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GlassWater Outdoors

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  1. Just to echo what others have said, Chad does an awesome job and out of all the other Fishing ad Hunting sites out there I have to say LOU and its users are some of the best around. I am pretty new to Lake Ontario and very new to the finger lakes. This site has helped trim my learning curve on these new waters 10 fold. I fished Seneca for the first time ever during the National Derby.  Myself and a couple of members from our Trout Club in NJ pulled our boats up the night before and launched blindly from Sampson the morning of the tourney. With the help and advice from several members on LOU thru private messaging we got on the bite quickly. We had fish on the board each day till some of the local sharpies knocked us off. My buddies kid held out to take 2nd in the laker division. We caught a to of fish  Browns, Bows, lakers and a 26" Atlantic. None of this would of been possible without the help from guys like Iron Duke, SK8 ,Great Lakes Lure etc. It is what this stuff is all about! Here in NJ where our trout club is, we only have one lake to troll for lakers hefty bows and browns. We try to promote this fishery the best we can and we try to constantly bring new people to the lake and it is a hell of a lot smaller then Cayuga or Seneca. When I started as a total newbie into Ontario I was amazed at how helpful people on this site were. Thru that help I have made some life long friends and fishing buddies. It is a fish,that's it just a fish. I like to worry about stuff like childhood cancer, drug addictions, and poverty not OMG there are too many boats enjoying MY LAKE. Just my 2 cents. carry on 

  2. We are looking to add to our copper spread. If anyone is looking to sell some of their equipment for a fair price please let me know before I buy new. I am not looking to rob anyone but I am also not looking to pay New Prices on used stuff. Looking for 200s, 250s, possibly another 300, 400s, 450s, 500s, Shoot me a PM and let me know what ya got and how much your looking for. Also if anyone has any Penn 320s they want to part with (working or not) I would be interested. 

  3. We did get a bunch of baby kings also all around 18 inches as seen in the first pic but then we were absolutely taken over by what I thought were baby Atlantic's but maybe small rainbows? They were built completely different then the small kings. Fins spots colors everything. I know the second pic sucks but we didn't take any of the small fish out of the water to ensure a clean release. Unfortunately the one small king I got clear photo of needed a hook cut off because his jaw was pinned together but he swam away fine. We also left the area as to not harm any more. Second pic is the mystery fish. They definitely were not baby kings.

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  4. Splashed the new boat and got her in the slip on Friday. We took it out fishing on Saturday. I really couldn't ask for more fished in tight 30 to 90' in the morning and had a slow pick at small browns. Had a bunch of little 12 to 14 inch Atlantic's crushing warrior spoons on the 3 and five colors. There were so many I had to leave the area. Never saw anything like it. We're they just stocked?? At noon time we went out and worked 250 to 400. That is where we found the bait and the fish. Went 4 for 6 out there and had a great time. Was just happy to put a bunch of fish on the boat. Forgot to mention a few very tiny incidental Lakers that were committing suicide by absolutely engulfing spoons half the size of them. They were very shallow and high up in the water way out of temp. All the bigger stuff was down 55 to 80 and hit FF. Didn't reel in a fish just enjoyed seeing my brother and his girlfriend enjoying life !

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  5. I think it would also help promote the Derby and the lake itself if some of the boaters had room to take non boaters with them. We do this for our clubs tourneys down here. It is a great experience for the non boater and many times they show up to our next tourney with their own boat! 

  6. I agree the tabs are nice. As stated earlier in forum. This guy is on a tight budget. Bags and tabs are comparable in price. Trying to leave him money for fuel so he can be on water more. Happy Fishing.

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    I hear what you are saying however. I also work on a tight budget but I would rather skip a day on the water and put that fuel and ramp fee savings towards bags. I used to do the bucket trick and I "thought" it was great till I saved up for a set of used bags. The difference is amazing. To me personally I would rather miss a day or two on the water to spend the rest of my days on the water that much more enjoyable. Just my two cents. But yes the buckets will work if your only trying to knock off a mph

  7. One thing I have learned in my brief Spinny/Fly Flasher/Fly career is there is NO set answer for your question. Last season a guy at the dock told me to run around 28" back. After two days of nothing I went as short as 16"  and the riggers and dipsys started firing on a consistent basis. Went up the following weekend and couldn't buy a bite on the same combo. Switched to a 22" leader and bam the bite was on. It all depends on the fishes mood . Dont be afraid to experiment!

  8. As with many species a lot of it depends on how the fish is treated at the outset after being caught, the initial prep work done (e.g. filleting) and then how it is cooked. Lakers especially large ones can be somewhat oily and "fishy" if these things aren't done right. A lot of folks feel this about Bluefish in the salt water environment but when prepared right both can be delicious.  Much of the fishy taste in lakers comes from the lateral line area (the dark grey area in the mid line of the sides of the fish, the back of the fish and the stomach area (most of the oil in the fat in these areas). It is not as pronounced in the smaller lakers but just as important to get rid of and the smaller ones are "milder" in taste. Probably the most important step other than removal of the lateral area happens when you first catch the fish. They should be "bled out" by making a large cut across the bottom area under the gills. To avoid a mess in the boat it can be done by placing them in the net over the side and letting the blood drain out of them. They then need to go immediately on ice right until filleted not just thrown in an iceless cooler to get "mushy". When they are filleted it is important to remove the thick part of the back area, the fatty areas of the underside and remove the skin (these are also the areas of greatest potential contaminants) and all bones (rib cage itself and the little bones above it)  from the fish. Once boneless and skinless each fillet can be further processed by cutting out most or all the grey lateral area on the sides of the fish. Yes you will have less meat but what you have will be much less "fishy". A main reason people say lakers aren't good eating ios because they have either failed to process them properly or because they have heard others say they are poor quality and have not actually tried them.  There are many ways to prepare them but  I prefer coating them with olive oil and breading them with Panko ( Japanese bread crumbs) mixed with Old Bay seasoning. They can also (like Bluefish) be good with Cajun seasonings. I too believe that the lakers from the Finger Lakes seem better tasting but they are also usually smaller than the Lake O "beasts" :lol:

    Hit the nail on the head. They are also good for the smoker

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