YodaMage

I launch with a bunk in Wilson almost weekly. Having guide on bunks makes it a snap and also gives me the perfect depth guide.

Over the winter I was debating building out a work table/cooler shelf to sit over my transom well and outboard. At the time I found someone making a unit very close to what I was considering. I believe the guy/company was out in the Central NY area. I found them through a message board post found on some site (?) and they did have a web site on the product. I have had no luck finding it since and of course didn't bookmark it at the time. Anyone with a clue...help!!

I'd check the terminal end on the antenna plug. I've had them where the solder joint broke and either the center core or wire mesh was not properly attached to the plug.

Some REAL nasty stuff rolling through. Glad I decided to park it today.

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name: Yoda/"The Wet Spot" ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s): 8/8 Time on Water: 8:45 AM Weather/Temp: Partial Cloudy getting Cloudier/Mid 70's Wind Speed/Direction: SSE 5 Building after 1:30 Waves: 1FT, Building toward 2 in afternoon Surface Temp: 68-70 Location: Olcott LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): ? =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 3 Total Boated: 2 Species Breakdown: 1 King, 1 Rainbow Hot Lure: All 3 on NK (Older, nut close to BKCH-7 with white back) Trolling Speed: 2.6->3 MPH Down Speed: ? Boat Depth: 130->350 Lure Depth: 40-95 ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS ==================== Setup at 8:45 in 120 FOW in front of water tower, trolling NE. 20 minutes to take King (4lbs) 65 down over 140 FOW. Took Rainbow on same NE pass over 240 FOW on same lure at same depth, about 10:00 AM give or take. Nothing until 11:45 when same lure hit at 170 FOW heading back SW. Lost it at surface, though it was nothing special...acted like another Bow. Pulled up at 3:30 and headed home. Ran Spin Doctors low, NK's and Stingers on other lines.

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name: Yoda/"The Wet Spot" ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s): 8/6 Time on Water: 9:00 AM->3:00 PM Weather/Temp: Sunny, Low 70's Wind Speed/Direction: WNW 15ish, switching to WSW during day Waves: 1ft, building to 3ft, starting to lay down some by afternoon Surface Temp: 67 @ 150ft Location: Olcott LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 4 Total Boated: 3 Species Breakdown: 6lb King, 3lb Steelie, 4lb Steelie Hot Lure: NK, Black face with green tape, white back Trolling Speed: Anywhere from 2.6 to 3.4 depending on lures down at the time...3 to 3.2 seemed best. Down Speed: Don't know Boat Depth: 110 to 225 Lure Depth: From 40 to 100 ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS ==================== Started out at 110, dropped 6 lines: Spin Dr at 75, J-Plug at 70, 4 spoons (1 Stinger, 2 NK, 1 J&L) at 65, 55, 40 and 30. Trolled NE starting at water tower and hit little king within 20 minutes on NK 65 down over 125 fow. Reset and hit small steeling on same line on NE troll 15 minutes later. Continued out to 190fow, then turned SE back to 120. Was marking very little. Changed it up about 12:30 to all spoons, NK Mag at 100, NBK at 85, NK at 75, Stinger at 65, J&L #2 at 50 and J&L #1 at 35. Found a nice large white plastic bag stuck to a release...GRRRRR! Talked to a couple guys on 68 who also seemed skunked at magic hour of 10:30. Pushed back and forth from 120fow to 250. Most guys pulled at noon and bailed. 1:30 hit steelie on 65 down stinger (orange and white) over 140 fow right in front of radio tower, trolling SE. Had green and white J&L #2 at 50 fire about 10 minutes later over 130 fow. 2PM by then, too late to pull and re-run the obviously more favorable E troll so I spent an hour running WNW back into it, then due south at the tower then pulled them up and bailed. Will be back at it Saturday.

Anywhere there is a weedline or a steep drop off. Go with both live and lure. Toss a minnow out on a line and a bobber then cast a crank bait or large spoon. When I cast a spoon I tend to play with retrieval speed, crank it fast, stop for a one count, crank it fast if depth allows. I find I get a lot of hits right as I start cranking again. I've caught a handful trolling along weed lines, but not as many as casting.

Will be out of Wilson tomorrow AM, should be on water by 7:45. Will be on 68 if anyone else is out and interested.

I've found, like others...Kings seldom float and tend to head straight down. Steelies tend to dive, but pop back up in a minute or two...then after a couple of minutes one big tail slap and they are gone. Lakers I try to keep off my lines...but when I get one I burp them and try to tail them a minute or two next to the boat. Some Lakers just seem toasted, but most eventually dive, though not with the haste the Kings do.

I notice that most guys on here are filling their box. I find it interesting since I have not kept a fish in years and release everything. Am I the only one not interested in taking anything home?

It really makes you wonder the more and more you read about what the future holds as well as the course things should take. Are pen projects such as those promoted and worked by members here a good course of action? Is Ontario going to follow the course of Michigan and Huron? Will the Zebra muscles have a similar effect? Why wouldn't they? What happens to Ontario without Alewives? Should Lake Herring be the primary focus of efforts in Ontario sooner rather than later?

NK BW-9 (Black and Purple) and a Stinger SHPP (Purple/Pink) with the back painted white.

I didn't see the hat or the sword or the Gay Pride parade stance...my eyes were just drawn to the flip flops

Is the kicker available without the boat?

EZ Loader or Load Rite...the rest....

I have a setup as follows and have never had an issue...and I am a die hard DR stacker and seldom a diver guy. Lower line goes in rod holder toward front of boat and set outward at 45 degrees. Top line is set 8' to 12' higher on the cable at least (depth distance related to length of lure from cable) with bottom line out at least as far as top line, if not slightly further. Top line is set in rear rod holder set about 10 degrees outward and 10 degrees rearward. Unless I have a monster that requires dropping the boat into N, I never pull the top line until the fish is in the boat and it is time to reset rigger. (If fish hit top line, I reset top without ever pulling bottom.) Now common sense does play in...I guess if I was '2 zoning' with a deep laker/king line down 130 and a top steelie line at 40 I might consider pulling the top line...but seldom does anyone have a stack that drastic. They tend to be within 20' of each other with a diver used up high if that is the game you are playing. As long as the diver is set out 2+ to the side it should stay out of the way if you are under power and don't have a big boy on. Again, a 25+ King tends to start playing havoc and it might be worth clearing gear at that point and dropping into N. My 2 cents.

I always had good luck with Cleos

Got a late start due to a wedding and some residual whiskey... Anyway, lines down at 9:45...lines out 3:30. Not a hit..... Ran everything in the array, dodgers, spin doctors, spoons, rapalas, fastracs anywhere from 15 down to 125 down, ran from 1.8 to 3.2 MPH...ran from radio tower to Wilson, ran from 120 to 300 FOW. Dipseys, Stacked and cheated on riggers even broke out a Jet Diver I hadn't tried out yet. Nadda... Marked bait close to bottom between 125 and 140 FOW. Spoke to a few guys coming out when I dropped the tub in and they said they had an early bite, 60->70 down, 150-170 FOW.

I have couple of spares if you're near Buffalo.

Amen. I grew up fishing the mouth of the Genny every tourney in packs of 200+ boats jockeying for the mud line. You were 20 yards port and starboard and the guy trailing was not expected to be more than 150 yds back. If a rod tripped on the boat in front of you, you turned 45 to get off his rear. Guys today are running spreads so distant and wide...I saw a guy one day off of Olcott who had planers out 100' on each side and was running lines 600' off the back. That is a 'foot print' of roughly 120,000 sq feet or almost 3 acres. I find that to be rude...and if he gets cut off.... If he was the only guy out there, then have at it. But in heavy traffic, either shorten that stuff up, move away from the pack and take your chances, or shut your hole and realize that the guy who lost gear crossing you with flat lines out 250' spread 60' wide is more po'd than you are.

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If those are 48 booms, I call dibs.

Tons of scrap pieces on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/2034-STARBOARD-1-1- ... .m20.l1116

$150 shipped to 14072?