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1 hour ago, fisherman21 said:

They are bayrat s3’s

Thanks, found a whole spoon pad with 16 or so on it. The pad got misplaced a while back I would say. They are all brand new n never used. I’m pretty pumped!

Anyone know? No printing on bait- tiny bill compared to Bayrat

Anyone here ever use Clear Cast Marine for electronics repair? I have a HDS 7 that’s on the blink, I bought a used one for $200 on eBay to put in its stead but just curious if anyone has had any experiences with getting electronics repaired by this outfit? Please don’t hijack this thread with anecdotal negative comments about brands etc- Thanks.

Thought I’d add that the critical factor in snagging and breaking off lips when trolling is the length of the lead between release and the stick bait. This length is a critical factor in how deep the bait dives. Sometimes I will deploy a chute flatline rod with a very long line BUT- I keep the actual lead much shorter by attaching the actual lead to a styrofoam ‘pike’ ball that itself is maybe 100’ behind the boat. I like to put that rod up in the arch so fish on other lines that swing into the space behind the boat don’t get tangled

Especially early in the season ( like now to mid April) slower speeds near bottom are more effective for me on Western end of Lake Ontario. Cowbells are my go to BUT there are days when mag spoons are more effective. 

Yozuri’s have always been right up there in my book. Almost always start with a blk/ slvr Yozuri as 1 of 3 stix on each side. Hard to beat an orange jointed rapala on at least one side ( since smithwick stopped selling orange ones) A green smithwick is usually out at 1st as well as a chartreuse bayrat. After that I let the fish tell me what to do. I would add that if shallow riggers are taking fish and not flatlines then add split shot and or use short cores off boards. 

20 hours ago, GAMBLER said:

Find older used ones.  The old ones were better quality.  

The lips are easy to replace with a Dremel tool. Rapalas run shallow, Bayrats will snag if you are running shallow. Here’s how I roll: stix on board lines( blk silver and color on each side)/  spoons on shallow riggers ( 1 natural and one color) / crank baits on shallow divers (1 natural and one color)

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I do what Hank at L&M tells me to do…

Since this thread is supposed to be for folks who are not super familiar with meat rigs I just thought I would remind the uninitiated and less familiar that every day can be a different day and if you are a typical weekend warrior DO NOT PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET: Always let the fish tell you what they want. Start off with an assortment of what you have for presentations, vary speed, and direction and hopefully hone in from there. If green and white meat rigs running west at 2.8 are catching fish I don’t have to tell you what to do. If white and black mag spoons running east at 3.0 are catching fish then you know what to do. Most recreational anglers don’t fish enough to try and zero in from the get go- Always go with the basics. You don’t want to find out what was working when you get back to the docks with nothing- it’s not magical ‘in the know cell phone calls’ it’s process of elimination 

On 1/17/2024 at 6:27 PM, Crestliner said:

I just get my wife to steer the boat. No batteries to recharge.

If I expected my wife to go with me especially so she would steer the boat I wouldn’t have done much fishing over the past 20 years 

Good herring, been using it for several years!

I spoke with a reputable tackle distributor at the Niagara Outdoor Show last spring who had arranged to purchase the entire inventory. I’m surprised I haven’t seen more evidence that this is turning into something 

I got a bunch this summer- I only use it in my CVA Paramount ( my beanfield muzzleloader) I have lightweight Traditions that I just use the pellets of Triple 7 with 

I agree with Rich. For the 1st couple of years I ran my outboard boat without a kicker but my bowmount is a 36 volt Terrova 110 lb thrust. I could get 5 hours of walleye or winter trout  trolling out of it but musky trolling really took it down. Eventually I added a 9.9 kicker for added security and ease of operation. Now I typically get lines rigged with just the bowmount ( because it is my autopilot too) then once boards are out &  lines set I add in the kicker’s input. Depending on sea conditions you’ll need to run the bowmount at 3-4 to maintain its capacity as the autopilot. Sometimes on a relatively calm day running with the waves trolling for walleye I have to shut off kicker and just run the bowmount because otherwise the bowmount is running too slow to be effective at steering. All of this becomes 2nd nature pretty quickly 

High Speeds fo sho!

Someone should look into buying the rights and the blanks that Northport developed. Those spoons are BT lethal weapons 

On 12/29/2023 at 9:37 AM, tin cup said:

sorry I dont have it.  emil is no longer painting  maybe try dave the owner  good luck

The Northport’s were an iconic spoon. I can only say that Dave is not quite in that category nor is he a dependable resource. The spoons of Dave’s we wanted we ended up getting painted by folks that make the blank and adding our own tape . Sorry to have to say this after working with him since 2007…

I don’t fish for perch on Seneca only Erie and a little on Ontario. I fish for walleye on Erie and trout n salmon on Ontario and Cayuga.What I typically see when I am looking for perch in 30-70fow on my Lowrance HDS screens is the bottom looking like the edge of a small, fine saw blade, this signature is very distinctly different than what I see when looking at Alewife pods in 50-200+ fow on Ontario or Cayuga on the same sonar set ups which are typically suspended and non linear blobs. I’m sure I’ve got perch and emerald shiner signature pics somewhere I’ll keep looking 

A guy had one on my boat last year and it reeked- wouldn’t that be a problem?

I fill DDPs for some local farmers but the Mosquitoes are just brutal in August/September when they typically get the permits. Are any of the ground blinds Mosquito proof, specifically the Deception Alps blind on Sale now At Runnings? Thanks for your input 

45 minutes ago, GAMBLER said:

The internet has not helped many fisheries.  Just like Canadice and Hemlock lakes.  They used to be ghost towns (especially ice season) and now there is tons of traffic on them.  

This is great news for the people who try and make a living serving these communities. Instead of lamenting the exclusive use people may have had to certain bodies of water we should work to ensure that the DEC and fisheries keeps up with the demand of more people fishing these waters 

The issue of mounting the displays while maintaining a very rugged movable module was solved using 2 track sections and pedestal track unit that enables the 2 sections to slide in and out and also fore and aft from another pedestal track unit in the track mounted on the gunnel of the vessels.

So- the solution I eventually developed to clone screens ended up being a bigger deal than I had originally anticipated. After giving serious thought to what I really wanted to a accomplish I did the following: 1.) designed a movable rear station module to hold a Garmin PanOptix display  a Lowrance HDS unit. and a iTroll digital throttle controller for main and kicker 2.) Networked the Lowrance HDS unit to the 2 HDS units in the wheelhouse (sonar/ gps and dedicated radar) with both Ethernet and Lowrance hard connection wires. I built 2 of these units- 1 for my Hardtop Crestliner and 1 for my outboard Crestliner ( both boats are setup for mounting the PanOptix transducer, so the transducer can be switched back and forth. ) For several years now my part time chartering trips have been so much easier with no trips to the wheel house to make autopilot, throttle, or sonar/ gps adjustments. Now I’m able to spend more time with my clients in the back of the boat exclusively where I wed to be

Some of these paints do bubble some stick baits, have had issues with Smithwicks and Bayrats and Mag Lips - haven’t painted any Rapalas