ri rory

When i lived in New England, many camps in remote maine are on generator so you must provide your own means to charge your batteries.

I welded a little shelf on the tongue of my trailer to accomodate a honda 1000 or 2000 quiet generator. i did not travel with it there but just placed when needed.  It was chained down and i had a piece of aluminum i bungied over the top to protect from weather.

the key to the system is having an onboard charger that kicks out at least 6 amps per bank. (mine does 10/bank)  i use cabelas AGM batteries too.  i put 1/2 tank of gas in the gen and let her run while i sleep.  it would run outa gas and my batteries are always fully charged in the am.

i hope this helps

good fishin

coach

Honda 2200 generator is next best way, other than plugging into hotel--but theft may be an issue so chain her up.

good luck

coach

2 CANNON MINI MAG DOWNRIGGERS.

I BOUGHT LAST 2 BRAND NEW FROM CANNON IN 2014--USED ON TWO 4 DAY TRIPS IN MAINE 2014, & 15, THEN SOLD THAT BOAT

THEY WORK PERFECT AND HAVE 150 LB DOWNRIGGER BRAID.---

NO BASES---NEVER DEEPER THAN 25' WITH 6LB WEIGHTS DURING THOSE ICE OUT TRIPS

SERIOUSLY LIKE NEW

$ 445 SHIPPED TO USA-- WILL SHIP UPS GROUND WED 9/5/18

Hi Folks,

based on what I learned in a month on this site, I spent a rainy week at Cayuga 7/20-28, our first time there----and did pretty well

We used the silver minnow hammerheads in front of an alewife --got an 8.5 lb landlock on that one and quite a few lakers up to 9 lbs

when we trolled spoons the winner was a copper mooselook thinfish.   (2 browns, 2 rainbows, 2 salmon, 1 laker)

we fish all the trout filled reservoirs in the south, the salmon lakes in maine and at 2 mph--that copper spoon outproduces stingers, suttons and them all

hope it helps

good fishin

rory

2 Okuma mh leadcore/copper 8'6'' rods

bought for Ontario trip last month---never came out of rod box

paid $50 each

$64 paypal

shipped to USA

MARINCO 12 - 24 VOLT 2 BANK ON-BOARD WATERPROOF CHARGER.

10 AMPS--5 PER BANK

WILL CHARGE ALL TYPES OF BATTERIES

USED 6 MONTHS THEN WENT TO 3 BANK

SELLS FOR $160 NEW

ONE EYEHOLE MISSING--CAN MOUNT WITH 3 SCREWS OR USE FENDER WASHER

$85 SHIPPED

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Hi folks,

I have rebuilt many trailers over the years here in Florida.

Home Depot sells cedar lumber--rough cut--8' -2x4 runs $15

Here's the trick for longevity.  Use your choice of trailer bunk outdoor carpet and only cover 3 sides, leaving bottom uncovered for drying.  I use a few staples to hold in place but I use

1'' # 8 stainless screws with a 3/4'' diameter fender washer every 12'' down the sides to hold in place.  I have had great success with this system.

easily 15-20 year life expectancy in fresh water.

good fishin

put a live  or gulp nite crawler on those hooks

trout  & salmon  love crawlers

I just fished  Cayuga  7/20-28 for first time since FLEA invasion.  We did well but were prepared for the Fleas. 

Make sure you do the same.  Lakers were at 85 over 10-150 fow, salmon and trout were at 50' in same water

good luck

EVERYONE---------THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MY WIFE, 23 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, AND I Had a great week at Cayuga 7/20-7/28

We had awful weather for most of the week and we did well.  I was prepared for the fleas because of this site as I had never heard of them.( I removed the braid from my riggers)

I put 100' of 40 lb mono on my downrigger rods.  I bought a set of copperline rods for the trip. I bought 2 sets of hammerhead spinners.

we fished with john Gaulke of Finger lakes angling zone on Monday  and caught 6 lakers and watched a giant Brown screw with my lure

We trolled around the downpours

totals

13 lakers-biggest 12lbs

7 salmon-biggest 8.5 (3 were 12")

5 browns-biggest 6 lbs

2 rainbow 4 lbs ea

1 smallie 3 lbs

we only saw the sun the last two days

 thanks for all your help

coach and family

michele lt

nicole lt

nicole rainbow

nicole brown

rory 8.5 salmon

Thanks to this site we had a successful week at Cayuga.

we fished Deans in the evening Thursday and Friday --6-8:30

we hit 150 fow and headed south, as wind was light out of north, at 2.0=2.4 trolling spoons 40' on DR 1, 75' on DR2

150' of copper line on one side and 200' of copper on the other side.   I fished a rapala deep diver 30' crankbait down the middle

I bounced from 100 fow to 175 fow

on Thursday -2 lakers 3-5 lbs, 1 salmon 3.5 lbs, 1 brown 5 lbs

on Friday 2  lakers 6 lbs, 1 salmon 4 lbs, 1 rainbow 3 lbs, 2 browns 3 lbs--SLAM

copper stinngr and Sutton 88 did most damage those 2 nites, got a brown on the rapala

good fishin

coach

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Skate-

thanks for your words of wisdom

I am removing braid from the riggers as the original wire is beneath

I have ordered 2 copper line combos with 30 lb copper.  I have not used wire in 30 years.  Any helpful hints are appreciated.

we try to troll  live sawbellies or sewn sawbellies  at 1.0 mph +/-, if fishing is slow, we switch to plugs and spoons and troll at 2.0 or dodgers and flies at 1.6

thanks again

Hi folks,

Love the site!!!!

My wife and daughter and I will be trolling Cayuga for a week.  We are avid trolling enthusiasts but have not fished in the finger lakes in the mid summer in 12 years.  We have an 18' lowe  walkthrough ith a 90 yami 4 stroke and a minn kota ulterra up front.  A very nice fishing boat.    My concern is the fleas. I have never dealt with them, ever.   I have 2 Mag 5 downriggers with 150lb power pro downrigger line.  My 2 downrigger rods have 40lb fluoro down to a 10 lb leader to the bait. I can stack another rod on each DR if advised.   Off each side I use in line tx 12 boards with 1-2 oz trolling wts on 30 lb braid w/ a 10 lb fluoro leader to bait, or leadcore outfits 18 lb suffix with 10 lb leader to bait.  I generally fish a dipsy down the middle of 30lb braid and 10lb leader to bait.  I  am fearful I may not be able to troll with the pesky fleas.  Will I get killed by these critters or just annoyed?

I don't have time to set up wire rigs

we will be staying just south of Deans ramp.  We are fishing on mon 7/23 with the jigmaster captain John.  (I set this up to do something different and a backup if the fleas kill us-LOL)

Any advice??   Any suggestions??  Any Changes ??  what should I expect?

we troll everything from livebait with my Ulterra to flutterspoons, plugs and dodgers and flies with the big motor and trolling plate.  from .8 to 2.5 mph generally

Please help

thanks so much

hello folks

I am a huge fan of this website but just joined.

I grew up in RI trolling Maine, NH and NY's finger lakes and have lived in florida for 25 years but a few of the southern reservoirs have addicted my family to trolling for salmonoids.  We spend every vacation fishing and this year we are staying for 8 days on Cayuga lake. They are excited as hell.  Me too as I have not been to the area in 10 years.  It'll be my wife and I and my daughter, a 24 year old volleyball player in grad school.  We fish out of a lowe 175fs & a 90 yamaha rigged with downriggers and a new minn kota ulterra which we love.  We troll a mix of live bait and lures.  We may even try lake trout jigging.  so many options

we will be in niagra for 3 days and have a 4 hour lake Ontario charter ( for the girls to see the size of the lake and the quality of its fishing) out of olcott and then 8 days on Cayuga with our boat.

pic is a 10 + lb brown from a NC reservoir a few years back in our old boat

good fishing

Rory