Sk8man

WTG Paul Tough competitors too

There should have been a yellow sticker on the EZ steer indicating that the tension had been factory adjusted and not to mess with it. It was set so that it would hold tension yet telescope when the trolling motor is raised. I'm not sure about the Merc small motors but my OMC motor has a tension screw/bolt at the base of the motor head (top of lower unit shaft) which controls the lateral (side to side) movement of the motor head and lower unit shaft. It is normally adjusted such that it will freely swivel but under some tension so that you can steer properly with the motor if too tight it causes steering difficulties if too loose the motor won't hold position. Even with normal setting of the tension when you are underway full tilt you may see some lateral movement of the motor on the bracket especially when it is under rough conditions.

You've sure had the fish dialed in this season Dan WTG!

You said it Jim Thanks Sean, Dale, Ted and Jim I forgot to add that I didn't mark much and what I did mark was at about 40-60 entirely nothing deeper.

Nick and Theresa - A big "thanks" for sharing your Lake O fishing experiences online with us. The videos add a great added dimension - especially for those folks stuck at home or work Glad things (conditions) finally improved for you at the end.

I just replaced two of my reels with the carbon fiber tournament drags one greased and one dry and I totally agree with buckboards post. The dry one has a little more "tension" to it and that is what I was trying to achieve. They both run very smoothly and are well worth the price and I'll probably put them in dry in another dozen or so reels during the winter.

Nice going on the bows final flight Nautitroller I can't even imaging pulling a boat through the Ithaca traffic especially around places like the Commons. I LOVE Ithaca and would live there if I didn't already live here in Canandaigua but the traffic setup is the absolute worst I have ever seen here in the US or Europe for that matter.

WTG Joe and company!

I was supposed to go to Lake O this morning with Admiral Byrd early but woke up ill at 4 AM bowed out and went back to sleep. Woke up later feeling better and decided to fish Canandaigua so launched at the north end 9:45 AM and started at the water plant and trolled up the west side (south) toward middle....quite a bit of large grass pods floating. A lot of recreational boats out already and a sailboat regatta pretty much as expected. dropped in a 250 copper with spoon and two downriggers one at 45 and the other at 55 ft both with sliders Trolled south until about 12:45 and caught 3 rainbows along the way biggest about 3 lbs others about 17-18 inches. Each rainbow was caught on the same Great Lakes 44 spoon with orange tape. They were down (2) 45 and 55 respectively I had 2 Sutton 44's with the same orange tape on the other downrigger and they weren't touched. Switched out copper for wire rig with flasher/fly and trolled back north on east side and nothing. Quit and picked up my wife and daughter at the Steamboat Landing public dock and went swimming to cool off. The entire north end was more of a "zoo" than I have ever seen and later it took us over 2 hours to get in the canal to the launch because of all the boats waiting to get in and circling around in the canal....unreal! So today my boat joined the recreational boating crew but I looked a bit out of place with the rods etc. but we paid for it too waiting to get into the launch. No fish on sliders and no fleas noted at all

Nice fish and great pic....that sky in the background really sets things off. Looks as though the lake is finally being kind to you folks

I've gone back to 50 lb mono (Big Game) for flies after breaks with the commercially tied fluoro flies without noting any difference in hits etc. even on the Finger Lakes....and I tie my own flies now I've also gotten away from using the single hook above the treble....unnecessary and snags more easily in the net

Nice going Mark and good report. We're hoping to get out early AM and get after them

Better find that banana on board quickly Nick

Was it this year or 2012?

Jimski is right. The connectors above are "clean" too Here is what the receptacle looks like installed and on the second shot you can see how close the back ones are to the riggers

It is possible that you had the trigger too tight but also possible (given the wrapped leader) that somehow the leader wrapped up past the dipsey and prevented the arm from triggering at all

Nick .....the "master of rod switching and net management" I was wondering if Theresa was going to get on your case about the messy floor and your shirt....nice ending (sounds just like "home" to me)

Good one Gary! Yeah I suppose next you'll recommend a good psychologist