Sk8man

Good info Mike Thx.

I fully agree that it totally sucks. I was there a couple months ago with a buddy in his 20 ft aluminum boat and my jaw dropped open when I saw the dock as we launched. The material that the dock is made from is top notch but that's it. It should have been a "floater". Apparently they installed it at the high water level. When we launched there was a young guy in a small boat behind us ready to launch with two very young girls in their pajamas (it was about :45 AM) and he was by himself. I have no idea how he launched. At the time there was a railing at the front of the launch that prevented you from easily managing the ropes etc. We fished and then when we came back in there were others having difficulty launching and the southeast wind had picked up which was pushing us toward the dock. The dock was so high that we couldn't just jump out of the boat onto it and as you said there was the possibility of damaging the boat by going underneath. Luckily one of the guys standing on the dock grabbed the ropes so we avoided what could have been some damage to my buddy's boat. I have launched from literally dozens if not hundreds of places over the years both fresh and saltwater places and this is absolutely the worst designed launch I've ever seen. The huge pothole was still there in the pavement of the launch that time too and it has been there for years. I decided right then to never again launch there with my own boat. Oh and you also have to be careful with your lower unit because the bass guys powerload despite the sign prohibiting it and there can be unseen stone piles in the middle of the launch.So much for what seemed to be encouraging signs last year

High Bidder - Not sure what plugs were used the last time installed but usually the Platinums are installed when new and they are intended to last for 100,000 miles on cars with that engine. If subsequent plugs were those I should think you should be good with only that much use despite the use being different than on a car. Those plugs are very fragile and often break during removal and a special tool may be required to get out the plug if that happens.

I hope so too Wes. I have a lot of fond memories both as a kid and adult of being out in the creeks in the Spring with a Coleman lantern and net getting them and seeing the occasional rainbow scoot out of the shallows in the light.

There are still some Smelt in the Fingers but not in past numbers....I thought they were pretty much extinct here on Canandaigua but there are a few left that we have caught accidentally through the ice while fishing for perch. I haven't heard of runs in the Spring for years now though

The water temps are still up a bit from normal was 64 down to 65 ft the other day on Canandaigua. We will need a few more cold nights to get the temp below 60 degrees or so and the fleas should be reduced. They are probably the fishhook type now so harder to get off lines.

These days it pays to run 30 lb Sea Flee as the main line and then leader down to 10 or 12 lb test

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