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  1. Sk8man
    Just as a general comment regarding boat rigging. When you start to look at placement of rod holders, net holder, planer board masts, or other relatively permanently placed items take your time planning things out but also put yourself in the boat physically with the rods and equipment you'll be using and double check all clearances with the rods in the holders, planer boards in the out position., downriggers in each potential position etc. It can save you a lot of headaches.
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    Ditto on Tim's comments. I also found a couple of the ones with the finish I was talking about in one of my old tackle boxes
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    Hey Kev I thought your Dad told you not to do chin ups on the top supports when things got slow
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    Rolmops is "Da Man" when it comes to the mechanical stuff
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    You'll be fine don't worry about it....sometimes we make it sound like "rocket science" and it isn't. As long as it goes through the level wind you'll be OK. Depending on the reel even that can be dealt with sometimes..I've opened the level wind opening with pliers to accomodate swivels in the past on Daiwa 47H's and even taken them off on Seth Green Penn rigs because the wire cuts into them.
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    Welcome to LOU Dave. Hermit and Guff are certainly the jigging gurus ...especially for Cayuga and Keuka and best of all they share information freely on here. Best of luck with the jigging. Les
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    Me too 18 ft. Whaler with riggers....and I actually use them too Welcome to LOU!
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    Ditto...a touch of class....uncommon these days.
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    Great! The fish gods were smiling on you
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    Cool!
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    Kyle - Nice report and interesting point about the alewife and small brown (also potential bait at that size) being in that same range...wondering what the stomach contents would be of a fish caught near there ...
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    Nice going Justin. Good too that you are showing your son the ropes....we need more kids out there fishing instead of being glued to the video games and TV....it can be the "gift of a lifetime". Having some walleyes in the frying pan doesn't hurt either in terms of bonding
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    Hey can you imagine when you use the freezer approach and your mother-in-law is visiting and goes to get something to surprise you for supper?
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    I think you may wish to adjust the fish caught rate on the morning run (drop the 5? ). Could be that the fish feed better in afternoon/evening and even night time because of reduced bright light levels, or maybe even the sun/moon cycles. They are much more sensitive to changes to both than we are....
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    A lot of folks have had break offs with the Albright and use the haywire knot instead on the copper to leader section and then either shrink wrap it or use a small amount of clear hot glue on it to prevent potential unraveling or fraying. Backing to copper -small inline swivel. No matter what you do you should TEST out the knots because if you haven't tied them yourself...they could have been tied incorrectly despite their casual appearance to the naked eye.
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    I haven't fished Owasco for a while but we used to get nice browns with the smaller version of Evil Eye spoons both off downriggers and Seth Greens where it drops off out from Long Point on the east side and south of Peterson on the west and the dropoff out from Dutch Hollow. Too bad those Seeforellen browns (European strain that were supposed to achieve 20-50 lb size in native waters) that were stocked back in the old days didn't live up to expectations....
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    Guess its time to get some of the special bug spray and get my butt to Lake O (if the T storm picture ever improves ) Geez I'm starting to sound kinda wimpy..... Good going Steve encouraging that some of the kings are finally getting down east a bit.
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    :yes: (one for each lady as well as you Good work!
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    Nick they show as links on mine but they activate fine when clicked and sound and video quality are fine. A couple days ago I was having problems on the LOU site with my postings (very delayed) causing multiple posting. May be something going on with the LOU server too. Might want to contact Chad ....just to check it out....
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    They do make good fertilizer if you bury them (living in the country is helpful too) but I always double bag them in heavy duty garbage bags to save the trash guys from passing out when they go to throw them on the truck
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    Nick they are working OK on my computer right now....
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    Smithwicks are similar but have a different finish which resembles indented scales like aluminum foil in appearance....kinda hard to describe...they are also perhaps a little broader in back of the head and across the back. They usually have a bb inside that rattles. Some have a red spot near the rear lower tail area.
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    I let them dry real good and when I'm about to use them I often spray shad scent on them as I do on some of my other stuff.
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    On salt water we used balloons instead of bobbers if they get messed up on the way in or something you just pop it or cut it off quick, it allowed you to see where the wire started and you could let out line (lots of backing on reel) once you knew position of fish on other line (s) to get it far away from everything.
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    One man's weed heaven is another man's hell....guess that"s life or at least bass fishin vs. trout fishing
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