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Out perching yeaterday, channel 68 reported 7 walleyes as the best catch, dipseys at 1.5 out 225 with orange crush harnesses. 100 foot was a good depth, west of dunkirk.
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This rant and the weight and prices of the new four stroke O/B's make my old 2 stroke 90 hp Evinrude with carburators more valuable. I had a 1964 65 HP v4 and except for the six gallons an hour it would not self destruct. My 115 and 90 hp motors just keep on running and save a lot of weight compared to the four strokes. I have a 4 stroke 10 HP Honda for a trolling motor that serves me well. The future seems to bode well for the old time motors especially when you hear of fuel injectors problems. Simple is better.
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We have 3 boats going out this morning, probably set up aound 65 foot off the Catt, where the screen shows fish. TYEE on 68. Four boats went out, 65' to 68' of water, nw of the Catt, 10 to 36 perch landed. Best act was just anchor up and wait for them to come to you. Searching for the mother lode wasted gasoline. About twenty boats out, look for the boats pulling fish in over the gunwale. -
The past week one boat came in with 143 and 150 perch, west of Evangola Park, 65 to 67 foot of water. Other boats came in with 6 to 43 perch. Emerald shiners are available at the Ferry Street dock and Penrods in South Buffalo. Golden shiners are at most other bait stores. Take ice with you. With the lake temperature falling, I would expect to find the perch in closer soon. Another boat from Allegany County came into the Cattaraugus with 300 perch Saturday. 66 foot of water.
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What? Only the bad guys can have them. Look what is going on in Mexico now, it will not be long before the drug gangs are here.
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Hurricanes make the finest weather on the lakes, so go get them, that is unless they find their way here. A lot of wet stuff then.
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It could be your low oil sensor is faulty. Disabling the horn will stop it but if you overheat your engine you will cook it to destruction as I did when a glob of seaweed fouled my water intake. But then I got a new boat since the old engine went.
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Cold waters from deep in the lake lack dissolved oxygen and you may find no fish in them. Warm surface waters after a storm and a lot of whitecaps could be where the action is at. Cold stream waters from cold nights will pull the spawners and egg sucking rainbows into the shore around the mouth of the streams.
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Also drain the carburators, if they are filled with water.
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I would look where the thermocline meets the bottom. Perch are bottom feeders, so look in the bottom 10 foot of your picture on your fishfinder graph.
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I use light action spinning rods with ten pound braid. Wal Mart # 4 an #6 Eagle Claw or Tru Turn hooks at a buck a pack that I attach directly to the braid with a palomar knot, no snaps or swivels for good vibration and bite feel. An Old Pete's perch lure colored sinker with a hook on the bottom or a bell sinker about a half ounce will work well when anchored up. The bottom hook must lie on the mud below the sinker which is the most productive hook. A couple hooks above it about twelve inches and three foot are good also. I hook the minnow through the head so the current or drift will keep them from spinning too bad. The dead stick method with the sinker in the mud works well and occasional lifts of the rod can pull in nearby fish. The most important deal is to have a good graph that indicates fish on the bottom and do not anchor up till you find them. You also have to pull the anchor and search again when things slow down. Some days we just drift with a drift sock and watch your trail on the gps when you hit fish, go back over the spot or set your anchor there. The last thing you want to do is anchor up and wait for the fish to come to you. The warm summer waters have stacked the fish out deep and it is like shooting fish in a barrel when you find them. You need a large cooler with ice to save your fish for cleaning, these hot days will turn the fish bad with white gills and cloudy eyes. After you get home, more ice can be added so you can clean your fish the next day as you will be tired form fishing and traveling all day.
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After the course be ready to get a physical with drug and alcohol tests, get a Transportation Workers Identification Card [more bucks], and if you want to run your own boat, safety equipment, insurance for a commercial boat, sales tax certificate and all the hoops to jump through for that, and a lot of more expenses.
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Probably not good when ur antenna a rod start crackling.
jimski2 replied to FISHBANDIT's topic in Open Lake Discussion
When the air is ionized, like antenna crackling or graphite pole shocks, you are ready for a lightning strike which is a "not good thing", Get out of there fast. Really you should have left when you hear or see the lightning coming. Most lightning situations are over in less than half an hour unless you are in a tropical storm situation. -
Good man Tim, removing those walleye fry eaters from the biomass will help balance the harvest on the lake.
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Fuel problem if it starts by priming the carb, two engines definitely fuel. Pink Stabilizer is bad for increasing the water in the gasoline, use blue. Clean your tank, a lot of boats doing thid now.
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I use a Honda Power Trim and Tilt, four blade prop. It is through bolted to the transom and connects to the main engine with a Cabelas threaded rod connector. This can easily be disconnected without hanging over the transom and is a lot cheaper than an EZ Steer which falls apart at times in rough waters while you are bouncing around. With no oil fumes it makes downwind trolling fine. Twice I have returned in from deep waters at six MPH on my Honda.
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http://www.ohiogamefishing.com/communit ... p?t=181560 A good tip here for the bait situation.
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Two of us landed 26 perch, 65 to 70 foot of water off the Catt, 11:30AM to 2:00PM. Used goldens from Millers Bait. Nice day out there.
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Welding and riveting together are not good ideas. The heat from the welding adds different stresses that do not like each other. We Tig welded cracked chines on Starcraft 18 footers and they worked ok though. The rivet patch seems to be the better way.
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After spending a few days cleaning gasoline tanks of water and dirt, please do not hesitate to use stabilizer in your gasoline tanks in your boat, tractor, farm machines and lawnmowers. We syphoned the tanks with a garden hose led out the transom drain to 6 gallon cans. The bottom of the tank was cleaned of water and dirt using old T shirts hooked onto a rod made of a coat hanger bent to reach the lowest part of the tank through the fuel level gauge opening and the tanks were then bone dry and a lot of dirt and water was removed before we put things back together again. The cans of gasoline were syphoned with an outboard motor gas line with an automobile filter put on the end to catch dirt. The hose was suspended about two inches off the bottom of the can and this bottom gasoline was poured into small cake pans and the dirt and water was observed. The filtered gasoline went into my truck and it has run ok. A couple outboard motor tanks were cleaned the same way and I added an inline filter from the auto parts store to my gaslines. The 40 mile round trip to a dealer and changing the filters on outboard motors was a real long session and I think the easily accessed inline filter will do the job. The point I am trying to make is do not try to get away without using the stabilizer stuff in your tanks as you will endure a lot of work trying to get going again.
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Reef runner tips from Jim Stedke, Ohio walleye guru http://www.ohiogamefishing.com/communit ... p?t=163851
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Is the battery any good? Did you test it?
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A dealer reported that they would charge $5.00 a gallon to dispose of your water contaminated gasoline. What a deal! 100 gallons bought at $4.00 a gallon in the fall plus $5.00 a gallon in the spring equals $900.00 for an empty tank of gasoline. It seems to be the best move is to lay up your boat with empty fuel tanks at the end of the season.
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My Cutco knives are better than my Forschner knives but that is not saying there is anything bad about Forschner, just Cutco filet knives are great.
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We have fished for walleyes into December, at night even, but the deeper waters in Lake Erie make their own weather and it is ten times worse than near shore Buffalo waters. A favorite area is along Donnelly's Wall at the head of the river where it is quick and easy access. You have to familiarize your self to the area after the lake starts cooling down. Lots of rocks and shallow areas to avoid there.