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Mounted and good antenna Don't new radios have a distress button you can push that will send position continuous ?
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When NK s first came out there were like 5 patterns . One was a black blank with diagonal glow green tape and a red eye . Was a killer then and still one of my best . The gator and die-hard and others are just jazzed up versions of it . And really , a lot of the spoon patterns are so close , can the fish tell most days? Location and presentation . FUNDAMENTALS , FUNDAMENTALS, FUNDAMENTALS ! I catch fish from 1.5 to almost 3 mph on NK mags . -
Glow frog was killer late July early Aug Black/ silver Orange was good when fish were 30 to 50 ft . Silver or black / purple also Ditto what Yankee said .
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Sandy , but I hear it's a foot lower at the Oak . -
Saw that chart ,thanks It says to me it is 2" above last year and 13" above long term average . It never got as low as it usually does this Dec or so it seams .
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Stopped by the cottage today and water level seemed high . Am I wrong on this ?
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Please Email DEC on proposed creel limit changes
HB2 replied to Gill-T's topic in Open Lake Discussion
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# . -
Please Email DEC on proposed creel limit changes
HB2 replied to Gill-T's topic in Open Lake Discussion
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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Rams 32 Pats 28
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Fine hack or coping saw Or a triangular file all the way around good then snap Sawzall ?
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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 .
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Just watched Phil decree an early spring ! Can't wait -
Advice on first “real” lake O boat (Penn Yan 212)
HB2 replied to Jto97's topic in Open Lake Discussion
21 ft a great boat for LO trolling . I have launched / loaded my 21 many times alone . Just have to be organized . But it is a pain to troll alone without remote steering . But I absolutely love trolling for staggers out of my 16 ft side console aluminum . You will love the Penn yan . But bigger boats cost way more to maintain . And gas , I can troll all morning on 2 gallons in my 16 . That much doesn't get me out to the fishing grounds in the big boat . B.O.A.T. Bust out another thousand . -
Easiest technique for keeping cimeter sharp?
HB2 replied to landingzone's topic in Open Lake Discussion
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 .
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My dad had a place in Venice about 20 miles south . I went out on a head boat a few times and had fun . I also fished the north jetty a lot . I found shrimp under a float drifted along the rock in tide current was best for me. Also jigs tipped with shrimp .
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Anybody hear the particulars about this ?
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Get a hardtop if you can -
True slidediver dive chart
HB2 replied to Gill-T's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
I just bought a lite bite with the ultimate ring at the show Friday . How did that thing pull ? -
... Rods and reels did you break this year ? I broke 2 of my favorite bass spinning rods . 1 in a door ,one I stepped on . They never break on fish . I usually am good for 2 per year . Some I can fix. Wore out one spinning reel Clicker went on a 47 H ,I think I can fix .
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I put a 3/4 oz egg sinker just above my snap slid down over the knot . Helps to keep it from curling when the dipsy is not attached . Doesn't seem to affect performance . Might even help. Put a 2 oz on my riggers to do same Thing . Works great .
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Another 20% CUT in Chinook Stocking for 2019
HB2 replied to Tall Tails's topic in Open Lake Discussion
Late Summer,early fall fishing west end has not been the same since they quit raising kings at Caladonia . The fish head east because that's where the were born . -
Another 20% CUT in Chinook Stocking for 2019
HB2 replied to Tall Tails's topic in Open Lake Discussion
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Another 20% CUT in Chinook Stocking for 2019
HB2 replied to Tall Tails's topic in Open Lake Discussion
Thanks Gator for your technical explanation of your view on the aclimatation of LO kings over the last 40 years . Kind of confirmed my suspicion . You sound like a brainiac. Volunteerism is low in all groups / organizations. 10% of the members usually do 90% of the work . And it's,usually me doing it . I can't sit around and watch . Money should be no problem at all . If everyone gives a little, it can total a lot . No domestic rainbows in upper Sandy? I have lived in Holley for almost 60 years and you don't know what you're talking about . And I troll j plugs almost exclusively after labor day for many years . I do pretty well on them and have NEVER Snagged a salmon . And yes ,there are guys pier heading and trolling staggers off Sandy . Also last year I launched my small boat 2 days after we released the fish at Sandy . There were a bunch of cormerants having breakfast on all the little ones you could see swimming around . I imagine the smallmouth bass were well fed also .
