Bgk88

I’m figuring by 5/1 we should see temps worth fishing. 49-50 is what I like to see but as soon as it’s 47/48 I’ll start fishing this year. We’re easily 10-14 days behind the norm, and I’m sure spawn will happen roughly same time as usual. Going to be a shorter than usual and intense season I think.

I was out today. The water temp was 44-45 degrees in the Kingston area. I did mark a fair amount of fish but it’s

simply too cold to effectively troll yet.

Can’t beat that thing for the money

You will be able to find a plethora of nice boats in that size range at that price. With that budget be patient to find exactly what you want, because it’s out there.

Great video. The mate definitely earned his keep that day.

Great tackle boxes. Easily hold slender stick baits up to 7”. From experience, if you are going to use it for say rapala F18’s you need to remove a couple trays, they are too wide. Great for anything smaller. For F18’s or larger be prepared to take a few trays out to hold 96, or go up to a special mate musky box (45 slots, but each will hold 2 rapala f18’s with the extra hole per divider so 90 total and less snagging below the divider). I own 2 musky boxes and 1 of these.

Pic for how the musky box will hold two per divider. Much taller than this 8”, which is nicer about the 8”.

Are they thru-wired?

Yep, cost about $1.25-$2 apiece.

Keep 10 a day from the Hudson River during April and May, find a friend on stripers247.com n trade a trip if can't make it down there for a few trips. Also Atommik has good quality bait. His are Pacific herring supposed to be a lil oilyer than the Atlantic. Brine then freeze.

Hudsonvalleysportsman.com is a great resource as well. There’s a ton of us striper fisherman on there, many that also fish Lake O. There’s also several B&T’s locally that sell live, fresh iced and frozen herring.