Bearcat

Any issues with fleas on the 10 color?

I don't know about Sacandaga but Great Sacandaga is one of the most unregulated lakes in the state. You can do whatever you want there. I have a customer who brags about his son's boat that has exceeded 100 mph on that lake and is trying for 110 - really??? Off shore is the place for that, imho. I threw out the anchor to swim for a while with the kids in an area where about 30 other boats were anchored up doing the same - unbelievably guys were ripping through the anchorage doing 30+ mph between and within 15 yards of anchored boats with dozens of people in the water. Smart people.

These are the same slobs and idiots you see cruising around the lake all day with the fenders hanging off the boat. They'll never be educated at the dock or on the VHF, all you can do is give them as much space as possible.

What kept you from throwing a chain around that guys trailer and dragging it sideways to the other end of the lot?

Last Saturday, silver pickup with NJ plates, parked with his trailer COMPLETELY occupying the FIRST TWO parking spaces adjacent to the fish cleaning station at Wrights. Was this guy an inconsiderate creep or a just moron? If you cant drive or don't give a crap because that's the way it is where you come from, at least go way to the back of the lot where it doesn't get filled until late on very busy days - or better yet, ask for assistance from someone who looks like he knows what he's doing, most people would be happy to help.

Perch eat fleas. I read somewhere that NYSDEC studies have shown that some lakes with a lot of perch that picked up fleas actually had the fleas disappear after a couple of seasons. If those Sockeyes are filter feeders are they still caught with regular tackle?

Sounds like that would work, What's best way to tie blood run to 30 lb mono? Use thin swivel or uni to uni knot??

A & P Custom tackle has 30 lb flea flicker, but he spools it on your reel from a big spool..

Fleas in Oswego Before today, I haven't been out since Sunday and I've heard fleas haven't been too bad this week. Based on what I dealt with today, that was an understatement. 30 lb Big Game mono was loaded on the rigger lines in 20 minutes - had to have my mate scrape fleas while reeling in fish and had to partially hand-line one fish in, and the wire dipsey lines? Holy cow, loaded in less than a half hour. BTW, spent most of the day around 450' and an hour or so around 120'. Thinking of respooling with 40 pb mono or 30 lb flea flicker. Has anyone had success with either of these?

Big fan of the smithwicks colors mentioned above but last trip out they only picked up smallies. We did pick up a brown on a rapala but caught a dozen in two hours on the spoons (green and silver was the hottest), not a fish all day on the bayrats, go figure. Leads for those shallow fish should be at least 100' and light weight flouro leaders are a must.

They should physically brand these creeps, make sure they can NEVER fish in NY waters again. "Visitors" and guests to our country and state should be compelled to behave even better than the rest of us, but in our politically correct country this doesn't seem to be the mind set anymore. 5 years of PRODUCTIVE hard labor, followed by immediate deportation should be the minimum sentence.

Looks like a young King but with sort of an Atlantic spot pattern??

How were the fleas on the lead core?

Same here. Flasher flies, right on bottom. Screen was on fire 1/2 hour before dark.