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Lamprey's go back in 1 inch bite sized pieces. Getting the kids out for an early AM trip is a bit of a challenge. But I will give tight to shore a try on the next morning trip. Over the course of the season we will pick up a handful of small salmon and maybe a rainbow or two up high up on a cheater while targeting LT. But I would like to put a rod or two out into the spread that are dedicated to fishing for them. Maybe a leadcore or a copper?

Cayuga north end 5/29 We got out in the early afternoon for a few hours and trolled out in front of the college. Best luck was over 125 fow down 75 and 90 at 2.3 mph. One fish hit a dipsy out 200, but all of the action was on the DR's. All hits were spoons. Purple, black and green dreamweavers. A few fish had some size. Switched up this year to some lighter rods and that has made for quite a bit more fun on the reel. Everything that stuck got into the boat, even with my kids on the rod or the net, which is asking a lot. Finding that keeping the fish in the water in the net, aside of a quick picture or two, has made for a noticeably stronger release. No weeds or fleas, a few sticks still floating around. A few boats trolling this stretch but pretty limited traffic, though it was later in the day. One fish brought a pretty good sized lamprey along for the ride and every fish seemed like they had fresh wounds, unfortunately. Didn't seem to mark a lot of bait. Marked fish on bottom but all of our hits were suspended fish. Ran a cheater at times from 20 to 35 but we couldn't seem to locate any salmon, browns, or bows with any of the high rods. I would like to figure that out if anyone has any advice.

That's us in the first pic. Floating weed beds were a little thick as you got further North. Fleas were not an issue as compared to past weeks. Had a good morning. Found a good screen, circled it, and took multiple hits each pass. Didn't do those kind of numbers but steady action. Dropped some fish on the divers and had some light hits on the riggers that got a free ride for a bit. A few short salmon and maybe fifteen lakers all released well. Hot setup was a wire diver out 210 with a spin dr 42nd Spinny and fly. Had a cheater at 50 on a rigger with a half dozen different spoons, couldn't entice a rainbow to hit, but we were seeing steady marks at 50 on the screen.

Not familiar with the distance from the swim platform to the bottom on the rage but... I am in the process of putting a Honda 9.9 on a pursuit 2470 which has a Euro transom that requires a swim platform bracket. On this boat it is roughly 25 inches from the platform to the bottom of the boat. I priced the 20" and the 25", and they were maybe a $300-350 difference. I was advised to swallow it and go with the 25". On a side note, I looked at adventure marine and tentatively decided to go with a panther swim platform bracket as it comes with a safety cable. Curious if you have opinions or research input on the two brackets?

Pretty sure they are size #1, maybe 4 1/4"? All black on one side, purple on the other.

Fished Sun and Mon morning, both trips out of Union Springs around 7am and back at 10:30ish. Set up on the west side in front of the college. Brought my daughter Sunday. Now I'm thinking she might be my new "autopilot." Little chop from the south west early. We ran two divers out 200 and two riggers all over, 40-80. Divers went off pretty steady and landed fish on FF and a black & gold stinger, a few rigger hits with no one home, only one a small laker stuck that hit on the turn. Dropped too many fish really. Just weren't sticking... either tripping the release and letting go or out on the divers for a bit, then breaking the surface and getting loose or shaking off still out 75. Managed to net everything we got to the boat though, which was nice with just the two of us. Landed 7 decent fish and lost maybe just as many. Had a blast though. Beautiful day, got her reeling in fish, and she realized that she likes to drive the boat. Monday I went out with a buddy of mine. Picked up 8 fish and lost 2-3. All but one fish came on a flasher fly combo, ran a green flasher and a green spin doctor, one on the port rigger and one on the starboard diver. Swapped sppons all morning and just couldn't find what they liked. Later in the morning went out a bit deeper to 130-140 and set the divers back further to 275. Took three hits in the last half hour on those two rods. Had to run back to town so we were off the water by 11:00. It was hot by 8:00 and the weeds were a pain in the a## for stretches. No fleas to speak of. Got everything released clean but the one that my buddy dropped on its head 2-3 times. Tried to torpedo him once or twice to dive, he swam a little bit, but he wasn't having it, so he found the cooler. Would like to fish a high rod or two and target rainbows, browns and landlocked. Might try stacking the riggers? Those fish make their way north to LP, Aurora, etc?

Fished sat morning in front of the college in aurora. 4 decent lakers all on divers out 200. Highlight was watching my brother reel in what he thought was a monster. He ended up with a huge fight against a diver that didn't trip with a mini Atlantic on. Good stuff.

Set up just north of Aurora in 100 fow around 7:30. Trolled south in 100-115 fow, 2.2 gps speed divers out 200 and 2 riggers out 60 and 75. Finished 6-8, all lakers, bigger fish than the last few weeks, took hits on every rod. Spoon hits came on a dreamweaver lazer glow gold spook and stinger chicken wing UV. Divers ran green FF and spin doctor combos. Weeds were a problem for the first 45 minutes. Had to check lines every 10 minutes but once I got a little further south it cleared up. No fleas. Made the turn just north of the point around 10:00. Ran the same spread and depth, varied speeds, marked fish and bait, but couldn't move a rod on the north troll. Bite seemed to shut off. Had a hard rigger hit and a nice fight with a laker coming out of the water a few times, which surprised me. Also landed a fish with what looked like a lamprey wound that hadn't healed just yet.

I do not think I will test that! ... it just seems to feel like we are 250 yards from shore and in 250 fow.

On Saturday I finished up work installing a fuse box and the wiring for the new Scottys. Tested them out Sunday fishing from maybe 9:45-12:30. All equipment worked as intended, which had us pleasantly surprised, though the fish didn't fully co-operate. Started just North of the college in Aurora and trolled south in 150-200 feet. Ran a spin doctor and a flasher with flys on the two diver rods and a spin doctor and fly on one of the riggers. Threw a spoon on the other rigger. Ran the divers deeper at 200 and 220. Had the riggers out 60 and 75. Had a hit of the spoon but it didn't stick. Weeds were a problem. After close to an hour we picked up and moved south just past Long point. No problems there with weeds and didn't notice fleas all day. We trolled south in 150 to 300 feet, played with the diver legnth out as much as 250, and moved the riggers around anywhere from 50-80. Mixed up the spoon but stuck with the same green, blue, silver flashers waiting to see what took hits. Overall it was slow. Managed my first rainbow, which hit the blue spin doctor with a green fly on the rigger out 60 over 200 feet. That put on a nice show at the boat. Had two other strikes on the riggers but nobody was home. Nothing on the divers all day. (Other than a slight birdsnest curtesy of my brothers thumb that required taking the convector apart with 200 feet of wire out... thought for sure we'd double while I had that open.) Did also test out the radio which seemed to operate well. Had a brief conversation with someone down at Taughannock. Maybe saw one other boat all day trolling Long Point. Overall, we ran deep, 200-300 feet. But it was mid day. Next trip out we are going to have to get out earlier, or maybe in the evening, and find 90-150 fow. Of course from what I have seen of the depths off long point, I expect 100 fow is maybe 10 feet from shore?

Thanks a ton for the input. I'll ask for Rick. Boats a 98 pursuit 2470 but new to me. Previous owner didn't fish it so It needs a little but I love the layout.

Thanks. 30 amp inline fuse was what I read. I'll talk to the marina and see if it something they can do for me for a reasonable #.

You got me thinking. The mulitple outlets and gimbals would add a lot of flexibility. On the wiring... did you just run the red and black to the battery with an inline fuse? Or just the red and ground the black elsewhere?

Thanks. I picked up two 6 inch traxstech tracks, backing plates, and triple rod trees along with a pair of scotty downriggers. The tracks I planned to drill and permanently install. I will slide out the trees when they are not in use. I have been on the fence with the scottys. The gibmal mount would be a simple setup but I would worry that there would be a lot of weight and pressure on it. It would probably be fine, but I am a pain in the a## so if it rattled around or had play or cracked I would be pissed at myself. So instead I figured I'd sweat it out and drill through to install with a home made backing plate of some kind. I just never drilled a boat before. I also I need to figure out how to best run the wires.