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From what I understand ice coverage has to less that 250 sq miles or about 3-4 percent of the lake coverage before the boom is removed. I thought there was also a date that they have to start taking it out by, anyone know that date?...............just found this info, interesting Lake Erie has an average depth of approximately 60 feet (18.2m) Lake Erie will during most winters freeze completely over creating 10,000 square miles (25,900 sq. km) of ice. The Niagara River is only 23 square miles (60 sq. km) and could not handle such a large volume of ice. With or without the ice boom, only 2% of all ice from Lake Erie enters the Niagara River. The remainder (98%) of the ice pack melts in Lake Erie. The ice boom does not prevent the ice in Lake Erie from melting any sooner or later. Studies have shown that the ice boom holding back the ice pack on Lake Erie has little effect on the daily weather in Buffalo, New York. Each Spring, the International Niagara Board of Control determines the date when the ice boom is removed. The decision is based upon the amount of ice remaining in Lake Erie and the weather conditions. Normally, the ice boom has to be removed by April 1st of each year unless there is still more than 250 square miles (650 square kilometres) of ice in the eastern portion of Lake Erie. The earliest removal of the ice boom occurred on March 5th 1998 and the latest removal of the ice boom occurred on April 25th 1997.

Thanks, I thought with wire you had to treat it the same as copper

Colville's Outfitters on rt 5 in Hamburg has the new Seaguar Salmon line. I bought it but not used it yet

why so much wire....1000' ?

I see guys at Ferry st a few times a week, all I've seen caught are lakers around 5#

Moore subtroll,....I was just at the manufacture shop here in Buffalo NY to have my unit recalibrated for the upcoming season.It checked fine at 9 years old. What got my attention with talking with the owner is that you can run more than one probe and only need one head unit. All you need is a simple switch to change from one probe to another, kind of a pretty cool tool to hone in on the vertical depth temp your looking for.

thanks guys for all the information. I have a 1000' spool of copper with 2 new Diawa Seagate 60 reels. I think I'll do 500' & 400' then put the extra 100 on a smaller reel. I fish the Niagara bar and Olcott.

if you could only have one set up, what length would you build, and why?

fin clipped to ID them as stocked?

I have about 15 of the nasty boys, work good at 2.7 plus and when fishing deep sets

What a great class, my first time attending and I could not believe the amount of information that was shared. I've been salmon fishing for many years learned many things (tactics) I never knew before. The cost was worth every penny, and I'll be sure to attend again next year.

I'm in

the tighter the holes (smaller) the better for the fish. They help to distribute there weight more evenly, actually the ad for Frabill says it all.

thanks guys

Ok, So I'm going to be running copper for the first time this year. I'm making 4 setups, 100' 150' 400' 500 all run on inline boards. So where trolling along and a fish hits you grab the rod and ..............what!! do you set the hook or not???

I think I have one, I didn't dig it out but if I remember right it's about 4" x 4" with a center post that the rigger sits down onto. I have the rigger to go with it as well, hand crank with a 3' boom