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  1. HB2
    At the DEC state of the lake meeting last year I listened to on line the DEC stated in an attempt to increase the Steelhead average size that this Reg change would be a good option . We have a world class fishery . And the DEC are the ones mostly responsible for it . So if they feel this will help , I say go for it .
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    Altmar

    HB2 posted a topic in Open Lake Discussion

    The wife and I went leaf peeping in the ADKS ( the colors were fabulous ) . Stopped at the hatchery on the way back. Race way was full of kings with more trying to get in . Was quite a sight . I guess they are going to start taking eggs soon . Also there were lots of guys fishing and campers everywhere . Nice to see the area making money .
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    17' too small??

    HB2 replied to rfed32's topic in This Old Boat

    Imperative that it is set up correctly . Use small boat tactics Use caution out there It can be as expensive as you want it to be You don't have to spend a lot to catch these fish Where and when is most important .
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    BINGO! My exact feelings about this said in a scientific way about lack of returns to western basin streams . Even with the pen efforts which do help , the fish still have the Salmon river water in their DNA . It's not that they imprint to Calidonia , its that they don't imprint to the Salmon river . The off the mouth , pier , and stream fishery is subject to weather,water conditions even more so than the lake . Makes me wonder if a certain amount of fish roam the lake and when it's staging time home in on the river that they are in front of with the right conditions . We would never know this until each ports fish were marked differently . Return numbers may be down lake wide , but as for my home port , I'm not seeing it . Granted I've only been here 4 years , but it's been great this fall since labor day .
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    And it never will be what it use to be . The lake in its current state can't handle that .
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    Had a great year trolling the mouth of Sandy this year . Best year since I've been here . And skein fishing has been good also Water conditions are key IMO . Gin clear water = not many fish . The water was green the most productive days out . East winds scatter the fish and they don't come back till it straightens out . Just because guys don't catch fish doesn't mean they aren't out there .
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    I went thru this same thing I had a 12 ft row boat / 5 horse . Nice boat but a pain to put in and out of the truck and set up each time When I started going to the ADKs I got a square stern and put the 5 on that . Nice but small and unstable to stand up and fish which is what I like . I lucked into a 16 ft side console w/ 35 horse and love it . Easy to trailer and best you don't have to hand launch the boat car top and put the motor on and off . Which takes a lot of time and effort . I see a lot of 14 or 16 ft tillers for sale on Craig's list for not a lot of money . I love my 16 . It tows easy and goes on and off easy .
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    I would have rather retrieved your rod and lost the fish for you . Love them older 47 hs . They are bullet proof.
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    The way I fish in my small boat , the crowds don't bother me . In fact in a sick sort of way I kind of enjoy them . I use them to my advantage. I never got out past 40 ft . But early yesterday I struggled for a while till I moved out a bit .
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    Was fun out there FRI night till SUN I boated 13 matures and lost some more small boat solo . 1 double which was interesting to say the least . I even hooked a fishing rod with a hog king on it . Landed the fish but not the rod . Got some real nice ones . All J plugs except one flasher/ Gary D rig . Silver bullets , green glo , white / black dots , and Watermelon yesterday morning . There was a crowd yesterday morning . But all played nice .
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    Save those bait heads for me .
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    And I saw a dead sturgeon floating out there
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    Back out for the evening meal . Didn't do well at all till just before sundown . Screen lit up and a rod goes off . I grab the non fish rod to pop it and retrieve it and it releases in my hand Double of matures , that was interesting but managed to land them both . Silver bullets # 4 35 ft. Hopefully lake is flat in the AM .
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    Back at it first light . Drove thru the gauntlet under the bridge to get to the lake Went 3 for 5 today white / Black dot and silver bullet J s . Got my last fish on my Gary D rig .
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    Google it
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    Went out late afternoon for a few hrs . Started in 15 ft . Let a #4 silver bullet red head out 125 down 5 ft and before I could set the other rigger I get a hit Landed 4 matures all told using small boat tactics from 15 to 30 ft . Nice amount of jumpers . Back at it first light . I will try the Gary D rig tommorow for the staggers .
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    I find I do best fishing for pike midday .
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    I disagree with the fact they are just breathing it in most of the time . I been fishing a spot with up to 10 other anglers and one or 2 guys are getting fish and the others aren't . Just because you are fishing eggs doesn't mean you are fishing the right eggs .
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    I have caught a few kings on eggs under a float this past week and a few had the hook down its throat . I have learned in the past few years doing this that if you don't have the right eggs cured the right way you will catch little or nothing . The fish may have lost their appetite, but they haven't lost their sense of smell , sight or taste . If they see something that looks and smells good, and tastes good , they might take a bite . How many times have we eaten something when we are not hungry because it smelled and looked good ?
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    I will be trying them on the staggers as early as this weekend . So we will see But I do love my J `s
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    I take a pencil , put the spool on , and pinch both ends between my feet . Or I take a screwdriver and put it thru the spool and clamp it straight up in my vice if I'm in my basement . Put a piece of cardboard between the spool and jaws of vice . Primitive methods I have been using for years . Both spin and casting reels
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    Try longer leads, of 25 to 35 ft Ditto on the to much slack on decent of ball . I keep it in the rod holder and loosen drag tension on line from rod to ball . A lot and of time the flasher will stay on the surface when you first drop the ball and will come back toward the boat . If you have shorter leads and a lot of slack I can see that being the problem . Let it down some and look to see , if so stop the weight and let the flasher catch up . This happens to me a lot . I don't tangle but the flasher kind of surfs .
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    Got a nice durable set at the Lockport outdoor store . I love that place Right down the street from Niagara produce . My favorite grocery store .
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    Back at it this morning after the lightning Set up in 50 and worked out . Bait but not a lot of fish on it . Slide diver and moonshine crab face went and got a real nice Laker . A little choppy for my taste and with no fish we called it a Derby . And that was it . My rig let me down today .Bu t nothing works all every time .
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    A friend of mine had basically the same situation you have . I took a piece of plywood big enough to put all the tanks and batteries on and took pieces of 3/4 pine and outlined the tanks and screwed the pieces to the plywood for a snug fit . Painted the board white and ran a bungee over the tanks . Worked great
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