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Troll into wind or with it?
HB2 replied to troutman10's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
I use to catch most of my fish trolling with the wind . Untill. I learned how to fish into the waves . A lot of days I catch more going into the waves . Down speed is a big help for this . And a limited spread is also important . But the most important thing is a good driver , which is pretty much everything .And out of frustration , it's usually me . The boat can't be wagging back and forth . Your lines have to be tight to get the right speed at your baits , especially your dipseys. And I would guess your coppers ,etc. On days there is a heavy current your SOG could be 5 mph . If you trolled with it all morning you could start at Sandy and wind up in Rochester . So you have to troll into it more than half the time . So learn how to do it . -
I confused the 44 with what I thought was the 22 . The sizes were all good and still are . -
Ah yes , the 88 . A great different action spoon . I still have 1 left that for me a second place laker . The 22 was also a good spoon . Pirates and NK started the revolution back in the day . Quality spoons .
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I ran the numbers as best I could and I figured Bruce was breaking even or it was costing him money to run the place when he had it . I don't know how many of you run your own businesses , but the cost of doing business has skyrocketed the last few years .
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I have no idea .
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Should be no problem getting in and out as far as depth is concerned . Probably needs an afternoons work with a pole saw to clear out the overhanging limbs which really aren't to bad . He has done a fair amount of work over there on and off the last few months . The bigger area has been cleared of all the old falling down docks . He has a barge in there to work off of . Still a lot of work to be done but it's a good start .
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I threw some of the hand helds in a bon fire once . Was pretty cool . -
I think an elevation would also be good info for the those that are new . Kind of like a set of blueprints To see how the depths that each rig covers in relation to what is running next to it to minimize tangles and get the best water coverage . -
Poster Board , and a pack of colored sharpies .
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Jans Netcraft Or Mudhole
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My heart goes out to you
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We all want and use all this modern stuff that makes our lives better and gives us higher standards of living cheaper .And everybody, everybody, wants cheaper. Our clothes,homes , vehicles , boats . Even the plastic lures and the paints on them . Everything is plastic or some sort of composite . The production process of these materials are extremely invasive . These " profit mongers "are giving us exactly what we want . -
I to use know a guy that use to eat a ton of LO fish of all kinds . Sadly he died mysteriously one day . Quite possibly from what was described . He was 97 years old. As far as food allergies etc in children. After getting in my eat healthy kick a few years back I started to read the ingredients on the labels at the advice of a nutritionalist.It amazes me the amount of crap we are feeding ourselves and our children we call food . And we are worried about some fresh fish ?
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I agree with Whaler Downriggers are the center of any small boat trolling system , especially for newbies IMO . I love mine on my 16 ft . Easy to deploy and are precise with depth , no guessing like with dipsys . If you were to get dipsys , make one a Braid slide driver IMO . If you are fishing spring , planer boards are nice . Some sort of down speed and temp is a great investment . -
Looks to me like it has gone up about 6" the last few weeks
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Seems like the water has come up at least a few inches the last few weeks
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The way I see it , it's not about power or green . It's about putting money in the right people's pockets .
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There is offshore and inshore fishing down there . Both are fun . If you or anyone is driving down and you are on I 95 , make a point of stopping at Buc EE's in Florence. It's quite the travel plaza experience . Get a brisket or what I got , a club melt sandwich . Incredible . -
My Dad wintered in Venice about an hr south of Sarasota . We went out on a head boat a few times. It was fun and relatively cheap . But I had fun on the Venice jetties . Caught a variety of species . Best setups were 1/4 to 1/2 oz jigs with shrimp on 7 ft med spin rods or I used a 9 ft steelhead rod with a float with shrimp . I let it drift with the current along the rocks . Enjoy the nice weather down there .
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They were a high percentage of my stream catch .Way more than any other year since I have had my cottage . I saw a good amount caught be other anglers also. Some who I believe mistook them for Coho.
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I am was just saying, since you are buying a spray can of lacquer , you could use it to refresh other lures you already have to kill time during the doldrums of winter .
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Also any scuffed up or rash stick baits , spoons or flashers ,etc can be brought back to life with a couple quick coats . Maybe some super fine steel wool to clean them up first . Then spray .
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Lacquer Light coats
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Actually I have had good experiences with them . They rebuilt the my Cobra outdrive on my Bayliner and did other work . They did some work on my 35 Merc . Got parts and oil from them many times . Never once had a problem . But this was before they sold and I found Tommy Barbara
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I did pretty well in Sandy this fall and other guys also . Not as good as 2 and 3 years ago but good and I did not fish as much. So with all the hullabaloo about there not being a lot of kings in the lake this year , maybe we weren't fishing the part of the lake the kings were .
