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I have said the same thing every time a king hits the deck. it looks like 20-25 but is 15-19.5 ( have yet to break the 20# mark this year). The 15-20 put up a fight though!

Dan

congrats on your fish! not as tasty as walleye but the fight makes up for it! must be the debris and fish all blew your way cuz not much of either in front of Hamlin. oh and sign up for the darn loc!!! 15# Steelhead wtg!

Dan

great job out there!

we launched just after you in the intruder. you found what we were looking for. we fished all day boated a mix of fish mostly spoon bite, bunch of releases with either no fish or fish off quickly. bunch of fish foul hooked for whatever reason. either an off bite or speed related. lots of down current and waves to keep things interesting. covered lots of water. lots of bait and marks but struggled to get a good bite going especially with flasher/fly. biggest king was 15 ish, biggest brown 7ish, biggest steelie 7-8#, biggest laker 15#. carbon 14 and ssw hottest spoon. boated around 20 fish for our 12+ hour trip missed a bunch. gonna do it again friday!

I cut my trip short today too. i had a young crew and the lake was moving pretty good. i motored to the east about a mile and set up but between wind, currents, and waves i was not getting speed dialed in and was not feelin it so to speak. i saw a couple boats on my way in. i was in a PY intruder. better luck next time. i saw the bait on bottom too and no hooks in it. not the trip i envisioned but thats mother nature for ya!

i used to exclusively fish the fingers once i started hittin lake O i only do derbies on the fingers. I am partial to fishing out of sandy even tho hughes is closer. i seem to be luckier out of sandy!

Good luck!

Decided to motor a few miles east of shoot and set up in 80 fow and work deeper in hopes of finding some fish or at least a decent screen went to 500 fow with not much of either. managed 4 fish. 2 14" kings and 2 steelies biggest 6# lost a steelie too. Decided to pick up and head to target the lakers. Originally i was gonna do a laker program out of the gate but changed my mind. At this point it is noon, flat calm and no clouds was worried the fish wouldnt cooperate. Well they did for the most part. ended up boating over a dozen in the next 2 hours biggest 10# most on hammer head mtd dew blades with firedot peanut trailing. My 10 year old had a blast! Until the salmon cooperate ... lakers it is!

I am sure my next trip it will happen to me!

he can now run the back of the boat! with the exception of netting fish. i am not gonna lie it is nice just steering the boat and let him switch out gear and reel in the fish.

dont blame ya for switching. i run the 40 and 50# and knock on wood have never had an issue! make sure power pro winds on tight initially or deploy and retrieve entire length behind boat under tension it lays on spool better from what i have seen. i do this periodically too.

power pro backing on all my cores and coppers! no stretch is a huge benefit. splice in a 6-8' section of 40# mono for the boards. i used to use mono backing cuz it is cheaper never again!

I feel like i am cheating on my Lund! Using that seat was not only a cost saving measure but helps me with the sentimental aspect of not using the Lund as much. The Intruder was great could not be happier with it! Definitely more space than the Lund and my 10 yr old enjoyed the cuddy for a long nap! A bit more work loading at launch tho!

Congrats! Having waypoints that produce 15-20# lakers are good ones to have!

I have not targeted the lakers but I am considering it for my next trip to hopefully keep my 2 boys busy!

Headed NW out of the shoot and set up in 100fow trolled west then pointed N. We had a decent screen early with bait and good hooks in it but the fish werent really cooperating. headed deeper and had sporadic action on out to 230-280 be the best. we worked that area for a bit, then headed deeper got out past 350 and decided to turn in since screen was blank. we were gonna go to 450-500. after reading JG post out of Sandy we should have kept going out. oh well! we fished from 630-230, went 14 for 14, the PY Intruder was awesome! no real hot spoons we got fish on watermelon, left over pizza, dwss fircracker (i think), ssw, and wonderbread, flt alewife. biggest was the 11.07 steelie! and we got a 10+ laker.

finger lakes tackle...Have yet to pull a lure of his that wont catch a fish. quality paint too unlike others.

Nice job! i saw similar conditions on sunday out of hughes with temps colder on surface than you. N/S troll best for me, wish i got a king! haven't heard a screamer yet ... ! b fuller left over pizza was my hot lure on the five color.

fished from 80-240, best depth was 220 range. boated a mix of lakers and bows. most on the 5 color, few on 100 copper, 240 dipsey took 2 bows with ff combo. no rigger bite to speak of despite my son chasing the fish raising them up and down. biggest was 12# laker and 7# bow. great day to be out... the wind cooperated for a change!

FLX Troller is in!

interested in the walleye boards and dodgers can u provide a pic. i live in penfield. thanks.

I will take the 4 swivel bases!

I always have a watermelon spoon in the water. usually hammered, mix of copper or silver finish. they catch everything.

Wire.

I purchased 2 10' okuma dipsey rods 2 years ago. I noticed late last season that the wire guides were getting a groove worn in almost everyone of them. I decided to contact okuma. I was amazed that they agreed to send 2 new ones. I had to send them a section of the rod with the numbers on it and a $15.00 shipping fee. I am glad they stood behind their product. The guides are no longer gold I hope that means they are made of a better material.

I have a lot of okuma gear and other than these rods it has held up well for me! Hope this helps!

Dan

agreed and the tackle they have is usually overpriced!

this was probably a topic in question before but i didnt come across it. i wanna re rig all of my coppers and make 2 more so the total copper needed is around 1500+ ft. I dont want to buy 1500' of something that is not recommended by trusted LOU members! thanks for everyones input, yes still unsure on which! lol

chevy vs ford!! lol