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Thanks Nick. I am going out of Sodus around 3:30 this afternoon for a quick two hours, then I will be back out in the early a.m. tomorrow.

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X2 . . . but I never run 4 flashers (just what I am comfortable with)

Dan, I have been reading your posts and was thinking the same thing...

I do the same as jimski2. The little time it takes is worth it. I, however, will not travel directly N or S, but the wind is at my stern.

We started in 220 and worked out to 260 and the temperature break was between 96' and 102'. Oh, I loved the fact that we got 10 chances. I have to suck it up and learn (it was not the hooks, I checked them all (and sharpened a few points) and they all caught fish the previous two days). I spent today cleaning the inside of the boat and scrubbing the bottom while one of my kids and her friend swam off of the boat (off the coast guard station in Sodus Bay), and my wife reading on the bow. This was a good day too!

Thanks for the tip Gill-T. That makes sense.

In three five-hour days (Monday - Wednesday), we ended up 19 for 31.

Same spot as yesterday. Started with the same setup. Why change what worked awesome yesterday? We got all six rods in and sat for ten minutes, Mag Carbon 14 takes a hit and three minutes later it spit the hook. I looked at my buddy and said, "that is not a good omen". Boy was I correct. I lost three fish and my buddy lost three fish (last year he an I only lost ONE). Only one was a break off and only one other wrapped the diver wire and got free. We lost fish from the fly, from each of our six lines. We went 3 for 10! All were solid hookups and fights of at least three minutes. I checked all the hooks (no issues). The one that "broke the camel's back" was when we had to pull five lines to prevent being spooled. My buddy's 13 year old fought it for 20 minutes then handed the rod off to his dad. It was straight down. We got the fish to within ten feet of the boat AND 45 FEET STRAIGHT DOWN! Eight minutes later, with the dad still holding the rod and not gaining, the line went limp. We were all devastated and nobody said or did anything for three minutes, then I looked at my buddy and started setting up a rigger and we went back at it. Three for ten in the same spots just couldn't get them to the boat. The only color change we made two hours in (due to the overcast conditions) was to take off the two froggy green spoons and swap one for purple and silver and the other to black with purple and white back. Both took hits. Hoping to be back at it for an evening troll next week Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. Temperature break where we were is down 90 feet (45 degrees). When we "strayed" off path, the temps were all over the place (57 degrees down 89 feet).