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    Cayuga 9/29

    in Finger Lakes Discussion

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    Thanks big Dave. This year has been a blast for me on the lake with the boat. I have caught fish on every outing except the 1 and only trip to Mexico. The boat has handled as good as could be expected. Planning on hopefully giving her a little face lift this winter if I can find a place to keep her inside. Hope you don't mind but would love to keep the boats name the same. Hear changing their names is bad luck. Loon feather. I even had a friend from the Adirondack s find me a loon feather and I keep it on the boat. Thanks again for the ride.

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    Cayuga 9/29

    in Finger Lakes Discussion

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    No down speed old school pay attention to rigger angle. Kind of limited though with going any slower boat wont idle down below 1000 rpm I am all ready dragging 4 buckets to slow me down to trolling speed. Tried 9.9 kicker yesterday and had same results as before. I caught some fish heading south but no where near as many as going north.

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    Cayuga 9/29

    in Finger Lakes Discussion

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    Fished today out of Myers got to the lake today around 0830 and motored across to T falls and set up on a North troll. Divers at 240 and 280 both on 2 setting and downriggers at 85 and 65 with spoons. Both riggers stacked 20 foot above the ball. Picked first fish up north of the boy scout camp and had fairly steady pick of small atlantic s through out the day. Picked up a to of short fish 12 to 15 inch and 1 atlantic that couldn't have been more than 8 inches. Divers had flasher fly combos and fished spoons on the riggers. Best water was 140 to 180. Moved away from the smaller fish between the plant and kidders and fished my way back to crowbar. Not happened with South troll Wich seems to be a normal thing for me. Not sure why. Had a good day was able to get 1 laker around 7 lbs and 3 other salmon in the 20 inch range that came home released countless other fish to swim and fight again someday. Hoping to get 1 more trip in before boat gets put up for the winter. Good luck out there be safe.

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    Pro trolls and spin doctors

    in Tackle and Techniques

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    As far as dipsy settings I usally go with 3 ft out to 1 foot down with the diver on a 1 to 2. After I set past 2 I figure 4 ft out to 1 foot down. These are ruff estimates that work for me. When the diver is pulling out like on a 3 it's only going to dive down just so far before time will belly out and not go any farther. The stacking of flashers is all very relivent to the distance behind the down rigger ball and the speed of the boat. I don't normally stack flasher on flasher but to do so I would give them a minimum of 10 to 12 ft. I usally stack at 10 to 20 ft intervals. Just my experience.

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    Cayuga 9/14

    in Finger Lakes Discussion

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    I know the surgeons are in the lake but I would have never thought in the numbers I was marking. But I really don't know much on the sturgeon except they can be huge. Anyway thanks. When you fish in the winter do you launch out of the falls. Myers is the closest to me but I don't know if that launch is accessible all winter or not. The coming from the east going all the way around the lake adds quite alot to travel time for me. Is there any launches on the east side that are definitely open all year round.

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    Downrigger rod setup

    in Tackle and Techniques

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    Down riggers don't really require any special rod or reel. Obviously you need a reel that will hold a fair amount of line but after that any thing will work. When I first started fishing I used open faced reel on my down riggers because that is what I had. They weren't perfect but they worked. Anyway a level wind reel with a 8 to 9 ft medium heavy rod is your best bet. Line counter reels don't really give you any advantage over a reel with out a line counter. You should always have more line out of the reel than what the downrigger cable shows. A rod with a long handle is best so your reel doesn't sit or bottom out on the rod holder. So I guess to answer your question yes if you plan to fish for kings you should buy a heavier duty set up and then leader down when fishing the smaller species of fish. Obviously when fighting a smaller fish there won't be as much fight in a heavy duty king set up. Hope this helped good luck.

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