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If you are not fishing the 42 degree layer, you are missing out on big kings NO MATTER HOW EARLY IT IS! Last year offshore in May, June and July, we took a lot of kings down DEEP in 40 - 42 degree water. We did not get a ton down there every trip but when we got one it was a mature king for sure. I always spread my rigs out below, in and abov ethe thermalcline. There are always kings feeding out of temp or sitting down in ice water to get away from the sun light.

I use the bigger Scotty power grips for the long coppers and coppers with flashers and the mini power grips for short coppers with spoons.

You must be better at talking on the radio!

I can't wait to see the size of these kings in the Fall LOC!

Look at the graph I posted above. It was right from the IJC website. It shows the plan compared to last seasons levels. It shows a .72 foot or .22 meter PEAK DIFFERENCE (approx 9" above average).

Here is a chart from my wifes boss on the BV7 plan. It shows the comparison to last season and the high is Approx. 9" over last years high. look at the peak difference. It is .72' which is approx 9". Remember how high the water was last season? The water was over the breakwalls in spots in the marina I slip my boat in. The water was also touching the bottom of the docks. http://www.ijc.org/loslr/en/library/wat ... o_2011.pdf

Can someone put this guy on the tweets page? This is the best reporting of anyone on this site. The tweets page gets less tweets on a Saturday from the entire gang that Bobsboy posts in one trip. Nice job!

I have the Okuma Blue Diamond Roller rods and love them. The Tolars are nice but pricey. If you do get the roller rods, make sure you turn the rod so the reel is facing the front of the boat and the wire sits on the rollers. If not, the wire could jump the roller and cause problems.

The best way is have some buddies in the marina that are willing to come and get you and tow you in. PAy him for gas and return the favor if they need it some day.

Big Jon Multiset Rod holders.

I use the Spros too. THe only difference on mine is I use uni knots.

Let me try to get the proposal from my wifes boss that talks about the 18" ordeal.

How can the town have an ordinence if they do not own the water? This is like the Town of Greece changing the parking along the ponds to keep icefishermen from running their gas augers too early in the am. Complete BS.

The 18" below the low would really flup up Braddocks bay for ice fishing! It is only 2.5 ft deep in the winter at the low.

The way it was explained to me (by my wifes boss) It will be 18" above the Normal high for the season.

I don't change a thing.

It would be 18" above the High which would not be good for any port / marina.

You can run them behind dodgers but the dodgers do not run so well at laker speeds.

That's what I was saying over in the Oswego Thread. I think we are way ahead of schedule and it looks like we are already in the Transition that normally happens in June. Tim Tim, According to our record at work, the intake water temp is running 8 degrees ahead of last year at this time and 5 degrees ahead of the year before for this date.

I will send you some info from my wifes boss in a PM. He is on a commitee for the lake levels in Greece.

The newest proposal wants to run the lake 18" above the high and 18" below the low on different years. the owner of the marina I keep my boat at was talking about it. 18" above the High would put his docks entirely under water .

Last season during June we found fish 140 -170 down over 300 FOW down East a ways (Sandy).

I signed it. The lake levels should be left the way they have been the past decade. They have a hard enough time keeping the levels regualted now, I could not imagine what would happen in an extreme rain event like last May when the lake is already running way above average in this new plan.

No need to swim. Raise the drive up all the way and lay on the swim platform and look for leaks and line in the prop. When I got line im my prop, the gear oil could be visible seen coming out of the prop seal.