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Stay in bed this morning Nick. The lake is a little angry this morning.

I just add a 1/4" wide x 1" long piece to a normal Atommik fly. It has worked WAY better than cutbait for me. I buy hole herring, filet them myself and put in salt (non iodized) the night before the trip. I hook it on the tourney tie single hook and it sometimes lasts a couple fish. It ends up being a lot cheaper and easier to use than cutbait.

I would not worry about low water in the channel. The rag boats are making it out and I had 6' all the way out last trip out.

I think the DEC reacted right back in the day when they cut stocking. They allowed the system to absorb the shock of the zebra/Quagga muscles without stressing the ecosystem past recovery. I hope Michigan recovers. I can't imagine being on the verge of losing the fishery we all love.

I keep my 2 rod holders at the same angle. I run a 8' rod on the inside and a 10' rod on the outside. The key is to have 2 rods with different action.

Oh how I do not miss using public launch ramps!

Color does matter but really how much color are the fish seeing following a Spin Doctor? I think a white flasher with any other color on it, the fish sees white. I don't really think the see green spots or black spots on a flasher. Same goes with silver, green, black flashers. I think the colors hook fishermen more than the fish.

Thanks Guys. I will check them out.

Thanks Rob and Dave. Looks like I will be making a road trip this week.

Anyone know of a tackle shop that sells them in the Rochester area? Looking to purchase a couple.

My question is how will it deloy over 2 wire divers? With the sink rate more, I would think you would have more issues when divers are out 250 plus and you are running long coppers. If it is an issue, I will stick with the 45lb.

If proper knots are tied, there are no issues. I have been running coppers this way for years with ZERO issues.

You should clip to the backing. I splice in 6' of 50lb floro or mono. Releases will hold better on mono or floro over backing.

Sorry to hear about the boat Scott. Team Dream Catch will get paid back by the fish gods.

Sorry to hear about the mishap. Atleast the skunk was not thrown in the mix.

The scuppers that were on my boat are gone. I had them filled in and my water drains to the bilge. If you have a reliable bildge pump + a back up, you should have no worries. Another way to keep the rain water out is a canvas that covers the entire back of the boat.

I have 3 weigh points in my GPS that have produced for years. One of my late summer king staging weigh points turned into my #1 laker weigh point last year. I used to go through my gps every season and write down every weigh point and it's coordinates after every season. If the GPS died or got replaced, I could go back in a replce them.

It is a free launch. Boarder Patrol is there all the time. More than likely happened early in the am.

Jeb, I have been fishing Lake Ontario for 29 years and I have caught a lot of kings over 30lbs in that time frame. I have only caught one Lake Trout over 30lbs with TONS of hours trolling lakers in the lake trout rich waters from Sandy Creek to Irondequoit Bay. You are spot on. Lake Ontario should be promoted as the ONLY body of water East of the Mississippi that you have the chance of catching a 35lb king, 30lb lake trout, 25lb brown trout, 20lb steelhead, 20lb coho and a 15lb atlantic. Instead we have a narrow minded approach and crap on the species that hold the fishery together on bad king fihsing years. Dave Chilson told me in an email that he is doing it to promote the salmon fishery, perserve the lake trout fishery (more 20lb lakers were killed this spring derby than the last 5 fall derbies combined) and because 60% of the przie money went to 5 different boats in the last fall derby. He also told me the Counties West of Rochester want to promote the salmon fishery because Lake Ontario is one of the only healthy salmon fisheries in the US. If you look back through the tourney section you will find the email posted in one of my posts. The only way to get this changed is to let Dave know how you feel about it. Send him an email.

I think it is stupid that more 20lb lakers were killed in the 2013 spring derby so far than the last 5 years worth of Fall derbies combined yet the Fall Derby gets the chop! Does not sound like Dave is trying to "help perserve the lake trout fishery" like he stated in his email.