GAMBLER

I run Daiwa Great Lakes 9' 6" roller rods with Daiwa Saltist 30 reels and Malin 30lb 7 strand wire. My buddy bought the new Tekotas and they are great for mono but the wire is destroying the insert in the line guide on the reel. Thats too bad because they are really nice reels!

That’s one big turd (untreated waste) going over the falls.

Can't be good for the Maid of the Mist tours!

Great for the lower end of the food chain.

More than likely its a board. Open the cover and look at the board. Usually one of the components on the board will show visual burn if bad. Most of the time, you can smell it once the rigger case is opened.

Jon is doing a great job setting up the shop. I am working with him on getting Gambler Rigs in his shop. I hope he succeed in his venture. We are lacking tackle shops on the South shore of Lake O!

Check with Matt French too. I know he has a lot of them.

I may have a small investment in selling cowbells but they are not my product. I’m speaking from 38 years of experience trolling Lake Ontario and way more hours of trolling lake trout than I’d like to admit! I just did a seminar in Erie PA on fishing lake trout. Cowbells are not my product but death traps are. I was honest and told them cowbells were the better option over Death Traps for lake trout as long as they could get their boats slow enough. I am honest with customers and push them toward what works.

Atommiks for me in the following colors are my favorites Green Crinkle Stud Mirage Green Hammer Green Hypnotist Net Pen Hammer

When the season opens, I will have my buddy send photos. Not huge numbers of the 90's but worth doing it. He had some good days on Wautoma and Lewis shoals last summer.

I know a ton of bass guys and I don't know any of them that target smallmouth in Lake Ontario during the spawn. Now, dropping the creel limit down from five might be a better idea. With a struggling population, the DEC has failed to drop the creel limit. I asked at the state of the lake meeting years ago and was told they haven't dropped it because of bass tournaments.

The amount of giant smallmouth coming in Sandy ever spring has increased over the last couple of years. Ten or so years ago, there were barely any that came in during the spring spawning runs. The fish patterns in the lake have changed and they are not in the same spots they were in back in the 90's. Bass guys that are successful are fishing way deeper than the traditional 90's patterns. The population is still low but they are there in fishable numbers. Before gobies, they had to hunt for food. Now the lake bottom is littered with gobies.

Try 120’ and deeper. I find them as deep as 220’ on the bottom at this time of year. Make sure your fish finder is zoomed on the bottom too. There are days they are tight to the bottom and will not show up good.