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How much water were you over when you hit the Atlantic? Thanks Glen

KOA in Youngstown. Have cabins or trailer rentals. Not cheap but not to bad either. Boat launch is about 10 minutes away at the state park. Glen

Nick you either got BIG hands or SMALL fish. LOL I can see I don't have to teach you guys on how to make the fish look nice in the pictures. Actually, despite the lack of fish you guys did well out there with 100% hook to land ratio on those Browns. Pleasure to have you guys onboard and I think we will be all set by tournament time. Got to apologize to bottom feeder. Didn't mean to highjack your post. Nice job in tough conditions Todd. It will get better soon. Glen

Very nice. Hopeing to put a dent in them this weekend. Glen

I don't beleive none of them. Glen

We got ours thanks Dave. Glen

Yes we had a discussion on the rubber band thing Hank.... They work good if your on the highway and you got to piss. Other than that I just don't see a use for them on my boat. Clarke the surface temps were 38 to 42. That NW wind had a bit of a bite to it but beautiful weather for this time of year. Not sure but I might of had a couple tender foots onboard. Crystal clear water everywhere we fished with bottom visable to 20 fow. Glen

Got the boat in the water and after Hank, L&M, replaced the seals on my prop shaft she ran just as happy as could be. Thanks again Hank... It was worth pulling the boat out to Port Bay to get it done. Hanks not only a good guy but he really knows his business. On Saturday we fished for about 6 hours. Really tough conditions for Browns with crystal clear water and very little bait in the Bay. We managed 9 bites with 6 in the boat but really had to work for um. 50/50 spoons and sticks. Numbers were below average but the quaility was nice for early season fish. Had Richard Bullen from the board and his brother working the rods. Couple good guys to fish with and we had a good time with some good laughs inbetween bites. Capt. Randy from Hit or Miss charters was along to keep an eye on us. Also demonstrated his picture taking ability and gave us the finer points of rubber band releases. LOL See ya soon Randy. Sunday was a short morning trip and I decided to go the opposite direction to see if I could locate the numbers and it just didn't happen. Two fish for our efforts Sunday morning both off the sticks. Heres a picture of a few Browns from Sat. Back at um next weekend. Richard and his brother. Richard with a nice fish. Glen

Thanks for staightening that one out Hank. I was getting a headache. Glen

All the water I've covered, I can't say I've ever seen a rubber band in there. Just about everything else but NO RUBBER BANDS. To each their own I guess. Glen

Can't explain it, don't know how or why. All I can tell you is what I've seen after marking and catching many hundreds of them with the same fishfinder. Many of the largest deep water Salmon I've caught appeared to be nothing more than a small more roundish than arch shape with a red spot in the center. At 40 or 50 feet a stationary mature fish would be a larger arc with a red spot in the center. And I'm not complaining one bit. On the 200 side of the screen these fish usually appear smaller than on the 50 side. Again don't have a clue as to why just the way it is. Glen

It's legal only if your rod man loses to many fish. Glen

Based on alot of hours watching my screen, a mature King 100 ft down will appear as a smaller arch than a mature King 40 ft down. I run a Furuno 582 with thru hull transducer in manual mode. If memory serves me I had the same condition on my old Lowrance. Can't comment with any other brand. Also I beleive the location of the fish in the cone angle might have something to do with the arch size and shape. IE fish directly under the boat compared to a fish on the outside edge of the cone angle. Glen

No, you don't want to run copper or wire on 27's. Like Jax posted, not enough line capacity. Even running mono for LO Kings on 27's is shaky at best. Glen

Ater fishing with both setups, I prefer the roller rods hands down. Do you need a roller rod? No. But you don't need a Mercedes either when a Pinto will get you to the same place. Shimano makes a good rod available with the rotating tip roller. I have known guys who owned them and they all went back to the stationary tips. Something about the tips rotating a full turn and.... well give it some thought. My Shimanos were about $119.00, stationary tips. Glen

Boat has been sold. Glen

Another vote for snubbers. Don't find any problems running them. If I did I wouldn't. Glen

I use 20 lb flea flicker for a main line. In the east we are quite often still fishing Browns when the fleas show up. Glen

Not that I know of. Don't think it would be possible to monintor ALL the derbys on the Lake even if they had the money to do so. I know the DEC is involved with the Pro-ams and gather information obtained from those catches but thats about it for derbys and tournaments that I am aware of. I do know that in my boat we hope to have a HUGE inpact on the tonnage that is taken. Glen

Politics aside, the environment is cleaner RIGHT NOW than it has been in the last 100 years. We got to be doing something right. Balance and common sense can go along way. And thats without the lake being polluted and shut down with windmills and without closing boat ramps and with all us fishermen still catching fish. Mickell I respect your opinion and your right to state it but from what I see most of these organizations you mention would like nothing better than to take away our right to hunt and fish. Obama was 100% correct when he was campaining on how the country needs change. We need it, but a large amount of integrity and common sense needs to be in the mix. Just not seeing it and I follow this administrations actions very closely. Canals are still open and leaving the gate open for the Asian Carp !? That can't be very environmentally friendly. Inefficient, foreign made windmills, constructed in one of our nations natural wonders, stirring up long polluted sediment can't be very environmentally friendly either. Don't leave on account of a difference of opinion. Stay and share your viewpoints with us. There are two sides to every story. Post some Sodus reports for us also when you two get out. See you in Sodus. Glen

Great story shark....... Nice to read some good stuff in todays world. Glen

You don't really need a Flourocarbon leader to the flasher. Regular mono is fine. With the Flasher spinning in circles and the fly jumping around behind, the fish aren't that concerned with the line going to the flasher. Fly manufactureres use thick Flouro leader material because it's stiff and will impart more action to the fly. I only run flourocarbon leaders to my spoons and plugs for Salmon. 16 to 24 in from flasher to fly will work. Hope that clears it up for you. Glen

The secrets out......LOL Glen & Glen

The heavy mono will be OK for dipsys unless the fish are deep. You will sacrifice depth on your dipsys using it. If you don't want to go with wire, braided line would be a better choice. Much thinner diameter without giving up strength. Just something to consider. Good luck Glen

Nice!!! Glen