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IMO, I would trust a Spro swivel tied to mono with a Uni knot over the albright. Watch knot wars on North American Fishermen and the Uni is one of the strongest knots out there. The Albright knot did not do well at all during their tests.

I heard they were making some Speedo's up for a certain person that mentioned it last year!

What determies that its more dependable? Albright knot has failed a couple times on me in 4 years of running copper. The Haywire and Spro has not failed yet.

Electric fly swatter from Harbor Freight tools. Less than $10.00 and works great. It also makes for a great conversation piece.

Spro swivel, haywire twist and shrink tubing. Easy to tie and more dependable than the albright knot.

When currents are heavy, and you turn sharp, you will more than likely end up with a tangled rigger or 2. Another thing to consider is boat slip in the wind. If you are trolling west of east and the wind is out of the south, your boat is slipping slightly north. If you let the rigger on the one side of the boat down fast, it will fall straight down. The rigger on the other side of the boat is actually angled under the boat (because of the slip) and the other rigger you just dropped with sometimes tangle the other.

I will send you a PM.

Captains Cove in Oak Orchard sells them. Check with Michelle before you ride out.

It is freeze dried and salted. I still brine mine. They are really firm and hold up better than other brands.

Nice report Rick. It is amazing how those deformed kings still manage to feed enough to surivive. Congrats on the derby king.

It does peak soon and gets a little better. Today they were horrible.

Congrats on the steelie and once again, awesome live reports. Keep up the good work.

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name:Escape ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):6/24 Time on Water:530 Weather/Temp: beautiful Wind Speed/Direction: Waves: Surface Temp: 71 Location: LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: ? Total Boated:? Species Breakdown:4 Kings, 1 steelhead and tons of lakers Hot Lure: Spin n glow Trolling Speed:1.3 - 2.7 Down Speed: Boat Depth: 95 - 280 Lure Depth: KINGS / STEELHEAD - 65 - 100 DOWN LAKER - BOTTOM ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS ==================== Fished silvers until 930 and put one laker, 4 kings (3 teenagers one jumbo skipper) and one steelhead in the boat. After a slow pick, we decided to fish lakers. Ran down to my usual weigh points and could not keep 2 rods down for 2 1/2 hours. Ended up putting the leading laker and the third place laker on the board. Hammerhead cowbells with my custom spin n glows did the trick. I will upload a pick of Kurt (Canuck33) and Keith (Tessier) with their chickens tomorrow.

I have not tried the flea strippers but the Erie Dearie cutbait is awesome. It works the same as the other brands but lasts a couple fish instead of getting ripped to pieces after one fish.

I'm in the opposite boat. I perfer the roller rods over twillie and regular guides. Super smooth reeling in fish and a tripped dipsey.

Good luck the smallmouth population is low. I would look on the strructure off of Devils Nose or all the way down to Wautoma Shoals. Look in 30 - 60 fow. The bass have been caught a lot deeper than the past.

Come on Scott, there is no way you will fit in a 2X. Who do you plan on putting in that shirt with you?

That is why she lets him fish 6 out of 7 days of the week!

No but the channel is 1' deep already. Come on winter!

Scott, You have to run them to catch fish on them!

With the size of the kings this year, I would not be worried about it. A 26.5 might not be on the board by the end.

Thanks Greg. We will try for sure.

The guy was local but used it in salt. Ethanol destroyed the fuel lines in the motor. The fuel smelled really weird and was a very weird yellow color.

He was working on 2 of them this spring with a fuel issues when I was working on my boat. They were on the back of a 28' grady. Give him a shout .

Has been, If you stay at Blind Sodus again, Head West out of the channel and look for the Trench in 25 fow. It is just past the Red cottage near the bluff on the West side of the bay in the lake. LOTS of smallies on the drop to the trench. My father stayed in Blind Sodus Bay until this fall at Holiday Harbor. They did really well of smallmouth out there last year all season. They even did some walleye .