suttontroller94

Nick is right about them being adult sawbellies for sure either way. Here is a pic of one I picked up during the derby next to a magnum moonshine.

There was alot of dead bait before the derby. No way did vhs travel that fast bait is so thick on Seneca this year it's probably being stunted by predators such as fish and birds just going through schools. Probably nothing to be to concerned about

Is that one an old sewing machine? How cool! They were much more resourceful then than we are now!

That's a nice one it's hard to keep fish like that stuck as I've found this year

Just over 6 weeks til this tournament! Can't wait don't forget to register!

There's a sweet spot because you want to be able to load up your rod without popping the release I still mess up and have to re deploy rigger once a trip but it's better than dragging a small around for hours not knowing about it!

I love my Scotty pinch pads I almost traded them for blacks but so glad I didn't because of the long leader you can see when you've got a shakers on easy and once I had them broken in they released on most fish once you learn how deep to place the line depending on running spoons or flashers

Stoneam were you by any chance having this problem while going cross wind? If so this is referred to as "crabbing" it happens during stonger wind days especially at slower speeds but it is best to avoid it if possibly in my opinion most strikers occur while gear is running true and proper. I personally try to point my bow correctly in to oncoming waves or go with the waves. You could also be facing an underwater current as you mentioned one way to combat that slightly is by running torpedo or shark shaped rigger weights as they tend to be a little more aerodynamic than a traditional "ball" troutman (harvey o'hara)on this sight makes great torpedo weights and bikinibottom (Rich matwiejow) also on this sight makes very nice shark weights