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Fishing has been tough but getting better. I'm all done with the spring derby for the spring due to my work schedule. On Saturday we fished 200 -250 East of the creek and did 1 king, 1 steelhead and 7 lakers. Most were taken on boards with a 2 color. The king and 2 lakers were taken on the 500 copper. Monday was horrible. Fished the same water and did 1 king, 1 steelhead and 4 lakers. All spoon bite from the surface to 100 down. The king came down 100 on a mag purple pounder. Yesterday, we headed a little further East in 180 - 225 and found good green water with a 4 degree temp difference. Did 2 kings, one 5lber and a 20lber. 35 to 50 down was best. After the bite slowed, we fished lakers putting 23 on the floor in 2 hours. In the 3 trips, we could not top an 18lb laker or a 20lb king. We had a very long steelhead over 32" but it was super skinny! It would have been a 12lber if it had put weight back on. Good luck to everyone in the rest of the LOC.

She was tired.... I did upgrade from a 305 to a 350 also. Great move so far.

The new engine, fish finder and speed and temp unit are awesome. The new engine added speed and better get up. It is nice when you get 4 mph more at the same rpm's as the old engine!

Congrats on the 2nd place finish!

Left the dock at 6am on Saturday morning with clear skies and light winds. Hit the end of the creek and ran a mile East and set up in 12 fow. The water had cleared up overnight. We decided to try the inside waters anyways. After a short troll, we got a release on the 9' rigger. After a good battle, we slipped the net under a 14lb brown to start the season. In the next hour we only had 2 more releases only landing one of the two. We decided to run out to the laker grounds and put some slime on the floor. We ended up putting 14 lakers in the boat between 4 and 15lbs. It ended up being a decent trip. Picks to come tomorrow when I have more time to upload them.

It is still there. It is submerged. 2 people hit it this weekend.

Interdex. I just used it on my floor and it is awesome. Hard as a rock, easy too clean and the perfect amount of non skid.

If it is still there tonight, I will drag her to the launch dock. NIce report Fishbandit.

Lead. Tin sucks for 2 reason, 1. It is too light for the size and 2. it looks like a spot light coming through the water. That shinny finish sucks!

Clippers. They stay on your plainer line all the time. They have tension adjustments. They will not spin after releasing and catch other lines on your tow line.

It depends on the port. The Bar to Olcott will heat up, the Rochester area is going to be really good this year because of the amount of colored water in the Rochester Basin, and the rest of the lake will be hit or miss.

I use the clippers too. Other brands can spin around on the tow line catching one of the other rod lines. It will twist the line up so you will have to reel in the board to get the mess untangles.

Come on Tim, why wouldn't salmon eat worms? They eat sponge in the tribs!

I would say 36" and knock the creel limit down. I had an old timer arguing with me on the ice at Conesus one day about the pike population. He was upset that the population of monster pike was way down compared to the 80's. I told him he was part of the problem. He had 4 big pike laying on the ice! I caught and released 2 and he was pissed. Some guys (like myself) enjoy eating pike. I try to keep 26-30" fish and let the bigger ones go. I will keep big ones if they are not going to make it.

It is against the law to target out of season species. Bass is the one exception.

300 yds for me. I hooked a 27lber in the dorsal fin on my 300 copper 2 years ago. The spool was almost empty before we could start turning!

150 yards of backing sounds a little scary! You lose 1/3 of that from the boat to the board!

No book needed. Just spend hours reading this site. Here are a couple go to combos / spoons for me: Spin Doctors and Atommik Flies- Hammertime Spin Doctor with the Green Hammer fly Live Wire Spin Doctor with the Green Crinkle fly White Crush Spin Doctor with the Mirage Fly Dalmation Spin Doctor with the Blue Hammer fly Stinger Spoons- NBK - Stingray and Mag Gator - Stingray and Mag Diehard - Stingray and Mag Tuxedo - Stingray and Mag

Nice job Steve!

Nice job Matt. Glad to hear everything went well with the boat. Was the steelie beat up from being in the creek?