Fat Trout

Yes. A guy got kicked out Sunday morning for having 2 browns on a stringer. Patrol guy said the guy told them he didn't know. Thats a tough sell these days since he not only had a C&R fish in there but had one more than the new NYS tributary limits.

I'm a mexico bay guy for a few decades....river and lake. I agree with both sides in varying degrees. They will never do it but for the salmon river I'd like to see - Closure to Sept 15 with usual labor day water pulse (gets some earlier ones up there) - Open for 2 weeks Sept 16 and on for 2 weeks - water pulse + Closure 2 weeks (get a different group up there) - Full Open after Oct 15th-ish Personally I think there should be shutdowns of Oak Orchard and Burt Dam to some degree as that is some of the ugliest river fishing and snatching of salmon and browns I have ever seen....but dare to dream.

If you have the totalscan transducer set it to medium chirp. Way better Sent from my Pixel 2 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Every year is its own game. The good years (days) keep me going through the bad ones. I worked like a dog on Monday changing lines through the morning. It killed me when a long time great flasher had a barrel swivel let go. It was waaaay better than work! lol

Great rod. I wish you were selling when I was looking!

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I was curious so googled it. I got some info but sadly no concrete answer on size. I'll have to continue with my previous assumption. My boat ain't gonna cut it lol.

I was supposed to be up all week but threw the towel in on Tuesday after the weather went to hell and my buddy had a family conflict. Going up tomorrow night hoping to get Saturday am in but know the weekend is iffy. last I fished was monday in the catfish /high rocks area. There were decent marks in areas from 95 ish to 160ish. I threw the kitchen sink at them. Got one on meat, missed two and had another on flasher /fly but lost that because (of all things) the barrel swivel on the flasher broke in the middle. Temp was right at about 95ft but who knows now...same with the location.

I have no problem with the comments and generally agree. I thought it was my turn and i was due. I ended up misjudging the scenario. I shared my comments so others who perhaps haven't done it yet keep up on their caution as well as their compassion. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Mike was hard at work cleaning the boat. I asked him if he was cleaning the banana smell off [emoji1787] Sent from my Pixel 2 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Understand. Regardless. The choice is the at the captains discression. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Situation dependent. I towed a 24 ft boat who had no steering capability on lake Ontario ...didnt know the steering part until i was committed. I was an 18 ft boat. When i came to port that boat swung back and forth wildly at slow speed. It was all i could do to maintain control. I have many regrets from that scenario and im not even explaining the half of that 2 hour hair raising scenario. I came really close to putting my crew in harms way and plowing that boat into others. Im still willing to help but im going to grade the scenario. Ill respond to life emergencies but towing for a guy with an questionably maintained boat (my situation)....yeah im gonna think that one out. im also very able to call towboat US for people. Which is my plan for myself which i have already set up if i have issues. As captain of my boat im responsible for my boat and crew and others at my discression. That was the lesson that i learned. Consider that before tossing too many universal..."you must do" stones. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Thats why ya put the whole 1000ft on there [emoji28] Sent from my Pixel 2 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

New boat is a magnet!

Realized I was double posting.....so edited. The memory was that crazy lol.

I know someone who said they got "spun" by something on one of those water spout days back in the late 90's. 180 deg plus boat movement while trolling.... lines in a cluster but otherwise OK as it apparently didn't set hard on them and moved on. I've only ever seen them on the water as what looked like skinny trees on the horizon....too close even then. Yikes on your 92 incident! I give lake O a wide berth on funky days....no thank you. I've had enough pants pooping moments, I hear water spout in the forecast and i'm at the dock.

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I agree downriggers are too fast I'm pretty sure that's exactly how I lost my last downrigger ball Sent from my Pixel 2 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

dare I ask how you relocated your probe and ball? I've dumped a downrigger ball or 2 with a bad cable spot but have managed to avoid dumping a probe (so far).

hard to argue with that logic

We all overthink lol. My downrigger balls on my sonar appear higher than they really are, not a ton but a good 5 ft I'd say. With 10#ers its definitely better but they will vary more than heavier and especially when you are going with a current and need to boost top speed to make down speed where you want it. knowing you are going with a current is exactly why the X2 would be a benefit. If I'm fishing to fish on bottom I'm not afraid to put the cable out at bottom depth on the chart.