uglyokuma

First decent sized laker I've caught on a jiggin' rod I made from scratch this winter and she hit a jig that I poured myself.

Thanks for all the feedback guys. I had greased it up real good and it didn't help at all. Do these cables just get corroded inside or what? But I guess I will have to replace the cable. I was just hoping there was some sort of adjustment on them that I could loosen up, wishful thinking I guess. Is it fairly straight forward to replace that cable? Thanks again for the feedback.

I have a 16' Tracker with a 40hp Merc and the steering has always been stiff but this season it takes two hands just to turn the steering wheel. Any suggestions to make steering a bit easier would be greatly appreciated, thanks guys.

I guess the only reason I was thinking of using a line counter reel is because I could very easily repeat my setup once I find something that works. I don't care if 150ft is really 174ft I just want to able to repeat something that worked well for me. Also I've heard the the shrink tubing tends to work loose and is no longer helpful.

Has anyone had good results or bad results running copper line on a line counter reel?

Is it true???? I heard from a guy today that his uncle caught a 13+ pound Landlock at T-Falls. I don't know the guy, so I don't know how true it is, but if it is true congratulation are well deserved. Nice job dude, wish I could have caught it.

Dave Genz's fish trap guide model, I have had it for a while now and I absolutely love it. It so nice that I have almost fallen asleep in it a few time. Easy fast setup and not to heavy

Fished the Cayuga inlet on tuesday mid morning to mid afternoon and was rewared with a nice Brown, a small Bow, and a very nice male Bow of about 8 pounds. He really made my day. All the fish hit crawlers the small bow and the brown hit while I was float fishing and the larger boww hit while I was bottom bouncin'. All in all it was good day. Today I fished just south of Taughannock and I caught one nice Pikeral that was around 6 pounds and one small brown. I caught the pikeral on a bass minnow and the brown eye on a crawler under a float. I fished for about 4 hours it really was pretty slow. Anyone else been able to get out??? Any luck???

Sorry about the date tags some are right some are wrong

I went in BPS today to exchange a $100 Pflueger reel I had bought in back in March because in was starting bind up like there was something wrong with the gears. I was told that BPS only guarantees reels made by some other than BPS for 30 days. That is absolutely ridiculous. No one ever told me that when I bought the reel and I've only fished with this reel a handful of times. What if you bought a reel and didn't use it for a month and the first time you used it i broke, your SOL if you ask BPS. This is crazy, I returned several reels that I've bought via mail order or online well after a year from the purchase date. I personally don't know if I will buy another expensive reel from them again. Thankfully there sales associates make up for there ridiculous rule. After complaining for a bit I got the guy to reluctantly exchange my reel for a new one. Then I had to purchase an expensive "gear guard" warrantee to extend my coverage on the reel from 30 days to 2 years. I like there just try to make a buck off it. Boy I really miss Darren at the old Fay's store in Ithaca. If you had any problem with anything you bought he would simply tell you to go and grab another one and you were back in business.

I went out fishing down towards Speedsville on Sunday and found a nice buck that someone had shot. If anyone knows who lost this deer I'd be happy to show them were it is. Thanks guys

I got my parts from cabela's. I'm pretty sure they sell just the ice ducer. I have a 334c w/ igps on my boat that I also use for ice fishin'. Good luck

If you don't mind me asking which Berkley scale do you use??? There is one called a TEC scale that is around $50 and then there are some other that around $30. Thanks for your help guys!!

What is everyone preference?? I had a older Berkley scale that lasted 5 years and I have a Rapala scale the only lasted 3 years and am thinking about getting a new one. I wasn't very happy with either of theses scale even thought the Berkley lasted a while I never was too confident in the readings it gave. Any advice is greatly appreciated, thanks guys.

Is it illegal to snag and kill spawning lampreys??? I fished a local creek over the weekend and it just disgusted to see all those fish killers spawning. Thanks for any info

I was out ice fishing yesterday and had my a DEC officer check my license. So I pulled it out and showed it to her and she asked me for the paper work that goes with it. I was kinda dumb founded because I have NEVER had to show any paper work with my lifetime license before. Usually I just show them my credit card type lifetime license, shoot the breeze for a bit, and I am back fishing. This officer argued that I should have paperwork with it and when I told her I didn't and I had never been asked to show paper work before she let it go and went on to the next fisherman. Anyone else with a lifetime license have any insight on this???????????? Because the last thing I need is a ticket, thanks for any information guys.

Just wanted to report back on this I called Big up and they said yep we got that and they had it to me in four days, not to mention the new otter boat was only 20$. Big Jon really has great costumer service. Thanks for your help guys.

Anyone else see that monster gar in the front portion of the new Bass Pro catalog? That fish has to be over 10ft and several hundred pounds. Any one know the story behind that fish???????

That was the first place I looked and I couldn't find it on there site. Did I miss it???? It would be great if they did sell that part. Thanks

Walked into my garage the other day and found one of my Otter Boats broken into several pieces. Can you order just the foam part somewhere????? Thanks for any help.

HOW MUCH DO THE VEXLAR F-18'S RUN

I am in the market for my first FF just for ice fishing, I fishing mostly 10 fow or less, what is this best ff for my application???

Well it was a rough ride but well worth it, went 8 for 10, including a 5lbs. Brown, a 3-4lbs. Landlock, a pig of a Smallmouth, and 5 Lakers up to 7-8lbs. All fish except the Salmon were caught on plastics and most of the fish chased quite a ways before committing. It was hard to stay at one depth but all fish were caught between 58 and 84 fow.

Can anyone recommend someone who would replace a guide on a fly rod near Ithaca. The guide is still there and the wrap is fine but the ceramic center piece is long gone.