Sk8man

We got the electric sky show on Honeoye tonight just as things were starting to look good for a walleye dinner too just got home....and it is blowing like crazy now.

Thanks Ed

Good cautionary point....I had assumed he would read the reviews if interested in it and would have seen the info in the reviews as you apparently did.

Really makes you wonder just what is going on with these lakes.....

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This always seems to be a tough time of the year here on Canandaigua until the water stratifies. Sometimes it looks as though there is nothing out there at all....they must burrow into the sand Another couple weeks or so with warm weather and the rainbows will be all over the lures.....

Oh no! Let's hope Nicks gets up late or something.....

Same spoon I lost a real big one on in the derby awhile back...

After looking at other posts about that unit. It looks as though the 2 ft. depth thing is a firmware/software issue or (hopefully not ) possibly a design flaw in the chip or circuit board. Several people have mentioned the same problem.....I'd contact the Humminbird tech folks to see if they have a "fix" for it. YT's comment is well taken though...might want to switch to an Airmar transducer if they don't solve the problem as a last resort to try (better transducer anyway from the comments I've seen)

Yeah Nick is just trying to keep the "northenders" from coming down there to grab his fish

Kinda tough on those lakers Nick....the salmon are spoiling you.

Erabbit good luck during the derby ...hope to meet up with ya in person maybe or see ya out there... tight lines!

What a day out there...that water looks like a swimming pool in someone's backyard...good going.. you keep this up and they may have to increase the stocking figures for salmon

Looks like Nick might get a chance at a rod this time

It seems as though it is a glitch in the firmware Andy. Might want to see if they have a current "fix" on their website. The techs there must have an idea from the sound of it...seems like a generic problem.....hopefully it isn't a hard wired design flaw in the main chip or board...

Are you talking about the normal stainless steel stranded wire downrigger cable or something with a probe attached and coated cable etc.? To my knowledge you shouldn't be experiencing any problem either way if everything is shielded properly (e.g. no cracks or breaks in the shielding materials) and you have located your depth finder power cord and transducer wires as far away from other electrical sources as possible (i.e. not taped and run together for example). If you are referring to stuff that looks like interference on the depth finder towards the top or surface it could be normal "clutter" or possibly you have the gain (sensitivity) set too high or the position of your transducer may need to be changed (e.g. picking up prop turbulance).

Hey Nick ....you have got to be faster...she's hammering ya Probably that combination of female intuition and lots of coffee again Nice fish ...great reports. I sure would rather be out there than moving all my daughters (and her roommates) stuff out of her third floor dorm to an upstairs apartment across town in Ithaca

Something to try....get a can of Endust duster (aerosol spray for electronics) and spray it on the base of the housing where it screws on until the can gets very cold to the touch and then try unscrewing it or try placing one of those instant cold packs on it and then try unscrewing it. Sometimes the contraction of the cold metal will allow things to be separated.

They are identical to the ones I had back in 1976 on Seneca Lake....brings back some memories....

Umbrellas are much better used in salt water where they originated. I don't think I'd care too much about catching a big chinook on one ...would be pretty clumsy (if you got him in). I haven't tried them for many years for trout (lake trout) but in the past they weren't nearly as effective as Seth Green rigs or wire. They can be set up a variety of ways but the usual ways are either to put on 4 attractors on the outside connectors and an "active" hooked lure slightly behind them in the center one or to have five active "hooked" lures with the center one usually just behind the other four. The problem with the latter approach is that if a large fish hits one of the outside lures the umbrella "tips" and the other lures (depending on how they are set up and what they are) may get tangled and actually help the fish to get off. If you use very active lures on them you may only want to run just that rig because with multiple lines like dipseys etc. it can easily get tangled in the umbrella or vice versa.