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end of the summer when the fish were in less than 100 fow.you still going to fat nancys saturday???ill bring those rod holders

blood run has a depth chart for the different copper weights,but copper runs roughly 20 ft down per 100 ft out.so not an early spring brown tactic.but yes,we would run it anytime fishing deeper than 40 fow.caught browns and lakers in late spring and steelies and salmon through the summer.being nice and short,you can clear it quick if you need to land a fish behind the boat and also to change baits up.

we run one down the chute,was a good producer last year.

depends on water temp.but they should be in shallow through may.like what was stated above,sticks flat lined off boards,spoons on weighted lines or riggers.colors can change daily,so try to have a good assortment of colors.there are alot of posts here on lou,about catching browns,so go back and do some reading.good luck.

egoody,like what was stated above,if you can,get yourself a planer set up.there is a guy selling a wiley 6' mast here in the classifieds,i have a couple of home made boards and a bunch of clipper releases you can try out.if you come down to the pulski area to fish,i can meet up with you or i can get them up to n.h. in a couple of weeks.

yes egoody,when setting them out,left on the dipsey you would set out on the port side.like skate said the higher the number,the further away from the boat it will run,but also will run higher in the water.not familiar with fair haven,but i would imagine you will be fishing in less than 20 fow for early browns,so if you are going to run dipsies,they wont be out very far.also,we run them on wire,no stretch helps with tripping the dipsey when a fish hits.someone on here had a really good chart for depth of dipsey to amount of line out,that seemed to be a bit more accurate than the one that comes with the dipsey.i will try to find it.

welcome aboard tom.i have fished many different waters in my life,but lake o is the best.lots of great guys here on lou.

i wouldnt count on the river being open by then,not much thawing going on.it is going to be warm the next couple days,but not sure if it will be enough to open things up.i left a message with beth today,when she calls me back ill ask.

ice fisherman still driving their trucks on the lake.

6 below and still 2 feet on the ground here.

there has been alot of discussion lately on gear,plenty of info already out there,but my 2 cents are i have run okuma magdas for the last 2 years.i had one fail,but for what they cost,oh well.going with convectors this year.i tried the saltists last year and did not like them.line counter on the side of the reel digs in your wrist,very uncomfortable and i didnt like the high speed gear ratio.

one other thing to consider is your rigger weight,make sure the rigger you buy is going to handle the weight you are looking to use.

x2 what tim said

you know,its a reel kick in the pants that this just came up about the penn reels.just last week i gave some 209's and 309's away that i have had kicking around in the basement from my salt water years.gave them to a guy in n.h.never thought to post them here,cause i never heard of anyone using them on the lake.sorry,wish this conversation would have come up sooner!!!

had to go back and reed the original post,i guess for rigger reels you could get away without line counters,not setting them back to far,i guess you could count,i like to know exactly what the set back is for repetion,i have never been on a boat that doesnt have them,but to each his own. and high speed would be good for rigger reels,i didnt like them for pulling in dipsies,i could have tried them for the riggers,but i hated the location of the linecounter.

WOW!!!!thats different,dont need line counters,man i have wasted alot of money the past couple of years.would love to see what happens counting the levelwinder in 6 footers!!!!!better be tethered to the boat and have taken your dramamine!!!!but like he said,when the fish are biting,the fish are biting!?!?!?!?