I find it funny that the one and two year old Alewive year classes are low according to the DEC yet we have been seeing a ton of these come in the intake at work.
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650 should be fine. I worry about shorter backing if I run it off a board. The backing you have out to the board takes a nice chunck out of your backing. If you run it down the chute, you can get away with shorter amounts of backing.
I would think they would not need to come into the bays and impoundments as early because they can stay at the Goby buffet and eat all fall without moving much. Last fall, the perch showed up in my honey hole very early compared to the past five seasons.
I would go a little longer on the spin n glow lead. I run mine 24' - 28'. There are days when the lakers are hardware shy. Some days they do not want to come into a flasher / dodger or cowbells.
All the ones we weigh in for the derbies are given away to guys that eat them. I have tried them the ways these guys prepare them and would rather eat Kings, Coho, Atlantics and Steelhead.
Bouncing bottom with Kwikfish will catch lakers but the draw back it the zebra muscles. If you bounce too much, you will foul the hooks with zebra muscles. Spin n Glos are a better choice.
If the DEC cuts King stocking, we will never see an increase again. If the Alewive population explodes, the fish they would stock are lakers. The writing is on the wall!
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