GAMBLER

15 minutes ago, Chromeslayer said:

300wsm

I was close!  

On 2/7/2023 at 11:59 PM, orangediablo said:

We've done a bit of experimentation.  Don't get me wrong, some of it was a bit sketchy.   But so far,  still have all fingers and toes and no negative consequences.

The do work great for fire starters unless they are daytime only flares.  I found a very old set in the boat I bought last year.  There was one that was a "day time only" flare.  My neighborhood was an orange cloud for about 30 mins.  The non existent wind made it linger for way longer than I wanted it to.  

38 minutes ago, Tomb said:

Just curious, what did you shoot it with?

Looks like a 50 BMG!  

7 minutes ago, thumbburn said:

She is low too

And they are letting too much water out.  With no snow pack, there isn't going to be much snow pack to raise the lake.  Plan on a low year unless we get some serious rain! 

56 minutes ago, tim said:

Never been there do you know where and what time it starts? Thanks.

I’m sending you a PM.  

17 hours ago, tim said:

Anyone know if there is flea market in Watkins Glen this year? I saw it somewhere can’t find it. Thanks Tim

March 26th.  I will be there with my stuff.  

Go to Stuart Florida and look up Chew on This Charters.  The guy will put you on huge Goliath Grouper.  

Sold

I have some Lakeland spoon blanks to sell.  There is 72 smooth finish 3 1/4” long and 92 hex finish 3 1/4” long.  $50.00 plus $7.50 shipping to the lower 48 or meet in the Greece/Hilton area.  

On 1/26/2023 at 1:13 PM, mr 580 said:

Do yourself a favor and do a barrier coat then bottom paint before you launch.  Gel coat is porous  and will absorb water which leads to chemical reaction in fiber glass causing damage.  The barrier coat is important and will prevent a lot more labor in the future.  Not a hard job just labor intensive with a lot of nasty sanding.  Doing it right once is the way to go.

This is great advice.  I didn’t vapor barrier my last boat the first season and ended up having small blisters all over the hull.  I had to grind each blister out and repair them.  Not a fun job!

I have some discontinued skirts for my laker rigs on my website that will work for twinkies.  Www.gamblerrigs.com

Mark was a great guy!  Always fun to be around.  Another good guy gone to soon!  

Mitchels on Lake Ave has Green label 12 packs. 

Just now, Dlott said:

I bet weeding them was fun 

It's all easy once you learn the program and learn tips.  I had a lot of help from Minion.  Chris was a great help when I was learning!

I made Spin n glo wing cuts for my custom colors and ladder back for two of my new for 2023 colors!  A little bit of time and effort, and you can make anything!  

17 hours ago, dhhurlburt said:

Where can we find the patterns? And where did you get the glow vinyl? My wife can only find standard colors.

You will have to design them with the software on the cutting machine.  It's not hard at all!  For glow tape, look at Mad River or Ebay.  

I buy bulk rolls from WTP and cut them on my commercial machine.

2 hours ago, VanderLaan said:

Those look great. Are you using scissors or something else? Give me the skinny...

Vinyl cutting machine.  Some guys are using the cheap cricket machines and some are using commercial machines.  

13 minutes ago, VanderLaan said:

I know this gets asked a lot, but I am getting ready to buy/paint some spoons for the upcoming season and would like to know what worked for everyone last year. Plus, this forum seems to be a bit slow right now. So give me your five "won't leave the dock without 'em" spoons. If there are some new ones that have piqued your curiosity, tell me about those too.

Carbon 14

Angry Bird

NBK

Froggy Glow

Black Tuxedo

These were my top five last year.  

Sorry for your loss. 

14 hours ago, Reel Doc said:

That's a study I would love to see full results of.  The question is, did they test a group that eats store bought fish only and compare levels.  When you go to a store and see fish/shellfish with origins of SouthEast Asia countries where there is minimal if any control of water contamination it is concerning.

I can't remember exactly what else was in the study but they compared people that eat fish from Lake Ontario to people that didn't eat any fish from Lake Ontario.  Shortly after the study, they changed the fish consumption guidelines.  

10 or so years ago, I received a survey from the NYSDOH about fish consumption from Lake Ontario.  I filled it out and was contacted to join in the study.  They took blood and urine samples.  A couple weeks later, I was called to schedule a follow up appointment.  During the appointment they went over my test results.  My results came back well below normal on all levels for contaminants found in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.  I consume a lot of perch, some pike, walleye and trout and salmon from Lake Ontario.  I'm not worried about it one bit.  

9 hours ago, VanderLaan said:

Thinking about buying some UV die cuts and putting them on the back of some spoons. Waste of time? Curious if anyone has done the same and what the results were.

 

 

Crushed glow, flat UV and Crushed UV are my favorite colors to doctor spoons with.  

13 hours ago, maisie said:

What is the date of the Watkins Glen flea market?

March 26th

3 minutes ago, Gill-T said:

I have to question the timing of some of the tackle flea markets. The end of March guys are starting to hit the lake. Why not have these events in February when everyone is dying to do something outdoorsy?  

I can't speak for them but some of the shows have people traveling from a distance and the weather is usually better.