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oh man I caught that in the spring when the water was 39 and had it on the grill within about 5 hours my wife did a simple rub and some fresh veggies on the side i'm dying to get another one now hopefully the spring will grant me the same forutune again next year

a smaller fish is the perfect size to feed two If i'm catching fish all day and had my choice I would keep one in the 4lb range of the target species and let the rest go including the bigger ones my wife and I both like fresh fish but if i freeze it I will never thaw and eat it so there is no point in wasting it. there are some people i can give fish to if I dont think they are going to make it but thats a last resort. this spring I got a coho in the 20inch range i couldnt get that in the box fast enough everything else that day went swiming but that was the best fish meal i've had all year and I would keep another coho that size in a heartbeat. keeping smaller fish in moderation is good harvest practice keeping everything to fill a box regarless of size not so much. All that being said a put and take fishery depends on both put and take

i can match that offer and throw in some kids to sweaten it

whats the difference if you keep it when its 1 year 2 years or 3 years old your still keeping it before it runs the rivers if you keep it smaller that means there is less compitition for the remaining fish so they can feed easier and get bigger.

the water is so cold this year and every thing is so late they didnt have to move south to stay comfy so they are just gorging on bait this year gonna be a nice class of fish for next years derby again. i wouldnt be suprised if there sneaking real shallow at night and eating panfish in numbers. looking forward to the south end winter bite got my fingeres crossed i'm gonna get several trips this year from november till march

i love it when its set up there it is the closest lauch for me so i get the most time on the water. it has also produced what is for me a lake best lake trout and brown trout though i admit i get very few browns on seneca i have to get my fix of those out of i bay in the spring.

this is a great place to learn If I had to start back at my first junk lines I would start with two short cores and splice in some mono between the colors that way with two rods you can run them at several differnt leanghts. they work great in the spring and can be deadly in the fall when the kings are close to shore. in the summer they can double as a swr. i started with a 10 color and will likely not own one again anytime soon I have a 3, 5 and 6 color and with the mono splices can turn the 3 and 6 into a 1 and 2 color I will always have those set ups available. this year i am experimenting with a torpedo diver to run them deeper I have had limited trials so the jury is still out. the flexability is the nice thing especially for a small boat lots of options with only one or two rods. I'm still not sold on copper i own a 300 but it sees limited use. i'm in it more for the sport and end up releasing more than I keep so the copper is not the ideal set up especially i was not able to afforde a super high speed reel.

i ended up with the day off friday so sounds like a good day to go fishing. put the kid on the bus and headed to roys stayed on the west half of the lake with the wind and glad i went out. had the fist fish before i got 3 rods in the water. found schools of bait and pods of fish everywhere ended the day at 8 for 12 with the big one being 12-13 lbs. did manage to get a pair of bows into the boat one about 4-5 and the other only about 20 inches was a battle with the wind but caght fish at all depths lakers on the dipseys back 220-240 and the rigger down 60 took 5 shots including both bows. sorry no pics didnt want to clean fish today so everything got back in the water quick. now i cant decide if i wanna go back there next weekend or if i hope lake o is calm enough for me. anything white spin doc with purple flys took fish.

as much as i would love to see kings in seneca it will never happen. still lots of fun fish to catch there.

my boat is a 14 footer but the bigger issue is a small motor so the slow top end speed keeps me closer to shore. also my schedual means i tpically dont get out till after 8 so i mostly fish evenings. i have been waiting for the right conditions and hope to get out on lake o a couple more times with the fish close. seneca is always a nice place to fish to though fish just arent as big and no chance at a king still fun though.

so after watching the weather all week and the web cams all day decided to take the little boat up to hughs in the afternoon. figures its flat when i leave and by the time i get there was a touch of a chop. check the forcast one last time and we decided to go for it. Other than spring browns and fall rivermouth fishing i havent been out on lake O in 15 years or so the boat is little and slow but the motor is reliable so i took the chance set up in 80 foot of water decided to only run 5 rods to start to keep it simpler. fished from there till 150 fow ended up with an 8# steelie a small 4#ish king a 10lb laker and a pair of nice 12-14 # browns also had 5 other knock offs with no one home. maybe not steller but i fish the fingers most of the time so it was nice to go out after the real big guys and 3 fish over 10 is a good day to me. hits were all from 90 -120 fow 60-80 down greens and blues did all the damage. cut bait and spoons about a 50/50 split nothing on the spin docs. Definatly got a few looks on the way out from the much larger boats in the marina. was a blast and i will continue to look for weather oportunities to fish lake O in the late summer when there are fish within a mile or so of shore that is about my comfort limit in case i need to run from weather. wanted to say thanks to this site as every hit i took was on a bait or tactic i learned on this site after a long absence it feels nice to be able to go out and still get some fish. sorry no pics everything went back in the water.

i had the pleasure of being sick once on a boat was on a vacation in the keys with my parents (as a kid) got sick on the head boat after about an hour of fishing it continued to come out of both ends for the next 3 days even on shore. I still went fishing each day with my dad on the head boat and a charter. I think it was an actuall stomach bug i have never been sick on a boat since and that includes a cod trip getting on the boat at 5 am very hungover possibly even still inebriated with disel fumes in the air and drinking a beer eating summer sausage with cheese in a can for breakfast. the sight of my meal made a few others sick. We did once take my cousin out on lake O she got pretty quesy so put her head in the buckett and fell asleep woke up with the imprint of the bucket rim on her forehead priceless.

thanks for the boat pic i'm on my faimly vacation and had to be up real early with the little one. pretty hungover to so the pic was nice to see. looking forward to some black lake bass

i caught myself staring at your boat in the backgroud man that looks like a nice set up

interesting you bring this up I had the same problem with my mag dipsey on saturday it is not clear but UV green. I have been running this same dipsey for 3 years now and this is the first time i have had problems It didnt occur to me till this thread but the difference is i have been experimenting with no snubbers i guess i'll have to go back to using them. I havent lost a fish with out one yet but dont have the numbers overall to make a real comparison but the twist sucks so if that gets rid of it than it would make the snubber question real easy for me

I got a late start due to some chores at home so i decided to fish the north end. Right from the start i marked small pods of bait everywhere but could get hits up high so i fought the skiers till i hit the north end drop off and started working that everytime I got into 100 fow or less i popped a fish ended the day 7 for 8 with 6 lakers up to 9lbs. could have got more but i was having weird twists with my dipseys they would release than spin so i was fighting fish and dipsey? maybe it was from bumping bottom? hot set up was a mag dipsey 240 back with a white nuclear glow spin doc and purple mirage fly. hit one small bow on a free slider and lost a LL same lure the rigger rod bounced several other times with out releaseing i think there were small LLs and bows short hitting the slider. over all a good night and given the thunder here this morning glad i fished yesterday instead of today.

thats got big sturgeon written all over it

thanks i've been thinking about this since my last trip whenever i get it in my head to learn a new technique i have trouble letting go untill i get the hang of it. next week is my anneversery so its gonna be two weeks before i'm back on the water i'm dying to use some of the tips ive been sent. Probably gonna hold off on wire till next year (budget) i spent this years extra fishing budgent on a homemade rocket launcher planer mast system it still needs pole holders.