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  1. I can tell you this . It is the hottest new Bait for King Salmon on Lake Ontario now IMO . It's pretty much all I use now . I would not want to be without it . And that's the truth . And hopefully by next spring if things go well .........
  2. I'm hard on equipment And I'm probably not as diligent at checking it after every fish as I should . . So I'm back to all braid . Used it forever with 0 issues . I really don't see the difference .I catch just as many on it .
  3. 3 break offs in 2 years . 1 I kind of knew of the kink but I didn't think it was that bad . 2 broke when I popped it to change the lure . I didn't do anything extreme . It is Mason 7 strand 30# I'm back to braid . Never had an issue . And I catch just as many .
  4. Ball was going down and it was just gone . Sometimes the cable crosses over on the spool . The cannon riggers are so fast I think when it hit that it jumped and snapped the cable . Why do the riggers of today have to be so fast ? People have no patience .
  5. Did the afternoon run with Ken and Brandon . Ran out to 200 and headed north . After losing the probe and weight 5 minutes in , we trudged on . Anyway , we were 3 for 7 hits . 3 kings , one skip. Gary D rigs w/ white flashers on dipsey At 150 and 189 were the ticket taking 5 of the 7 hits . Ended the night with a double . I dropped two nice fish . Awesome night on the water . Nice to go on someone else's boat and be successful on my rig
  6. I have used a lot of different hooks and my favorite are eagle claw 374 for the money . I keep coming back to them . Fish get off , that's the way it is , there is no explaining it other than maybe thay aren't taking it good and are nipping at it. Some days you loose a lot ,some days you don't loose any . That's why it called fishing
  7. The last few times out I have not done well in water lest than 150 ft except for small fish . I see a lot of bait and some fish , but Not finding kings I like to target . I seem to be doing best 180 plus . Try putting a T 41 atomic Ultra glow fly behind that white 11" flasher 35" .
  8. I really landed on my feet when my cottage fell in my lap there . Everything I could ask for .
  9. I fished Sunday , did well on kings ,, and marked very few fish . You don't have to mark them to catch them . Especially this time of year . You should always fish like the fish are there .
  10. I run 65 braid on one side and wire on the other . Many times the braid outfishes the wire . And after losing a diver , pro troll and the rest to probably a kink yesterday AGAIN , the wire is going in the trash , all braid . I see no difference except when the fleas are real bad , but I'll live with that .
  11. It was bumpy as all get out but it was worth it . I will drop off a few more as you got bit off last week and a few replacement inserts . As I recall they took the glo model . I had a newbie and we made him reel in all the fish , which explains some of our landing percentage . But it's all good .
  12. Well I did not get into the Sandy creek shootout figuring no way could I compete with My boat and primitive equipment . But We fished that morning and did quite well as we found a good pod of kings that were biting . We easily had a 75 # box . I don't know where we would have landed . And we ran two rods most of the morning and were having breakfast with my wife by 930 .
  13. After a bust yesterday with a Cancel and A guy who could only fish 2 hrs we head back out today with a double team with Coyote K . Started in 80 with all kinds of bait but no hits . Decided to head out deep and glad we did . 300 ish was the best for us . 65 to 95 down . And again my braid dipsey out fished my wire . I keep hearing how much better wire is . Well , I ain't seeing it . Went 3 for 8 . All good fish 2 hits on spoons . The rest were white flashers and my Gary D rig I think I have finally perfected .Got bit off twice . That I need to fix . One time this summer I did not catch a fish on it . I don't think I have the next great Salmon bait. After 3 summers of testing I now know it .
  14. If I were you I would run one flasher each on each rigger fishing the marks As deep as try the fish are . 25 to 35 lead 20 apart vertically . And a mag spoon On each dipsey set on 1.5 back a long way or fish the marks And I love my white flashers . White rocks . And turn a lot , s curves so you lures are going the right speed at least some of the time .
  15. When we get a strong east wind for a day or two the wind pushes the surface water west while the current flows east and pulls the cold water from down deep to the surface . It can be as cold as 42 Dec this time of year surface temp . This is my understanding of how this happens Fishing is bad inshore and to find stable water you will have to go 3 to 15 miles offshore . The fishing can be quite good out there . I head north and drop lines when surface temp reaches around 65 And head north .
  16. Maybe you can reel 150 ft of 30# over the braid with Albright knot . Then a 25 tippet of 20 Flouro to the spoon or straight 30# to a flasher . 30# braid is strong enough but will catch a lot of fleas if they are bad . You will just have to check and clean them often . Good luck
  17. First wire diver I had was 300 ft of 30# wire ,backed up with an Albright knot to 100 yards of 65# power pro braid and then 20# mono to fill the spool. Caught a ton of fish on it with 0 problems . But I trust my knots . I feel there is more chance the wire breaks because of a kink you don't see than the knot breaking .
  18. HB2

    Tyee

    I think the high water the last few years has had an impact . We have had stellar fishing the past few years Coincidence ?
  19. I'm with Rolmops There was a very distinct temp break yesterday . Only had to move it a few feet to drop 10 deg .
  20. Took two of my friends out this morning Not much of a picture and temp was,shallow at 55 ft . Worked out way our to 225 Best was 180 We were 3 for 5 . Biggest was 21# and lost another good one . Watermelon Mag was best Tough bite today for us .
  21. And what difference does it make if your rigger counter reads 80 and the real depth is 72 . If you get hit when you rigger says 80 then you can adjust everything to that . The depth is relative More info than you need IMO . But somebody of you guys have to have the latest and greatest I guess
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