Sk8man

Thanks Justin….I wish I had brought a rod but probably wouldn't have had time. Kind of funny though today I was at the big dam at Grand Teton National park and I noticed a couple guys get out of their truck with rods and immediately go downstream and when I walked across the road I noticed a sign saying that it was NO FISHING in the Park after October 1st but those guys were long gone to warn and then when we were back on the road I saw a ranger heading for the dam Heading for Bryce Canyon Utah tomorrow AM for 2 days then on to Sedona Arizona for a couple more….it is incredible out here. I've flown over it before but never did it by car…unreal! Looks as though ALL the trout are stocked around here though. Good luck fishing guys….

Congrats to Brian, Mike and Jason - Seems kinda strange looking at this posting....I'm sitting here at the Teton Village hotel (near Jackson Hole) at the foot of the Teton mountains in Wyoming after putting about 2500 miles on the car in the last few days and spending time in Indianapolis, Lincoln Nebraska, Denver, Boulder Colorado... and although this place is incredibly stunning....I'm still missing fishing....watched some guys landing a pretty good trout (couldn't tell what kind) today on the way (fly fishermen) on one of the rivers and I felt like...where the hell is my rod . Oh well, have to wait until I return from LA in a week or so. Hopefully the fishing on both Canandaigua and Seneca will be better by then. Those great lakes lures work great too Breadman....you'll be glad if you get them. Best luck to you guys. Les P.S. You bow hunters would have a field day here...the elk are all over the place and prong horns too....no big horn sheep yet but tomorrow probably

That is a real substantial mount Ralph and it is what I'd be thinking about if I had an aluminum boat

Good report and nice coloration on the bow.

Time very well spent Sean the fishing stuff will be there long term the opportunities to connect with kids evaporates quickly and it needs to be maximized whenever the opportunity presents itself.Your priorities are certainly where they should be and....you haven't missed much out there either.

Lately it has been a tough day that the "fishing office" for most of us and the weeds sure don't help out either. Hopefully the water temps will drop soon and with it the fleas. The weed situation is another matter....I don't remember it being this bad for so long and it doesn't appear to be getting better. I'm hoping that when I return from out west in a couple weeks things will be back to the normal Fall fishing but a lot will depend on cool nights, precipitation and wind velocity and direction and we all know how much control we have over that stuff I'm crossing my fingers you find some "bald spots" in the weed fields Mike. Good luck out there.

Especially on Seneca Thanks Sean he is a great guy and is retired from there now. I hope all is well now with your stuff and that the fishing has been treating you well also.

Cool! by the way did you ever get that football out that he ate?

A now gone buddy of mine who was a Vietnam vet used to live right next to an abandoned gravel pit that was on the property he rented way out in the country without nearby neighbors. The coyotes drove him nuts at night so he rigged up an SKS rifle in a tripod aimed directly at the bait and set out bait and hooked a trip wire next to the bait so he let the coyotes kill themselves (not a recommended safe practice) but he eliminated a bunch of them.

If the holes in the top of the gunwhale are factory recessed rod holders (can 't tell from the pic) and are angled toward the back you can use Cannon gimbal mounts with low profile swivel bases and mount the downriggers that way.Mine are exactly that way and it works perfectly. It also allows you to take the riggers on and off just lifting them out for security purposes or storage. You can also use pedestals to increase the height if needed (not needed on my rig) Pic 1 - the components upper middle and right are the Cannon gimbal mount and the low profile swivel base on the lower left is a pedestal for increasing height if needed Pic 2 - the mounted downrigger on the gimbal and swivel base Pic 3 not a great photo but gives you the idea of how mounted - I have 2 sets of therecessed rod holders so I can position the downriggers closer to me if fishing alone and run the dipsey holders at the back

Congrats on a great Finger Lakes laker Bruce. Thanks for the pic John. Looks as though the winner ate one more sawbelly than the 2nd place fish Some nice ones caught.

Thanks guys - Jason Actually he pointed out several features of my MERC motor (even internal stuff) and prop that I wasn't even aware of and went over servicing specific things in it ....unreal. Best of all he said he was really impressed at the top end speed with 4 big guys in it and with all the equipment in the boat (47 mph) which I thought was pretty neat for a Yammy guy to say (even his motorcycles are Yammy's)

I think Ed gave you some real good advice. Although frustrating sometimes....having a "familiar" boat is worth reconsidering...."new" or "different" is not always what it is cracked up to be and can as frustrating or more so than getting your own "nest" in order....worth the money to have someone used to messing with it take a look as Ed said may be something simple but not obvious and could be inexpensive as well. Don't "throw the baby out with the bath water" this early