Sk8man

Might also want to place the bag (s) of sand in construction grade trash bags or something as the container bags sand comes in often leaks and it can be tough to get out of the boat and when wet can clog a shop vac

" but the population must be sustained by annual hatchery supplementation despite the presence of appropriate habitat." That may be the most significant statement in the article.

Question regarding invasive water fleas I don't fish Lake Ontario as frequently as some of you as I fish the various Finger Lakes as well as Lake O. I have noticed every time I have fished Lake O this flea season that the previously notorius and irritating fishook type whitish grey in color and sticking to the line much as cottenwood does were replaced on my lines by light to medium green and sometimes translucent invasives that resembled prickly pears or bottle brushes and could be shaken from the lines regardless of type of line very easily while retrieving them and the other type was only very lightly present if at all. Was this different than the experience of others out there? I'm wondering if this was a localized situation or lake wide... On Caanandaigua on Sunday we had extremely gooey dark brown to black gobs of what appeared to be dying or already dead fleas all over ourlines regardless of type line and they hung in clusters andwere difficult to get off.(very slimey). On this one my hunch is that the fleas are "tanking" and dying off now on Canandaigua as part of the annual cycle. Anyone with a scientific take on this?

Hell hath no fury like Lake Ontario scorned

I run the 124 mm Deeper Divers too and often run two per side on my 18 1/2 ft boat. I set the closest in to 1 (to stay away from my riggers) and the outside ones to 2 1/2 or 3 and they seem to run fine in terms of outward and separation between them. I seldom run smaller divers than them any longer because of the increased depth range of them.Trolling speed is always a consideration as are severe turns

Lilly is right. The seven strand stinless steel wire can act like a hack saw on the tip and or line guides unless the friction path is redirected by either a roller tip or a twilli. The twilli tip is the least expensive and perhaps the easiest solution for most folks as good quality roller tips can be expensive (some wellover $100 in the salt water environment) and they vary greatly in diameter so you have to pretty much know the actual diameter of the rod tip shaft and how it corresponds to the diameter number of the roller tips for a good fit. The twillis come with several adaptors in the package and the total cost is less than $10. The cheaper roller tips may have aluminum side plates which when the rod is at an inappropriate angle (say from wave action when in the rod holder) the 7 strand wire may see saw into or through the side plate. All steel roller tips with steel side plates are necessary when using the 30 lb 7 strand wire.

Send them to Andy Copenhaver at Tuna's Reel Troubles and have him go over them and put in carbon fiber drags. It will help but won't make them into high end reel drags either. They are very competent folks there and great at customer servicing, fair with their pricing, and quick on the turn around.

The quality of the antennae itself is a large factor in transmission and reception....not all them are equal to the job.

I also avoid the fatty areas near the spine and belly because that is where most of the potential contaminants are stored and I remove the greyish lateral line material as well during the filleting as it is an area where the strong taste comes from. Bleeding the fish soon after catching them also helps reduce the strength of the taste.

Mike gave you the "play by play" of it

One of the problems regarding the cormorants in numbers is water pollution from their feces. It has happened to freshwater ponds on Cape Cod big time. Combined with large numbers of geese wintering over etc. you have to wonder what the total effect may be on these lakes especially the smaller ones that already are plagued by blooms of blue-green algae.

I use both the large Victorinox and the Dexter-Russell for salmon (when or if I keep them) and a 7 inch Rapala for smaller fish and I frequently sharpen the Rapala. The electric is reserved for perch and walleyes.