Low Baller

If that's struggling I need to take up golf. Kids with big fish...priceless!

Thanks Hornet. Been a good run. She'll be ready for next season. Total refit last yr on the Misty, she's a fishing machine. Wanted to get something for striper,and salmon. Maybe I can get past the 150 now. See you on the pond. 

Where's all the Mexico reports?

Nice to hear from you Less, hope all is well! 

Phone works both ways Mike, lol. You're just worried about competition. No worries, have bananas, will travel.

It's definitely cool. Didn't get in last season and Tony landed a 28 plus that took the daily. Never heard the end of it. We'll go for it next weekend, see if the grandsons got game. 

I suffer from LDS.

Thanks bud, yeh, a whole 2 more ft. At least I can stand up now.. 😆 

15th annual Labor Day Weekend run. Last run for the old 16 misty harbor. Picked up an old angler 180 dc for next project. Looking forward to taking 2 grandsons out next week. Always enjoy the " small craft advisories " this time of year. Good luck to all. Keep it tight!

Hey Hornet, I should have done the same this past weekend. Hit the river with kids and grandkids float fishing. No fish but a great day on the river

Just now, Low Baller said:

🤣👍×3

15 lb 

8 minutes ago, whaler1 said:

And flouracarbon leaders

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2 hours ago, sherman brown said:

i don't use the lite bite slide diver for a longer leader but for the lite bite feature. i've used longer leads for walleye on erie but do just as good with 6' and over. some guys go as short as 5' with a dipsy and still catch fish. the lite bite has a lure tension that when set right even white perch will trip the diver keeping me from dragging a small fish around for long periods that's just long times that lure wont be catching fish.

That's what got my attention. Good set up for lighter tackle on Cayuga. Hate drowning small fish. Inshore kings doesn't mater much. They just grab and go.

7 minutes ago, sherman brown said:

the  big improvement is you can choose the length of your leader. i use the lite bite version and use it like a dipsy with a fixed 7'leader.

 

if you want to get deeper than about 65' you need to get the 7 oz conversion. it has a 7 oz weight and use a large ring and get deeper than the regular weight. i don't know if they have a dive curve for it so you may need to make your own.

 

go to 50' of water with your diver set on whatever you use and at your normal trolling speed. now let out line slowly until you start bumping bottom. whatever you get divide it by 10. like say it takes 120' divided by 10 would give you 12. then divide 50' of water by the 12 it would give you 4.16 which i would round off to 4.2. that would be your dive curve for every 10' of line you let out you would dive 4.2' you would need to let out 238' to get close to 100' deep. of course you will not get 120' ft but use what you get and divide by 10' then take that number and dived 50' and that will be your dive curve for every 10' of line you let out. and it will get you very close. it will get you much deeper than a standard slide diver or a dipsy.

Great info. Guess I'll have to graduate to wire instead of 50lb braid. Lol

14 hours ago, HB2 said:

Went back out at 530 . 

 

Drove out to 40 ft and headed north . Was a little sporty out there but laying down . Was best pic I have seen in a long while from 45 to 60 ft on bottom .Lots of big hooks .  Managed 1 very nice female and lost another on  a #4 glow green fluorescent J plug .

 

Back at it in the morning if it's not to rough . 

 

I love my slide divers . They work great and have saved the day for Me numerous times . I don't  use them enough . Less than 6o ft is where they  shine .  

Good deal. I might have to get a couple of those sliders. Is the math the same as the fixed? 

6 minutes ago, greenhornet73 said:

I like those slide divers. Started using them walleye fishing this year with spoons.

I've been curious about them. Are they an improvement over the fixed? When the fish are tight to bottom at 100+ they're pretty much useless to me but I run them at 225 to 250 just to keep 4 rods going. 

Only takes 1 HB2. Tough to get a break out there, but the adrenaline rush is a trip. Keep searching, you'll find them. Good job, keep it tight!

When are we going? 

Still need a bucket brown to fill the lake O wish list! Beautiful fish 

Well  I'm done. Managed to get out to the 135 today. 70° water out to 100'. Going to be blowing tomorrow, I'm out in the am. Had a couple knock offs on spoons tight to the bottom. 

Tony getting it done on a cleo! Lake was a mess. Anchored up at the mouth of SR. Cold water and a pile of fish. Gotta do something 😄. We'll have to see what the morning brings. Might have to bail for Cayuga lakers.

1 minute ago, Fat Trout said:

Yep....don't trust that guy, he's a little nutty.  Good luck this weekend Clarke!  I'm probably not out this weekend since I'll be up the next month+ of weekends hitting the river or combat zone lake as conditions allow.  Post upso I can regret my decision!  I was referencing your 26# fish  posted earlier but glad I could create some confusion lol.  

Mike's a menace to society.  

Heading up tomorrow morning for another go at it. Looks like the lady might give us a decent day Saturday. Conflicting wave forecasts as usual but looks like <1 with a few bumps thrown in. Can't catch em from the couch. I'll probe the 100+ Fri afternoon see what's going on. Would like to target fresh fish especially steel, but not above dragging the 50 for mud sharks. Be safe folks, head on a swivel. See you out there.

I don't spend enough time to give scientific data, but I can say that the average length to weight of stagers in Mexico have decreased in the last 12 yrs. Based again on a handful of personal catches and comparisons to others . The one male king we boated last weekend was 39" - 26.9 lbs with a 24 1/2" girth. Fattest king I've ever caught in that size bracket. 

Less fish more bait? I have no idea. He had all of his fins, natural spawn? Curious. 

It was great to bump into you again Fat Trout. Last Saturday was definitely a perfect day. Great pic!! We had a knock off doing the same thing, scared the crap out of my grandson Andrew. Makes you wonder how long that fish was following. 😆  We're making a run this weekend for a 911 memorial cruise. Maybe I'll see you there. 

Oh, ..you lost me on the 26? I don't think I've landed 26 salmon in my career on that rig.🤣

Where do you put the downriggers?

We we're lucky to get a full day in on Saturday. I love being on the lake but when she starts getting angry I'm gone. Found temp at 110 but Sunday morning was above my pay grade. Played with the mud sharks in the kiddy pool. All good. Might do a suicide run this weekend if she behaves herself.