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    Olcott Pier

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    I’m looking at the webcam and it looks like they’re still doing construction on the pier. Any word on when this will be done/when anglers will be able to be able to go on the pier?
    https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/olcott-pier-project-ahead-of-schedule/article_e30dc36a-3384-541e-8e61-fc762e254aa8.html

    As of a few weeks ago they were ahead of schedule and on track for an end of October completion.

    Not sure when or if they'll let folks back on pier though. Try calling the ramp office or boat Dr's, they may have an idea.

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    Intel for Oswego fairhaven

    in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)

    Posted

    Went out of Selkirk harbor the other day, headed out (WNW) toward front of Mexico power plant, hit some pods of fish out in 120ft of water and deeper. Marks were more plentiful heading north and towards deeper water for us. Didn't land any, but saw plenty of them down there. We tripped a rod or two but no sets. Spent a few hrs, late/mid day, nice and hot boat ride...can't complain about a good water day though I suppose!

    Saw at least 3 or 4 charter boats in same area. Northwest troll seemed popular. Didn't see anyone pull a net out the entire time we were out. Heard reports on shore of lots of marks, not a lot of bites.

    Most we saw were in the 80-100 depth. Temp break seemed like it was 100 in many spots...

    Good luck.

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    Downrigger extra bait

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    If you bring the ball up often enough this might work in execution. Though, as im sure others will note - it's probably not exactly the best for the fish... if it gets dragged around too long, it could die of exhaustion / drown.

    That aside- One of the bigger concerns I'd have with waiting for ball retrieve is that if you pick up something undersized, protected, or out of season and wear it out to exhaustion/ death - what then?

    I think it's an interesting way to get another lure in the water, but I'd just stick with the standard approach if it were me.

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    Wire dipsy rigging question

    in Tackle and Techniques

    Posted

     
    One thing to note. Once you fresh spool, a lot of clever guys will go out deep on their boats, and let out ALL that line with just a big paddle to create some tension/drag.  If you're deep enough (300'), using only a dipsey is even better, as the paddle can twist the line if the swivel isn't great. Then they real it back in under that tension. You end up with the line seating way better ... because it's a nice constant tension, and can also take your time to make sure it seats from full side to side of spool. It also (with a good swivel) takes out any twist that may have been introduced during the fresh spool.  No doubt, when I look at the before (on fresh spool) and after (let out and reel in) ... you can tell the wire is seated way better. In fact you will notice the wire is more compact and you could have probably added a little more backing!
    Yeah I'll do this with an empty small dipsy I think... can't wait for all those fleas!

    Should I let out the backing too, or just the wire and leader?

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    Wire dipsy rigging question

    in Tackle and Techniques

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    So you have about 550 ft of wire left?  I'd be tempted to spool up at least 300 ft of braid (I generally used 30# braid) ... if you can get 500 ft on there, even better.  You rarely would have more than 250 ft of wire out anyhow, so that should work. It's just that with a big fish, you'll for sure see the backing spool out.
     
    I wonder if you can attach the braid on now ... with the 550 ft of wire still on the real, and just start spooling it on, until the reel is full, then transfer back to another similar reel?  You would then end up with the braid under the wire, and you'd have the max amount of braid you can get on that reel.
    There is a gap near edges of spool where wire didn't fill well... thinking that contributed to issue also. I am going to spool fresh, and try a 30 or 50lb braid backing so it winds compactly.

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    Wire dipsy rigging question

    in Tackle and Techniques

    Posted



    I bet you had a kink in the wire you didn't notice and the added friction of the line coming off opposite of the level-wind was likely enough additional resistance to break it. That issue was most likely due to you cutting off the previous tangle and throwing off the "timing" of the level wind further down the spool. Most ppl are using wire on a 30 size reel which filled with 1000ft of wire requires very minimal backing just to fill the spool completely and keep your linecounter accurate. Some don't even use backing as the counter is fairly close with just the 1000ft of wire on the reel. I would remove the remaining wire and put a new 1000ft spool on the reel and whatever backing you need to fill the reel. You shouldn't ever have a fish get out past 1000ft and into the backing IMO.


    Yeah it unspooled smoothly and in alignment the first several hundred feet, not sure how but it got off track... we have used it a few times since the tangle. Haven't had that much wire out to date.

    Using a Coldwater 453 reel, holds 1k feet with plenty of backing.

    I'm going to strip the spool and try again. Maybe ill let an empty dipsy out 800 feet or something and reel it back in with resistance to keep it seated well.

    Thought I did that last time, but maybe I went to 500 and stopped and that's where I broke off now? Who knows...

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    Wire dipsy rigging question

    in Tackle and Techniques

    Posted

    100 ft of braid backing, then tie your wire.
    Anything that stretches (mono) or is a cushion below the wire (tape) isn't the best.
    It will cause the wire to pull tighter on the reel and this will misalign the wire with
    the reel guide, which will cause lots of friction and possibly lead to a reel lock up
    if a big fish hits.
     
    Braid is generally used so that the reel is 100% full when you spool with 1000 ft of wire,
    which makes the line counter more accurate, as it is calibrated to the correct length per revolution at the very top of the spool. As line is fed off the reel, the line counter becomes more inaccurate.
    Old thread, but just had this happen to me.

    Hooked into a big mature, went from 135 ft out to 300 in about what seemed to be 10 or 15 seconds...fish was ripping wire off super fast (second fastest I've seen to date) I had previously cut apx 150ft or so off my 1000' reel due to a tangle. Got to 300 ft out on this fish, and wire snapped at spool [emoji20].


    Looked like it was crossing opposite from the line guide creating additional friction, and was enough to break the 30lb 7 strand wire. Spool has mono as backer, wondering if I should cut off all wire and respool from empty with 50lb braid as backer or something like that.

    Any thoughts on braid weight? Should I skip and spool instead with fluorocarbon backer?

    It was heartbreaking to know there was a giant hooked hard at the end and losing it like that (with my dipsy, flasher, etc too, obviously) - being my fault too.


    So if anyone in Olcott/Wilson area hauls up a big one and it's got a bunch of gear toting along, let me know!

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    LOU Phone App?

    in Welcome to Lake Ontario United - Fishing Forum

    Posted

    Hey all, not sure where this would be best posted - apologize if it's in the wrong section.

     

    Anyone else having issues with the LOU app on their phone loading/staying open lately? 

     

     Last two or three days on my Samsung Galaxy S20 I haven't been able to open the app without it immediately crashing.... tried a bunch of restarts, reinstall, etc.  Nothing seemed to work.   The site itself is obviously up and running.  Same for Lake Erie United app for me.

     

     

    It Appears Lake Ontario Has Reached It's Peak Level For 2021

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    4 hours ago, fisherdude said:

    Went to a family graduation party yesterday seen all my relatives from rainbow Shores Sandy pond Stoney Creek Point peninsula. All said extremely low water conditions. Most dont have dock in . Minimum boats around on Lake and know other that have damage props . They believe the ijc getting even for all the grief they took when the water was to high .

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    Water seems really low this year for sure.

     

    I picked up some nicks on my prop at the fort niagara ramp (south ramp).   All sorts of debris / rocks blown out of ramp from people driving their boats onto their trailers.... (GRR).   Not major damage, but really annoying.   The north ramp has a ledge at the bottom of it folks are banging their axels on too...  One guy bent an axel there a few weeks back... so pick your poison there... or, go to olcott / wilson (what i started to do).

     

    Drives me nuts to see someone with two 150 horse motors driving their 18 inch draft bass boat onto their trailer when they are too lazy to use the winch.  If you're disabled or elderly - fine, i can give you a pass, but I have seen soo many folks rev hard up onto trailer and blow all sorts of garbage into river with prop wash.... 

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