Sk8man
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20 -50 ft or so. There are spots at the south end where it is 100 ft plus just a few yds of someones dock
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They are almost always "sketchy" to catch here. best I can tell you is work the shoreline and drop-offs preferably early AM just as it gets light. Try jigging on drop-offs. They will be pretty bottom oriented when the light is up and outward usually within 100 ft of water.
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Sounds like a shorted switch. Might want to call Fish 307 they service them and may be willing to give you info to try.
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Did you try pressing the RESET button? (the other button from the up and down switch)
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Fish Facts Friday - paper on alewife die offs from cold shock
Sk8man replied to schreckstoff's topic in Open Lake Discussion
One of the things that is hard to factor in is that In Lake O especially the currents are not unidirectional they go all over the place and there are many cross currents. Very different than most river current. -
Thanks for sharing the experience it is exactly what I was referring to. -
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Earl you need to know the length of tube (if too short they won't lock in, and the degree of angle on your gunwale needed (i.e. the slant direction of the inset e.g. mine angle toward the front of the boat at 30 degrees)
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You may want to rethink Lake O with the Seth Green because of the kings as they could make a huge mess and lose some tackle. I tried it a long time ago and luckily only caught lakers
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I don't think Jan Brewer is still in business out in Ovid. Might want to give Fishy a call Stan he might know where to get them if he doesn't have them. https://fishybusinesstackleshop.com/hours.html I haven't seen them with the tag for years though. He has the regular bead chains and a small version of spring clips. (like those pictured on Brian's post below) I've been using the standard bead chains for years now and make my own spring clips to attach either to the ring or between the beads. The faceted plastic beads help to grasp them and especially in the cold weather. I haven't been able to find the longer springs for awhile but the shorter ones you can get at jann's Netcraft as well as the tool kit for making the spring clips. If you order it get the one with the manual etc. You can also use a standard swivel snap and attach it to the ring instead of between the beads.
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Sandy 6/12
Sk8man replied to fisherman21's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
WTG Manny -
As far as I know the Gobies haven't been introduced there. Keuka doesn't have a direct connection to the Seneca River for them to spread by themselvesetc. Hopefully they won't be introduced by some idiot using them for bait or something. -
Sandy 6/12
Sk8man replied to fisherman21's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
Keep pecking away at them Manny. Encouraging to see action happening out there. -
The decision to stock Ciscos may have been based on the fact that they don't create the Thiamine deficiency in trout and salmon and grow to a larger size than sawbellies perhaps providing more nutritional value?
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Joe makes a good point. The Chinooks do get down pretty good (e.g. #5) and they do have that advantage of less resistance in the water. I have them in my arsenal as well as the others.
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The Deeper divers will achieve greater depth with less line out than most other divers (about a 1 1/2 to 1 ratio at 2.2 or so when set at zero. I have bounced bottom in 155 ft of water with less than 300 ft of wire out at 2.2 set on 1 before on the Fingers. If I want to run deep that is what I use but it doesn't account for strong currents either such as those often experienced on Lake O and sometimes on Cayuga or Seneca. Slide divers are not nearly as good at achieving depth and why bother with all the additions to achieve it when another "tool" can do the job better. Longer leads down deep can potentially create more slack and crappier hook-ups I think when run down deep. Again just an opinion but maybe something to think about.
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"stealth doesn't matter all that much down deep". Others may disagree but it seems true even with riggers in my experience. The deeper you go the less you have to worry about stealth in my view. While in the upper levels of the water column and in shallow water it can be critical
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I consider slide divers and mag divers two different "animals" the slide diver you use for a stealthy presentation away from the boat, turbulance, and noise while the mag (Deeper diver in my case) is used to achieve depth more consistently. For the deep presentations I use the Deeper divers and for suspended stuff higher in the water column I use the sliders. I think i have mentioned it before they are somewhat different "tools" in the toolbox so they may be better at one thing vs. another. Just easier and more predictable to use them this way I think. Down deep stealth may not be as important than in the higher ranges of the water column. Again, just an opinion.
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I didn't notice any mention of taking his Guide license away.
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sliding cheaters
Sk8man replied to kempie's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
The clip is a trot line clip from Jann's Netcraft, then a small piece of shrink tube and a large Duolock snap -
The reason I mentioned the fin clips is that if present they can be checked with diary information and an estimate made about age when stocked vs current size etc. better than nothing if the other better methods are not possible. Sometimes clips aren't present even on stocked fish (e.g. if missed when doing the clipping and it happens) but most years they are clipped prior to stocking and especially back then. -
I wonder if it had any fin clips because that could give a good estimate of at least stocking age.
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good one JJ wonder why it isn't in the history books....probably cancel crowd's doing
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sliding cheaters
Sk8man replied to kempie's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
The reason for 6-8 ft is primarily because of the rod length as you want it short of that for netting the fish so you don't have to hand line it in. I have used them as short as 2 ft. successfully and 12 ft. which I hand lined in. The leader length isn't what usually is the problem. The reason I use the tiny rubber bands that girls use for their hair is that when half-hitched tightly they stay on the mainline and don't drop off in the water and they will reel right up into the reel without problem if I don't get them off on the way in.
