Sk8man

Ahh Nemesis good point.....I never thought about that... thanks!

That isn't what I meant at all....I was just saying that yes....a few of them (larger females) may have moved into the shallows now but apparently many are still in the deeper water since some folks have been KILLING them out deep for the last few MONTHS. AND... now that the mussels have f 'd things up in the lake the spots have changed. I've been fishing out there my whole life (over 60 years) and I can assure you things have changed greatly . I was not being critical of your fishing in any way.

Sounds as though they may have been sort of the first females into the shallows from deeper water. The females are almost always larger than the males. My hunch is you either didn't get out deep enough and/or weren't in the right spot (e.g. 40 plus ft. of water). Things have changed significantly since the arrival of the zebras and quagga mussels. 

A big   on Falmouth. My in laws live in Eastham-Orleans and the Cape rocks. I've been going there during the summer since 1967. Love to surf fish for Stripers off the shore at Nauset Beach, Coastguard Beach and by boat with sand eels off Chatham in the rip near Monomoy (although the seals are a pain and now the Great whites have moved in there to get them) . 

Rather than shrink wrapping it I use a hot glue gun on the wrap especially the tag end (clear stuff and I can see through it to see if problems works fine...

Regardless of which ball bearing swivel you decide to use make absolutely sure it is a SOLID RING swivel. The split ring type can cut your line with a big fish on them when the line slides to the opening part of the ring and wedges (despite tying the knot properly and tightly)....it probably cost me a trout derby in the past....and I change out the snaps with duolock snaps which vary in strength and size so I can adjust for specific rigs, fish species etc. or buy just the ball bearing part and add my own duolocks accordingly.

I'm assuming that the second battery is DEEP CYCLE but regardless If it were me I'd do them SEPARATELY. They will be drawing current differently. Usually there is a different setting on the conventional charger for each type battery as well that you select before charging.

It is during the NON-FLEA season but not DURING flea season. No fleas on copper and copper reaches greater depth easier. On the downside it can kink much more easily too if you aren't careful with it. I think that 7 strand stainless wire is superior to both of them most of the time and if weights are used can get down to greater depths than either are capable of for less footage out.

Oh and should  I mention.....back in the early eighties during the ESLO Spring Derby my fishing buddy and I had a ritual of the first guy to lose a fish had to chug a beer no matter what time of day etc. Well....I lost one right as we started the second day at about 6 :30 AM or so. I hadn't eaten breakfast that day either . I chugged the beer but that is the only time I ever felt queazy on the water... and it was the last time I suggested the ritual. Moral of the story: Don't drink beer before 7 AM or on an empty stomach OR think it might be the other guy that always loses

You can also use inline sinker (few ounces) where the leader attaches to the main line.... or use a good sized duolock snap on the split ring (suspended) of your swivel and hang the sinker from that. (I'm assuming a short leader with this setup allowing you to net the fish with the sinker still attached) but for longer leaders you can unsnap the weight on the way in from the duolock snap if you use the duolock setup or else hand line in the rest of the way. Been doing it for years and it works.

I always know when the warm weather is about to arrive....the robins don't have their parkas on

Thanks again Flyrod2 ...for the report and your efforts.

That must be one heck of a year class of landlocks down there too because they look like the bunch of "cookie-cutter" ones we got a couple months ago there. They're a lot of fun.

And.....don't mention too much about flare guns because Emperor Cuomo might decide we can only have 1 cartridge

Way to go Sean...nice box of fish too!

Conesus is open water on the webcam

I don't think you'll be getting a whole lot of arguments on the expensiveness part of it

It was the same way last year at the north end....it took forever   (and why?)

The earlier point made about the depth of freeboard (sides of the boat) is very important as well as the design of the back splash itself. I used to get my feet wet riding on a friends big Grady because it had panels (or little doors) on the back of the  transom deck that allowed water to come through big time when it was rough despite making it easy to wash down and keep clean etc. In my current boat the freeboard is closer to my waist and I've never had a drop of water in the boat from waves or from the back splash....much more comfortable ride.

Yeah Kuba is my kinda fisherman Gotta love the Canadians sense of humor....

Yeah if it wasn't for all the shipping that comes through NYC it could be chopped right off the map....and LI and Westchester have never counted for much anyway in our world....they consider Rockland County UPSTATE and probably don't even know we exist

I wouldn't try them with salmon though. I used to have the salmon knock the crap out of my small/medium dodgers and fly on lake O  in the late summer and they would release with no fish and after awhile I figured it out they were hitting the dodger itself so I rigged a hook on one and got one of them. It wasn't worth doing a lot because eventually it tangled in the line....but interesting never the less.

I already have way too much equipment in the way of that sort of thing but I think you've done a real nice job with them...they look great! Best of luck with the sales...awful hard competing these days with all the stuff out there.

Thanks Rob. I sent it to everyone I know  who has been following the issue.

Les

Looks like the way to go for your boat ....good luck!