RodBuster

I could understand if it was an obstruction in the lake near shore then shame on me for not knowing the waters. But it is quite different when it is a navigational channel that is used heavily on a daily basis.

I would like to hear theories on why a 31 pound king won the spring derby and the biggest fall derby king was only 4 pounds bigger? I know it sounds absurd, but did all those big kings get taken in the spring? Lots of big ones caught then.

I hit it last year and again two weeks ago. It is nearer the breakwall(The wall made of concrete/steel casing). Last week someone else hit it. West side for me from now on.

Lakeside Beach State Park.

The water takes a long time to get cold enough for the browns to come up/in. I would say it would be at least late December. By then no one is fishing. I have fished in February and they are in by that time.

For all the lost nets here is a simple solution. Take the rubber butt of the handle, fill the tube with packing peanuts and put the rubber butt back on. Net will float.

Take the leadcore and work the dacron braid back to expose about 3 inches of lead. Snip the lead off. Tie the dacron (minus the lead core) to the braid using back to back improved clinch knots.

The crimp is a likely place for cable abrasion over time. Cut off a foot or so and re terminate at least once a year.

"If it is not mono back it with mono", is a good adage. Also, I would run bigger line than 25 or 30 between diver and lure. The line that comes with most flies is 40 or 50 pound, so it is proven that the fish are not spooked by line. With respect to knots at the swivel I used to use two crimps to connect the wire. Now I use the half hitch, overhand knot method and it is much easier to tie.

Thank you very much for the response. i can always count on getting good info on here.....

I was told the launches at Cayuga are shallow due to planned low lake levels. Can anyone tell me what launches are problems. Thanks

Good news...The Launch/Motel is now owned by a former business aquaintance of mine named Ron Leonard. I think you will find his demeanor a little different than the former owner.....he is already talking abnout making some improvments to the launch...

Rapala F9 and F11. But they are getting$$$$, and they don't hold up that well. Thundersticks are good too and a little more durable and a little less $. I was running a 3.5" rebel minow in silver blue and it was firing regularly. I had not used that lure in at least five years but it was working well. Rapala hot steel has been very good too.

Coast Guard launch is usually open into late June. And, we fished Sunday. Excellent numbers for us. We found the opposite of Skippers Trophy. We were running tight to shore and evedrything kept hitting on the outside, and when we made our turns. So we adjusted and trolled outside a little bit and found a good bite.

Anyone know if this afternoons wind and rain is providing any color at Sodus? Want to go tomorrow but dont want to drive up there if it is gin clear.

We went to devils hole first thing saturday AM. I was puzzled because by 10 AM there was only 4 boats. We had two steelhead, but decided to head for the bar because we had a decent bite mid day Friday. Running to the bar we only saw one boat fishing art park. I couldnt figure why not more boats in the river. Then we got to the bar and not many out there. Maybe too foggy. I just bought a GPS/Sonar combo and was glad i had it. Our last drift at about 2:45 PM you couldnt see 50 yards....

Too early. I have been told they are out deep this time of year.

Which boat were you? No doubt we were next to you at some time. It was a slow bite. Our best time was from noon on. We found that our best drift was to set up just over into the deep water and drift with the boat sideways with the current. I use my GPS to get drift speed and found arnd 2 MPH wass best. With our boat pointing into the drift the current tends to push the boat slower. Its trial and error. I just got done cleaning the only fish we kept and it had no less than 30 baitfish in it. I wonder if they put on the feed bag before Friday and were on the downhill side of the bite???

That was impolite of you to not invite us over for breakfast.......

Chaos, I saw you guys park just off boulder and throw an anchor down. Did you have any action casting??

Skyn 60 is a riggin fool back there.......great day as always.

I am the 21' Crestliner hard top. I saw you Bobber. Chaos were you in the boat that had 6 people?

Slow start today but once it warmd up they turned on. The green water just off the real muddy water close to shore was best. Orange, cold, and firetiger were best. Caught a few on just about everything. I was there yesterday and did not fish but its amazing what a difference in 24 hours. Yesterday it was muddy for as far as you could see (along with the 4 ft seas) and I ran through a snowstorm to get there. Today calm waters, starting to clear up and T-shirt weather by the end of the day.