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  1. Salmo slayar
    I think pvelyk is pretty much spot on about how to mooch. I learned about mooching a few years ago, when I went to Oregon to fish the buoy 10 salmon fishery on the Columbia river with my uncle who has been fishing salmon there for over 60 years. Man those up river brights taste good! Anyway, what I learned from my uncle was that mooching for salmon was very popular in the 70's, and you basically drift in the current or tides letting your bait hang out near bottom, often you anchor the boat or use drift socks to keep from floating away. For bait you use a herring or anchovie, which kind of flutters in the current, and is kept at the desired depth with a large weight. The technique is not as popular on the Columbia anymore, but is still commonly used by local fisherman who don't have a large enough boat to effectively troll and search the water for schools of salmon (the Columbia can be treacherous) . Here are a couple of links to give you a better idea of how it is done. http://www.totalfisherman.com/blog/2066/how-to-catch-salmon-on-the-columbia-river/ http://coastsidefishingclub.com/grey-beard-articles/mooching-for-salmon/
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    Wonder if that was a legal keeper in PA? Sent from my SCH-I545 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
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    Thanks to everyone for the tips! I just need to keep at, and I am sure I will figure this jigging thing out sooner or later.
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    Thanks Sk8man. Yea, the shop was awesome! Saw a bunch of things I have trouble finding online. I was like a kid in a candy shop. I got there kind of late in the day and probably spent well over over an hour chatting and browsing, so I only had an hour to fish before dark that day. Well worth the sacrifice in fishing time! I am sure I will be making a trip to fish keuka this summer, with the main intention of hitting up the shop for hard to find gear and picking Gerry's brain about fishing tactics.
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    Fished Keuka out of the State Park this past weekend, and things were SLOW for us, we landed 4 lakers during three days of fishing between the two of us. There were A LOT of people out on the ice this weekend, and from the folks that I talked with it seemed there was quite a range in number of fish people were catching from 0 to 20. In summary, if you had a flasher or a fish finder you were catching fish (I did not bring my FF ), otherwise things were slow at best. Moved around quite a bit but found that a depth of 120f worked best. Tried a ton of different tackle (all types of jigs, spoons, rattle traps, minnows, …etc) and techniques. The popular method of dropping your jig two the bottom, giving a few good tugs and then reeling it up produced no hits. Tried reeling at all types of speeds, depths, jigging motions, and all combinations, but just could not get the fish to cooperate. The only approach that produced fish was a constant gentle jig of a small spoon, with a change in depth every few minutes, focused on the bottom 30ft of the water column. Even though things were slow, we still had a blast out there, and had the added pleasure of meeting Keep’n it Reel and Iron Duke out on the ice. Always nice to put a face to the names we see here on LOU, some folks dedicate so much time and energy writing posts and giving back to the LOU community that you feel like you know them personally. I also want to put a plug in for Fishy Business on Pepper Rd. I stopped by there for the first time a couple weeks ago on a Sunday. It was one of my first times ice fishing, and my first time on Keuka. Wanted to pick up some gear for running Seth Green rigs this spring, and needed blades for my auger (only had one rusty blade!). Gerry provided a ton info on how to rig and fish Seth Green rigs, and he was even willing to use his own tools help me fix my auger. After chatting with Gerry for some time we were armed with the equipment, and the knowledge to get into some fish. Fished for about an hour before sun set and got two nice lakers. The spoon that Gerry suggested was the only piece of tackle that has brought us any fish, between the two trips. A further testament to Gerry’s character; there was an accident at the boat launch on Sunday evening, and he was one of the first responders. You could tell he left the house in a rush, when he showed up to the scene he hadn’t even tied his shoes or zipped up his jacket yet. Anyway, thanks Gerry! -Sonam
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    Have only caught a handful of fish at Taugannok, but I have definately put in my fare share of sun up till sun down days. Like everyone says, it a great place to talk fishing with people who people who love to fish. I "fished" for a few a few hours on Christmas eve, don't think I had my line in the water for more than 15 minutes, but I did hear and told quite a few good stories. Turk99, you may want to try Miliken station. I have not fished there yet this winter, but it can be a very productive spot this time of year. That being said, I have definately had many 8hr days of fishing with out even a bite.
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    About the same cost as one of my fishing magazines, but this site provides more fishing knowledge and a sence of community that can not be matched anywhere. I too thougth that "pro member" was for charter captains and fishikng gurus, and was a bit intimidated. It is always nice to contribute to a good cause. Thanks for starting this thread!
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    Nice fish! Every year the lakers make a decent run on one of the popular cayuga tribs. The run is usualy pretty early in the fall, I want to say early October, but they usually come in before most the salmon, so not a lot of people on the stream that time of year. I think it was 3 or 4 years ago now, but that fall we caught a ton of lakers. W e landed 5 or6 lakers out or a single hole one morning. But they seem to move outof the creeks pretty quick too , I remember one year bumping into a guy who had a couple or lakers on his stringer, he showed me the hole they were laying in and it was packed with fish, but it was almost sunset. I dreampt about those lakers all night, but when I got back to the spot at first light the next morning, not a fish in sight.... Nice fish, and thanks for sharing! Sent from my ADR6300 using Lake Ontario United mobile app H
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    pm sent on the flies
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    I use a Lowrance Mark 5x pro (can get one for around $140) to switch between my kayak and row boat. I power it with a small 12v / 7amp hr battery, can go for weeks without needing to recharge. can get one for $30 at tractor supply: http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/mighty-mulereg%3B-replacement-battery-fm150?cm_vc=-10005 I built a mount on the back of the kayak using the included transducer mounting bracket. For the row boat I mounted a piece of PVC pipe to the stern which can be raised and lowered into the water. I have another mount made from a Tee fitting that allows me to attach the transducer to the boat. Its not too bad switching the FF between boats, only takes a couple of minutes. it is real simple to cob job one of these up. I will try to post pics. Been abusing this setup for 3 or 4 years now and still works great! Had piranha max 170 before this, could not see my jigs in deep water, the Lowrance was a huge improvement.
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    First I just want thank everyone here on LOU for their contribution to the fishing community in the Finger Lakes. It takes a lot of time and effort to post as much as so many of you have over the years. I don’t post much, but I check the forum daily. I love reading about what everyone is up to, and I feel like I know many of personally even though I have never met any of you. When I started fishing the finger lakes 5 or so years ago I was totally overwhelmed with the size of the lake (grew up bass fishing in small lakes and trout in the streams), so I bought every book on fishing in this area that I could find, both of the books that Sk8man recommend are excellent, though I seem to have lost both of them (I always loan books out and forget who I gave them too ). When I found this site it was a total game changer . Any way enough with that rant; a couple of years ago a friend gave me: Sander's Fishing Guide to New York #2: Finger Lakes Region . Here is the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Sanders-Fishing-Guide-New-York/dp/0961805706 The book is an awesome read, covers a lot of material, and provides some great insight on the history and evolution of the sport in this area. Hope to see some of you on the water soon! -Sonam
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    I hope it warms up by then! Heading to FL tomorrow for a week, no ice on the guides down there! Hope to see you out on the lake!
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    Nope! Just a fishing addict who was procrastinating at work this morning! These reels will be put to good use here on Cayuga.
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    pm sent
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    pm sent
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    I think it has been on pretty consistently since the summer, or at least every time I have fished/looked up there I have seen steam coming from the stacks. Have not fished there since the end of December, but the fishing was VERY productive at that time.
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    I was once running dipsesys too deep on the southeast end of Cayuga, and got hung up on the bottom. When I got free, pulled up a seth green rig with 7 or 8 spoon, most were red eyes, and a couple appeared to be carved out of oyster shells or something, hooks and most hardware was rusted off. Anyway, that's the only time that a young buck like myself has ever seen those! I am going to have to pick up a lot of these to see what all the commotion is about.
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    When the water is cold I don't go out if wind is in the forecast. If the wind does pick up, I stay close to shore so I can quickly dock or swim back to shore if need be. As long as there are no white caps its not bad. Got a 21ft starcratf now, so don't use the canoe much anymore.
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    I would definitely go with a 45 or 55lb thrust minkota, probably the 55. I have had a 45 for my16ft polly flat back canoe for about 4 years, I think it weighs about 80lbs. If there is a little chop on the water the extra power will help you stay at your desired speed. I never used a DR, but pull 2 #3 dipseys no prob. Mostly fish Cayuga but have fished Canadice quite a few times. The extra power is also nice to get you back to the launch in a hurry. With a new 122amp hr battery I can probably get 5 or 6hrs of trolling at 1.8mph, but I have had quite a few LONG paddles back to the launch. I also have a 5hp outboard, but trolling without the racket of 2-stroke motor sure is nice! -Sonam
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    LOL! No can do.. just spent a ton on a Cortland Big Sky with Hardy Ultralite DD reel. Very nice setup, plan to use on the Upper Delaware. For raping tributary fish I like to use a Diamondback swinger switch! Won't put the boat back in the water until spring, so hard to muster up the enthusiasm to spend money on trolling equipment. Thanks for the offer, but I'm broke! Still interested in the transducer and some of that fly tying stuff, I might get back to you in a while to see if you still got it. Thanks!
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    I see that thees same rods were posted in May of 2011 by Leenavy, whats the deal? Were they used by a charter boat? Do others think this is a good deal??
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