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I know it is true if you go from a single to a treble. I'm not sure about the way you explained (because I don't like single hooks because they always seem to come out the eye of skippers and small steelies.) Try one and see how it looks along side the boat.

It would be hard to net a king with all of those outboards in the way.

I have the same bait caster and I would not recommend it for either. It is a little too lite. I have been running the Gander Mountain Leadcore rods on my Copper and they are super rods. They come with a 2 year waranty.

Just run your copper way out on the big boards and turn a lot slower. Turning slower is the key to keeping them from tangling.

Coldwater, It is off of Westphall rd. right off the lake Ontario State Parkway. It is a free launch. When the fishing is good, get there early or you will be waiting in line.

Legacy, That was not static, it was a mouth full of chicken patty!

I'm with Spoonfed-1. I run the 30 lb. Ande pink. You can get a bulk spool from Cabelas for around $30.00. It is enough to fill 8 - 12 reels.

Nice video Mark. Did the Coast Guard actually board you guys at the end of that video?

BPSWING, There were plenty of dead smallies on the shore in the Rochester area. I walked the shore along Braddocks and there were a couple dozen in that small stretch.

Tbarb, 2 - 3 years agothousands of dead smallmouth washed up on the shores of Lake Ontario from the Niagara the the St. Lawrence. The population is down a lot from what it was 7 -10 years ago. The habits of the smallies has changed some (staying deeper once they are off the spawning beds), but the numbers are missing.

August would be a bad time for charter captains to fish the Pro Am. That is there busiest time of the year.

I don't think so. I really don't think you will see it either because of the population being low in the lake.

Freeman77, We need to get Bruce at Sandy Creek Marina to open as a weigh station. I talked with the guy at the weigh station last year and he said he is closed on Mondays.

After hearing stories from this past weekends Pro / Am, I thought this would be an interesting poll. I would run all mag spoons and flashers and flies. Yes some smaller fish still take mags and flasher/fly rigs but the numbers of small fish go down considerably.

I would stick with Sampo swivels. You want quality swivels or you will be throwing money away when you lose gear. I use the 160 lb. test sampos on my wire rigs. For the wire, both brands are good. My preference is the malin. I find the Malin does not kink as easy. Good luck.

Spoon - Stinger NBK Stingray size Fly - Mirage Attomik Flasher - White crush Spin Doctor

Here is the pics from this day.

Someone will post them later today. It is not over until this afternoon.

I have 8 of the same rods that Yankee Troller has. Mine are rigged with Diawa SG27lcs. They are super rods for browns and steelies. They were $29.99 last time I checked.

SOLD!

bretter, I would recommend Diawa 47 sglca reels with 1000' of malin 7 strand 30 lb. stainless steel wire. For rods, There are many good brands of wire rods out there. If you do not go with a roller rod, you will need to add a twilly tip to the end of the rod.

bretter, Both have there days. Wire is a lot easier to work with. The later it gets into the season, the hotter the wires get. There are days in August that wires take 75% of your hits. You can fish wires divers at any depths with one rig. If you are just getting started with wire, I would suggest getting the Precision Trollers Big Water edition. This book has charts that show how deep your divers will go down with a certain amount of wire out. Coppers are depth specific ie. 300' copper is good for fishing 60 -65' down 400' copper is good for 80 -90' down. You need multiple copper rigs to fish different depths. I would suggest getting 2 wire diver setups and then add a copper rig when you can afford it.

Times Two, What lodge did you stay at? We used to stay at the French River Lodge. The fishing is great up there.

What a way to kick off the 2008 season. Got to the boat at 5 am to find out 2 of my crew will be late. Left the dock at 615 and Headed to 80 FOW. Got a full 8 rod spread out and nailed a decent king right off the bat. 20 minutes later, we had 4 fish on at once. By 12:30, we were ending our day 19 for 25. We boated 1 steelhead (10 lbs), 1 laker (10 lbs), 2 coho, and 15 kings. The kings ranged from 3 lbs. - 18 lbs. The majority were around 6 - 12 lbs. 130 FOW seemed most productive West and East of the creek. Watoma Shoals produced the bigger fish of the day. Stinger NBK Stingray was the top producer off the riggers 40 - 60 down. Took 3 fish on flasher/fly combos (spin doctors in three different colors with three different colored flies - Live wire w/homemade fly, white w/ mirage, green w/ green hammer.). 300' copper took 5 fish w/ a Stinger NKB. Boards with 1 oz. of weight (50/50) and my favorite NK 28 (don't know the name it came from the spring sale out of the reject bin) took the steelie, a coho, and a king off the board. Wires were quiet producing one king on a flasher/fly combo.