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Will the free beer be coming out of the wall again?

Skyman, how about you take three and I take one?

On 7/19/2022 at 2:31 PM, Gill-T said:

This bill would destroy hunting and fishing as we know it in America. Republicans need to get their heads out of their ass now as we need a sane Republican Party now more than ever. This latest move is friekin head scratcher.  Please everyone on this site would be negatively affected if this passes so send an email to your representative to squash this bill. 
 

 

I'm sorry to say that this is not a head scratcher, but the logical result of people voting to be against something or to spite somebody. If you vote for the likes of people like Boebert and company you should expect this sort of stuff. These politicians who love to scream are being cynically used by people in the background who are a lot smarter than they are. Vote them out and vote for people who may not be perfect , but who care for the greater good. Every time I hear one of those screamers in congress I fear for our democracy because it is being raped by these mud rakers who have yet again found some red meat to feed to non thinking followers.

If you get depth reading some of the time, your problem is not the transducer. I would check the wiring and have the unit on your dash checked.

As for getting a new fish finder, They are all pretty good. My personal preference is Furuno, but when you ask 2 fisherman, you will probably get three opinions

May I humbly suggest that you find a supernaturally gifted weather prophet. Those guys are right a full fifty percent of the time.

8 hours ago, Gator said:

I'm thinking that I remember a time when there was a robust landlock stocking program in Irondequoit Creek that went belly up due to poor returns. Isn't this an idea that's already failed once? Next thing you know, we will be re-electing Trump, or God Forbid, a retread like Vice President Joe Biden lol...

 

I love Atlantics, but they've proven to be a difficult fish to manage, anywhere they've been introduced. Anything less than a well-conceived, all-in approach that targets one stream (such as the SR) is going to be IMHO throwing $ in a hole.

That was a long time ago. Irondequoit creek has undergone some very extensive  rehabilitation work like removing silt from the gravel beds and planting way more trees to keep the water cold. Also, the hatchery now has a pump system that pumps up cold ground water ,mixes air into it and sends it into the creek. All of that makes I-creek a different creek from what it was 20 years ago.

41 minutes ago, Gill-T said:

200,000 stocked has been and continues to be a paltry amount that will continue to yield a run of maybe a few hundred fish. A nothingburger. IMO at this point the only semi-consistent “run” has been on the Salmon River. All plants should go in the Salmon if the fisheries managers want to create something. Having fishermen targeting Atlantics in skinny water like Iron-creek does not make conservation sense. Oak Orchard has too much warm frog water for spawning success. If you are going to do it right, build another building at Altmar and use some river water mixed with well water for imprinting and then stock them at the mouth.  

Iron creek has another thing in its favor. As it winds through the Rochester suburbs, there are good long stretches where fishing is impossible because it is in suburban backyards.

1 hour ago, GAMBLER said:

If they survived well, I'm all for having more Atlantics.  But as I pointed out in the thread on the open lake discussion, Atlantics are greatly affected by Thiamine deficiency (in both fry and adults) and mortality is high.  Atlantics will not do well until they have a more diverse diet with less alewife.  

I see your point and it has merit. when I read the Atlantic stocking program proposal about 2 weeks ago, there were a few things that jumped out at me. First the fact that the DEC has altogether stopped stocking kings in the Sandy.I had forgotten about that. Second, that the DEC intends to use a strain of atlantics that is less sensitive to the thiamine defiency caused by alewives. Third, that the DEC thinks that because of the more diversified diet in creeks and the fact that atlantics eat gobies they think that there will be more of a chance that atlantics will thrive and start reproducing. What I miss in the DEC plan is a more aggressive approach to creek rehabilitation and restoring tree growth around creeks. As for those who go by the principal of not changing the things that seem to work well... Here's a little story. It's about my daughter who just celebrated her 40th birthday. Around 1998 she worked doing baby sitting and stuff and I suggested to her to open a savings account. She however went and bought some apple stock and such and saved it. Today I still live in the same humble home that I lived in 30 years ago and I have some savings.My daughter just bought an 8.2 million home in the heart of Silicon valley and vacations twice a year in Hawai. My point is that we should be open to change or we will slowly calcify.

I like the idea of walking along a restored creek and seeing some small atlantic salmon. I also like the idea of having a a very athletic fish that jumps a bunch of times when hooked. The beauty of an atlantic salmon is something to behold.. Besides , at this point there is a lot of natural reproduction of kings in more than one creek. In short, there is nothing wrong with yet another type of fish to catch. I am open to see how stripers or wipers however you wish to call them will be in this lake. ( I suspect they will become salmon food) besides, I hear that atlantic salmon likes to eat gobies.

Does it have super slim spoons?

1 hour ago, Fishbowl836 said:

Thank you for the information. That was very helpful. Does anyone have any information on letting out more 19 stranded wire affecting the dive curve?

The company producing the weighted steel claims that the sink rate of weighted steel stays the same when 19 strand wire is used. So if with 200 feet of weighted steel you go down 40 feet, the next 200 feet of 19 strand will take it down another 40 feet.

As for sinking rate overall. That depends on boat speed , current speed and size of lure /flasher fly. The more resistance, the higher it runs. Just like with all other types of line.

As for comparison to copper. Copper is fine and possibly better than weighted steel,... until the copper gets knotted up and you spend half an hour cursing and sweating to untangle the copper birds nest. Weighted steel does not easily get knotted up and is more user friendly.

I am looking for a Big Jon  Planer mast with a base. I don't need a reel, just the mast and the base.

Thank you.

How much for big jon mast and base.

A wire rod will last longer and the rollers will have less wear on the wire. You can call that more efficient. I love my wire roller rods. It seems to make my setup more complete.

If by "springs" you mean guides, then it would depend on the material that the guides are made of. As long as the guides are made of a hard material that the wire does not cut into you should be fine.

Wire roller rods come into play when you use them 3 or 4 days a week, but for the occasional weekend warrior it is less important.

I'll take them for $220

You have a pm

This is simple. All you need is painters tape and a good wad of paper toweling.

Make the toweling soaking wet and wrap it around the probe making sure that the sensors on the front end of the probe are also soaking wet. Put the probe crossways under the transducer making sure that the probe antenna (that round thing in the center on top) is right under the transducer. Tape the probe up under the transducer to keep it in place making sure that there is plenty of soaked toweling between the probe and the transducer and check the screen. Its a lot simpler than big buckets and such.

Good luck.

Finally an afternoon where I could get away from taking care of my ailing wife. Her illness has kept me tied up at home.

Anyway, quite an exciting shakedown it was. We went out of Braddocks Bay for my first time and learned that although it is only 20 minutes away from home, it is also very shallow and unless you know where to go (which I did not), you may damage your prop.

Once out on the lake, it was time to start breaking in the new 3 liter Mercruiser (michigan motorz)engine which I installed last winter. That was great. No more nagging fears of engine breakdowns because of an inexperienced mechanic who insisted on building his own engine. Next came the new steering system on my kicker, a push button remote "Tailfin" setup. While my buddy was struggling with the steering we soon found out that Islanders with side wind and wave action need a certain speed to react to the kicker steering. So I decided to put out the otter boats  for directional stabilizing. After the boats were out I send the dipsy diver rods  out and everything seemed fine for a minute. Then my buddy pushed a steering button a bit too long and the result was that the otterboat line caught a dipsy rod and pulled it out of the holder and into the water. I saw $400 hit the water and go down. In pure frustration I pulled out the downrigger rod, jerked it loose and felt resistance. I started reeling it in and somehow the jerk had wrapped the line around my sinking dipsy rod and very carefully I could nurse the rod back on board. Afterwards the jinks left us and we settled in. The end result was 5 large steelhead 50 feet down over 125 feet caught with orange crush super slims and chicken wings.

It was a shakedown I will not soon forget.

More power to you!!

Not only did you put your money into it ,but also your soul!

Now that boat is really yours. I Bet you that every time you step on it , you will look at it and have a feeling of accomplishment.

You deserve to win LOC this year!

is this legal in NY?

Do you mean an EZ steer setup?

If so, I have a complete setup for $200.

PM me if interested.

One thing here has not been mentioned yet. The bilge pump hose outllet. It may happen that the hose coming from the pump to the drain hole in the side of the boat sort of hangs down. This allows wave action to throw small amounts of water into the bilge pump and into the bilge from there. The easy fix is making sure that the bilge hose is kept higher than the bilge hose outlet so the water cannot get in. Don't ask me how I know this.

On 6/6/2022 at 2:54 PM, LongLine said:

You thinking just the weight or that it vibrates more?

It is probably mostly the weight. But if there is extra horse power as well ,then you get a bit of everything. The damage is not always done in the water. Trailering is often the culprit If you work with a 25 year old transom that now carries a heavier engine at sixty mph..., Anyway, I feel like I am becoming an armchair boat mechanic.

Am I right to think that you went from a 2 stroke to a 4 stroke with the same or maybe even higher horse  power? If so, the much heavier 4 stroke will have done a job on your rig and this leak which is probably on a seam is only the beginning of more trouble to come.

Filling up your boat with water is not going to show you where the leak is. The upward pressure of the water and the downward pressure of the weight of the boat is easily stronger than the maybe fifty gallons you poured into the boat. When the boat is in the water ,things get stretched in all directions which may cause a leak on a seam .Besides, the weight of the water you poured in there may have pressed the leak closed. It sounds to me that you should do a gluvit treatment. This is not something that can wait till fall. It should be done when the weather is nice and warm. because warmish gluvit penetrates every seam and crack and after it dries up properly it is also very flexible and can easily stretch right along with the pressure points in the hull

Good luck.