pete277

We fished fri. from 3:00 till 8:30. Went west and started in 100 fow and trolled out to 200, spending most of the time between 110 and 150 fow. Ended up with 4 lakers 8 to 12 lb's and a 2 lb king. All the fish came from 120 to 140 fow with the lakers caught right on the bottom on flasher/fly. The small king caught on 65 rigger on a spoon. Had 50 deg down 80. No thermalcline yet.

Does it make sense to run a 3 color and a 4 color leadcore off the same board. If so which one would be closest to the boat? I'm assuming that they would both be at the same angle with one obviously longer and deeper.

Arney's marina on Sodus bay is top notch. They have a lot of Pennsylvanians there and also have afew spots available to park a camper for the wknd.

It was a beautiful day and the lake was calm, at least you got out and had some fun.

Vital Signs and Graphic's. They will sit down with you and custom design what ever you like. They are on Empire Blvd in Webster though.

sorry for any confusion tom. yea there a lot of inconsiderate guys out there. Hope you have a good season!

hey tom, I think I saw you out there sunday. I was in the red top penn yan that you cut in front of, Im still trying to figure that one out. I saw you getting close so I turned right and you did too, I turned right again and again you follow me when you had your whole left side open to you, I finally turned right at you and went behind you, Ya gotta give guys room out there, we are pulling some long lines and getting tangled is not fun.

I change mine every spring. I average 250 - 300 hrs a year and its not that hard or expensive to do. I dock my boat and don't want to have to pull it out if there is a problem. This way its done and I don't have to worry about it.

I don't use them either.

I just looked in my 88' Mercruiser manual for my 5.7 I/O and it recommends a good grade SAE 40w, SF detergent automotive straight weight oil for an ambient temperature above 50 deg.F. and a 30W,SF for temps between 32 deg and 50 deg F.

My FishHawk probe also quit at the end of last season. It stopped reading the down temp. It was 4 yrs old and saw 1100 hrs of use. I always protect it and only put it on the downrigger when I get to where I want to fish, then take it off when im done. Apparently the thermistor tubes got damaged and the probe couldn't be repaired. I had to buy a new probe for $269 bucks. Ouch! I noticed that the new probe comes with a rubber cap on the tip to protect the tubes so this must have been a common problem. Other than that I have been happy with the FishHawk System and and couldn't imagine fishing without down speed and down temp no matter which product you use.

fishhbt.com $158

I truly believe that sailboat's should be included. It seem's like they aim right for me everytime I'm out there. Don't know if they just can't see around those thing's or they just don't pay attention but when I can actually hit the guy with a rock if I had one, that is way too close.

The WaterCraft Clinic in Red Creek,N.Y. does excellent work. see watercraftclinic.com for more info.

On my deepest rigger I always run an E-Chip flasher/ fly 14 ft..behind the ball and it always gets action.

I got screwed over by TJ at pennyanboats.com a few years ago and will never do business with him again. I drove from Rochester to New Jersey to look at a boat the day after it was listed. The guy accepted my offer. TJ calls me a few day's later and tells me the guy got a better offer! I said WTF we had a deal and he tells me pretty much to give him more if I really want the boat. Told him no I don't think so and hung up. Beware of this shady guy.

My wire dipsey's have been coming in with about 2 ft. of flea on them lately. I started thinking that there had to be an easier way to get it off other than picking it off an making a mess. Looked around and saw a pen and HMMM. I put the rod in a holder, pulled on the wire to keep it tight and rubbed the plastic pen body over the flea. The flea falls off with just a few stroke's. If the flea is all balled up from bringing in a fish this still works you just have to push a little harder. Do you guy's have any other trick's that work?

Pro Gun, rt 96 , Victor NY They did an excellent job on my Ithaca deerslayer afew yrs ago.