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  1. Wanted to buy older style 310 Penn GTI with torpepedo handle
  2. thanks fishin again. my mind is stuck on may thru july. always seemed like over the years ten pounds was a good average.
  3. whoops not the first mistake i ever made probably not the last
  4. thanks for the answer. so they possibly could gain 12pounds. always thinking how when where and why.
  5. AFTER A NORMAL WINTER WITH ICE ON ERIE AND WITH THE CURRENT FORAGE BASE,HOW MUCH WT. CAN A MATURE KING PUT ON BETWEEN MAY 1 AND THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST. I AM THINKING A 25# KING ON MAY 1 COULD BE A 35# BY MID AUGUST. DO FISH QUIT EATING MID AUGUST AND GO TO STAGING MODE.I AM THINKING FISH STRIKE OUT OF MEANESS NOT HUNGER DURING THIS PERIOD. ALWAYS THINKING HOW WHEN WHERE AND WHY.
  6. MY FISHING BUDDY PAINTED HIS PROBE . WE KNOW WALLEYES ARE SPOOKED BY LIGHT. WE DO WELL WITH PAINTED PROBE.DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD DO BETTER UNPAINTED. THANKS FOR REPLY.
  7. I HAVE LAUNCHED AT LEAST ONCE OUT OF MOST PORTS FROM NIAGARA TO SALMON RIVER . MY FAVORITE LOCATION IS STILL OAK ORCHARD. SOME OF THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE CHARTER CAPTAINS ON THE LAKE ARE AT THE OAK.I STARTED FISHING THERE IN EARLY 80'S. I FIGURED IF ANYONE COULD ANSWER A QUESTION THEY COULD .I WOULD RATHER CATCH ONE MAJOR KING THAN A LIMIT OF ANY OTHER FRESH WATER SPECIES. JUST SAYIN
  8. FOR YEARS I WONDERED WHERE THE SALMON WERE IN WINTER MONTHS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE BULK OF THE SALMON GO TO THE WEST END OF THE LAKE LIKE ST CATHERINE AREA. IN THE SPRING THIS IS THE WARMEST WATER WITH HUGE BAIT PODS. WHEN WATER TEMPS REACH LOW 40'S THE FISH MOVE DOWN SOUTH SHORE WITH MANY CROSSING LAKE TO NORTH SHORE WHERE HUGE PODS OF ALEWIFES SET UP FOR SUMMER. THE SALMON PIG OUT UNTIL END OF JULY THEN MOVE TOWARDS STAGING AREAS. ANY COMMENTS ON THIS THINKING
  9. THANKS FOR CATCH AND RELEASE COMMENTS. THRUSTING METHOD WORKED FOR ME. JUST WANTED TO GET IT OUT FOR OTHERS TO TRY
  10. WE FISH THE SPRING AND SUMMER DERBYS. THIS YEAR WE GOT TO FISH THE SUMMER DERBY, WE RELEASE 99% OF FISH CAUGHT, UNLESS GILL HOOKED. WE HOLD FISH BY TAIL AND BOAT SLOWLY MOVES FORWARD WE GET WATER MOVING THROUGH GILLS. THIS SPRING WE STARTED HOLDING FISH BY TAIL ABOUT 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE WATER AND DROP FISH STRAIGHT DOWN, NOSE FIRST. THE FISH SEEM TO REJUVINATE QUICKLY . ANYONE ELSE TRY THIS METHOD?
  11. thoughts on blinking light in fish hawk probe. attract or spook fish? bactrooler
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