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    It is windy at Fair Haven, NE winds close to 15 mph. I would say probably 4 footers out there. Wave forecast calls for them to come down around 5 p.m., but we'll have to see. You know how the camera doesn't seem to capture wave heights. This is pointing at the pier from the beach, essentially pointing west. Will add picture in next reply, didn't click "full version" on my phone before typing this, so I think I have to come back to attach pic.
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    It has been slow for us the past couple days.we have fished from 140 to 190 fow with most of the other boats. Fish are very scattered, with only occasional marks. We lost two decent fish yesterday morning - one to a pulled swivel on a pro king magnum spoon green and black, and one broke us off on cut bait off a 250 dipsy. Yesterday also did an evening troll in the same vicinity and was still slow, but did manage two hits on a blue dolphin spin doctor with a blue dreamweaver fly. That was out 285, and my cousin, just in from Seattle, was able to land an 18 pound king. He was happy, and that made our trip. Just one skippy this morning, sounded very slow for most on the radio. Hope to get out this evening.
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    Launched out of the state park with my brother at 5:30 to hopefully get some fishing in before the rain. We headed nnw and set down in 175 fow. First hit was at 7 on a green and silver spin doctor and fly off a dipsy out 275 on a wire rod. Unfortunately, the swivel was inadequate for a decent fish, and it pulled the ring on the swivel -hate it when my poor decisions lead to lost fish. We worked the 165 - 180 range and hit three fish in another hour and a half. Two kings, at 11 and 14, and a small brown. Two hit on an nbk at 90 off the rigger, and one king hit a meat rig down 80 off a rigger. A good day for us, and hit the pier heads at 8:30, just beating most of the rain. We are camping at the park, so hopefully we'll be out a few more days.
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    I'll take them if ckawaki hasn't already.
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    Well, we're one of the ones that didn't do as well as you. We caught one small king on a blue and yellow stingray spoon on a free slider on the 65 ft rigger. That was in 200, fished primarily that 200 foot range. Marked just a half dozen or so marks in our few hours of fishing, although there were some lakers on bottom in 200 fow, didn't go after them.
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    Thanks, jk1. My brother and I fished out of branchport this morning. We set up about a mile south of the launch, but couldn't get anything to go. Pulled lines and motored down to the bluff. We hit a couple small lakers and a nice pickerel on spoons in short order, but that was it. Marked plenty of fish 60-100 feet down, but they apparently didn't want what we were offering. A beautiful day on the lake. Winterizing the boat now.
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    Somehow double posted, removed text.
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    Has anyone been out on Keuka? I fished it last October for the first and only time and did well on the lakers. It will be my last trip for season, and it's a ways for me, so just looking for confirmation they're biting. Planning on launching from the park in Branchport. Thanks.
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    Nice fish, WWIV.met you at the launch a couple years ago. I will be out a couple times on the weekend.
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    I have the Sea Chaser 19, and really love it. I bought it off a fellow LOU member. Of course, I moved up from an 18 foot Starcraft aluminum. The fishing room on the boat is impressive. I think you'd be hard pressed to find many 22 foot boats with more deck space. If you've done the research, I think you probably know the Sea Rangers in the same size have a little more room in the cuddy, and less aft. That, and perhaps the Sea Rangers all come in hard top. Don't know if I'm recalling that all correctly. It is good on gas, I've got a 130 HP Etec that doesn't use much at all when trolling. I think it's pretty topped out at around 35 mph with another couple fishermen and gear. I feel it handles the conditions I'm willing to fish in just fine, but I do feel the boat bobs quite a bit. Maybe going a little bigger would help. The only other thing I would mention is it seems to ride high to me in the bow. I'm 6'3" and I almost have trouble getting a good view out the windshield. Nothing a different chair or additional cushion wouldn't remedy, but I find that kind of odd at my height (maybe I just need to sit up straighter). I believe Iron Duke on this site either owns an Arima, or it may be a buddy's that he fishes out of regularly. You may want to PM him. There's a great Arima owner's forum, too. If you haven't checked that out, and are seriously considering the boat, you should. Lots of good info on there. Feel free to PM me with any other questions, and good luck. Oh, where are you in North Jersey? I'm in Hunterdon.
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    Thanks, guys.
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    Fished from 6 until 11 pretty much straight directly north of bay. Set up in 150 fow and pointed north . Marked very few fish, some small marks as high as 50 and nicer marks around 110. Hit one 17 lb king on wire dipsy out 275 with bloody death spin doctor and fly in 180 fow. Continued north to 220 with a few other boats, but didn't do anything. Came back in to around 150 and the lakers near bottom were hungry. We took 4 from 9 to 15 lbs on a Finger Lakes Tackle king of sting spoon on our 135 rigger , and the largest on a 42nd spin doctor on wire dipsy out 325. Finished 5 for 6, so a really good day for my brother and me. Our hits were 2.3 to 2.8 sog with speed at our probe of 2 to 2.4. Fleas were not too bad on wire. Hopefully back out around Labor Day.
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    The big fish came on a blue and silver head behind a gold flasher.
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    Up camping at the state park, and getting out on the water when we can. I fished solo from 10 to 1 on Sunday without a bite, running one rigger and one wire dipsy. Fished from 95 to 150 fow, and did mark some hooks around bait, just no takers. Fished Monday morning with my brother and just couldn't find much of anything. Got one 8 lb brown down 40 on a magnum frog spoon. No other action. Took my neice and nephew out Tuesday morning in the rain and rough conditions with a pretty good sourherly. Fished 100-300 fow, and again no hits. Looked like boats mostly were in search mode. Decided we would try cut bait, which is new to us, so stopped by Screwy Louie's in the afternoon and they hooked us up. Wind died in the afternoon and we knew Wednesday wouldn't be fishable, so we launched at 6 on a calm lake. Set up in 225 just northeast of chute. Twenty minutes in had two 7-8 lb kings, one on the meat behind flasher on 80 rigger, and one on a FLT spoon (blue green ladderback that was free slider) on 90 rigger. Trolled out to 300, screen was pretty blank the whole time, turned back south and about 8:00 the wire dipsy out 180 took a shot, over 225 fow. Fish put up a good fight, with runs to 400. My brother Mark (yukiginger) played it well, and we put the 24 lber on the deck. This was also on meat rig behind a flasher. It was a beautiful couple hours out there. Hope to be back out tomorrow. Will add pictures soon.
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    We were in the same general area, although we continued to troll north to 500 feet to see what the half dozen or so boats that were out there saw, with no luck. We pulled lines and headed back in to the 250 fow area we had left. We ended up 10 for 12 with 5 keepers, which is a good day for us. 3 steelies 5-7 lbs, an 8 lb laker, and a small king. Top 40 feet for us. Caramel dolphin caught a few early off the rigger, free slider. One on a flt king of sting spoon off a dipsey, and a couple off flasher/ fly. Laker was on a black and silver stickbait off a board, so up high. Be back at it in five weeks out of fair haven. A beautiful day on the water with my brother and his neighbor.
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    We went 6 for 7 in the same area, 8 lb. Laker, couple browns 5 and 6, and a bonus 8 lb. walleye ( my first, released). We only lasted about an hour this morning 4/19 before the waves built too much and scared us off.
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    Got out with my brother (yukiginger) for our shakedown this afternoon out of Irondequoit bay. It was just clearing out of the north as we were driving up, and we were pleasantly surprised by the beautiful afternoon on the water. Very light winds and nice sunshine. That may not have helped the fishing, but... We put out our boards with various stickbaits, and eventually got a rigger down with a spoon. We fished east of the chute and got all the way down to Webster park and Hedges. It was a slow afternoon overall for us, but we managed a couple keeper browns, and caught probably 5 dink salmon. The hot stick was a black and gold rapala, but got a brown on a caramel dolphin spoon off the rigger also. Water temps were 46-50, marked plenty of fish, but couldn't get many to go. The fish we caught were in 12-15 feet of water. All in all a nice start to the season for us, though, and the boat ran great. Hope to be out again tomorrow morning and maybe Sunday morning. Good luck to all.
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    I'll take them. Will pm you.
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    Thanks, Sk8man and Legacy. I think I'll try the church tx22s.
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    Guys, I've run otter boats in the spring for browns, with some success (don't get out much), but I think I'd like to try inline planers this year for the whole season. What board do you recommend for inline? I have a couple copper setups that I always run a dipsy off. I was thinking of running the inline off mono or braid, and using either a jet diver or snap weight for depth. I read somewhere that you could run a dipsy (non-mag) off the Church tx22, but it seems that would be borderline. Board - Church tx22, Offshore? I like the church with the clip to ensure I don't lose the board. Your thoughts on board and any rigging limitations are appreciated, thanks.
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    Thanks, abc. Sea chaser here also, the 19. Love the fishing room!
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    Fished Keuka for the first time ever today out of Branchport. Options were limited in this wind, and it was a good choice. We ended up limiting on lakers, mostly small, but got one 4 and one close to 5. Flashers and flies were the ticket, with one mountain dew spinny and atomik fly taking the majority of fish. Lots of fish in the north branch and we stayed in the 160-180 range and marked fish consistently from 60-100 fow. A beautiful fall day on the finger lakes with my brother and another good fishing buddy.
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