Sk8man

Some real familiar faces in that pic

I know a major concern is the effects of long term super cold weather on the water temps and YOY but I also wonder whether it would be just as bad to have the temps this warm and then have an extreme rapid cold snap reducing the water temp.

The unfortunate fact is that the elections in this state are at the root a numbers game and upstate votes don't really mean much these days. The state is run by downstate numbers.

Yeah. government was originally designed to serve the best interests of the people; not to impose your own opinionated will on others without any actual understanding of the issues involved or the consequences of those decisions.

Very cool! Brian deserves a good plug for his company and his efforts. He has helped out a lot of folks on LOU over the years. Along with meat rigs they are the best thing out there for catching lakers.

yeah no shortage of bait on that lake and chunky fish to prove it

To me it looks as if the Lowrance lost the bottom temporarily and is picking up the rigger weight and thinking it is bottom if that isn't a second echo above the 70 rigger which would indicate the sensitivity is set too high as mentioned . Might want to check the mount on the transducer to see if it is loose too.

16 hours ago, marinerak87 said:

Everybody kniw this is a R&R spoon. It was asked what it was, not who could paint one similar....

I was offering an option if he couldn't get one of those particular paint jobs. I've used Dave's spoons for years so I understood the request; I don't know what the problems is with that.

I guess my point was that the ACTION of the same blanks is the same regardless of the paint job. It suggests that you can paint them yourself or have someone paint them for you.

WTG. That is what the holiday season should be all bout!

I've had a bunch over the years but the one that sticks out in my mind is when fishing one of the Spring ESLO derbies back in the early eighties it was pretty rough in the lake for my 13 ft. Whaler so I fished Sodus Bay. I was somewhere near Thornton Point when I observed something in the water coming toward me and it looked like an animal of some type but couldn't tell what from the distance as there was quite a chop on the water. I was fishing two top lines off outriggers at the time so I couldn't make real sharp turns. The thing sped up towards me and  then I realized it was a deer swimming toward me. I had slowed up the motor and the deer swam faster and faster toward me. It came close to the boat and tried to get in ( I kid you not). The boat had very low gunwhales only a few inches up from the surface and I was a bit concerned he might tip my stuff out as I knew the boat itself wouldn't sink. I sped up the motor and got away from him and called the Sherriff boat that happened to be out in the bay. They somehow steered the deer back to shore and everyone lived happily ever after

Yep I have the X4D Bluetooth model so might consider it and use my existing probe as backup. Nice they made it backward compatible.

Ah got ya Thanks. I just had a quick look at the pics on the website....should have looked a little more in depth

So am I correct that it costs 1200 to 1400 WITHOUT the transducer?

Prior to the fleas I used to use 12 lb. Big Game with a 10 lb Seguar fluoro leader on both the Fingers and Lake O. After the fleas it has been 30 lb SeaFlee with 10 lb leader on Fingers and 20 lb fluoro on Lake O.

During the early Spring and late Fall I use the former setups on the Fingers when the fleas aren't a problem.

Good going John

1 hour ago, Long time fisherman said:

SK8man thanks for the reply.  I don’t get the reason to attach to the core? 

 

If the TD is placed right at the lure it may read deeper than it would normally run. The resistance of the leadcore in the water if placed where mentioned should give a better estimate of where a light spoon is running otherwise it may appear to be running deeper if placed at the spoon end. Just my way of doing it but others may have other ideas too.

I'd leave the spoon on if light one and attach the TD at the swivel on the leader where it meets the leadcore. Even with the spoon the depth should be within 5 ft or so

It appears to be largely related to warm water temps and when the water gets about 50 or so they seem to disappear but I have read that they definitely winter over.

Several friends and neighbors have had knee and/or hip replacement procedures. Each of them has mentioned that it has been life changing. The rehabilitative therapy (PT) is not easy but as stated above it is totally necessary and can drastically affect to final outcome of the surgery according to them. If it were me I would also check to the degree I could (e.g. online or with people that have had a particular surgeon do it, maybe talk with your primary care physician if you respect his/her judgement).  Sometimes reviews can be helpful. Not all surgeons are equal and you should have confidence in the one selected, but also the procedures themselves (multiple ways of doing the surgeries with different re-cooperation times) have improved greatly in recent times.

If you have a Fishhawk TD you can get a little better estimate than just guessing

Breaking the lead inside doesn"t affect the line strength much the outer sheathing gives it the strength. Most kinks can be straightened out too without much effect on line integrity. But....new line is pretty inexpensive too so that is usually a good option as well.