I somehow got on a e-mail list from canals.ny.gov and the press release said guard gates at Holley, Spencerport and Brockport were raised recently to lower canal water levels so repairs can be made for leakage somewhere west of Brockport.
Yes, those are the clipper releases. Orange and green. You really can’t go wrong with Scotty releases for copper. They have 2 settings and when set on the heavy position the braid holds long coppers no problem.
39 deg? Hmm. I would say that’s the exception rather than the rule. Plenty of bait around the I-Bay outlet. There is something going on with the juvenile browns. We noticed a downturn last year. Could the cormorants have put a hurting on a whole year class of browns from 2019-2020? Big flocks of them in I-Bay already this year herding schools of you name it
I found an old Boat US magazine article about boat sealants and adhesives.
The best sealant in your case would be BoatLife, a polysulfide, or 3M 4000 UV, a polyether. 3M 4200 and 5200 are polyurethane construction adhesives and not chemical resistant.
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Here is an interesting article on lake levels
There used to be a Pursuit dealer in Port Clinton OH. Should be some used ones around on Lake Erie. My Pursuit 255 Offshore with a single 250 fishes very nicely on Ontario
An added bonus of running split shot or a rubber cored weight in front when running flatlines, is it helps to keep weeds and other crapola off your lures