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1,4, and 5 all involve getting close to shore.   I maintain that unless you are almost on top of shore to begin with, you should be able to see a storm coming long before it gets on top of you so that you would be "stuck."   Even most of the Fingers with their N/S orientation are large enough to not get surprised.  Hemlock and Canadice, not so much.  I have run up to full speed with all my lines out, once  (admittedly one rigger and a couple of junk lines is a much smaller spread than a LO boat would have out) and then had to replace all the line, to get closer to shore when an overcast with no noise day suddenly started making noise and throwing off sparks.  I don't get the anchoring, and that could be problematic if you're doing 150 down over 300'.    I don';t think I would anchor and then stand up and shake my fist angrily at the sky! [emoji6]
 
As to reaching shore and tying off and going further inland to get out of the lightning, we were told by the police on 4th Lake  that in an emergency, private property rights are trumped by the responsibility to offer assistance and sanctuary to a boat in need.  This does not include mother needing to use indoor plumbing, but riding out a t-storm should certainly qualify. 

Since the original poster was asking a what if you get caught out I will address that only all of the previous posts are good but IF you can’t run and you are stuck...

One get as close to shore line as possible so you are not the highest point.

Two fold all antennas down to lower your profile

Three anchor your boat solidly and maintain an anchor watch for dragging.

Four if you can tie up to any dock you can exit the boat and get under tree cover.

Five if you can’t anchor or tie up to any dock stay close to shore heave to bow into wind, keep engine running and be prepared for changing wind direction keep bow into wind and quartering to any significant waves...

Ultimately not being there is the best... but those are things you can do to help if you get pinched...

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To followup, I met with them this morning and they will be giving the securite briefing on the radio when they begin operations, they are now flying the appropriate marker of a vessel with a stern tow over 250 meters so they are now legal and they are doing soundings, the cable however is submerged deeply and should not be a hazard but do not cross astern between them and the tow...


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Thank you for that, it was a good read.  Although the point of my interest was the safety of the operation of the vessel towing a sparsely buoyed 2500 foot cable.....after all these posts I have now read about 60 pages of materials on the salt mine, its location, depth, and the collapse of the mine you reference.  There is an apparent case in the courts currently to force disclosure and a full impact study of the shaft 4 construction that is currently in process.  Decision apparently pending shortly (challenged as to meeting a time deadline it was a little late to be filed so DEC and Cargill are trying to get it tossed) Now the mine at Cayuga is fully two times deeper than the one that collapsed, so an extra 1000 foot or more of bedrock probably helps but a collapse would likely be catastrophic and pardon me for not trusting government and big businesses but I would certainly like outside opinions and views on the mine expansion which apparently DEC and Cargill appear to be very much against much transparency.  Pennsylvania was that way with the coal mines now we have the ever burning coal fire and a ghost town and various other environmental disasters as a result.  If the science is so solid prove  it, don't hide behind the veil of trade secrets...your mining salt not creating a nuclear weapon.  It has always been dismaying to me how a gov agency like DEC is so ready to say...hey its been working so far so lets just keep going.... without any studies or critical looking... I applaud Clean as they seem to be the driving organization I think for the lawsuit seeking disclosure and environmental impact studies, the same as Cornell was required to do for their water cooling system using the lake.  Pretty big risks without some oversight or critical review.... 

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Yeah I have checked notice to mariners no mention of the work listed and not flying appropriate day signals as well as insufficient markings on cable ...I will be pursuing it

If anyone sees him out again get me a registration number...please 

It appears they ran entire lake 

Yes they were mapping the bottom 

Yeah me too I was also concerned with the safety of the operation 2500 is a long ass tow

fish usa stocks them 

Here is your mystery solved.......

It is a research vessel towing a 2500 foot cable, they are doing depth soundings supposedly to explore a shipping channel, per the captain on board the vessel.  I questioned him Sunday as he passed beside me.  He was not flying the appropriate day signals for what he was doing to indicate the tow, he had a small skiff bringing up the rear of the tow and another vessel running interference with boats that might run into the cable.  On the whole it was a less than safe operation....but that is what it was.

This is a great resource with some cool folks


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Ive only been up for three years lol but I notice the color change when the thermocline settles in the upper warmer waters get hit with fleas and an algae bloom hen fleas abate and the upper level stays a greenish hue....


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Not picking a fight to the original op no it looks about the same as last year to me...


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Been running for three weeks ever since the heat wave first time in last three years...been avoiding the area as a result...couple times I have scanned the area I did not see what I typically would see for fish and got temp readings at depth that were too high dont know anything about their cooling system or where it lets out or even what it puts out but I could see substantial structure on my side scan in the buoy area...


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Ditto that but good to hear Meyers was hitting was down there couple times didn’t mark much so haven’t fished it much 

7 hours ago, Reel Doc said:

Reading about the history of the lamprey invasion of the Great Lakes is saddening.  Once the Welland canal was built to bypass Niagara Falls they moved into all the Great Lakes and destroyed the high quality fishing for trout and salmon for most of the early and mid 1900s.  Human manipulation of nature certainly has its ups and downs.

Indeed it does my friend ...

Wow..... I probably rip the gill plates to bleed the fish I catch in Cayuga 15-30 times a weekend.... never have I had a cut from it. However rake your hands on their teeth which can happen if you dont use pliers to remove the hooks..then I have had blood drawn... however... treat it like any other cut, bleed it, clean it..no issues...think there is more than a little over reaction here. Imo...


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I was out last weekend all the beaches were reopened and I saw no algae and I traveled the south 20 miles of the lake three times


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Yeah it has been minimal..out of several hundred fish only a few had signs


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1 hour ago, Trouthunter said:

kill everyone you get

Oh you can bet mine were returned to the lake in pieces, my clients were a little suprised when I whipped out a large filet knife and angrily diced it on the deck...

In last two weekends I caught three lakers with lamprey damage and one still attached ...first of the season ...

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Two or three ended up on board

Bloom is severe as of last weekend, worst I have seen in last several years... worst seemed to be from Sheldrake south all around Myers looked horrible fleas were the worst I’ve seen in years bringing up 5 or 6 feet of them 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch thick ...all of that said I limited the boat out both trips on Sunday...pay close attention to temperature at depth had to clear rigger lines every 20 min but wire lines on dipsy chew through them stopped using cores on boards cause came back disgusting


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