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    Slide Divers on Wire Rod?

    in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?

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    11 hours ago, John E Powell said:

    I have wire tied to spro swivel, tied to 15-25’ 30lb big game, tied to ball bearing swivel, tied to 4-5’ fluorocarbon leader.

    Diver is installed to slide on big game. Clear bead installed on big game and rests against ball bearing swivel (on lure end) and prevents diver sliding last 5’ to fish.

    I prefer how the slide diver release holds, and operates, on mono compared to braid.

    The tiny Spro swivel at the end of the wire winds right through guides and levelwind.

    i do this exact same thing bead and all i just use 60-75 feet of mono i use my slide divers all spring and early summer untill i want to drop the dipseys below 50 feet than i switch to straight wire.  last year we found kings in may in 30 foot and the slide divers were the star.  they also are great for browns in tight 

    Upgraded downrigger rod ideas?

    in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?

    Posted

    Why do you always spiral to the handle side?  i started building last year and have done a couple full builds and also done several repairs.  for the repairs i did a few with the spiral wrap to test it out and found i very much like it.  it was also easier on the wrist of one of my fishing buddys who has some issues with old injuries.  Its to the point where i did a full down rigger rod build spiral wrapped. i will be building dipseys at some point in the future but they are some of my newer rods and least in need of upgrade.   I did my wrap going counter clockwise from handle to tip. and this is away from the handles.  I did it this way because most of my research showed it going that way but never really called out a definitive direction.  I'm curious because i have some more repair work to do on old rods that i want to use for lead core and am always up for tinkering a little bit to dial things in more.

    Holy eels on Seneca

    in Finger Lakes Discussion

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    Lamprey can also reproduce in the Delta's of creeks. Eradication is not practically possible in lakes the size of Seneca. There are even indications that lamprey have been there from before human interference. That all said human interaction and change of the environment combined with multiple invasive species puts a lot of pressure on the system and sometimes the spieces that best thrives is not the desirable one. Let's hope for ideal weather for stream treatment this spring and a early spring to strengthen the forage base and lead to good recruitment of this year's stockies

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    Holy eels on Seneca

    in Finger Lakes Discussion

    Posted

    36 minutes ago, Sk8man said:

    Can be15 years plus for adults from what I have read.

     

    i think its 15months

    once they metamorphis they do not live very long as the parasite we know before they go back to spawning.  

    treatments should kill multiple year classes as the larva stay in the streams for years.  unfortunatly high water can mean spawning in areas that dont or cant get treated and this can lead to large year classes.  I believe DEC trys to treat every couple years (i might be wrong) which keeps the population down but when weather conspires to stop a treatment you can get a larger hatchout the normal.

     

    a few years back i remember reading where they were testing a second chemical that when added made the lampricide more effective and as a result they could use a much lower concentration to treat and greatly reduce the risk of collateral.  there was also a  study showing that streams with larva attracted more spawning adults.  they took the phermones of the larva and seeded a creek with them and where previously no spawning historically occured they were getting large numbers of returning adults.   the goal was you could selectivly release these phermones in streams that were ideal for lampricide than treat that stream the following spring.  you would be able to target a larger proportion of the population with a smaller number of treatments.  To date i dont believe DEC has updated methods or stratagys in many years would be nice to see some of that research put to use.   

    New(to me) boat - what would you look for? 10-13k range

    in This Old Boat

    Posted

    You can also look for a boat with a good hull for a lot less and use the difference to re power especially with an outboard on an alluminum hull think sabre or Islander type its an option I am going back and forth on my next boat being same size as current boat (sea nymph gls 195) towable or going up a bit and slipping it's a lot of fun looking especially as the budget actually becomees a reality I wish you luck

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    Genesee 9/20

    in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)

    Posted

    a lot of fiberglass is an understatement it was combat trolling like i have not experienced in many years.  we kept a nice tight spread with a couple riggers and couple short cores and had to make more than a few tight turns.  there was a few boats that kept making there turns in the middle of the crowd made for some lets call them interesting angles

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    cannon or Bert's rod holders?

    in Tackle and Techniques

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    Cannon one handed down is the biggest difference I have the single access ones I run one cannon and one Bert's on each side and am happy with both though I do recommend taking the cap off adding glue of your preference and replacing if they were the same price cannons if not than budget dictates. Special note both ratchet up just by pulling no need to work the mechanism very useful with a king ripping I only say this because I did not know that untill I saw it happen in a you tube video

     

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    Roller Rod vs Twill tip

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    use 19 strand wire.

     

    you can get away with a regular tip.  

     

    i personally prefer the twilli.  there are no exceptions or caviets or speical instructions needed.  no worry about brand or special quality, no rod positioning issues no places to catch or get jammed.  

    with all the different things to worry about why add more, user friendliness is a very underratted characteristic

    Seneca 8/14

    in Finger Lakes Discussion

    Posted

    that is a good update makes me wonder it was a few years back that stocking was reduced and the creel limit was increased all due to increased natural reproduction.  i think that applied across several lakes.  I wonder how much of a contributing factor this was to senecas current status.  i remember talking to a "dec rep" (his words not mine) at the weigh in station during the derby that year and was told they had determined that 60% of the lake trout population was natural. maybe that data was off. Maybe for seneca the bag limit needs a decrese as well?   

     

    that lake even during good times had the ability to humble me in a hurry some days.  I havent fished it at all in a couple years and in many ways miss it.  its the lake that got me back into trout and salmon trolling.  Had a bad derby experience that put me off for a couple years (not entirely fishing releated) starting to get nostolgic and thinking about fishing it again next year.  

    Building your own rods

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    8 hours ago, Scalloper 1 said:

    I was checking out You Tube last evening. I think I will strip and rebuild some of my dozens of old rods I have kicking around. These guys took junk and made them not only look like new but customized to be fully functional. Everything but the blanks seems cheep to purchase 

    thats how i got started to.  did a bunch of repairs and it just grew from there.  i went past cheap very early on but with this sport thats almost a given.

     

     

     

    Building your own rods

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    I started building my own last year it's a hobby I like the customization at this point I am slowly trying to upgrade everything so as long as am going to spend the money i should get exactly what I want and I enjoy the process if you find you like doing it than it's definitely the way to go. Mudhole has one of the more all inclusive selections but there are other options for blanks so many so that you can get lost in searching and researching

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