DoghouseII

Rigger is my preference

You want your boards a good distance from the boat. I would set lines 125 -150ft behind the boards. You want to keep all the same distance on each side. Riggers 50-100 ft behind you, but don't be afraid to play with those. I prefer a GPS of 2.2-2.8 depending on the day and water temp. A little slower until the water gets to the 48-58 degree range.

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LOTAC received an email from a credible person with knowledge of the situation and we may lose public access on the north side of the river just like we lost the south side. His email more a less stated: There is a group of fishermen forming to battle the apparent takeover of Public Fishing Rights on the north side of the Salmon River below the bridge at Altmar, all the way to Ellis Cove. Woodbine Group, of Syracuse (Norm Swanson) already bought the south side of the river from below the Schoolhouse Pool up to near the bridge. In late October, 2013 Swanson bought a lot bordering the north bank for $40,000. National Grid owns all the other land/lots on the north side except New York State owned parking lot. If someone gets in bed with National Grid the PFR's on the south side will be lost to Ellis Cove. This is urgent, and immediate steps are being taken. The DEC states PFR's are "permanent" but they already dropped the ball on the south side and powerful lawyers, etc. can surprise the public. This is a serious matter for all of us.

I think yette66 means lake Colby*, however splake and lakers are not present in that lake, but browns and rainbows are there and a few landlock atlantics ....can be an ok icefishing spot but is usually hit or miss ,cranberry is an excellent big pike spot, jones pond is good for pike and simon pond which is an extension of tupper is good for pike and a few walleye, good luck!

I prefer a 10 rod spread, 2 riggers and 4 off each board. Riggers with spoons often are key sometimes down only 3ft.

Has the lake locked up yet? What are the ice conditions?

What are the course dates and times? I may be interested!

All I know is I talked to people that had no clue what was going on until the 4th person I spoke with 2 days later, by that time everything was already done. Poor customer service to say the least, and it couldn't be towed at all even with a low boy due to the height of the boat being over 13' on a trailer so my hands were tied. Had it been able to be towed that would have been an easy thing. I guess it depends on your situation but like my friend said sunday afternoon at 4 oclock and no towing ability and the lack of comprehension of the boat US reps gave me the short end of the stick. Three different reps told me over the phone that pics of the damage would be sufficient, this was not the case. Keep my experience in mind because it was not a fun ride.

Im talking the mechanical breakdown insurance I paid for the trailer.