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Jason, You and your family are in my prayers. I too have lost a parent. It is rough time. To get through it, remember the good times.

Scotty plainer releases. Big sized ones for coppers with flashers and flies and the smaller sized ones for lead and short coppers with spoons. For the big releases, find the double stacker releases and cut the line. All you have to add is a shower curtain hook. This will save you some cash.

Happy Birthday Rick.

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name:Escape ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):5/21 Time on Water: 10 am Weather/Temp: clear / sunny Wind Speed/Direction: ENE 5-10 Waves: 1' Surface Temp: 49* Location: LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 8 Total Boated:6 Species Breakdown: lakers Hot Lure: cowbell and spin-n-glow Trolling Speed: 1.5 Down Speed: Boat Depth: 85 fow Lure Depth: bottom ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS ==================== Started the morning off trying a temp break in 85 fow. Had some really nice bait clouds 20-40 down in 85 fow. Turned the boat back twards the creek and the rigger fires with a stinger NBK. Boated a 15lb. laker. Decided to scrap the steelie/king program and do some farming. I rigged the first rigger and sent it down. Started to rig the second rigger and the first rigger fires and it is taking drag. After a 230' intial run, it started to fight like a lake trout. After a nice fight, I put the net under the biggest lake trout taken on the Escape since the fall derby in 2005. Dad had his PB laker at 24lbs . The fish was 37" long. Trolled back to the creek and picked a couple lakers up along the way. Every thing in the boat worked like it should have. Still can't get over how low the water is. It is lower than it was when I pulled my boat last fall Should be back out next weekend.

Ellis, I use canned sweet corn and it works good. You will have to find a good brand. Some brands are not as firm and come off (even on the hair rig). I use Wegmans sweet corn in the can.

I have run my probe on all 4 riggers and it has not made a difference. Either side shuld be fine. I have mine opposite my tranducers.

No. You want a higher quality reel and a diver rod. I woudl suggest Diawa Sealine SGLCA reels and Diawa Heartland 9'6" diver rods. I would spool them with 30lb. Malin wire instead of mono. Wire can get you down 100+' in depth.

Universal line for Lake Ontario - 30lb. main line with a 15lb. or 20lb. floro leader. Back in the day, you could use lighter line. Today we have to deal with sea flees and light line year round is a thing of the past.

Yes. They are deep to get away from the sunlight not in a specific temp.

Most days, the longer the better. This will vary depending on the size of your boat also. I run 6-8' leaders.

That huge blow we got a couple weekends ago mixed the entire lake. The lake was the same temp all over just after the blow. Another reason is the NE winds we have had on and off (seems like every other day lately).

Run your rigs deeper. With the clear water, the kings will go deep as soon as the sun starts to show. Run boards on the surface for steelies. Lakers, look on the bottom in 70 - 180 fow. I have caught lakers on the bottom in 220 in May.

I run the Gander Mountian Guides series 8' leadcore rods for my copper. They are $50.00 each and have a 2 year warranty. They are the perfect stiffness for copper.

PM Jax. I believe he had some work done on his trailer at Brads.

I heard she was not and the anchor line was tied around her ankle.

Let him reel it in? I heard he pushed her to the floor to get to the rod first.

I run 2 22" bags on my 22'er. I do have a set of 28" bags that let me get down to laker speed on windy days.

If it is the only launch in Wilson, Why doesn't the town take over the launch. Didn't that happen in Oak Orchard?

And pictures.

Nope. Never caught 2-22lb lakers in one day. Have caught 2 15lb browns in one day.

Keith, Congrats to you and the crew of Nothin' but net. See you around the marina soon.

Another Vote for trolling bags. Make sure they have 2 lines on them (one tied further forward on the boat and another to keep it from going under the boat (and getting in the props if it is an inboard).

Every order I have put in through Tom has showed up in a very timely manor. His customer service is the best I have ever come across. I find myself buying more stuff from him when I need something. On top of carrying quality products, he is a NY company (unlike other fly manufacturers), he does a lot for the fishery and fishing derbies on Lake Ontario.

Happy Birthday Chad.

Dave, I'm fine with the minimums (on the original post). Like I said before, I don't think it is fair that a 15lb. 1 oz brown can beat out a 22 lb. 14oz laker. The # of huge lakers are drawn to the bar every year in the spring because of the bait. Look at the past summer LOC stats and you will see that the bottom of the lake trout division was a lot lower than 18 and change. Once the lakers dispurse off the bar, the big ones are not as easy to find.