Sk8man
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I guess when the dust settles the best release is the one that works best for you and what you get used to I think we now have a flavor for the most popular releases though and that sorts through a lot of different ones on the market -
I don't think it will happen anytime soon....but there sure still seems to be a strong presence of rainbows through natural reproduction here. Much of the impetus for the regulation related to Seneca and Catherine's Creek issues not actual data from here. Even though I share your general view I don't think it is a really bad idea to give the bows a bit of "vacation" either....Just hope is doesn't turn out being forever! If they really wanted to do something they could cancel fishing in Naples Creek and the Derby there for a couple years and concentrate their enforcement efforts at eliminating poaching at night and that would definitely lead to an improvement in the rainbow population but that won't happen either....It would also deal with the problem of destruction of the redds by idiots trampling with and without knowledge of what they are doing during Spring fishing and the derby. Money is involved and with it political influence etc. so real action won't happen.. kinda like the NYS Safe Act and gun control - instead of dealing with folks with mental problems and revamping the mental health system they make a law that has nothing to do with the real problem to appease the anti-gun nuts...same here it isn't people trolling taking too many rainbows...
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Huge largemouths on Lamoka and Waneta and some decent smallies. big pickerel tooand on Waneta Muskies but fishing for them is pretty much during the Fall (October/November) and on Lamoka there are still a few big ones but they stopped stocking it with them before they stopped on Waneta so not as many. Real nice Black Crappies there, and so so perch and pumpkinseeds....Not the Seneca Perch that's for sure Probably the nearest places to stay would be Hammondsport or Bath ...don't know of any places right near either lake. Might be using surface lures pretty soon though because it gets pretty choked with grass in the summer...only 20 ft or so deep in Lamoka and 25 or so on Waneta as I recall out in the middle where the muskies are.
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Yankee Troller is dead on the mark. I've tried most if not all conventional releases over the years as well as some home made ones and I always go back to the Black's for all the reasons Rich mentioned. They have a great range of tension settings...I use them on the outriggers as well as downriggers abd even have a set specially rigged to be used on other people's boats if I'm fishing with them (and they don't mind)
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I am convinced there is no RIGHT ANSWER that fits all situations. My wire and braid rigs are run off 6 1/2 ft rods with roller tips. There is enough separation on my boat and they work great. I run top stuff and small dipseys from 8 1/2 rods from my 15 ft. outriggers..again good separation. The down riggers have telescoping booms and I run them off the back corners angled 45 degrees usually but at higher speeds straight back and seldom if have ever have had a tangle. I find that the shorter rods are much easier to handle in my particular boat (after a lot of experimentation with various rod lengths). An additional benefit is that t is easier to net fish as I often fish by myself. The decision regarding rod size pretty much boils down to personal preference, particular boat set up, and whether or not you can do all that you want or need to do to catch fish. I seldom run more than 6 or 8 rods so this is also a consideration.
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Typically June is a "transition" month for the Finger lakes as well as Ontario and with the recent storm activity and heavy rains the apple cart has been upset a bit in terms of the water temps. The bait is still easily accessible to the fish as it is clumped up in shallow (40-70 ft) and they are probably well fed without having to work for their meals....they are located right next door to their prey, and may be feeding heavily at night or wee hours. They won't expend energy chasing down stuff if they don't have to. Once these major bait concentrations start to disengage and break up into smaller pods and redistribute throughout the lake and the thermocline sets up things will heat up....the rainbows will be more active in the upper layers of the water column and the lakers will be more bottom oriented.... but locating the bait pod remnants will still be the key to getting fish in the boat.
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Basically each size dipsey has it's own set of strengths and weaknesses. I use the smaller size off my outriggers for shallow water presentations with light flutter spoons mainly (with mono), the mediums for down to70 ft or so (with wire) and the Deep divers for 100 ft plus (with wire).
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Black releases I've used them successfully for many years and they are very reasonably priced as well (about $10-12)
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When I was a kid we found one crossing the road near a major stream my little sister had a small broom in her hand and I stuck it out toward the turtles mouth and he snapped the broom handle right off....glad it wasn't one of my fingers... he was about the size of a medium wash tub ... -
Major porkers....those browns...eating machines...nice fish! -
Seneca South End 6/9, big Salmo Trutta
Sk8man replied to BrookTrout's topic in Finger Lakes Discussion
Nice fish....beautiful coloration good going! -
Good luck and be safe Ed. Hopefully Andy left a few browns for ya. Les
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Try not to get the one with the square wheel
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Normally that is right Poke....but for whatever reason folks are reporting that larger sawbellies are in the stomach contents and that's what I usually try to match up as closely as possible. Most of the time around now I use small spoons....on Canandaigua today I never had a touch on small spoons but even that small rainbow I got hit a 4 1/2- 5 inch Doctor spoon.
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Nice day on Canandaigua but they were fussy
Sk8man replied to Sk8man's topic in Finger Lakes Discussion
Thanks Ed.... I know you've probably been there too.....at least it was a beautiful day...after all that darned rain.. I forgot to mention that there was quite a bit of "cotton" on the surface but it was fishable a least. -
Got on the water at 5AM and trolled south from the pump station to Menteth Point then across to Pelican and south along the east shore. Nothing at all on west side in the way of fish....only one pod of bait marked. The east side was a different story .....marked massive pods of bait mostly in 50-75 ft water with many fish mixed in some ....large ones suspended in and near the bait and a bunch on and near the bottom....looking like lakers taking a nap I messed with them with a variety of lures , attractors and distances on lead core, wire , dipseys and spin docs with no takers. I then went to downriggers and for a long while back and forth through the bait and the fish no followers and no takers. I then went slightly shallower....40 -60 ft and set the riggers about10 ft off the bottom ....shore side rigger goes of and then the arial show started.....bow jumped at least six times and took out the drag after each time....he fought his heart out and was totally spent when he reached the boat and my efforts to revive him were to no avail. .... so in the box he went.....and that was the end of the action and story. Tough day on the pond....think I should have gone to Seneca and joined the other lucky dudes Here's my fighting buddy anyway...I figured he at least deserved a pic despite not being quite the trophy he tried to be.
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Nice fish Ed....guess I should have fished Seneca instead of Canandaigua -
I haven't been down there in a bit so DK on colors etc. but if it were me I'd be trying fairly large spoons as it seems that the reports have been that larger sawbellies are in the stomach contents of the ones caught....e.g the size of NK 28's etc.
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My hunch is that EarlyRiser was right dead on target with his response.
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Good going Andy!
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Just to be clear he didn't post the letter I did. He sent it to me and in light of the previous intense interest in the gun/ammo issues I then posted it for informational value for those who wish to see it and who have been following these issues. I posted it in the fishing section because many fishermen are also gun owners but may not hunt any longer (like me).
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I think I'd have bags of sandbox sand instead of concrete mix....ever gets water on it..... -
Yep! black it is!
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If just trolling looking for fish (in shallow especially) I use the 200khz for better definition and separation of fish and bait and weeds etc. When trolling out deep and just surveying for fish and bait I use the 83 khz because the cone angle is wider so it spots more. I don't use "Fish ID" because it often confuses fish with bait or weeds and just shows whatever it spots as a fish (I tested it out in water where I could actually see what was there). It could be used out deeper I guess without as much of a problem but I'm used to the conventional "arcs" after years of this stuff . Most of the time I leave it set to auto sensitivity but when out deeper I sometimes turn it up a bit because I'm not as interested in the 'surface clutter" anyway
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Note: Meals -on-Reels is correct....on the general functioning of the 50 vs. 200khz I had them reversed...that's what happens when you try to do something without a whole lot of sleep (and apparently not enough coffee). However picking up the downrigger balls is also a function of boat speed, weight of ball, currents, on turns and depth that the ball is at etc. because they can go in and out of the cone angle. I have a dual beam and I can usually mark at least one of them all the time and most of the time both of them with the 83 and the 200 khz. Reportedly there is 120 degrees of wider sonar coverage with it but Lowrance doesn't give the cone angles for my unit. My old 50 khz picked up both downrigger weights but had trouble separating them if close to each other in depth.