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Had a buddy from grad school visit this past weekend with the intent of filling his freezer until next year. Fishing nearshore (90-150') was very slow this weekend with only a brown, lake trout and small kings coming to the boat. Mix of lead core and down rigger bites from 60' to 120' down with spoons and cow bells. We didn't wander offshore until Saturday afternoon which was a mistake. From 360-480' we had great screens with rainbows and kings. Most came on down rigger down 60' or 80' with black spoons and green dolphin. We did have one double header on steelhead on a 10 color and a downrigger that was a blast. Speeds ranging from 2.0-2.8 at the ball. Cold temp was consistent around 80'. Biggest were 13 lb king and 8.7 lb steelhead 

Went out for a quick troll from 6:30-8:30 PM last night with my Fiancée and got bounced around. Only had one hit the boat but it made the whole night. New PR steelhead for me at a chunky 14.7 lbs, came on a warrior Rod Father down 60' over 115' in ~60°F water, 2.2 mph at the ball. Only hit the surface at the boat no jumps. Revived the fish in the live-well (which didn't fit very well) and swam away for another angler to catch. I usually fish 3-4 nights a week but this year has been complicated, felt great to get back on Lake O for the first time in a month. Cold water was down 90'-100' pretty consistently, bait was sporadic 

Biggest brown for us on Sunday but not big enough for payout, put him back for next year. Caught off one of the points south of Dresden with a greasy chicken wing stinger and 3 oz snap weight on a board. No lamprey wounds, but most of the LL we landed did 

Not sure if your big boat and small boat are near each other but you could always buy just the fish hawk transducer and a new power cord for the fish hawk and then use your existing display and probe from your big boat. The screen pops off the mount easy enough and then just grab your probe and you can use it on either boat. New fish hawk transducer is ~$200

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Selling my Orvis Clearwater Spey/switch rod. Bought it brand new from Orvis and used it once. 4 piece, 12’ long 8 weight. Comes with Array Taylor Fly Fishing 8 wt. reel and fly line. I don’t fish the rivers enough to use it. Comes with rod case and reel case $400. Pick up in Hilton, NY

 

 

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Nice report. How was the launch?

Still low but not terrible. The river current was very strong and there is a ton of debris floating


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Fished from 1-4 pm solo. Browns were stubborn even with good color and warm shoreline temps. Scooted out to 100-120’ and went 9/9 on Lakers. Cowbells and green spin and glow took all but 1 laker with rigger 5 feet off bottom. 1 laker on F/F with white/gold fly down 30’ on the Downrigger. Nothing on leadcore or boards. A lot of fun pulling them up but no silver fish to be found, probably out deeper. 1 wild fish and the rest stockies, all fat and healthy without lamprey wounds 6lb-12.5. 46 degree water on surface 42 down 90’. Speed 2.0-2.6.

 

 

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Looking out my window now, its very rough. May lay down around 6-7 pm

I've fished it every couple of days for the past two weeks. Its been very slow. I've only picked up a few lake trout and a brown. From 5' -110'. Mostly been targeting browns in close, might be better out deep for silvers. The river has come up a bit, still 3' at the launch and between 3'-8' through the channel. I live on the water and watch out the window throughout the day, not a lot of boats in close and haven't seen a fish boated in a over a week. My two cents, its beautiful out there today, go deep.

Its definitely a preference thing, I trust it more than cable. I run 250 lb scotty downrigger braid and have no issues with a 12 lb shark and a probe. If you want to get more life out of your downrigger braid, at the end of each season peel off the entire 300 feet and then re-spool from the end you tied the rigger ball to that year. Now you have the fresh end that was always on the spool and never touched water as the end that ties onto the ball, doubles the life of your braid.

All engines sold

Watched a guy drop his trailer off the end of the ramp this afternoon. Lucky for him the town was there with a crane. It was a huge trailer. No way a few guys were lifting it back up on the ramp.


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I was backing my boat in when he got stuck, not a good situation. There was nothing we could do to get it up, good thing the excavator was there when that happened. A roller trailer is your best friend right now. Back in shallow and push the boat off the back. 3’ at the dock 2.6’ at the mouth for those launching this weekend


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Started at 1:30, still out here. Chop is perfect, overcast is perfect, water temp is 44.5, but water is gin clear from 9’ out to 70’ didnt check past that. 2 boards out with sticks and a Sutton down 5’ on rigger, nothing. Water needs some color. FYI launching at Sandy creek (Hamlin) water is 2.6’ at shallowest and a guy at the ramp put his double axle over the end of the concrete pad and got stuck, we could not get it out of the water, not sure how he ended up. Beautiful day to be on the water, but the dogs expression explains the fishing....

 

 

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9.5 HP SOLD

 

6 HP still available

15 HP SOLD

 

9.5 and 6 still available  

 

I have three two-stroke tiller motors for sale. All have original service manuals.

 

 

1992 15 H.P Evinrude with a long shaft manual start (20”). (Dark blue engine). I upgraded to a new 4-stroke kicker last year so no longer need this one. Motor has rectifier/regulator to charge boat batteries while running and a new prop. Comes with gas tank and new fuel line -----SOLD

 

1970 9.5 H.P Evinrude with a short shaft (15”) manual start (white and light blue engine). We used this on the back of a 14’ aluminum boat for many years on Seneca Lake but put a new 4-stroke on that boat this year. -----SOLD

 

1974 6 H.P Johnson with long shaft (20”) manual start (white and tan engine). This engine is like new and was only used a handful of times as a kicker on a Penn Yan in Seneca Lake. ---- SOLD

 

 

 

All start and run as they should. I have videos of all of them running this past weekend that I can send along if interested. The files were just too big to upload here. Send me a PM if interested. Pick up in Trumansburg NY

 

 

 

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9 minutes ago, anniep said:

ANY WAY to run braid on cannons t make short stop work

 

Not to my knowledge, the short stops works by electrical current. When the current is broken (with the water) as the wire termination comes out of the water, the cannon shuts off. No stainless wire, no current, short stop doesn't work. You could use the old style switches which are either on/off not auto-up, but you would still need to turn the motor off before the ball smacks the boom end. Scotty downriggers use a switch that turns off when a bead or a swivel runs through it. Some guys like them some don't, but that's one way to run braid with auto-up still functioning

I sold my cannons last year and bought Scotty's specifically to run braid so the auto-up function would work (it wont with newer cannons with braid). I switched because the humming was really bad at times with wire and i wanted to see if there was any difference with electric current on the wire vs no electric current on braid. I didn't see much of a difference in hook-ups but the quiet trolling with braid was well worth the switch. I use the scotty 2200K premium braided line in 250 lb test. Its thick, maybe even thicker than wire and flees don't seem to stick to it. In my opinion, switch to braid if your equipment allows it. Quiet, no wire fray or kinks, better to bounce bottom with for lake trout and its easy to cut and tie without crimps or special terminals.

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Selling a 6’ Big John planer board mast with two reels, mounting base and two homemade planer boards. Work great, but switching to in-line boards. Asking $250 and pick up in Hilton NY, near Rochester

 

 

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On 2/16/2021 at 9:27 AM, sid said:

OK Thank you

I talked to Fran today at Brobiel Marine in Buffalo and he said that he in fact does have a 2021 Yamaha 9.9 with a long shaft and electric start and electric trim. Like i was saying before, he is retiring and closing the shop so his engines are on close out prices plus $150 Yamaha winter rebate. I think he said the long shaft with electric trim and electric start was right around $3k

Brobiel Marine in Buffalo may have what your looking for. They are a Yamaha dealer and do deal used as well


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I purchased a new 8 hp long shaft Yamaha there last week. The owner is retiring and closing the shop for good. He has sold almost everything, I believe the only two motors that remain are a 2021 9.9 hp and a 2015 15 hp both are 15” short shaft and manual start.


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On 2/10/2021 at 11:38 AM, Steve.e said:

Why is it in Ithaca?

That's where my boat is in winter storage