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Sk8man

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  1. Matt, Great job on the boat and neat selection for a name.....you summed up boat ownership pretty well too Best of luck with it and the fishing.
  2. You're welcome pardner. Best of luck this season with the fishing. Les
  3. On the Finger lakes Seth Green rigs (if set up right) will out fish most other equipment or methods perhaps with the exception of someone who knows how to pull copper real well or effectively jig in the case of lakers. In most cases it isn't NECESSARY to use flurocarbon line on them either especially if wire is your main line....a little stretch can actually help in that case, and because you are running deep most of the time the effect of line visability is a minimal factor. Once the thermocline sets up running jug rigs run well behind the boat can be real productive on rainbows and browns.
  4. Yeah poor Ed...first he loses a big brown and now no doughnuts.....what's next? geez hope that doesn't fall off too
  5. "leave the Vanish on the store shelf......" The point is well taken. I experimented with Vanish for awhile on both Seth Green rigs and downriggers etc. and no matter which knot I used it broke right at the knot (despite lubrication etc.). My hunch is that when looked at under a microscope the line itself may be irregular (not symetrically round) as well as being "brittle" and when these two things are combined at the knot it serves as a "cutting" force as the lines at the break appear more like a cut than a "break" to me. I know the better fluoro leader material is expensive but I think the quality control in its production appears to be much better than the cheap fluoro line. If you add up the loss of a fish and the five or six dollar lure (or worse yet attractor and lure) it seems worth the money to buy the "good stuff" OR stay with a brand of mono that you know works.
  6. That too Nick....it is inconceivable that our government has become this incompetent not to properly safeguard ( at least encrypt) information of this nature and scope. We are talking extensive detailed service records of millions of our citizens. The real scarey part is that with that very specific information foreign governments can make very accurate calculations about specific aspects of our military as well as the potential military "preparedness" or "readiness" of our civilian population as well as many other important considerations I won't mention publicly. After WWII it was disclosed that the Japanese had discussed the potential invasion the US but they believed it would be impossible because they thought so many Americans had guns in their homes and would be prepared to use them against them.....so there is considerable value in keeping actual information out of the hands of our enemies and this applies to Russia and China in today's world.
  7. This could be much scarier than credit related stuff. Those records are much more extensive and relate to much more than credit records and especially in the hands a of a foreign government....(security clearance related info etc.)
  8. Sweet! They should be packing on the pounds by late Summer/early Fall...
  9. They allow too much stretch of a good hookup.
  10. Happy Birthday Nick! I'll give ya a break and not make any pink jokes today
  11. I know this is not fishing related but I also know there are fellow veterans on this site. Apparently the VA records have been hacked into by various governments (Suspected China and Russia among others)....including SS numbers etc. we may be potentially screwed already. http://www.legion.org/security/216119/foreign-hackers-steal-va-data
  12. I think Marty was just joking with Ed on that post above....I don't think he was messing with you.
  13. Sean, I think this is the guy Andy is talking about: http://www.lakeontariounited.com/fishing-hunting/index.php/topic/36167-forsale-custom-rod-holders/?hl=holders
  14. Great footage. It leaves me wondering if trolling speeds should be slower or leads to fly should be adjusted to slow it down. Looks as though they have a hard time actually nailing the fly
  15. That's great.... and even better that you get her into fishing! Good to see kids actually getting out and doing stuff instead of staring at the TV or video games.
  16. Try going the the main home page and in the SEARCH block at the top type in Troutman87
  17. Go get em Ed! Maybe you'll connect again with that Loch Ness monster that got away recently.... These weather guys are really ticking me off....They say thunder storms and then nothing happens....if I didn't get "spooked" it would happen sure as h....guess" living on the edge" out there has made me too conservative now... Have a great day out on the pond folks.
  18. In addition to the info I sent as PM.... Ed is right (as much as I hate to admit it ) Fran Barrett is good about Mercs and he and his wife Deb are honest as the day is long...great folks you can trust to give you an honest answer.
  19. Haven't been out since last Saturday's report but hoping to go in next couple days or possibly Saturday if the weather report changes (T storms). Last time out there were quite a few weeds on surface in long narrow patches (or bands) spread out intermittently and some cotton.
  20. Welcome aboard! Best of luck to you this season. Les
  21. I used them on my 10A 's for quite a while without any problems....but I wouldn't go any heavier either...
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