Ric66

I used to fish Hemlock and Canadice all the time. I used seth green rigs (thermocline rigs) with Sutton spoons #44. You can put up to 5 spoons on each rod but I would only put two or three on. You can get some fairly cheap rods on Cabelas with a penn reel- I think the 309. Put some backing on the reel then tie on 25lb mono. Its a rig that's hard to describe-get a copy of Sanders fishing guide- central NY version and it's explain in there. Go to the middle of these lakes and drop the rig with a 2lb weight right to the bottom. I always got more strikes on Canadice but Hemlock has some monster lake trout and rainbow. You really don't need an expensive depth finder for these lakes. I think thermo rigs are the cheapest way to get started trolling for trout http://www.valorebooks.com/textbooks/sa ... 4AodwGsARQ

I had an eel attach itself to my transom. I gave it a squeeze with my pliers and it swam away. Five minutes later it attached itself again. Strange

If you can get a copy of Sanders Fishing Guide for Central New York, he reprints parts of Earl Holden's book and has a diagram of the Seth Green rig