justtracytrolling

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Tim you cost me an hour of sleep last night as i was so wound up after you sent me the pic! Congrats...so you got it all figured out...lol...wish i coulda seen that rod go...and you have seen vicious walleye strikes before...they just dont look as impressive in a rod holder...lol...good thing you snapped your barbie pole a couple weeks ago the day you ended up jigging for panfish in a 4 hour long downpour. To anyone starting out all the valuable info on this site isnt worth a thing without some good old fashioned hard work. Bet that one fish last nite with dad was better than 10 on my boat. Tim started at ground zero and just plugged away never quitting...that fish will open the flood gates, and with some equipment we will be seeing some more pics from Tim. Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Gill-t is spot on...for any of you trying to troll with diving baits you MUST have a dive curve so you know exactly how much line to let out before clipping to a downrigger ball, inline board, or planer line in order to run the lure at the desired depth. This is not poke and hope the box says dives 8-15 or whatever...the book you want is precision trolling. It details multiple techniques to fish precisely where you want. Ill take a picture of the book and the dive curve for the flicker shad as it is free. I have posted others before but shouldnt have. If you look on this site hard enough i put up all 3 deep taildancer curves. BTW its pricey but worth it just like divorce. You can buy individual pages, and they are finishing up an app for your phone...also not cheap. The book gives you clip weight curves, lead core, and how different diameter lines effect depth etc. Reef runner and cotton cordell give dive curves on their sites for free, but there is more info you need in the book. Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Not to hijack your thread kevin, but Tupper sounds right up my alley...big, hard to catch, well fed walleyes. Ill have a report of some kind in a week and a half when I get there! Thanks for the info everyone justin

Guess i better check out my phone see if i have that option....i like it! Kevin got me onto the blacks release and they are the ticket. Cheaper too! I set mine hard enough to bend the rod way over, and when it fires i have a fish. Before id run back and it was 50/50. The pinch pads just dont give a hard hookset...the line slips thru. I do tow the occaisional brown, but anything else trips the release. Plus the blacks can be adjusted for a shad rap or a hard pulling reef runner, and still give you a hookset before it releases. A long moderate action medium power rod will recoil and take up the slack quickly and fish on! I owe all that to kevins posts and this forum. Next time you see me give a holler! Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Glad you got out there! Love that panoramic picture...gopro? I have a little footage to post that I haven't even looked at yet. A big part of the recipe that Im doing well with is timing. What I didn't always post was that a lot of days I trolled 16+ hours and all nighters in order to make sure I knew when to fish. The bite doesn't last long when its on so you have to be on the pattern and on the water. Sure I get a fish here and there at off times and they are usually big, but those stragglers are hard earned. Basically for eyes I wouldn't miss first or last light OR any time when there is a drastic change in light. Tigers we do the best from after the sun is up till mid afternoon. Don't be afraid to go 3mph or faster especially with the tigers, and speed changes from fast to slow briefly and back to fast can definitely work. Often times after we hook up as soon as the boat slows we get a double or as soon as we net and speed up we get bit. Now I routinely do this in a few of my hot spots. justin

Gotta love the morning bite! Good to see you back on em. Im hoping the water cooling off doesn't cool off my morning bite. Its been downright chilly all of the sudden for August. Kevin, or anyone for that matter, next weekend is my annual trip with my son and his friends for his birthday, 21 this year, wondered if anyone has heard anything about Tupper Lake? Ive fished most of the Adirondacks in a canoe and always did fine, and its far easier with electronics etc. just wondered if anyone has a report. justin

I agreed with you up until recently but the dec claims otherwise at Otisco and we have alewives in droves. Im not sure anymore, but either way the walleye fishing is outstanding. justin

Yeah tough for me to give it a try, as I have my weekends fairly full but casting for big walleyes is tempting. Keep us posted...wouldn't take to many posts and id put it on the calendar for next year at the least. justin

Nice fish! Catching big walleyes casting at night happens on many lakes, but the difficulty usually lies in timing and it tends to be quite spot specific. Sounds like you have a good setup, and great report. justin

My son and i use lefties too in order to rest our rights. All my trolling rods are rights, and i fish so much that tendonitis and fatigue are factors. Consequently all my casting i use left hand retrieve. I switch back and forth surfishing too. Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

4 walleyes nearly 6 pound avg! Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

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Great job ed! You make it sound easy, we all know better. Great to see the results of old fashioned hard work...and time spent with family on the water. Nice report. Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Im bass fishing the narrows...how big was ur keeper? Walleye's are off now prob pick up around 5 or 6... ill post a pic of our box at lunch Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Another brown off boards...riggers are quiet... Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app