Wish’n I was Fish’n

Looks like someone learned all about the banana curse today. These came floating bye out in 170 fow. 

I second the Navionics can’t go wrong 

Never had a blood knot fail me and fits nice through the eyes of the rod. But if you’re just using a short floro leader a nice barrel swivel is the way to go. I usually use a trilene knot when tying mono/floro to a swivel and a polymer with braid to swivel 

8 hours ago, john1947 said:

we had them .I got rid of some by turning on my pistol water spray,shook some .Big thing is check your rods more often the longer they are set the more the fleas.Fishing has been grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat.lol

Great idea. I’ve been cleaning em with a jet hose when I get home why not have it on the boat 

On 7/2/2018 at 12:44 PM, garrymny said:

I got mine. I ended up using mostly 1/0 size instead of size 1. If I ever order again I will order some 2/0 and 1/0, and no size 1, which seem small.

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Tied a meat rig with size 1 I too thought they may be a bit small but lemme tell you never lost a fish on that set up

Agreed the mixture of fleas and cotton wood is horrendous. Clogging up the tip of the rod so bad that you can’t crank in anymore a buddy has to scrape em off while fighting fish

Finally had a decent outing in the 16 ft tracker after averaging only 2-3 fish for a few trips. Boxed out in a few hours in the evening last night all on meat. Headed west out of FH and found fish anywhere from 80-150 fow down 50. 

On 6/25/2018 at 12:21 PM, garrymny said:

Just ordered them. The blood run site tells what size you need for each make of spoons.

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Just ordered some as well. The site is very  helpful on telling you sizes for everything 

Does anybody know/have a diver chart for the magnum dipsy with the ring attached? The chart that comes with it says all its information is without the added “O” ring 

Thanks for the input I’ll check out blood run as well 

Thanks I’ll give em a shot. I’m a fan of vmc tackle 

Thanks and I agree it is tricky finding the right replacements 

Just curious if anyone here replaces their trebles on spoons for salmon? If so any recommendations and what size. Seems a lot of spoons come with cheap hooks. 

5 minutes ago, nysrx01 said:

I was on Lake Champlain this past weekend and every launch site on the NY side was full of bass fisherman as they  had huge tournaments going on each day. It doesn't seem right that they can have these huge tournaments out of season. Then they take up all the room in the state launches. It's very difficult to get your boat in the water if you can even find a parking spot. I know they pay taxes too. But to have these bass fishing orginizations set up at the launches and take over for the weekend isn't fair to other fisherman and pleasure cruisers. Worst yet when they move in and take over smaller lakes that only have one launch. I don't know what the answer is but something needs to be done. Maybe hold their tournaments and weigh ins at private marinas. Limit how many at each launch. All I know it can be frustrating to show up at a launch to see it over taken by some bass organization for a tournament and there is no room left. Thanks for letting me vent.LOL 

I hear yah but these bass fisherman and organizations do a great deal for conservation and such not to mention local economy. I totally agree they shouldn’t support big tournaments out of season catch and release program or not 

40 minutes ago, Lucky13 said:

 

I know that reading is becoming a lost skill, but please check your regulations guide.  While C+R is legal in some counties, this is not the case in the Islands, and part of the 'daks.  It is clearly stated: "Fishing for black bass (including catch & release) is prohibited outside of the open season."

http://www.eregulations.com/newyork/fishing/st-lawrence-county/

http://www.eregulations.com/newyork/fishing/jefferson-county/

http://www.eregulations.com/newyork/fishing/franklin-county/

http://www.eregulations.com/newyork/fishing/hamilton-county/

 

Lets see now, that "stand a chance" "logic" can be used to justify salmon snagging and lining, baiting waterfowl, jacking deer, etc, etc, etc......

 

Another problem I see here is expecting DEC to catch these morons without assistance.  The St Lawrence is a big place for a couple of ECO's in a small boat.  Drop a dime to the local officer's and there is a better chance of them getting there and catching them.  None has mentioned trying that.

I should have rephrased “legal on most bodies of water” I fully understand not all regions 

Catch and release is legal on bass year long. I too used to frown on it but so many guys are out there early fishing em kinda have to join em to stand a chance. I’ve read many articles on bedding bass and it’s split right down the middle between it hurts the fishing or they just go right back to the beds. What I can’t stand is number of bass tournaments starting to pop up before the season even begins .  Another problem is the amount of pressure these fish are seeing. Seems everybody and their brother has a bass boat these days 

super jelly 

13 hours ago, Fat Trout said:

I have a 72" shaft trolling motor with Ipilot so basically its my autopilot which is a must have for me running solo. I use it to change direction and my outboard for the main push.  Past that I use church tx-6 and tx-12 side planers for up high (instead of full planer board setups) and torepdo divers that clip to the line for the spoons.   I run 2 low and 1 high or vice versa.   If its rougher I run less lines.   On a bigger fish I may have to clear lines by sitting the hooked fish in a pole holder while I clear.  Its a challenge, but this is easier than when I run solo for kings offshore.   

Seems auto pilot is a must. That was my struggle staying on track 

Just curious how you guys like to run setups on solo missions. Went out by my lonesome last weekend found it rather difficult in my small boat. Gongrats on the success btw 

I’ve been thinking the same. Me and a buddy have fished the point a few times kept what we needed and have been catching and releasing since. Everybody thinks the perch fishing is amazing but after everybody pillages them it’ll be another 5-7 years until we have a good perch bite again.