Traveling Circus

I have run a 4S Mercury 9.9 off a small dedicated fuel tank on an 18' aluminum boat for 5 years, without any issues. The engine was a Craigslist purchase, and I probably put 100-125 hours a year on it. My only minor complaint on the 9.9 Merc is noise and vibration. It's louder than the 4S 115 Merc on the boat...... If doing it again, I'd get a Yamaha.

That's a nice day! 

We slept in...…..

tougher for us today...….. 5 kings and a lost brown from 125 - 175. West of the creek..... temp went deeper, current got less. Biggest fish today was 12ish lbs, and we had a treble break off of a tournament tied fly to lose our only major of the day. Pulled at 9:45 to miss the ____show at the ramp.

Happy 4th folks...…. enjoy the day and breath good air.

The same depth(110-160) worked well for us West of Sandy...…. We boated 10, but lost the 2 biggest fish of the day.....  65 to 90 down..... mostly spoons for us. 2 steelies, and the balance kings. Beautiful day.....

On 6/8/2020 at 7:11 PM, Jomat said:

there were huge hatches of those especially large hexagenia flies.  The fish were stuffed with them puking them all over the live well.

For you guys who regularly fish Oneida.......... On Western Lake Erie, they throw weapon rigs with small crawler pieces during these hatches and catch fish. Ever try this on Oneida?

Lots of stuff out there on weapon rigs. 

https://www.outdoorhub.com/how-to/2011/06/20/weapon-rig-walleye-101/

https://lakeerieguide.com/lake-erie-charter-rates/lake-erie-walleye-charters/lake-erie-fishing-techniques/

https://bskustomlures.com/collections/crawler-harnesses/products/bs-walleye-weapon-style-rigs

On 6/18/2020 at 5:49 PM, Trorun said:

I realize this is an old topic on running dipseys, but I  would like your opinions on the following.  is there any advantage or experienced knowledge of an advantage to running a length of fluorocarbon 40 to 50 lb ahead of your diver between the diver and the wire line. 

This would eliminate the "pigtail effect" of the wire line in the last 8 - 10 feet,  and the potential for kinks in the wire due to it.

I've thought about trying this, but the extra knots/swivel has scared me off.

Great pic! You can almost hear the gulls...……….

2 hours ago, whaler1 said:

Down temp?

Bill, we roughly had 50F with 58 feet of cable out...…… it varied some.

we never really marked much at all...... occasional bait, occasional fish, but nothing that really even looked fishy.....

Good fishing for us today. 3 majors, 2 juvi kings, one shaker and 2 steelhead, and we probably dropped 4 fish.  250 - 300 fow out of Sandy. We took fish on both spoons and spinny fly...….. riggers, cheaters, diver rods all took fish. 160 on the wire divers, and 35 to 60 down worked on the riggers. 2.3 - 2.5 MPH. Quit fishing at 10:30. Flat water, nice breeze, good company, great day...………….

Blue spoons with pink or orange ladderbacks have had their moments on steelhead for me over the years. A blue NK28 with tape, Dreamweaver SS in Coyote, or Yecks version of coyote..... 

Nice report, and congrats to you and your little guy/gal...….. Those are some great times when they're that young!

Might try Sandy in the morning Bill …... jigging for lakers to change things up. 

Was hoping for a report on kings from today, but seemed kinda breezy at my place today. 

Here's an idea.... the title of this thread is Thank you to any members of law enforcement. 

Dude....If you want to start another topic go ahead...… but respect the concept that there are many people who value the service that law enforcement provides, and that many people realize their job is difficult to perform in the climate of the moment. You might consider leaving the crime ridden metropolis of Ovid to visit Buffalo or Rochester during one of these protests and report back on what you saw...… on your own thread of course.

Again, Thanks to the men and women in blue.

A simple "thank you" to team Blue for all they have done and will do to keep order in our communities. 

Fishing out of the Oak vs Braddocks might save you a mile, if you're running to 400 fow....... So it's really not that significant. The Navionics web app is helpful for investigating at stuff like this.......

Nice Report...... thanks.

http://sternsaver.com/

I was skeptical about glue on ......... but it's going on 5 years now. 

(It'll probably fall off tonight.)

I've stopped chasing walleyes out of PB and the Catt until late June ........... Just seems like I can't find a reliable daytime bite until then.

The good news is that perch fishing out of the Catt has been excellent this season. 

The Catt was raging mud yesterday...… filled with water from the storms of Friday. 

Wondering if you could see the fish on "traditional" sonar, or only on the panoptix when they were investigating the cannonballs? Also, did shortening the leads trigger the fish? 

nice pics and report..... the water's pretty cold still....

The kids look like they had fun, and if you're going to Erie, don't forget about the perch. It's been a pretty amazing year so far. Kids love catching a mess of perch..... even us big kids. 

ya gotta love the prone picture! Priceless...…… 

LB...….. That's a tough story, and one that's hard for me to imagine. I hope your boy stays clean and sober and you continue to build on good days spent fishing.

15 hours ago, whaler1 said:

If East was the prevailing wind I’d take up golf.