Gill-T

Nick we found the warm water break was around 185' deep last weekend. Fish were in the 215'-230' range 100'-135' down. With the moon the bite was after 10:00 am for us.

Lots of fish off the Catt on the bottom

I don't understand the rationale. A dead buck is a dead buck and your tag is punched. It does not matter if the buck is killed October 1 or November 1. You manage the herd with the number of tags given out not the date the deer is shot.

Thanks for posting that info. Now we have another reason to misidentify browns and atlantics on the finger lakes forum.

I don't believe a brown and an atlantic can mate to make a hybrid as their genetic makeup is too different. I could make a correlation about humans and sheep ......but you get the picture

Good call on heading in early with fish as the seas grew to 6'-8'ers by 10:00. Luckily we had a Navy vet! Mac, as he is known by his fellow vets, handled the rough seas like a trooper battling kings on his knees to keep from falling over. I think we gave him an adventure he will never forget. I would have to say the sponsor product given out were FANTASTIC. Anyone thinking about doing this event next year....do it! PS: Unfortunately the rules committee will not allow smallmouth bass be submitted for the brown trout division

Thank you to everyone involved with the event. Team Gill-T Hooker will be back next year for sure. PS: The fishing and conditions were pretty good today off Sodus. Big fish are around!

To land a major take some skill and a little luck. To land four majors at once takes a lot of skill and experience. Nice work.

You are correct on the scam/prices. Any southern tier Ag/feed store will usually carry that stuff. They don't have to pay to have Lee and Tiffany's face on the bag so MUCH cheaper.

That fish looks a little like a chinook-coho hybrid but tough to tell from picture angle. I do know that when native Atlantic Salmon were in Lake Ontario, they used to run all the way to some of the finger lakes and spawn in tribs there. However, I didn't think the two bodies of water were connected anymore.

Copper and dipsys are set slightly different when putting out more than one per side. You want the inside dipsy deeper and shorter length back (use a mag). The outside dipsy you want further back but higher in the column (use a standard dipsy). With Copper you again want the deep line on the inside which means the longer copper segment. The shorter coppers go to the outside. Set this way when the outside line gets bit the fish will slide to inside and be above the inside line avoiding tangles.

Guys just download the dive chart on Bloodruntackle.com. You will find the charts in the blog section of the site. The depths of the dipsys were confirmed by a probe. I have found them accurate. As far as why fish hit a dipsy at 450' out but won't touch it at 350' out has nothing to do with depth achieved as a standard sized dipsy will pretty much stop gaining depth at 300' out. What is probably at play is distance from the boat as it relates to boat noise.