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No Towboat available on Cayuga Lake. Tow insurance covers big lake areas.
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Correct there are marinas that will come get you on Cayuga during business hours but that is it...
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Are you sure it was black and not blue?
If it was blue it was very dark driver appeared in his 30s brown hair and beard I believe... should have snapped a pic but I was too busy being appalled and shocked at his behavior ...
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There was no discretion involved he simply refused and replied he’s busy fishing.... it was calm no wind ...
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Lewis next time just post on here for some assistance. I was out and could have towed you
I appreciate that but it wasnt me I was out on patrol as uscg auxiliary...the boat was a small family boat that needed help...we cant always get authorization to tow and have to rely on passerbys or a marine assistance broadcast which I put out and no one answered...ultimately I found a good samaritan to help tow them while I escorted them back to myers and protected the tow...Im just hoping someone on the board knows the guy ... I am betting he is a local
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To the guy in the Black Starcraft in the area of Ithaca Yacht Club sporting an old style two stroke with a bimini top and oil tank on top of engine.....
Who refused to assist a boater broken down with four kids on board because you were “fishing” you sir are despicable.. and Karma is ****
Perhaps there is a reason you were fishing alone ... fortunately I found another Good Samaritan .. the Coast Guard Auxiliary is not a tow service and cannot always get clearance to tie up a resource to do it...
The rule is you don’t leave a boater stranded .... Unbelievable behavior ...it always comes around
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Well the first two hours were mighty slow ... electronics are a huge help but knowing where fish have been helps ...
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Launched an evening charter actually 15th won’t let me change title ...with odd weather of stationary thunderstorms and no sonar to work with due to a networking problem... faced fickle sometimes heavy winds from a cell that meandered north of us enough to mess the lake up for us... don’t often post results from my trips unless it’s something odd or noteworthy.... we finally got into the fish around 7 pm big time landing the boats first double triple... it started with a quad hookup 2nd in two years put two customers captain and mate all on rods boat left to drive itself... lost one on a tangle three on dipsys and one on a rigger... just had time to clear the deck get dipsys going out and one dipsy hits on way out other rigger fires and the planer core fires with a nice rainbow...landed all three ... in total 12 fish were landed on trip but 6 were landed in 20 minutes including the largest at 10.75 pounds and the rainbow.... wild night only running 8 lines..limited out customer first mate had a couple to take home ...here’s to flying blind, dancing the storm, and one wild night ...
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Last few years have been a learning experience...generally a good one...only two or three negative trips so far out of well a lot... one drunk never allowed back, one psychotic child, also not allowed back that was spin your head around disturbing...they still had a good time...i didn’t..but generally a-lot of people of varying experience levels, like fisherdude says had knowledge came to learn and play with the equipment, which as long as you demonstrate knowledge you can use anything except the rigger with the probe on it...mostly took a-lot of knowledge from the guys here to start..and then read a ton and worked my butt off to get good at the lake...I have to say I dont know what happened prior to 4 seasons back but the fishery on Cayuga is outstanding.
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Right of way is usually just something you hear about sadly. When boat are coming at me and I have the right of way and I decide to hold my ground and see what happens, it usually ends bad. One time I told a guy I had the right of way. He yelled "This isn't Lake Ontario buddy!" Good reply because I seriously didnt know what to say about that lol
Unfortunately until the vast amount of boaters are forced to attend boater safety which everyone has to do phased in over several years .... many guys on the water have no knowledge of what those red and green lights on their boat are even for.... the optimist in me says it will get better the pessimist says probably not...
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I’m just curious I feel bad if I’m not sending a customer home with 5 plus fish... on Cayuga sometimes it can be hard other days not but I have a habit of giving people more time than they paid for if I don’t feel they have enough... this is not a full time business for me. More for fun and to pay off the toy...I’ve had days this year where weeds and fleas kicked my ass and the line clearing was exhausting but we fought through tried different spots still scored ... but I wonder how much they expect... no one ever complains .. just trying to adjust my expectations to what theirs are....
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So riddle me this... you charter a boat for you and three buddies to go out and fish.... what are your expectations and what is defined as a “good day”...
Let’s say it’s a 4 or 6 hour trip ....truly interested in different perspectives... I have my definition what’s yours ?
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They're great Lewis. Hold up well and patterns that simply catch fish!
I like a few I contacted or tried to via Facebook no response yet
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Yes, but I guess my point is that there are a whole lot worse problems going on in the world right now and it seems as though this has taken on its own life.....s*** happens.
Nothing like a bunch of fisherman bickering ....lmao
Ok so hijacking this thread those spoons look really nice !!! Anyone use em .... hold up?
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They swam up the canal from Seneca. You know we breed and stock them over here.....
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Lol I heard that
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The DEC is reportedly treated some streams again sometimes this summer....
I know they hit Ithaca inlet
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Second time this year I pulled a lamprey up on a fish in Cayuga... First time ever on a Salmon. The lamprey was two feet long ... longer than the fish...had a death grip just behind the gill plate and had eaten clear through the skin in a cylindrical patch. Once removed no way the fish would have survived.... in anger the lamprey was dispatched into multiple pieces with the filet knife...before it released...that said we have reeled in some where between 4-500 fish so far this season two reys only two or so with damage and no rey ...so what dec is doing is working...keep up the good Work...
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I work the lake regularly as a charter. Regardless if you have a new guy driving or not you are responsible for what your boat does. Particularly on busy weekends it can feel like combat trolling dealing avoiding others. I run 10 lines most days and if you are working a ledge and someone comes along and pinches you into a shallow its a pain...I had more pleasure boaters and jetskis passing within a few yards of my boards at high speed this weekend than ever it was like someone called a stupid boater festival..... if as described an apology is certainly owed... not a cool move
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So here is the update my original rods were 1. Okuma cold water dipsy rod... and 2 Schimano scimitars.... for those that asked ... I did buy an okuma white diamond 10 foot with roller tip... I like it smooth reeling used it two days last weekend 120 a rod w shipping, my Dremel work on the okuma cold water gave that rod another year maybe will watch it... I ordered two 8’6 white diamonds with roller tips to replace the schimanos .... pricey but oh well
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How were the fleas this weekend?
Gone
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Every bow that hit cores this weekend except one or two small ones hit it and it was off to the races zzzzzzzzz
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Thanks guys on a ten color core long reel for her fighting whole way stayed down thought it was a laker since it never came up instead tried to charge boat almost lost it under swim step
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The spineys will come off that way but not the fishhooks
Less to chew up my fingers and pollute the boat lol
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So Ive run wire on my dipsy rods for last three seasons. Obviously they get a ton of use. Suddenly this season snapped off three rigs. Inspection finds grooves in 4-5 eyelets on every rod where the largest bend happens in the rod...when I stripped wire off and put new wire on i found damage in many places on the old wire.
Trying to pick replacement rods that wont do that have twili tips on them all at this point and Im using a dremel to grind out the grooves. However I would prefer to replace them all. I have ordered an Okuma White Diamond swivel roller top 10 foot rig but they are pricey to try out...
What do you guys use? I know several that use blue diamond okuma that are cheaper no roller tip...
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Unbelievable!!!
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I wish we had a tow service on Cayuga ... but no such luck
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