Sweet Caroline

Like the 5.0s. Get on plane fine and don’t have to use bags to slow down enough to troll. Talked to guys with same boat with the 5.7s and they have to use bags. Looks like new valves and gasket is all I need. I think they are going to refurb the heads too. Cylinders and everything are in good shape. I really appreciate all the feedback.

Looks like I may be headed towards a rebuild/remanufactured on my starboard engine. Mechanic recommends Jasper. Reviews are all over the place. Some say they used to have a lot of problems but have become much better in the past few years. Anybody have any recent experience with Jasper? Any other recommendations? Thanks in advance.

I lost a Beckman 2 Weeks ago off IBay.

Had a generator tech take a look. Ended up being two bad sensors.

Gambler is right. This is what we had in the 90s. Out of Rochester and areas to the east you could get a few early kings in April and early May, but the west was where it was at for salmon numbers in the Spring. The June transition was terrible lake wide. I remember the DEC doing a check at Ibay the 2nd or 3rd week of June in the early 90s. I had caught a 26lb king that day. That was the only king they had saw that month so far. Lots of guys targeted steelhead or Lakers in June. Cowbells became really popular by the late 90s. Boats would crush 20-30 Lakers in a morn, but even that slowed down after a few years of them getting hammered on. I always went west to fish the spring LOC up until about 2015 when the salmon fishing was so good everywhere you didn’t need to travel anymore. Didn’t get too excited about Salmon fishing out of Rochester until a good thermocline set up. The 90s did produce some giant Kings though. If I recall the 1999 or 1998 fall LOC had something like 10 Kings over 40lbs. I suspect the same will happen here similar to what Lake Michigan has experienced the past couple of years with reduced stocking, a rebound of bait, somewhat lower catch rates and a return of monster kings. DEC definitely has their job cut out trying to stay ahead of the bait curve. Finding that balance between quantity and quality is always going to be a challenge for them. I always thought it would be wise to follow the bait hatch. When you have a good hatch like we have now you can get away with stocking a few more salmon the following year. If the hatch is poor you make some cuts the following year. The great bait we have now will be around for a few years and support additional kings if stocked next year. Unless we have a brutal winter, this hot spring we are having will likely produce another good hatch next year. Two great years of hatches in a row with no increase in stocking and we could be in for some slow fishing. Healthy system as far as bait populations, albeit, but catching will be tough with full belly’s and all the naturals competition for your lures. IMO Cormorants destroyed last years brown stocking and probably hurt previous years as well. Didn’t fish browns this spring but from what I’ve heard those being caught are mostly larger fish. If cormorants aren’t going to be controlled we need to figure out a better way of stocking to increase survival of browns. Such a waste of resources and money to just provide bird food. I do realize I’m being a bit of an armchair quarterback here BTW when it comes to what the DEC should and should not do with all the politics involved, resources and budgets available, etc that they have to deal with.

Thanks fellas. I did some research and most likely wiring or sensor issue. I’m somewhat “mechanically challenged” and will leave it to the experts though. I have somebody looking at it this weekend but will definitely keep slowrollin in mind. Thanks again

Anybody know any mechanics that do generator work around Rochester? Boat is at Southpoint. Issue is that generator only runs when pre-heat button is held on. Soon as I let go it stalls. Oil recently changed and coolant is not low which can cause this issue. Most likely a sensor issue but I’m a little “mechanically challenged” when it comes to things like this.

Never mind. Did you quick site search and found many folks asking same question.

Placing an order with fishusa. Anybody have a good replacement hook recommendation for Nk 28s/Stingers

Went out for a quick shakedown Friday afternoon and did 4 Kings right out the front door 40 over 60 on stinger green tuxedo. Went out this morning and blanked. Go figure.

Good progress on the launch. A couple docks in now. Should be open for biz in the next week or two.

Fishing higher in the water column, I’m spoon heavy. Fishing down deep I’m more FF and Meat heavy. Almost always start the morning with spoons on riggers and FF on dipseys. Cores get spoons, copper gets FF. I don’t mess with meat much until August mostly because I’m lazy and don’t want to mess with, not because it doesn’t catch fish any time of year. Never run FF on riggers except in August I’ll run a meat rig down deep on one rigger.

Should barge stock all browns. They hang around for weeks in a tight area after they have been stocked and just get hammered by cormorants...and fisherman that have access to them.

Follow the water. Genny or other larger tribs are a good place to start as they usually put out some color through April. This year being a dry year with low water, I-bay and east may be too far out of the Genny. Other areas may be good right after a significant rain or wind event but if there is nothing to murk the water up it is going to be slim pickings in clear water. Good luck.

I vaguely remember there being a big Atlantic program on I-Creek in the 80s or early 90s that was abandoned due to lack of success. If it didn’t work on I-Creek, Sandy doesn’t stand a chance. I do believe there is a fair amount of natural repro for chinooks in I-creek. I was up in Fisher’s last fall after a rain and saw 15 or so kings blow by in the 1/2 hour I was there. Some decent gravel and year round cold water up there. I’ve caught smolt steelhead up in powder mill in July and August that I believe were natural or maybe stockers that didn’t smolt in time to make it out to the lake and had to spend another year in the stream. The creek can get high and muddy even up high in the system which I’m told can prevent natural repro to an extent. There is more and more development on and near I-creek which will only make that situation worse.