troutman10

I've heard a fish hawk is a great upgrade...been considering one. 

Way to go

I'm new to wire diver rods and was sent the following link by a fellow LOU member. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/184982323137hash=item2b11ce3fc1:g:eOcAAOSwEtZg0jEc

I have them rigged and ready. They seem decent for just getting into it. Have yet to use them. The guy selling them on ebay seems to have other setups as well. Hope this helps.

47 minutes ago, Roybee said:

The seasons need to change.

It would be nice to go a little later in the north and get a chance to hunt some ice on the St Lawrence river. I always wondered why the split in the north is 5 days. With a work week the brids really get no break. Why not close it 2 or 3 weeks and get us into Christmas? My dad hunts on wolf Island and can hunt into January if he wants to.

The late season west is a joke. There are parts of the season last year where I didn't even need to keep my jacket on. Yes there were some cold days where there were a few birds. But anyone who has been to the finger lakes when the boat ramps are froze knows what it should be like .

I live for the late last season and I find it tiresome to keep going out there and doing what I love because it's not worth it. It was warm in Central New York until literally the day the duck season ended. After that there were ducks everywhere.

My hunting friends and I were talking. We are willing to drive two and a half hours to be somewhere by 4:30 in the morning but we won't go to a meeting. I feel like a lot of duck hunters are in the same position. We need to be at these meetings and need to make our voices heard.

Anyone who loves duck hunting and has a passion would agree the seasons are messed up. Just think of all those mornings sitting in the blind and not seeing anything close to what we should be. It comes up all the time when it's 50° in December.

I feel it's the high rent marshes/feilds in the western zone that are throwing their power/money (we call them LL bean hunters) around so they can hunt their flooded fields/marsh and not get frozen out.

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Nail on the head

Thanks for the help everyone. Used super glue. I'm sure hot glue or epoxy would have done the job too. 

Nice report Reel Doc! We went outa ibay without any luck in the rough seas. How deep were you fishing? Is that an atlantic?

Ps Those great lakes planers trees are workin great

Also just looked did a search on here and saw most recommended super glue. 

Got a couple wire dipsy setups. Looking to install the included twili- tips. Was able to watch a video installing with magic patch. The instructions recommend super glue. Does anyone else have other recommendations or experience with other adhesives?

I bought some dipsy combos and will be fishing the finger lakes mostly. Should fly sizes be downsized for the fish I'm anticipating to catch in the fingers or should I fish the same size flies sold for lake ontario? I see names like atomik, rapture, Howie...etc. Not necessarily looking for anyone's favorite pattern. Thanks in advance.

Sounds like an exciting solo trip, good job! How deep were you?

Thanks for the help

Thanks for your help! I'll check out the links. 

Thanks for the heads up. Gonna have to pick some up. I've seen your reports and video using the chinook diver right behind the boat. Do you fish that setup mainly when the water is murky or is it succesful on clear water days as well? Ran a chinook diver the past couple trips out but maybe wasn't giving them the color or size lure they wanted. 

Was looking to purchase some of these but maybe it would be easier to buy everything separate and put it together?

Was lucky to get outa work and get to the launch with a few hours to fish. Brought a friend and my son. Fished shallow for browns. Went 6/6 on spoons. Mostly cookie cutter fish. Water temps ranged 42-44 from what the fishfinder said. Fish have liked spoons with a bit of orange in them last couple trips. Good times! 

1 hour ago, adesalvo said:

First day out on the big lake and our home turf iBay. Being 15 min from the launch we were the first boat out and had at least an hour to ourselves headed east towards Webster park. Went 7 for 9 in 3 hours of fishing. The SWR off the riggers with a greasy chicken wing and a Reel Rage neon Leon got 3 in the boat. The other 4 were on Bayrat BT candy and a UV orange on flatlines and 1 color stayed inside of 20ft of water the entire trip!
 

 

Nice report. I should have ran some more spoons like you. Got out later than I wanted. Boy was a bump on a log. First time ever fishing out of Ibay.  Went 2/3 before things got rougher than we liked. All 3 came on Rosemary's baby stinger spoon.  Also ran 3 bayrats and a stinger off chinook diver close to boat. 

Anyone know if the launch is open? Called a few times but no answer.

Anyone buy these and use them with good or bad results?

 https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/okuma-wire-pre-rigged-trolling-combo-15okuukm1000ft30lcom/15okuukm1000ft30lcom?sku=13417510&camp=CSE:DSG_92700040958232008_pla_pla-510344393732&segment=&gclid=CjwKCAjwur-SBhB6EiwA5sKtjlJ5aW6cc6fg2VVkIGdWwKcvDJAc_qd1FHcIPQZTqOlvec-TDEdh2hoCJdQQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

These are in great shape. Still available. Used only a couple times. 

Still available

Fat nancys was sold out of it the other day when my boy and I were there. Was curious what it looks like as well. Rapala has some lures in ayu i think. Not sure how similar they are though. 

I've got some church inline boards and love them. Haven't tried the others which I'm sure are great too. Church makes a bunch of different sizes which is nice. Good luck out there!

Some look like stingers, what are the rest?

Where are you located?

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