Richard

I believe their web site says to rotate the surgical tubing 90 deg. from normal to lock down on the super lines better so to stop sliding. Richard

At the Oak I liked the 4c's marina. They have their own launch, gas, little cottages to rent, and are only a few hundred yards to the lake. http://www.4csmarina-lodging.com/ For the Bar I usually stay at Youngstown motel. Nice clean rooms and there is a picnic table out side were I bring my own grill and feed my family. http://www.outdoorsniagara.com/youngstownmotel.htm Good luck, great ports, and greater fishing. Richard

I have both the 20's and 30's. Have had them for the last four years without issue. Good luck and tight lines.

Adam, Nice to see a report. How have you been doing? Will be seeing you soon. Richard

captain gary's should have what you want. Vince has been real good and helpfull to me. http://www.captaingarys.com/ Richard

You can get all the parts you need at http://www.fish307.com/ or http://www.captgarys.com/ Good luck. I am sorry you are not having a good experience with your Mag 10. Out of the six I have owned I had one that was a little trouble but cannon took care of it at no charge. Richard

glad to see he is back. Richard

I prefure the 8" as well. I mix up brands to see what the fish want to some part, but I own mostly the pro troll/ e-chip and spin doctors. I tend to get t tangles with the larger paddles with my smaller beamed boat. Richard

Thanks Bill. Great video. Richard

This is the terminal release I think they are talking about. Terminator/Release This is a clincher and release in one Part No. LR-Term http://www.walkerdownriggers.com/accessories.html Richard Sorry, did not notice the second page. The above picture is a better one of the release/terminator

raider44 If you prefer to fish that 60 to 65 foot depth, the Oak (point breeze) has a great summer fishery out at the 500 to 600 foot depth. The prefered temp is higher out there and that depth is not really that far out depending on your rig. I would add a flasher/flie set up mixed in your rigger set up to draw the fish in. Like said above though, if you are in closer to shore you might need to drop deeper to get to the prefered water temp for the kings. That is a great summer port. I hope to get back there someday. Also for info particular to that port you should see the fishing reports on their site www.attheoak.com Good luck, I hope you have a great trip next year. Richard

That is just great Jeff. I love to see the kids fishing. Richard

From what I understand it is just a potential right now. The state is looking at it to determine if it is a Chinook/coho hibrid. We need some time for the determination. That is what I heard from another site. Richard

They must have moved things around quite a bit. When I was there all the big lake tackle was in two isles. Downriggers, flashers, and lures. But not much selection. I was there in July for my annual trip to Point Sebago. I have been camping there for our family vacation for the last 14 years. Richard

I have had the spinning blank problem on a couple of other brand rods. What I did to solve this is to push the reel seat down as far as I could. Applied gorila glue to the blank. Let the seat return to its original possition and spun it a dozen times or so oround the blank to work the glue in. Added a reel and set the alignment to the guids. Let sit for a day and they have not moved sence. That was three years ago. Good luck Richard

Captspike, You did well. I was there back in July and did not see to much stuff for the big lake. Yes there was some tackle like the SD's but not as good as you discribe. Looks like I may need to stop by again next time trough. Richard

I am in need for a zipper for my boat top. I only need one side of the zipper for my repair so I would like to order the same zipper that I already have. Does any one have an on line source for zippers? Thanks all for the help. Richard

Do you have a rough idea about the time you may have one in Sodus. I am already planing my trips for next year. May to the bar, July for Little Salmon River Challenge, and August for the Fair Haven Challenge. Are you thinking later in the year or earlier? Thank you. PS. I had a great time as well. We did not do as well as last year, but did manage 25th place for my one king. Richard

I tried to past and copy the picture to no success. If you go to the At The Oak and go to the random tips part and look for the mupped section there is a link for a picture. Richard

Taken from the At The Oak site: Mup Rig...It's simple and sometimes deadly. On one or two deep rigs, usually just the bottom rigger. Use this set-up...thread a black Add-a-line release on to your mono which comes off your fishing rod before you tie on your swiveled spoon. Then hook up and position your target spoon 10' to 12' back behind the ball. Then lower the ball just below the surface of the water keeping the Add-a-line release device in your left hand with the mono sliding thru it. Stop the ball when it is 5' below the Add-a-line. Snap on your 6' leader (a swiveled larger attractor spoon) and jerk the leader to lock it into place. Then lower to desired depth (46° for kings). The current hot set-up, now and last season, is a lazer ladder backed Mini Streak target spoon trailing a Pirate 55 lazer spook just above and ahead of it. This set-up is wide open for spoon experimation, as long as the trailing target spoon is ALWAYS below, 5' or 6' behind and smaller....Photos (courtesy Tim Bromund)

I think they go to Screwy's. You might want to give them a call. PO Box 28 - 596 Main Street - Fair Haven, NY 13064 Phone: (315) 947-6348 - Fax: (315) 947-5786 Good luck. Hope to see you there. Richard

My preferance would be the blue dolphind set up in lew of the bloddy death with the chartruse (sp) dipsy. I am sure others would disagree. I would think with the temps lately the fish would be a little deaper than what you have your wires set at. I would start with my wires set at 250' and 225' unless you are marking fish at a depth less that 70 feet. 250' at a 2.5 setting should be around 82' down and the 225' should be about 75' down. Two weeks ago our fish were down 100 to 110' down. I would let more wire out every half hour if not getting hit, in 25 foot increments. Our fish and bait came over 90 to 110 feet of water. Good luck and tight lines. Richard

Great job Adam. Nice looking steelhead. See you soon at the Challenge. Richard

Sounds good Adam. I am glad you will make it. Till then. Richard

Adam, You can not get them to go? In May that was one of my best spoons again. If you realy do not want them I will take them. Are you guys going to the Fair Haven Challeng this year? Richard