx.jpg

     

     

    Yes, they are a sterile hybrid between a brook (Speckled) trout and Lake Trout.

     

    I have caught several in Green Bay over the years, don't have any digital pics of the ones we got.  very pretty fish though.

     

    Tim

    Really?

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    Never ate pickerel but have eaten many pike and they are good just need to fillet the y bone out. There are videos on youtube that show how.

    Yeah, what he said. Pike are delicious.

     

    I've tried sheepshead and personally wasn't impressed.  Maybe there are better ways to prepare them than what we tried.

     

    Tim

    Trolling Bag Size

    in This Old Boat

    Posted

    I bought a bigger boat last year, 26' Baha Weekender, single screw.  After a lot elbow grease I finally got to fish over the weekend in it, and I'm liking all the space I have.

     

    Unfortunately I'm finding with the current trolling bags I have, I don't have great speed control.  About the slowest I can troll down to is about 2.3 MPH down speed, and that's at ~750 RPMs.  I don't like trolling at a low RPM like that either, I'd like to be able to troll aroun 1000-1100 RPMS.  One bag is a 22" diameter, and the other is 30" diameter. 

     

    I'm thinking of going to either 2 - 36" bags, or 2 - 48" bags.  Do you guys have any thoughts on what size???  I was thinking 48", only because that would give me better speed control, and a higher trolling RPM, but I don't want to go over board either and be trolling at like 1800 RPMs.

     

    Thanks in advance.

    I had 2 of the 28" Amish Outfitter Beefy Bags and they were plenty for my 24' Thompson, almost dragged me to a dead stop at idle with both in the water,  I usually only trolled with one where necessary.

     

    Tim

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