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The water was way too murky for the camera. You could only see about 1'. I did not both with it.

Fished Braddocks today with Dad, brother, niece, nephew, and neighbor. Iced 4 pike (36", 31", 26", 21") and one perch that was 12-13" with 18 tip ups out. The 36" pike had a nasty fungus on its side like the browns have in the creeks in the fall. It looked like the fungus was on it's way out. The fish seemed really healthy other than the fungus. The ice was 3 -4" with one spot of 1" . The water was really murky (around 1' of clarity). The bay was packed and we only saw 4 other pike iced. The perch bite was horrible. We saw one nice perch caught other than the one we caught. Hopefully the bay will clear up soon.

Nice job Matt. Rochester area on the lake?

Keep your boat in a slip and you don't have to worry about spreading them. My boat has not been in a water other than Lake Ontario in the 6 years I have owned it.

After talking with the glass guy that is doing my boat, all boats are made like crap. Anything over 10 years old most likely needs stringers. Some of the newer boats are ever worse. The Stringers in my 22 year old Starcraft were shot. It does not help that they had drain holes in them from the factory. He said they save time and money and skimp on simple things that could prolong the life of transoms, and stringers.

Ray, was that a pic of FISHINMAN before or after he got seasick?

Happy New year everyone. Hopefully 2009 fishing is great for all of us.

Looks like Ray has hacked into Muskybobs account. Looks like his spelling

You to. Hopefully 09 fishing is better than this years dismal season. Good luck everyone.

Looks like it to me. It just goes to show catch and release really works.

I'm talking about running 2 rods off of one rigger with the top rod cheated.

The X-97 is sold pending payment.

The flashers are sold pending paymeny. I still have the Dodgers and will throw in these free unrigged trolling flies. I will also ship the dodgers at the buyers expense.

You should be able to if it is mounted low enough. A long shaft would be better.

Yes you can. I do this once and a while. Rig the bottom rod, then the top rod and add the cheater. Its simple. This takes a lot of out of temp fish for me.

That is the way it is w/ most cameras under the ice. The color cameras give you a little bit more but color cameras are useless under 30' of water. I purchased the Marcum V250 and like it. It was $159.99 with a $20.00 mail in rebate late year.

This is the first time I used the camera at Braddocks. I was shocked at the number of panfish too. Lots of dink perch and some real nice ones along with bluegills, sunfish a gobie and 3 crappie about 4" long.

The Genny is good but after the thaw, the Genny is at flood stage. The water is chocolate milk. It will take a couple of weeks to clear. Once it clear, it will be good. Oak Orchard, 18 Mile Creek and some of the Erie Tribs are great for steelhead at this time of the year. My suggestion would be to hire a guide.

Congats Tom. What are you going to name it?

No

I'm buying a slightly used Lowrance x-15 from a buddy.

I'm selling my Lowrance X-97 fish finder. I'm upgrading my electronics. The unit works great. I'm asking $125.00 for it. Everything is with it, power cord, transducer, unit, mounting bracket and the screen cover. Will meet someone in the Rochester area 1/2 way.

Gotta pay for upgraded electronics and take some extra weight out of the boat. I have not used an echip in over a year. I have not used the Luhr Jensen Dodger in over 3 seasons. I'm a Spin Doctor fan all the way.

Fished in the monsoon an Saturday and did really good on pike. 2 of use fished 10 tip ups and iced 8 pike and lost 4 others. We had other flags with quick long runs and drops before we could get to the tip ups. Watched the underwater camera and was amazed at the number of pike swimming by. One 20 minute time period, we watched 7 pike swim by. Mostly smaller pike but one monster. The ice was still around 5" in most spots when we left at 1230. The top layer was getting soft and the shore ice was crappy. The water was getting murky really quick as it got later in the day.

I'm selling 12 Luhr Jenson Size 0 dodgers and 3 size 000 muching dodgers for $50.00. There is a picture of all the dodgers below. I will throw in these unrigged flies for free and ship at buyers expense from area code 14468.