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Out on Thursday morning, here's a few pics for fun. Fishing was good in 80-100. I know I've caught ~10" lakers but I think this is my smallest. Ten minutes later I snagged a 7" alewife. 6" lake trout: And there is a large fish in this picture I promise... or at least part of one! And the tail of the jig. I tried to take an underwater pic but mostly missed. Kind of an interesting pic anyway, though better aim would have helped. A lot.

Nice, smarter than us, we got pounded in the unexpectedly stiff wind up out of Dean's, couldn't go anywhere, Guff did get one nice eater but we gave up after about 3 hours of big waves and terrible conditions... couldn't even make headway when we finally went back.

oops!

Very kind of you Al but probably not true! We'll find some fish... bites, well that's up to them. J withey, first spot I'd look is north of the park in front of Aurora, if that doesn't work you can try over near Dean's, fish the northern shelf drop-off anywhere you see bait, or start heading south

Congrats everyone, good fishing!

Those orange fish are definitely better than the pale ones, at least something is better. Too bad the fishing is down. Good numbers was the main reason to make the trip from here. That was a day to remember! Great fun, I'll never forget that trip, thanks. Good thing on the walleye trip! That'll be fun, enjoy it, I haven't been out on Cayuga much as I've been learning walleye the last few years. A few trips here and there. Going out this week someday, have to dodge the rain for a change.

Oops forgot about the pic, here it is. I tie a loop in 50 lb. PowerPro about 4" long, thread it through the hook (usually a Gamakatsu Octopus 2, though I have bent/broken them, some may prefer a stouter hook), and over so it's a loop connection, then the same thing around the jig post. Then I thread it through the plastic body once or twice on the way to the tail. Do it on the top so the line and hook don't interfere wit the tail action, actually I'd prefer the one in the pic to be 1/4"-3/8" longer so the hooks trails the tail a little further. You can easily change the plastic or add or remove the stinger with this system. The only drawback I've found is that the loop connection at the post will occasionally come off when handling a fish. It doesn't happen when fishing or fighting a fish but the thrashing in the net will once in a while open that loop up and it may come off and slide up the line a little. Just something to look for after unhooking the fish. It's never cost me a fish, when they're on there the tension means it never comes loose. And I like the easy on-off aspect. Anyway, it's how I do it, I'm sure there are plenty of other ways. I also tie up a bunch beforehand so they're ready to go. To me the hardest part is getting the length right, but you can also adjust the length of the plastic too. Al, overall how's the fishing been? I haven't seen any reports of those big days we used to have over there.

Ha fish bigger than the cooler is a good problem to have! Good average size too

Good going Landshark! Nice to meet you, and others. Had a great time fishing mostly Sunday with Justin, thanks for having me. Some great food too with the BBQ bacon walleye and Wayne's pulled pork. Good food and good fishing, could only have been better if I were there all weekend.