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Pretty good result for just "practicing" Chris

Believe it or not I caught one out in nearly the middle of Seneca lake on a flutter spoon via the Seth Green and down about 80 ft. They are a really peculiar fish True story.

BossHoss I think maybe pap thought you meant $9000 for a trailer when he looked at the wording that came before the price

Best of luck with your situation Frank.....you sure have the sympathy of the rest of us. Most of us boaters have been through stuff and it is never fun being surprised by stuff like that let alone the financial end of it. Lets hope thisends up being a "blessing in disguise"

I think I'd be thinking twice about removing the kicker if it works well for two reasons: 1. safety - having a backup motor at this time of the year when sometimes there aren't many folks out there is smart , and 2. your big motor wasn't really designed for slow trolling for hour after hour and will probably "load up" at some point giving you potential problems and the kicker should be better on gas.Just something to think about.....

Just a couple of additional things to the good info above. As you can see from the depths mentioned the strategy of fishing just one particular depth regardless of where you are in the lake is of limited value - especially at his time of the year as much of the bait is deep yet and that will primarily guide their locations. Lakers are creatures of habit but they are also opportunists with a somewhat varied diet. At this point in the season some of the big ones may venture into shallower water to scrounge because they don't fear other predators (such as big pike in the Finger Lakes that they actively compete with in the shallows) but for the most part groups of lakers can be found out deeper especially around any bait (which is often very bottom oriented at this time and sometimes present but hard to see on many depth finders) and the lakers are most often also found very near the bottom as well because of this rather than suspended as they can be in the warmer water temps. So this pretty much guides the strategy. You may want to start out at the 70 ft mentioned and work outward on diagonals from there to the 2 hundred range and then back with your setups very near bottom (e.g. peanuts and Spin N Glows behind cowbells) or downrigger weights with short leads on the setups. They are often curious about any commotion near bottom probably thinking it is an active school of bait on the move or something.

I may be mistaken but I think the Switchfire Max mode is using standard CHIRP technology

Kinda depends on the wind direction that day too. A stiff southwest wind and the ride with be bumpy from Sampson but not from Severne. If out of the north the opposite may be true

I don't believe it is available anymore.

Severne at Severne Point and Roy's Marina south of Geneva. There used to be a private one right in Dresden for smaller baots at a cottage there but I don't think is there to be used by the public anymore.

DELETED info. big mistake.. intended as PM ....guess I'd better pay closer attention to what I'm doing.

Canandaigua is high but not like Seneca and Cayuga

Region 8 went out in February or at least that is when they were dated. It was a while ago

Nice looking fish good going The second one looks as though it just came out of the stream.

Jason you have a PM

I 'm sure you won"t be lonely out there now....

I think one of the things to think about regardless of brand is just how easy is it to operate out on the water. Although I don't currently have a touch screen model I believe I will be looking at them next time. I have had many Lowrance models without the touch display and I can tell you that for them at least the menus are "nested" and it takes some searching on them for some functions and when you are out on the water trolling the last thing you care to be doing is searching for some function that is hidden in nested menus. Another important thing to consider is: How good is their tech support and servicing? This can be very important if things don't go according to plan with the unit. A user manual should be user friendly and comprehensive.In my view Lowrance sucks in both servicing and the manual I'd look at these things BEFORE selecting a unit regardless of brand.