liphooker

I can never get sick of watching the underwater footage.

So even though I spend a lot of time fishing browns in the spring, I don't know much about catching them this time of year. Are they on the bottom in 80 ft because that is where the temp is for salmon I thought. I would assume they would be just above that?

how many miles from mexico bay is 600 ft?!!

Out of Mexico, approx 11 miles. I'm sure others know exact mileage but that's approx. it's a long haul with a small boat or big waves.

I've caught as many lakers on flashers and flies as I have on anything else in finger lakes and Champlain. They work great with a short lead and slow rotation.

Btw. Great fish. I know a couple guys with smaller ones than that on the wall.

I grew up in VT and fished almost every big lake in that state looking for big lake trout. That's what I lived for. Now when I catch them in the big lake it's by chance because I seldom target them but they are still the second biggest game fish in the lake and can be alot of fun. If they weren't so slimy and tasted like crap they would be sought after a whole lot more I think. If I was going up there this weekend I would spend a couple hours targeting them. I like the tug drug.

just take all but 600' of the braid off and tie on 300' of wire....problem solved.....about 20 bucks have you fixed up

I like that idea. Can you buy a Twili tip for most rods or do you have to buy a rod with the tip already on it? The tackle shop that sold it to me is the biggest one on the East end of the lake. I don't want to cast blame on them because it's possible I just didn't ask the right questions. I've had good luck with this tackle shop in the past regardless of what many others have said about them.

That's all great info. I wish I had asked more questions before buying the braid now. Well it will work for another week or two.......maybeðŸ˜

So the fleas don't stick to the wire at all? I wonder why a well known tackle shop in Pulaski would recommend braid. They said the wire is a pain in the butt and tears up gear. Maybe I wasn't willing to spend enough money for a wire rig so they just focused on what they could easily sell me.

I just bought a braid set up to run my Dipsy set up. I was up in the air with whether I should get wire and not knowing any better I took recommendation to get braid. Hopefully that wasn't a mistake. Anyway, the question I have is, do you tie your braid or wire directly to the dipsey or do you tie A section of mono on between braid and Dipsy like I do with my copper? I have approx 100 ft of 30 or 40 lb mono behind my copper and flasher setup. Is this what I should be doing with Braid and Dipsy too?

We were running 12 lb mono last week out of Oswego. We had fleas on the lines but not enough to be concerned with yet. I was actually surprised to see them given the water temps

That is such a cool story. I would love to dive on that wreck just to see how much modern equipment is stuck to it.

Thanks for the replies. I guess I will be running the big stuff this weekend.

Anybody have a report on the fleas out of Oswego area? Going to be up there next weekend and all my heavier gear is in my dads boat in VT so I thought I would try my lighter brown trout gear for salmon.