fisherman21

What a great first hunt for my middle child! We saw 7 bucks and 4 does. She was loving life. After the plot cleared we had two big does still in the plot right before last light. My daughter told me to go for it. She also told me to go for all 7 of those bucks 😂

8 minutes ago, whaler1 said:

Todd, corner of Walker and Town Line, moved and isn’t processing deer this year. What are the other options for western Monroe county?

Jay’s Deer Processing on 259 past Spencerport. I’ve brought him over 20 deer over the years. He does a good job

5 hours ago, whaler1 said:

Anyone doing the antlerless hunt this week?

I may get my middle daughter out this week for her first hunt. 

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It’s just about the best time of year!!! Who is ready?

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1 hour ago, dremarquis said:

one of those bucks looked incredibly thin - the ribs were so prominent. Do you think he is sick?

andre

Definitely sick, and passed a couple weeks ago unfortunately 

Awesome! Nice work

I would continue to hit the 80-120 area with 1 1/2oz jighead a and a 4”white paddletail or 1 1/2oz to 2oz jigging spoon or blade bait. It can be done. Get a drift bag to slow your drift. 

No way they were just capping it. They cut out whole sections out of the new construction. I was over there last week looking at it

Took some friends out last night. Wasn’t sure what to expect, but ended up finding 43 degree water down 60 over 100. It was the first time for these kids, so I rolled out to 120 and dropped two gambler rigs to the bottom. Grabbed a couple lake trout right out of the gate (one nice 16 pounder) and the switched over to kings the last hour and a half to 2 hours. Ended up 2/5 on kings. Lost two matures. The one hit meat on the diver down 65 and came right to the surface and jumped 7 times and finally threw the hook. The fish was really dark already too. It’s that time of year! Fished 100-140 all night

Just now, Chromemagnum said:

We’re you located?

Rochester. Willing to ship though if needed 

1 hour ago, Eli engle said:

$650

700 firm 

Still available 

8 minutes ago, Fishaddict454 said:

You getting out of trolling bud your selling all your stuff lol it's Kyle by the way from sandy

What’s up Kyle! Trust me……its not all my stuff. It’s all my stuff I never use 😂

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1 minute ago, Eli engle said:

Would you take $600 cash ? If so could pick it up tomorrow.

I’m firm on 700

Just now, Eli engle said:

We’re are you located near

I’m in Rochester 

Just now, Eli engle said:

Still have fish hawk?

I do 

1 hour ago, guffins fisherman said:

I bought a used X4D from the classifieds on this forum a couple years ago. It hasn’t ever worked right. I have tried everything short of sending the probe back. Finally I just gave up on the whole thing part way through this season. Lo and behold, my catch rate went up. I think that is due to just paying better attention to my rigs and fishing my program by using common sense and what I am seeing on the graph.  I agree, if I was fishing temp in several hundred FOW all the time, a FH would be useful. Fishing structure in 160 FOW or less, the FH is just overkill and something else to distract me. Moral of the story?  Be prepared to fiddle with it and be distracted by it, and ask yourself if you really need it. If so, great tool. If not….

What about the days when the current is greater than a 1mph difference at the ball than at the surface? Is your catch rate the same? On average, how many fish were you catching with it, and on average how many are you catching now?

I definitely agree you should be paying attentions to your rigs, and little changes can make a huge difference in having a good day or bad day. I also agree on not always fishing temp, but fishing the marks.

Still to me it’s a no brainer to run some kind of speed and temp probe at the ball. Wether it be a fishhawk, depth raider, or smart troll……you will put more fish in the boat. I can’t personally speak for anything other than the fish hawk x4, as that is what I run, but it keeps me at the speed and temp I want at all times and undoubtedly puts more fish in the boat. And I’ve never had to fiddle with mine or had it distract me. Once you dial your speed in, your are good to go 🤷🏼‍♂️

11 hours ago, idn713 said:

All I fish out of is my 18 ft Alumacraft out there and we beat the kings up pretty good. I don’t ever test the lake though. 2ft or less is my threshold. I almost never challenge a 1-3 forecast and I certainly don’t push beyond that. 
 

Can’t say I’ve ever been caught in a weather event, as we are just that careful. Fishing to me is never worth worrying about sinking or dying. 

Remember when we got caught in 4’s jigging for lakers that one evening with Patrick in your old 16’ 😂. That ride sucked going in and I thought we were going to die the whole way back lol

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