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I just read some posts by people who bought a Furuno 585 or 587 with the 600 w or 1000 w capacity. The advice given in that post was to use a 600 w transducer instead of a 1kw transducer. It is my understanding that by using the 600 watt setup, you just as well might have either kept the Furuno 582 or the 620 /627 which are built with a 600 watt capacity. So why choose a 585/587 ? what other improvements does it have over the 620/627?

I used bottom and side imaging both in Lake Ontario and on the fingerlakes. On the open water(Ontario)the side imaging was close to useless,mostly because there was no structure to find,although I sometimes registered baitschools that were high up of to the side and on the return tack I would aim for these schools using the side imaging information of the previous tack. But overall,it mattered very little. On the fingerlakes with its vertical dropoffs it is great. Specially for bass and pike that is hanging out in this structure. I used it a lot on the north-west end of Keuka lake and picked up a lot of fish with it.

I always buy my electronics at Semperfifishing and because I am a Hull Truth member I get an additional discount. This is the cheapest way to buy marine electronics that this cheap skate has found. Sitrex SVS650...600 watt digital sonar. New in the box with Airmar P66 transducer....$625. 2 year warranty. Plus shipping Review: http://boatinglocal.com/reviews/si-t...e-sounder.html Hummingbird units: 858c DI Combo 7" color, Down Imaging ......$899. Fishfinder 345c DI, Down Imaging ................$295. Lowrance Elite-5 Gold, Navionics, 83/200KHz transducer .....$445. Garmin remans: GPSMAP 5208..............................$1599.

Usually 2+2 makes 4. When egos,control issues, or politics are involved it may be any number. If the DEC is short of funds and/or manpower they should welcome any help. It occurs to me that there may be a bureaucratic issue involved which should be easily removable with a bit of political arm twisting. (if you can't beat them ,use them). Let's find out who can make political hay out of this issue and coddle him a bit. That might open some new possibilities,while still not touching Caladonia.

It might be possible and it is not a new idea. The Credit River Hatchery in Missasauga is not for profit and run by volunteers. Working together with the Canadian counterpart of the DEC they produce lots of Steelhead and Atlantic salmon. Come to think of it. I would go absolutely nuts if Powdermills could do Atlantic or king salmon and we'd have an Atlantic Salmon run into Irondeqoit creek. I can see myself drooling at the thought.

To get a good answer on that question and many opinions on different products, you should really go to a website called "The Hull Truth". http://www.thehulltruth.com/

The DEC does allow private hatcheries do put their stock in the Lake Ontario tributaries. The Riedman Powder Mills park hatchery has been releasing brown trout into Irondeqoit Creek since forever and it is a privately owned not for profit hatchery run by a bunch of volunteers. Springs are the preferred source because they have a constant temperature and the water is not contaminated with viruses .

The dam is right next to the hatchery. The water intake of the hatchery is upstream of the dam and the outlets are downstream out of pipes that are not in touch with the water. Unless a fish can jump into a pipe and swim upstream in the pipe and then go past the screens it cannot get into the hatchery. If you do a Google Earth search,you will see what I mean. I much prefer the idea of an alternative site that does not endanger Caledonia. The Niagara river might be a good place,but another springfed hatchery much like Caledonia with all the same reasons why Caledonia is a great place would be a better choice. I can imagine a hatchery in Moravia in Fillmore Glenn which is well away from the Canal system and has steady temperatures.

The hatchery is not connected to the Erie Canal system . It is spring fed (hence the constant temperatures). The springs are a few hundred yards upstream from the hatchery and because of a dam there is no passable down stream connection.

What I understand from the DEC response is that they do not have a way to detect VHS and IPN in the salmon eggs. Knowing this,they do not want to take the risk of contaminating the Caledonia Hatchery which is as yet without any of these problems. Yes it would be nice to have an added source of salmon fingerlings,but it would be terrible to contaminate Caledonia,its brown trout hatchery and its superb cold water trout fishery. I understand the desire to have an additional source, but as long as the DEC cannot detect these pathogens in the eggs, we should go for the DO NO HARM principle. When the DEC figures out a way to make sure that the eggs are clean, then by all means, bring them to Caledonia.

First post and asks for money...... His site is called : "Go Fund Me".

Did you consider leadcore? It is a cheap way to get deep down.

The seize of your rods is directly related to the seize of your boat and the seize of your crew. When I fish the fingerlakes for lakers in a 19 foot open bow by myself I use 10 foot eagle claw light action rods (almost noodles) This softness of the rod allows me to really bend that rod when I set the rigger. That makes for a line that tightens up very fast often put tension on the line right away. That is great when fishing and steering by myself. On a larger boat with at least one other crew member you can use 8 foot rods that are a bit stiffer.

Gambler,half your box can be lake trout. That should make up for lakers being pushed out of the LOC derby

The Sodus Pro-am will have nice quiet sunny weather!!!!!

I did not fish a mouth ,but while visiting friends in Oakville last week, I visited the Streetsville fish ladder and there are a lot of steelhead.