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I finally found a nautical map and think it answered my question. It is only 50’ deep so would be mostly looking for a reaction bite from fish that are already dark and ready to head to the dam I am assuming. Would still like any info anyone can give on it, thanks.

I have friends that own a cottage on Mukellunge Bay and assuming guys troll that area in Black River Bay in the fall? I would like to check it out but just wondering if any of you have any experience in that area. I don’t know how deep it gets in there and if the salmon stay deep there until they run or are already shallow and spawning if they are up that far. I prefer to target fairly fresh fish that time of year.

Yep I’d definitely rather find the ‘eyes than bass wherever I go, especially in the river. Still trying to find my first one out of there. Nice job 👍🏽

I agree that scent doesn’t hurt but not always necessary. I have used old school curly tail bass worms without scent, Impulse plastics , Berkeley power worms and have caught fish on them all. In fact, I think I’ve caught less with the power worms that have the most scent. There may have been other factors involved since I usually only use whatever ones I have in the boat or kayak at the time.

I have 2 fixed 45 degree stainless flush mounts that I replaced with 90 this spring. You can have them

Every report helps, thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the report. I’ve never had any success out of Fair Haven but plan on giving it a try next week when I get my boat back. Do you go east or west out of the chute?

I have done well with plastics on harnesses and use them more than real crawlers lately. Definitely keeps the bycatch rate down but on some days I think they do want the real thing. When running harnesses is the game plan I start with the real thing and then throw in the plastics to see if they are reacting the same. My 2 biggest Lake O walleyes have come on harnesses with gulp crawlers, 9&10#.

I was on Oneida last week and it appeared a big hatch was on the verge and the walleyes wanted a slooow presentation and not on an aggressive blade bait bite, probably still the case even more now. Still haven’t been on Ontario yet, still waiting to get the kicker installed before I make that trip. Hopefully there is still some sort of bite within 200’ by the time I get out there.

Since COVID I think most have stopped posting success on social media because of the heavy fishing pressure on certain popular locations. It’s just the reality of the situation.

Thanks, it took some trial and error but it all comes together occasionally.

My second video and still learning how to edit. How do you change the order of the frames with a GoPro? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Io_N0LCuBXI

A cast iron pan or a non-stick oven proof frying pan will work for this. (I have only used store bought and not Lake O salmon for this recipe) Ingredients: 2 Tbs butter sea salt or kosher salt (definitely use a generous sprinkle but not coated either) fresh ground pepper garlic powder or minced garlic light sprinkle of Cayenne pepper Pinch of dill weed salmon fillet with skin on- very important -preheat oven at 400 -preheat frying pan on med high with butter -rinse salmon and pat dry -season meat side of fillet with all above ingredients -when butter is bubbling, add fillet meat side Down onto pan -spoon some of the melted butter over the top of skin -add a light drizzle of olive oil to pan around the fish to keep liquid from burning off -let salmon cook on stove about 3 or 4 minutes until you see meat cooking along the bottom edges Do not flip fish- take pan and place in the oven and let bake for 15 minutes -Remove pan and flip fish when you plate it so meat side is up. You will have a perfectly golden crispy crust over the top of your fillet. Add a lemon wedge and fresh parsley on top and you just turned a $40 plate into an every day meal.

I am still looking for one for my port side. How long are the booms on yours? The one I have was given to me with a 24” boom that just clears my prop but I cannot find another longer than 18”. I would definitely be interested in one of yours either way. I live in Syracuse but if you are out of driving distance would you consider shipping it? Let me know, thanks for reaching out. Chris

This morning I took the cables off and put them on again and it now runs perfectly. 🙌

I purchased a new control box and installed it today for my Mercury 2 stroke and the gears are not right. I installed everything exactly how the last one was set up but now it doesn’t go into forward gear unless I press the neutral throttle button and it doesn’t engage in reverse at all. Could it be the throttle and shift cables need to be reversed or that the gears become misaligned during the switch? I really don’t want to bring it to the shop and lose my boat for half the summer after I just lost it for 3 weeks to replace the trim switch.

There used to be a guy on Craigslist that would take used boats at no cost. I think he dismantled them and sold the parts but I gave him one that was basically unsalvageable years ago .

I have a Gander Mountain IM6 8’ Musky rod I bought on clearance years ago when it was closing down for around $40 and it works awesome for jigging striped bass and bluefish but haven’t tried casting with it. It has awesome backbone but very little tip action unless under a decent load. Does a good casting rod have a little softer tip or not necessarily?