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The water is really low. You have to back off the end of the concrete ramp to get most boats off trailers. Waders would be a big plus. There is a little sand bar 15' out at the end of the ramp. Keep the motor trimmed up. I wated a guy leave the motor down and hit bottom last week.

Smaller fish, less of them, and less contaminants to go into the river? Your guess is as good as mine.

Actually Tim, returning them to the river to die feeds the organisms at the lower end of the food chain.

Not bad for a fry cook Tom. Did you wife hang those up there for you!

Too bad they are out of season. Lakers are closed from October 1st - January 1st.

To keep snaggers off the creeks at night? Has been around for a long time. The fish need some kind of break from getting mauled all day long.

Rod, First check for an area that could be sucking air. I had a loose fitting and it had the same symptoms. Sometimes the fuel lines harden with age and can start to suck air over time at fittings.

I just use old towles or a sheet. I hang them on a rope in the garage all winter.

Were you in the red and white crestliner? My father talked to a group of 3 guys before I arrived at the launch. Slow day of us. 8 hours of casting and 1 follow and one hit. Trired smallies and they were not cooperating. Marked lots of bait all over the lake.

Kopperklad, There is another little parcel of stateland down the road from where I used to hunt on Bear hill in Rushville. Nice little spot with very little pressure. Saw a lot of nice deer taken out of there over the years.

Thanks Tim.

Anyone here if the DEC got the quota for next years stockings?

SG, I got my icefishing stuff out 3 weeks ago. I'm chomping at the bit.

Bob, I run 2 26" bags and they get me down to laker speed easy. I have a 22' Starcraft (Fiberglass).

Nice pics Steve. HAd to be neat feeding the Tarpon by hand.

The bottom one could be a Gander Mountain Crippled Alewive. If it is, change that split ring. They were horrible.

Very nice picutres. That brown in the 2nd picture is really awesome looking.

Diawa Sealine 47 lca's. Best reel for that price range IMO. I have had the Diawa Sealines for 16 years and they are very dependable.

You can use both off the same side but I tend to go with one or the other. In the spring, I run a copper off of one side for deep fish and a couple rods of the other board for high riding fish. You can use drop weights and rubberband or clip them to the line.

I tried that and the filets had a very strange smell when I thawed them. Brian, I believe that smell is called Lake Trout Sorry Nick, I don't eat lakers . I give them to my neighbor. It was walleye filets when I tried it. I thought FISHINMAN would have beat you to that one.

Blue, The offshore stuff is good into late November most years. Run normal trout and salmon stuff. Spoons and flashers and flies will produce. Find the thermalcline and rig above it. The fish at this time of the year can be all the way to the surface.

Let the lure back say 100'. Take the line (on the rod) twist it making a loop. Clip the loop into the release. This will keep the light from the rod to the release from slipping. If the middle rod releases, send the closest rod to the boat to the spot where the middle rod was when the fish hit. Once you have reeled in the fish, let the rod out and then clip it in a release and send it out to the spot where the closest rod was before you sent it out the middle spot after the fish hit. I would start in the spring with mono flatlines for browns until you get proficient before trying copper or core. I usually run 3 or more rods off of one board. I run my boards out 100 - 150 to the side of the boat if the boat traffic is not too heavy. space them equally apart down the plainer line.

gaj, 1- let the line attached to the release out as far as you want and it will stop. Make sure you put a couple twists in the line (making a loop) before attching the line to the release. 2- Once the middle line releases and the fish is straight behind the boat, let the inside line out more to the spot the middle rod was running. 3- I run mine on the gunnels. Jus tbecareful that the plainer tow line does not lift a rod out of the rod holder and drop it in the drink.

Very nice tiger. They are the best looking fish in my opinion.

I tried that and the filets had a very strange smell when I thawed them.