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Tuffishooker has it-Tom Mack spoon. West Coast commercial spoon which explains packaging as they sell them by the dozen. Likely was made before Luhr Jensen was sold. Commercial suppliers still offer Tom Mack spoons.

Sold pending payment.

Yes, these are available. Price includes shipping within US and the Plano boxes.

Two lots of J Plugs- each lot has 20 #3 J Plugs and 12 #4 J Plugs. $65.00 /lot including shipping in the US Lot 1 Lot 2 Boxes are included.

I checked my reel parts box and I don’t have any Great Lakes 47 parts left. I used to have several of these reels and updated them several years ago so my parts probably went with reels. I did find an invoice from 2013 from Tuna’s that had a carbon fiber 47GL drag kit for $12.99 on it. My guess would be they stopped offering drags when normal wear parts supply was gone. To check bushing wear hammer drag shut and then reel in with load- if spool is catching and difficult then bushings are worn. With carbon fiber drags and new bushings, these reels were ok. That being said they don’t compare to a current LC3 IMO.

Several years ago Daiwa stopped supplying parts for these reels so by now parts are likely limited. If you are having issues reeling in that is a sign of bushing wear. The spool was bushed on these instead of a bearing. You may find drag washers on eBay or an aftermarket supplier like smooth drag. But unless you replace bushings you’ll probably still have issues. You might call some other reel repair shops too for advise.

I forgot to mention that out of Barcelona you need to watch for perch net buoys. Ask the harbor master when you launch and keep an eye out as you want to steer clear of them. Small commercial fishery from that harbor. Not a big deal once you know what they are.

Fishing Barcelona would be a good choice-deep water and usually fish right out front. There is a campground nearby. With an open boat like an Alaskan you’ll want waves less than 2 ft. -wind direction to avoid west or southwest that comes up the length of the lake. If it is rough from Barcelona, you can hop over the hill to Mayville on Rt 394 and fish Chautauqua. Most days you can fish out of the wind there and walleye fishing has been good. If you have riggers bring them likely by 27th fish will be quite a bit deeper than they are now. Lake Erie United is starting to get more reports so that is a good site to check as well. Enjoy your trip to Chautauqua County.

White perch-very aggressive Chautauqua Lake has plenty-they get so bad we switch from real worms to plastic on walleye. If you don’t you blow through 100 nightcrawlers in a hurry.

Charter/guide boats receive different inspections and decals. USCG does federal and NYS does the inland guide PV (public vessel) inspection. Both are annual and NYS charges a small fee. Some small differences in the requirements for each as well-another detail and expense to deal with.

I’ve used 4 ft fluorescent tube protectors cut to length with a piece of foam pipe insulation to wrap leader around to store flies. The plastic protectors run about $3.50 at Home Depot so you get a few tubes out of each section. Then they store in a covered plastic tub. Pretty economical .

X2 with Whaler-no new news on this story. I kept my boat in Braddocks from 1983 to 1988. Channel was always a challenge especially in a NE wind and you had to pull early. With prices going up and the lake access issues, I decided to get out and trailer instead. When I was in Rochester for Easter, I drove through the marina. Scratched my head then about the investment going on without any major changes to permanently remedy the depth and silt issues for lake access.