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  1. HB2
    We miss the dog . He use to chase the geese off the property .. We called him the goose dog
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    I see my cottage .
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    All the guess work is gone . Is that a good thing ? Went out this evening for a few hrs in my 12 ' row boat . With oars from a garage sale and an anchor from my kids weight set . Caught about 10 rock bass ( some nice ones ) a few perch , 2 largemouth , and a real nice smallmouth, lost a few more . About half were on a perch Rapala I pulled out of a tree Sat . A very peaceful evening of fishing except for the very windy conditions that had me dive into my bag of tricks from experience to present my bait properly . No motor , depth finder , etc . At some point , it begs the question ...............
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    Maybe because the boat pushes the fish to the side like a wake and that diver lure is right in their face .
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    Proves the boat scares the fish
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    I am also going to get some of these for cut bait to try . Anything I should know about this ?
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    The row boat bass fishing Fri afternoon and Sat was less than stellar . But I did manage a big bowfin. The fishing was fun while it lasted
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    Dem salmon sure taste good I have been eating them for the last 2 weeks
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    When I was younger , I was looking and wanted all the latest and greatest new technology . I guess I thought that it would make me more successful. And to a certain point it did , but in a sense , it hindered me . Mostly because I was focused on that and not the basic fundamentals. At some point , and I think it was on my happy spot in the ADKs exploring a new spot in my canoe , I had to rely on those fundamentals . And thats when I truly learned to be a good fisherman. Don't get me wrong , I have a lot of the gadgets but I limit myself . I fish tribs , and won't by a pin outfit I won't buy autopilot I use to be exited about new technology , now I cringe . FFS is one . All the guess work , or most is taken out of the equation . Maybe the decreased numbers reflect the fact that the thrill of the hunt has been taken away to a large extent
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    And to answer your question, I've tried a few kinds on my trolling lures with no noticable difference . And I don't understand why .
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    It sure does work on my plastic baits for panfish bass and pike I Also put it back itn my egg flies flyfishing the tribs I swear by it. Got my friends using it . It works
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    Most years , you have very little chance to win big salmon unless you fish Olcott west and really ,including this year . Yup , kings are the man but if the prize was bigger , maybe more east end guys would participate . But thats just an observation . Lovin my row boat . At some point , and I have been saying this for some time , some of you guys have to ask yourself the question , " what are we really doing here , is this fishing or a video game ? "
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    And another thing The Brown trout prize should be bigger and more played up than it is. Maybe a lot of Kings all over this year but a lot of years most kings are west of the Oak . That way guys can enter , target browns with chance of big payout . I remember they gave a big boat for Salmon and smaller for big brown.
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    Our LOC

    HB2 posted a topic in Open Lake Discussion

    Fri , Sat , Sun we fished old school 12 to 35 ft , ran all big stickbaits on riggers and boards along the mud line . Got nice kings , browns and some steelhead . J 13 black silver , GFR , and fire tiger took board brown . Also 5 1/2 and 41/2jointed rebels . Never ran a spoon in there . Started there Thursday and worked our way out to 50 to 70 . 35 to 65 was great. Many kings and big Lakers . Yesterday 70 to 100 Today we went out against my better judgement .Ran 3 rods. 1 on each tiger and 1 slide diver . Went 11 for 14 till we pulled rods at 8 15. I think we boated about 140 fish mostly salmon and lost a bunch more . Yesterday we boated 32 for 41, my son kept score . My hands are beat up from hook point pricks . 18 4 biggest king 16 10 biggest laker And a board brown 1211 I think NBK Green Tuxedo 2 face Silver Carbon Black lazer And others What more can you ask from this fishery ? I'm tired
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    Salmon size

    HB2 replied to HB2's topic in Open Lake Discussion

    I guess we can't loose fact that the fishing this spring Derby has been as good as I can remember ,at least it has been for us . We have boated 70 to 80 fish so far and lost some more. At times we can't keep rods in the water . Many kings 8 to 15 lbs . A bunch of browns , some steelhead, and a lot of lakers to 14# . My arms are tired and I come home exhausted . Weather has been good . Not seeing a lot of bait where I am but screen is full of fish a lot of the time . Also not getting many skippers which is worrisome. But next year should be great size wise . So I'm not going to complain . But I think the Canadian nat reproduction has taken the lake over.And this seems to have started 15 years ago and is getting worse each year . And really , what can the DEC do about it ?
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