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Hang 10 for me Pete!

Check with Muskybob on here. Besides his renowned Goby Guide service I understand he has some excellent Adirondack Goby recipes up his sleeve too. Any chance a guy could get one of those "Musky's Goby Guide Service" shirts?

I wound up doing other stuff w/ my family, did anybody else go out?

Anybody else thinking about Seneca tomorrow? Pretty nasty out now but it doesn't sound too bad for tomorrow.

Andy, how is that thing in the wind. Wouldn't it act as a sail with the back open? Like any small aluminum boat it can be challenging to keep it on a heading when trolling into the wind using the AP. When I'm winter fishing I keep the drop curtain down & unzipped on one side, so there is no wind coming into the wheel house even when trolling down wind.

Hope you had a good one Glen! -Andy

Good going guys! Was hoping for a shot on Sat but not looking real good right now SATURDAY WEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST TO 30 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS. WAVES 10 TO 13 FEET.

I'll try n' check out the Village launch in Watkins tomorrow.

mud chickens are highly underrated as food sources go! Good baked and fried all winter long and grilled w/ Mojito sauce in the summer (and let's not forget some smoked fillets and sour cream w/ beer out on on the pool deck) -Andy

Neo, if you pick your days in March you will be fine. Just wait till you get dry roads and low wind and you will be good to go. Cayuga is miserably low right now so I'd be thinking about Seneca. Good Luck,-Andy

Good deal!

Don't worry about the sausage Bob , I never run out! Neo, A couple words; -yes the enclosure folds down -winter fishing doesn't stop w/ the enclosure. You need to cover the whole boat or all the salt & sand gets in everything. So you need a road cover too! -then when you get home it's a real good idea to spray down the boat & trailer w/ hot water (rinses the salt/grime off quickly) -I strongly advise you put together a winter bilge pump that you can pack up & keep in the house so you know it doesn't have ice in it. you get the idea (just ask yourself if it's worth going down this road before you get started )

Good to meet you guys at the launch, see you out there later this week. -Andy

Speaking only for myself , I found Baitrix to be kind of ineffective overall. Certain MC rockets worked ok if standard ff combos were working and I found the same to be true for sushi fly rigs. In my limited and totally unscientific trials I was unable to find an alternative to spoons & ff combos that worked when those more traditional baits did not. In the spirit of gross generalizations I think I would pretty much put Brad's Super Baits into this same category but I probably just don't work hard enough when I'm fishing to exploit these tactics. Just my humble thoughts on this matter and I look forward to hearing more from others who know a lot more than I do. -Andy

Looks like a "reel" good time Sean. Wanted to fish out of Sodus myself yesterday but the forecast did not seem favorable for my 16'. How was the launch at Warrens?

Happy Birthday Tom. Have a great day! -Andy

Should be able to dig one up shortly. Was out today but the rig is buttoned up w/ the enclosure folded down and the cover on and a nasty N wind is trying to snow me in. John Mann, Sodus Point Canvas did the work, and John is truly top notch!

Another slow day on Cayuga for me & Chris (traveling man). Brought home a couple decent salmon and a couple lakers but we didn't really find the groove. We did enjoy a couple white outs & we were glad to be in a heated wheel house looking out at the snow. Sounded like some others were more successful w/ boards. Next time out I will bring the mast etc- spaced out on that component of the program today P.S. Folks the T-Falls launch is getting really dicey! Its very,very low water all the way out into the lake so be mucho careful, especially on the lake side just after the bridge!

The wind will really get to you on a open boat. Had a custom canvas enclosure built for my 16' this past fall & now can heat it nicely w/ a lil buddy heater. -Andy

No problem Vic. Now that I know my AP is working and that the kicker is charging Hank's dual battery conversion and figured out some short cuts to putting up & down the enclosure I'm finally good to go! I even got almost all my leadcore leaders retied

The best flasher fly combo is the one you use the most at the right speed in the right place!

Shoot me a pm w/ contact info. I typically plan to go out the night before so there won't be much of a planning window My winter boat has a full enclosure w/ heat so you won't be cold if you can make it sometime! -Andy

We keep a pair of the 'Big Fish' nets from Cabelas on the boat when fishing for Kings (very reasonably priced and much better to have 2 nets if just 2 people in the boat!). I like to e-tape a release that's got a planer line tail on it to the handle. Make sure the bag of the net is in the release b4 you stick the net under the fish- that way you don't wind up w/ your hooks hung up in the bag instead of the fish. Like the other guys are saying just grab the hoop to lift the fish out of the water and into the boat- don't strain the handle, it's not made to deal w/ that kind of load. -Andy

Stay flexible! In addition to your riggers there will be times when you will want to run a mix of short/long core & copper off boards cuz the divers aren't firing and vice versa or some days you may want to run a board line on one side and 2 divers on the other. Experiment and the fish will tell you what to do.-Andy

Nice going!