i love to watch the leadcore rod get whacked and i love to hear the wire dipsey rod scream but i would have to pick downriggers, myself.nothing better in my eyes than a hot spoon bite on the riggers. plus i think its a better battle of man vs. fish
this is a must own book and it has all the dive charts for what your looking for
http://www.lakemichiganangler.com/store/Precision_Trolling_Big_Water_Edition_Book.htm
rswanson330, i think the best advice is to get a nys fishing regulations guide and carry it with you on your trip. and if a question comes up while fishing you be able to answer it, hopefully, without a doubt.
"uscg navigable waters" in NYS are covered w/ uscg captains license.
-The Atlantic Ocean
All other marine, coastal and tidal waters including:
-The Hudson River up to the Troy Barrier Dam
-The St. Lawrence River and the navigable portion of its tributaries
-The Great Lakes and the navigable portion of their tributaries
-Lake Champlain and the navigable portion of its tributaries
-Cayuga Lake and Seneca Lake and the navigable portion of their tributaries
http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/30969.html
all other new york state water require a nys guide license.
misty IV,
trebles are fine on the lake but the regs between the lake and the tributaries are quite different. so they might of got them mixed up a bit.
20# cortland fleaflicker and if youd like, add 30 yards of 15# floro. i personally dont like 30# fleaflicker for some of the reasons that billy v mentioned but havent experience them with 20#.
forget the rubber bands and check out Roemer Liberators.
http://www.tacklehaven.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=k6262000&Category_Code=
well im with the majority on this one. in my eyes the best days of fishing are catching kings off the dipseys and deep riggers, and catching bows off the high riggers and short cores. another vote for the bows