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I heard or read that they are going to dredge the Sandy creek channel . 

Anyone know when ? 

I go thru this when I go to the ADKs 

There is a steward at every launch checking boats . 

So after I take my aluminum small boat out , I acid wash it , keep the plug in and put about 30 gal of water in with some bleach and go back and forth in my driveway and slam on the brakes to swish It around . Then rinse good 

I tell the steward what I do and they say " good job " . 

Not to many years back , Orleans County pulled in the least tourist money than any other county in the state , according to a local paper 

The fishing is the biggest attraction as I see it . 

So what do they do  , they cancel the marque event of the year ..

We just got done with the summer LOC . So what's the problem ? 

Great job 

You were into 3 kings 

I would not call that a slow day .  Especially fishing mid day . 

I just look at the website 

It says it is, cancelled due to Covid 

Well that SUCKS ! 

I fished this lake a lot since they put the first put the fish in with only surface speed/ temp and feel I did pretty well 

2 years ago my son talked me into a fish hawk . Amazes me the under currents   out there and how I am constantly adjusting to them . 

I have talked 2 different guys in to getting one this year . 

Buy the fish hawk , you won't regret it . 

I have been running my rigs from 1.9 to 2.4 all of July for the best results . Also last year . 

The bigger Kings seem to be lazy.  

I have gotten double up when I hook a screamer and slow down or take boat out of gear and another rod goes off . 

This has happened more than you might think . 

First light to rough seas 

Went out to 90 

Temp came way up last night 

47 at 50 ft 

So we worked our way west and out . 

Not a good screen at all but temp went deeper as we went out 

Anyway after taking a  few over the the bow while trolling into it and dropping 2 fish I turn it to go with it back to the creek and call it a Derby . 

Rod goes off 55 down , nice mature about 18 

20 min later  Double , down 62  and dipsy at 170 dropped the dipsy and landed rigger fish looked like twin to the first one . 

We were 2 for maybe 7 releases . 

Ran 4 flashers today . Snotty out there . 

So much for 1 ft waves forecasted . 

And it shut off for us around 8 

We fished Sandy this morning and boated 7 for about 12 with 5 majors up to 22  6 

110 to 150 

65 to 85 down 180 on dipsey which were best . All we ran were flashers trailing ,dare I say it ? 

Temp was down 80 to start and came up to 60 . 

I fished Sandy and we had a hard time trolling west and getting our down speed to where we like it . 

East we had to speed up . 

All I can tell you is turn  And zig zag a lot if you don't have down speed and your lure will be going the right speed some of the time  And note direction of troll on release  

Our dipseys were best today . 

110 to 140 

70 to 90 

We fished till 630 

Went 3 for 4 all good kings . 

We went out at 330 

We have 2 ,matures so far 

Flashers 

Laying down flat 

A friend of mine said his buddy was getting them around Hedgges in 15  to 20 ft of water and did pretty well . 

For supposedly not being a good idea to fish alone , I sure see a lot of guys , including myself doing it . 

I don't see 2 guys being really any safer than 1 . Some guys  My wife  or children we bring are not going to be a whole lot of help in an emergency . 

As far,as a witness , they give lie detectors if needed . 

I sure wish they would allow this . I would be out there all the time  . 

Would sell my boat , buy like a 19 ft center console T top  and set it up to the max . 

Still going to try and run a one man out of Sandy this fall . 

Low key cheap , see how it goes . 

This time of year to start I put out 3 flasher set ups and 1 spoon . 

I run a 2 rigger 2 dipsy set up and target kings . 

You will know pretty quick if you are getting marks weather they want the flashers or not . 

After about an hr or so if I don't get hit or they just hit the spoon I take one flasher of a rigger and stack 2 spoons 20 ft apart  and set them 10 ft above and 10 ft  below the other rigger with the flasher .

I put my flasher on my probe rigger and keep it at 48 to 50 deg . 

But I always leave at least 1 flasher out somewhere. 

This has worked well for me . 

Coyote K twisted my arm to go out this morning and I reluctantly agreed . We did the Tag team again 

And what a morning it was . 

The Gary D rig behind a 11" hot spot  Martha Stewart and Binwadin color ( white ) . 

Boat 7 majors  with the biggest 25  7  And some smaller also . About 20 hits.   

Bite was so good I ran only 2 rods which kept us bust  enough . 

9o  to 140 was working 70 to 85 down . Off the water by 9 

2.1 was best speed with biggest taken  while boat was in neutral fighting a fish and downrigger was like jigging the lure . . 

Actually we should all drive down there and create a huge traffic jam . 

This is  not even close to over  .

This group is going to continue to escalate this until some one or thing  tries to stop them , which IMO , is what they want . The conflict . They are  using  bully tactics . 

It is apparent to me that this group no longer wants to live by the rules of our civilized society . It ain't perfect but its the best on earth . 

Be prepared for election day chaos .

Be strong and brave and not afraid to state your opinion .  

43 minutes ago, Sk8man said:

Try letting them down carefully with the clutch without abrupt stops (and not the down switch) and see if the problem goes away. It could be them going down too fast and the start and stopping

To much like work

I want  to put my line  in the release , hit the button and let it go . 

The only reason I have to wait going down is when I use flashers and they surf back to the boAt so I let the weight down about 10 ft till the flasher goes,down , which can take a while . 

I have a reg Proos and a turbo  Proos . I like the slower one better . 

2 hours ago, chinook35 said:

Been using Roemers for years without any problems like the adjustability and the fact you can stack them


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A lot of problems with fast riggers the way I see it . Going both up and down .

My stackers are Reomers also but I take an offshore and attach it to the stainless line hoop . Works great , been doing it for years.   I like how they clamp and how they release when they hit the tip . And they were free. 

Also doesn't look like there is a bead  between the black and the wire twist . Could make it so does not spin freely with pressure pulling up on it n 

1 hour ago, tove12345 said:

Is anyone else starting to notice just a little change to the fall spawning bodies of   some of the pictures of kings lately🧐🧐?

Yes 

I notice that with the matures we have been getting the last few days . 

Coyote K and I did the double team thing again today as we did yesterday . That works well for us . 

Found fish 110 to 170 

Rigger bite mostly 

80 to 105 Down 

We end up landing about 10 

4 matures and a mix of teens and dinks ,all kings 

White flashers / my rig took all but 2 of the 20 or so hits we had today . THE 2 were spoons . 

Choppy but better than flat . 

My Turbo Proos has died I  think   . I think it's the plastic gears inside . Just like the other one 

Are Magnum Metalz in my future ? 

Which is why I use pinch pad releases that are hooked on to the weight. 

Offshore, Scotty or Cannon .  

The pull of the line keeps the weight from spinning on the way down . 

I also believe it help to keep the weight from swinging back and forth down there and tracks straighter .

I use to use blacks,and that would happen occasionally so I switched. 

But if the black has a,bearing above , such as a metal bead , the weight can spin and the black  should not . 

Roemers do the same thing even worse as they clamp on the line . 

Hasn't happened again in 20 + years . 

First light west . 

Started in 90 , good screen . No hit till 150 . 

235 was best for us 80 to 100 down 

Mostly spoon bite but white hot spot  flasher / Gary D rig took the biggest we landed . Wound up with 8 or so with 2 nice kings . 

Had a screamer that almost spooled us for 20 minutes or so that just got off . Had him to the back of the boat . Never saw it . The big one gets away . 

7 minutes ago, rolmops said:

Most people who do not like this country live in other countries. There are are lot of people who like this country but they do not like the way in which it is currently going. You may interpret that as not liking the country. Just remember that the land of the free means that everybody's opinion about how this country should go forward is equally valid.

 Actually , that is not true . There are a lot of people in this country that dont like it . Some from other countries, and have been elected,  that have come here , hate us , and are trying to change our country to their way of thinking . We are the richest most powerful nation in the world , so why wouldn't they want to come here and take over . 

4.5 million gun "buyers " is different from gun " owners " 

How many of the inner city shootings are done with legal , registered hand guns ? 

And many of the libs want to take your legal firearms away . 

With less police and no firearms , you are at the thugs mercy . And I feel it just what those libs want . Proof  of that is they are letting the thuggery and lawlessness go unchecked and some have outright encouraged it . 

All this statue tumbling and rioting is serving message , and many have said as much , they no longer want to live by the constitution . 

It stopped being about George 3 days after it happened 

It's all political now and there are some they are trying to take over the country . 

Question 

Where are all the white supremacist groups and people that we hear are so prevalent in American society ? 

Another media hoax 

But when I turn on the news I do see a lot of racism 

Anyone that wants to call me a racist can shove that accusations . 

I  won't be intimidated by that