HB2

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 .........

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 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 . 

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 . 

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  

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 

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" . 

I really landed on my feet when my cottage fell in my lap there . 

Everything I could ask for . 

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 . 

Hamlin Sandy 

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 . 

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 . 

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 . 

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 . 

DETAILS ? 

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 . 

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 . 

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 

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 .  

Is  anyone sitting on it ?  

I think the high water the last few years has had an impact . 

We have had stellar fishing the past few years 

Coincidence ? 

It's coming 

Stay tuned 

I'm with Rolmops

There was a very distinct temp break yesterday .

Only had to move it a few feet to drop 10 deg . 

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 . 

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