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I usually consider a bulk of the fish coming on junk lines to be an indication that the fish mood was negative. Stomach contents: 1/2 full of partially digested smelt,emeralds, alewives

Worked most of the water column from 50-80 Fow with spoons on 7 and 10 colors off big boards, slide diver and riggers . Ran FF on wire diver and a 4 color stick down the chute. Varied speed from 1.8 to 2.6 . Took 1 laker on 10 color, 2 on slide diver , 1 on rigger. Marked no bait. Only marked 3 suspended fish , most were closely associated with bottom

$2500 with trailer. Very low use. Comes with rod holders, custom tackle storage with waterproof battery box and wiring and a nice fish storage bag. No tire kickers please.PM if serious-thanks

This started as a kayak idea and I’m gonna see if it proves out on my more ‘dedicated’ trolling vessels. Last fall I deployed a TX-44 with a spool of 50lb Dacron with a 300’ copper clipped in the rear release ( upgraded a little) and let it out . I was not successful in getting a strike but the idea proved quite doable and I think I’ll repeat my efforts on one of the fishing vessels at my disposal. Anybody else try this ?

Spoons, they didn’t seem very picky. Glow frog and Bloody nose was what I put on to start and just left em on.

Gave the gin clear shallows a couple of empty passes with the boards and shallow riggers and then went out to see what the Lakers were up to. Found em pretty quick in 60 fow on riggers at 55 and 40 at 2.0 gps

Had guys wanted browns

What he said fo sho

Got ass handed to me today . Ran west in gin clear water in a freshening East wind after the curl of the creek dissipated. Temps 43 -46. Popped a random Atlantic on an inside blk silver jointed , riggers with spoons were zip. Ran 1.6 to 2.3 gps. My home is supposed to be Olcott now so we’ll see what’s happening there tomorrow for a first go but not really excited bout Lakers

For Charter boats, the Coast Guard requires that you have the traditional orange lifejackets that keeps an unconcious person's head above water and it has to have the reflective material strips and an automatically activated flashing beacon.

I realize I'm sorta in a poverty stricken class by myself but personally I feel like my money needs to be working for me so I have always invested it instead of having it tied up in a 50K+ fishing boat or worse paying gobs of interest on a boat loan that looks like a mortgage. It's true buying a used boat is a pain in the ass but seriously; you cant even get a boat that is as well built as they were 20 years ago. My advice: Wait untill late summer/fall and thent ry and find a solid used 20-22" aluminum deep v outboard. That kind of boat will work for anything, tows easy & trolls cheap. Fishing is supposed to be fun and if its too rough for that kind of boat , do you really wanna be out there? So IMHO: Put your $ towards your retirement and enjoy more time fishing...

Yep, got 3 of those for customers who want to wear one. Still have to have the coast guard approved units onboard but bought the inflatables to be accommodating

What he said...

I think this will be an interesting thread , especially for guys trying to get a handle on what factors come into play with browns in a particular location. Let’s keep it going

Saturday we found fish in the warm water discharge from the plant which that day extended out at a NW angle and then curled around the western shore outcropping in a clockwise pattern. Top temp was 43 degrees. Sunday, the same pattern was in effect but a small and determined bunch of boats crisscrossed that patch of water relentlessly to no effect. Sunday saw a very calm sea and a East breeze. All of those factors appeared to create a negative fish mood and scattered fish. Only thing that only worked (to a small extent) was to get well away from everybody out in 50 fow.

No one had been out of the Left side (deeper) launch when we got there. A couple boats had clearly been put in on the right side. We got out ok using the right but pulling out was difficult. On Sunday people were obviously using the left side and so did we. Water is low but left side was not bad at all. You want a challenge-launch and pull out at Lewiston solo while the ice barricade is still in place