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I have been trolling the lake since 1977. I've pretty much always had surface speed . This is good for fishing less than 50 ft. Combined with GPS SOG. For deep water I would watch cable angle ,and got good at it after a lot of years experience. My son kept bugging me to get a Fish Hawk and I finally did . I really don't fish any different than I did before but I find myself depending on it more and more. I've had it 2 seasons. I have the X4 . If you are fairly new at this I feel it is a good investment . Maybe spend less on depth finder or lures or whatever. Fact is , if your lures are not running right , it doesn't matter what you are using . First piece of the fishing equation is Location .Get over fish Second is presentation .

I troll kings till they are 5 minutes from running up the creek . I release almost all of them . They all ,with the exception of a very few, swim away . A lot of them strong . I fish a small boat and on the release I clear my other rod first , put the boat in neutral , and reel the fish in . I try to take the hook out while they are still in the water in the net . Or use my net to hook the other treble points and rip the hook out while we the fish is in the water If you drag them around behind the boat for 1/2 an hour and keep them in the boat to unhook them , then the chances of them making it are slim .

Mounted and good antenna Don't new radios have a distress button you can push that will send position continuous ?

They can change all the limits they want ,but IMO , it won't make much difference . The fish are about 2/3 the size they use to be . And the LOC leader boards are a good indicator of this . We catch what is out there . The lakes ecosystem has change since the first stocks . The bottom of the food chain is way smaller . Maybe the alwives don't have the nutrient value to pack the pounds on . Or it's something else . Also both lake and tribs guys are better at catching them . You can c&r , but there is a percentage released ,especially lake caught ,that won't make it . Caught a winter early 1980s Skamnia 38" that weighed a little over 13# . Got it under the driving park bridge . Was easy back then to catch 15# plus steelhead . Caught a bunch up to 20#. Now if I get a 12 # it's an event . Although I have landed a few the last few years maybe 14# .

Close all tribs during spawning season ? So no fishing tribs from Sept to May ? Yea that'll go over big !! A very selfish ,short sighted statement.and not very well thought out . The reason our governor keeps giving money to perpetuate the fishery is all the revenue it brings the state . When the money stops coming in , he might funnel the hatchery/ management $ to a finger lakes wine center or to downstate . Where is voter base is So all those out of state snagging trib anglers some hate so much on here, are a necessary evil to keep the dollars flowing our way . Some of you guys need to wake up and smell the coffee on this . We need as many guys fishing as possible for bargaining leverage.

It was all over for me after the call for the tackle made in the backfield . Instead of third and long . It's 15 + and first down . They are ruining the game . That was a textbook play .

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Fine hack or coping saw Or a triangular file all the way around good then snap Sawzall ?

Talked to the lampry guys at the Niagara show . Told them I caught a fair amount of kings with lampry the past few years . He seemed surprised by this or so I thought . Asked him when they were going to treat Sandy again as I have not seen the trucks sporting Canadian plates with the pipes from them running into the creek . He didn't know . Also asked if the lampricide they use has any collateral damage . He told me in a roundabout way that it did .

X2 on the diamond steel . The secret to a sharp knife is to keep it sharp . A few stokes on it during and after use . Those rapala things are great but don't last long. I like my electric knife . It's effortless .

If you are open water fishing ,I have great luck with jigs under a small float just off bottom 1/64 , 1/32 or 1/16 max head Plastic bodies of various types I like crappie magnet , jawbone to name a few . I constantly look for new bodies everywhere I go . Not a fan of twisters as the tail comes around and gets hooked ,but they work .tubes work well also . Anything 1 1/2 to 2". Natural to crazy colors . A drop of fish attracting works wonders so you don't need to tip, which I never do. Long rod ,8 to 11 ft . 6 or 8 # mainline , 6 or 4 # tippet . I catch everything with this technique,especially when water is cold . I would think this method would shine on rock piers / shoreline like Oak Orchard .