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Hello All, I have a question about trolling Lake Ontario. I am interested in targetting lake trout that everyone else seems to disdain. I usually fish the Finger lakes, and i usually get out at first light. I was wondering if you guys have success with an afternoon/evening troll? Thanks in advance, Pete Collin www.pcforestry.com
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Wow. I could have won the grand prize with a laker I got Saturday morning. -
Actually got to fish 2 mornings in a row with my friend Ray. Fishing was kind of challenging, with murky water and not very aggressive fish. Still got a 29 incher the first day and this 32 incher the second. Great to be on the water. First time since early May. Pete Collin www.pcforestry.com
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You know, Al, I started this spring running the kicker off old gas and it ran like crap. Wanted to blame the motor but Ray told me to change the plug, dump old gas in my truck and buy fresh gas. That did the trick and my kicker has run great since.
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One thing I noticed is that you start at first light, and for the first few hours you get solid hookups. Then as the day wears on, you will get dropoffs and taps that don't connect. Ususally by noontime, the bits cease altogether. So the less aggressive they bite, the more likely they are to fall off.
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Does that mean your boat is fixed?
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http://cayugafisher.net/pages/resdex.php
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First 30 incher of the season!
Pete Collin replied to Pete Collin's topic in Finger Lakes Discussion
Sk8, I have never taken a laker anywhere near this size in Keuka! We were on the north end of Seneca. The fish weren't concentrated much, but those that we found would bite readily in the early morning hours. 10 fish in all, most of decent size. -
Hee hee!!
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Hey Guys, That's a dandy rainbow. I was out Sunday morning. got a late start, launching on the south end. Not impressed with the new dock. Tried a shallow program for the browns without a touch. Other boats fishing out in the middle, so checked for bottom blips in the deep water. Saw a tight gang of them in front of Vine Valley in 160'. By then it was flat calm, so i jigged and got my first vertical fish of the season - a real fat 26 incher. Then a hat -snatching wind suddenly kicked up that made it tough to steer, so bagged it for the day.
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I would really doubt if your problem is your motor. In my boat, I hve caught fish trolling with the 70 hp 2-stroke main motor, a 6 hp 2 stroke kicker, an electric bow-mount, and currently my 5 hp 4 - stroke. I bet if i came aboard your boat I could find something with your tackle or presentation that you could change to increase your odds. One major thing I can think of is the time of day. I have had way more luck at dawn than in the afternoon. A lot of folks don't like to get up early. Do you see fish on your graph? Finding them can often be a challenge. But a few years of trolling the same lake can teach you spots where you can expect to see them at different times of year. If I am on Seneca in the early morning and I see plenty of marks on the bottom, I am expecting action. BTW, I usually target lakers. Can't help much with the salmon browns or rainbows. Maybe you should target the easier to catch lakers until you build up your confidence. Pete Collin
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Sk8man, I think that is the setting I am looking for. Thanks! Can't wait to try it. Pete
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Hello All, I have a Lowrance X125 graph. The background seems to have gotten darker - like there is less contrast with the pixels that are black. is there a contrast setting for these graphs? looked around a bit but couldn't find one. and the fishing last weekend was steady enough so i didn't take the time to work on it too long! Pete Collin
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Hello All, On the Cabelas website, each product gives the public the chance to review them, and you can read what everybody wrote. I recently wrote a review of an outboard motor I bought. It was critical of some things that gave me problems, but was pretty fair I think. In a 5-star rating system, I gave the motor a 3. Cabelas immediately emailed me saying they were sorry I was unhappy with the product, and had problems. i wrote that my problems had been taken care of for the most part. But the review never got posted. If you look around, you will find almost everything has a 4 or 5 star rating. Most reviews are written by guys that just bought the thing and used it a couple of times. You all know that longevity and reliability are big components of how you appraise something like a boat motor. So be wary when you read the reviews - the ones that might be helpful have been deleted! Pete Collin www.pcforestry.com
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I had a friend with a very impulsive personality. The first time I drifted the Niagra Bar, and told him about the fantastic lake trout fishing we had, he literally went and bought a boat the next day. It was in Cheektowaga, the guy that sold it to him was named Something-ski. The motor crapped out on him that first year, and he had to buy a new one. By then he was disappointed with the boat, naming it the "Polish Curse". Hhe used it for trips to Canada for a couple of years (never even taking it to the Bar), then offered it to me for a cheap price. I bought it and didn't use it much because I was enjoying the fly fishing so much. In the mid summer there aren't many places where the fly fishing is very good. I knew the Finger Lakes had good fishing, so I started taking the Polish Curse out to teach myself how to get lakers and rainbows. I started enjoying it so much that I was flyfishing much less, taking the boat out in spring and fall besides. My second summer of fishing the Fingers, the Polish Curse tried to sink with me, my wife and my dog aboard. Miranda was pretty calm about the whole thing. The old aluminum boat from the '70s let go of its rivets, and my fishing vessel was now a big sieve. Polish Curse indeed. With the bilge pump wirking double time, we made it back to the launch. Miranda let me buy a replacement. I sold one of my guitars to lessen the financial hit. To name the new boat, I thought of my time living on the coast of Maine. I worked on the Passamaquoddy Bay, farming salmon among the scallop draggers and lobstermen. A lot of the captains worked their wives' names into the names of their boats. Crazy Avery Kelly called his 43 foot lobster boat the "Queen D'Anna" and the boat that brought us our pallets of feed was called the "Freida C" (which I thought was the "Free to Sea" until I could make out the rusted lettering on the stern). So I combined Miranda's name with the fact that I learned to fish the Fingers on Canandaigua Lake and called my 16 foot deep Vee the "Canamiran". Pete Collin -
My friends and I have a battle cry that we have used for years. When you have just landed a big one, or have had a really awesome day, you yell, "TROUTENHOSEN!!" It is said with a german accent and a rolling "R". It's a little hard to explain how i came up with that word. It was about the time that "Fahrfeignugen" was all over the TV and radio in Volkswagen's ads. And to "hose" the trout is to catch a great deal in one session. It caught on, and is a fun thing to bellow. We leave it on each other's answering machines so we know that a good fishing report is to follow. It can be a greeting and a parting word. Or it can be real primal, like the time my buddy Moose landed a three pound Broadback River brook trout and double fist pumped while yelling "Troutenhosen!" above the boreal treetops. As rituals go, it has served us well.
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http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/506 ... +aquarium/ Bass Pro Shops beware!
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Keuka Launch at Keuka State Park
Pete Collin replied to areyounuts's topic in Finger Lakes Discussion
I'm just glad the whole thing didn't quit while you were out there on the lake. In the fall, there's often few people around to help if you need it. -
Seneca Seneca Lake Launch Ramps at North End - Status
Pete Collin replied to Sk8man's topic in Finger Lakes Discussion
Sk8man, My kicker is in the cellar, I haven't yet refilled the main motor's lower unit, and there is a big pile of firewood in front of my boat in the garage! -
Keuka Launch at Keuka State Park
Pete Collin replied to areyounuts's topic in Finger Lakes Discussion
Al, Wha did the problem wth your motor turn out to be? Pete -
Hi Steve, How have you been? Did you have a good fishing season? The power trim raises and lowers, so I never tried to fiddle with it. I really don't know anything about hydraulic systems. Just thought my problem could be solved with a shim of some kind. Will have to fiddle with it some. Thanks for the comment guys. Pete
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Hello All, I have an interesting mod. I need to make to my boat. For the longest time it pulled hard to the right, even though the adjustment fin was set as far as it could go in the opposite direction. Finally figured that the trim was too far down. It has power trim, and when i raise the motor, it tracks properly. Eventually the forward force of the motor will push the piston in and it will be too far down again, pulling right. Like all motors, I have a rod that acts as a stop on the motor mount to set the maximum the trim can be lowered. However, even with the rod in its highest pair of holes, the trim is too far down. This baffled me for the longest time. I finally figured out the the motor mount is intended for a boat whose transom is plumb vertical. My transom tilts rearward slightly. So that keeps me from setting the stop high enough. Is there some easy modification i can make to set the trim properly? Pete Collin www.pcforestry.com
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The most common weedkiller is glyphosate, or Round-Up. It is not toxic to aquatic life, according to every class I attended. That rumor may have come from the incident that occured at the salt plant this summer, where a brine line burst and spewed brine into the lake. There is an insecticide that can be used for emerald ash borer that you soak into the roots of the trees you are treating. I understand that it is hard on fish. Don't know if they were spraying that at Meyers, but parks would be places that might treat ash trees. There also is an infestation of hemlock wooly adelgid in Watkins Glen State Park. Not sure what yo use to treat them. So it is not unimagineable that they would treat trees in state parks with insecticide. Pete Collin www.pcforestry.com
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Alex, Question - do you mostly target lakers or silvers? And which lakes do you mostly fish? For lakers, a "meatball rig" set up to bounce bottom is deadly, but is best suited for Seneca and Cayuga. It's basically a truncated Seth Green rig with wire, a 1 pound ball, and a single leader. Pete
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Downrigger Weight to Spoon/Lure Distance and Leader?
Pete Collin replied to Nessmuk's topic in Finger Lakes Discussion
Fluorocarbon is marketed as being superior because it is supposed to become invisible when immersed in water. Take a glass of water, and put in a piece of regular mono and a piece of fluoro and compare the two. Reach your own conclusion whether it is worth the expense, shorter shelf life, and tendency to be brittle. I use 15 pound leaders while trolling, 10 when jigging. a rule of thumb is the deeper you go with the downrigger, the closer the lure can be to the ball. I have seen fish on the graph actually swim up to the ball to look at it. When laker fishing, you can put the lure 10 feet behind the ball. While targetting rainbows last summer, I sent the lure out 50 -100 feet back before clipping it on the release. Worked just fine.