Big Water

Never let the line free spool and always keep at least a little tension on it and you'll be good. Also, a kink in the line will break like a piece of thread.

Nice fish Andy!  What did that 'eye weigh?

I think it is where the aliens spaceships enter and exit from   They have reported Chinooks with three heads near there recently Sorry Big Water I couldn't resist...must have been the coffee...

No need to apologize, it was all in jest!  Cabin Fever!

I was just looking over the Navionics map of Ontario and noticed this 135' deep hole.  Is there something they're not telling us??? 

Based on twelve mile creek being twelve miles from the Niagara and St Catherine's being about the same, I'm guessing 24-26 miles.

Put the line in the release and see how hard you have to pull to trip it.  Adjust to a reasonable release tension.  If you over-tighten, it may be impossible for a smaller fish to trip it, or more importantly, for you to trip it when you bring in the rod.  If too loose, it may trip when you turn the boat or pick your speed up.  For Lake Ontario, I keep them relatively tight to get a better hook set on the initial strike.

To the seasoned veterans,

With all of the ice in Erie, what are the prospects of fishing the bar in April/early May?

1) Remember the Titanic!

2) Just dodge the bergs.

3) Won't be an issue by then.

Too new to this to know what to expect.

just wondering what the lure looks like for reel.

It looks just like the link Legacy posted.  Different manufacturers have slightly different variations.  It is a color combination, not a specific lure.

Yes thank you. Real excited, just ordered a lund sport angler 2000. Mostly will be fishing lake rays town in pa.

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That's my home lake when I'm not at Ontario.  Welcome aboard.

I believe the winter doldrums have set in!

You bet!!!

Any update on how Jimmy is doing?

Sums it up!

Fall/Winter boat.  Spent alot of years being beat around on Erie and Ontario before I got a bigger boat.

Thoughts and Prayers go out to Jim and his family.  I hope to see you soon!

26' Hewewscraft Pacific Cruiser.  2-135hp Honda mains and a 9.9 Honda Kicker.

Has anyone tried this?  How many feet separation do you need to keep from ending up with a mess?  My guess is at leat 10'.

Yes, math in fishing.  However, I think the lateral distance and horizontal distance are the same in this diagram.  As the dipsey pulls away from the boat it creates the lateral/horizontal distance where it is parked (so to speak).

Agreed, but put this into three coordinates where the depth is the Y axis, the distance to the rear is the X axis and the distance to the side is the Z axis.  Your measurement is the vector magnitude in the XZ plane.  The question is what is the Z magnitude.

Here is a sketch of my thoughts...please imagine the triangle relationship better than I could draw below.

 

dipsey angle.JPG

 

So with the following angles of the dipsey rod wire and the vertical line depth, and the distance of wire line out, I came up with the following numbers:

 

dipsey angle_chart.JPG

 

I never really was concerned about distances out from boat, but it was interesting to see these numbers.

 

Ray

Ray,  Nice recollection of trig, but I think you're explaining how far behind the boat, horizontally, the lure is running.  The question is, I believe, "when I set a dipsey on 3, how far does it put it out to the side of the boat?"

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Nice fish KS.  That big pike is a beauty. 

What?  Unless I misunderstand what you're suggesting, a dipsey diver on the cable without a downrigger ball on the cable would be just like having the dipsey on your wire line except it wouldn't dive as deep since the DR cable is heavier,  If you mean attaching a mono/braid dipsey rod to the release with a dipsey behind the ball, then yes.  You get more spread and depth that way.  You really need to snug down the release so that it doesn't pull loose from the tension of the dipsey.

  My point is that the PRIMARY issues aren't being dealt with....the guy was mentally ill like so many others out on the street without services (or medication and monitoring) and families unable to have their dangerous relative admitted or committed because the facilities and services no longer exist or the "legalities"prevent it from happening.

Spot on.  Deal with the mental issues and almost all of this goes away, and I don't mean being a compassionate humanitarian and having a talk with them.  With our age of having access to massive data capturing possibilities, use it for something worthwhile.....tracking these psyche cases.  If you track a persons abberative behaviour in a database from the time they are in kindergarten through adulthood, you'll know who the bad actors are.  Are they showing aggression, psychosis, anti-social behavior, narcissism, lack of compassion, cruelty to animals.....etc.  Be much less tolerant of these individuals and quicker to commit/imprison them  It's time for real measures and not feel good gestures.

Nice fish.  That's a slob of a brown!  Thanks for posting.

I stayed at the Gorgeous View hotel last trip which is about 1 mile up RT 14 on the west side of the lake.  Real nice people and they gave us a great rate because of the time of year.  The driveway is a little tricky, but I got my 18 1/2' boat up without incident (sharp turn....take the second entrance, much better).  It sits off of the beaten path and I had no issue leaving my tackle in the boat.  That's more than I can say about some of the places I've stayed there.    They even have a refrigerator and microwave in the rooms and brought pastries and juice to the room for the morning meal.  Ask for Stephanie.

(607) 331-4276.

Happy New Year Everyone!!!  May you be happy and healthy and get to fish as much as you want.