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100' copper worth having?
Sk8man replied to scobar's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
I'm with Zack on that -
Bomber Long A gold with orange bottom -
Time for a commentary regarding the perch fishing there. I've fished out there for over 50 years through good times and not so good times. For about 18 or 20 years there was about a dozen or so locals and top notch old timers that knew about the perch fishing there. Before limits were imposed (50 perch now) people used to catch huge garbage bags full of beautiful perch and although a lot of perch were caught most of the guys threw back the large female "spawners" and kept the 10 -12 inchers this practice perpetuated the cycle of returning spawners which kept the life cycle going since perch have a relatively long life span. For the past few years VERY intense fishing pressure has occurred at that particular place most of which has been targeting the perch especially the "jumbos" which are usually the females ripe with eggs. Human behavior is nearly always puzzling in one regard because we humans seem to often think in "magical" terms regarding numbers attached to resources....always thinking or believing that we are dealing with INFINITE quantities of things especially in nature. It is as though these things (e.g. fish)are coming out of a hole in unlimited quantities and will be "replaced" overnight so we return to the same spot day after day and in the meantime bring our "select" friends along and then down the road we wonder what has happened to that resource....must have been the Zebras or Quaggas, or the fleas, or pollution.etc. when in fact the problem is US. We fail to comprehend that it takes YEARS for some species to get up to size. Yes there are many perch in that large lake but there are limited spawning areas nearly all of which have been gravely compromised by the Zebra invasion and egg predation by alewives. I fished my usual spot through the ice onlly once this year but with well over a hundred guys there in that limited area i left disgusted in about an hour people starting up gas augers with only 3 ft or so of water, people using a hole that you had drilled a few minutes before without asking etc. Last week I arrived at 6 AM to find boats lined up to launch and a dozen or so folks already fishing from shore. I counted 47 boats that launched while I was there in the AM and 32 of them were all lined up out in front of the breakwall about 50 ft from each other anchored and not suprisingly I didn't see anything much caught by anyone there. If this kind of pressure continues with folks keeping the spawners etc. there will be nothing left there in a very short time. Pretty sad to see......especially when there are literally hundreds of great perch spots within 5 minutes of the launch...but the herd mentality has taken over as well as greed (keeping the spawners). -
It seems a bit confusing to some folks because they labeled the new blueotooth unit as the 4D the same as the previous model. The new unit has a RED display rather than the blue color.
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Jared - when I lived In Holley I used to operate the Main Street and Park Ave. lift bridges in Brockport and I sometimes would operate others like Hulberton, and Albion and I always kept a rod in the car and after work I'd walk up and down the banks at those places casting spinners and sticks etc. all along the banks. I caught all sorts of bass, pike, big rockies, and other unintended species as well. You don't really need a boat for much of it really and in many places you can cast nearly across the canal so you can fish it from one bank. Just wait until they fill the canal and go to it.
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I sure hope things improve Stan.....I know reports from the traditional spawning areas and gateways to them (e.g. Cook Inlet) have not been encouraging in the past few years for salmon from everything I've heard.
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Very well put Mike
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You earned your fish in this weather -
Might also want to check the inflation on the tires - -
Pretty cool Ed first time I've seen that.
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Looks like North end of Keuka fish to me. -
Sounds as though the axle needs to be moved to re-distribute the weight. Sounds like a lot of tongue weight to me. You should also have a full tank of gas in the boat so it doesn't slosh back and forth. Often the width of the wheelbase can be a factor but it shouldn't be with that truck. I had to get an Expedition rather than the Explorer because of that issue. I also had to have the axle on my trailer moved a couple times before the weight of the boat was right. Prior to that it was like going down the road and having the tail wag the dog as the front wheels of the Explorer were nearly off the ground.
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I think this is the link for the Duckhunters Club : http://senecalakeduckhunters.net/
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And all this for just $19.99.....and wait....you can get a second set of everything... just pay shipping and handling.... Holy cow! are you folks set up or what? The fish don't have a chance this season
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Brent - You picked out some real good ones . I had a lot of luck with the bows last year with those lures both on Canandaigua and Seneca and I intend to give them a real good workout this season as soon as I can get my boat out there. They are great lures and I know Jason is very dedicated to making them as high quality as possible. I'll be giving my Suttons etc. a rest this year for sure.... -
You might want to think about just PM'ing info
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There used to be a place right on Wellesley Island where you could get the Canadian license....just can't remember the name of the place It was a ways from the park though. Maybe ask at the park gate or at the store at the boat rental launch
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Not exactly a new method....been done for many years but for a number of recent years much of Keuka hasn't frozen enough (especially the Branchport arm) to get out there to do it.
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Hundreds of thousands of good perch spots on that big lake and they play "monkey see monkey do" and then wonder why they don't catch anything...and spoil the shore fishermen's day in the process (who don't have the ability to go to the other spots) pretty lame to me. One of them even started his motor out of the water and let it run for about a minute before launching.....good luck with that! -
Mike you must be turning 100 pretty soon aren't ya? -
I counted 47 boats that launched there yesterday morning and they were lined up about 50 ft from each other from the beach at the north end to well past the south end of the breakwall....pretty ridiculous and most didn't catch a damned thing
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Fishhawk and Lowrance transducers close to each other?
Sk8man replied to codybuehler's topic in This Old Boat
Cody did you update the software that came with the Lowrance HDI with the latest update? http://www.lowrance.com/en-US/Software-Updates/Elite-40/ -
Looks like freshwater sculpin to me too