NyFallGuy

You're exactly correct about the small fish not surviving the ride along. If I see them out there, I lighten up the tension and/or check my lines much more often. It's almost funny how good you feel about releasing a small survivor.

I keep my clips super tight too. Personally, I've felt that if the clip releases, it doesn't matter how fast I grab the rod, with any slack on the line the fish (salmon) always seems to get off the hook. I like the cannon clips. The "click...click...click" means I'm good. Oh, the only issue I've had is when the dinks are out. You could be driving around for an hour without a hit, because you've got a dink in tow.

Great report!

You could probably do an engine swap pretty easily, yes? (one boat to another)

Still new to identifying these beasts. The last king I caught, I seemed to think it looked to have more fins but didn't give it much more thought, as it was the largest I had ever caught. Niagara bar.

I find it so exciting. No, actually, it's nuts. I go out alone running 2 down riggers. When I get one on I have to look up to see where the traffic is and engage the auto-pilot, a.k.a the bungee cord. It's not so great. Try fighting a fish and steering with your butt through traffic. It gets intense.

The hackers got into the government system by sending out a trojan horse update to the government. Thinking they were simply updating their infrastructure monitoring software, they wound up passing it along from one system to another. This move gave the hackers "back doors" to systems all over the place. Basically, it was a little more sophisticated than simply guessing that some slacker used "Admin" and "Password" on their desktop, not that that doesn't happen far too often, sadly.

There was definitely a crowd out at the bar today. Water was nearly glass. I don't even want to imagine how crowded it will be tomorrow.

Yes, it really does sound counterintuitive. I've spent a great many hours working those shallower zones with tons of bait and caught barely anything, while going out from 140 to 180 always works much better. There's a bowl that goes from 40' down to 55' right on the US/Can boarder. That is the only spot where I've caught lots of fish around lots of bait, but that was weeks ago.

I hope I didn't just jinx myself.

Thanks guys. YEah, I did find a text message between me and the seller so I had his number. We wrote up another bill of sale. My local DMV just recently reopened for in-person appointments, even if for only one day a week. I have no doubt that they will be very helpful. Amazing really, back in Long Island, NY... going to the DMV was like something out of a horror show. So far, here in Niagara County they've been amazing helpful. This board is also extremely helpful. Thanks!

It is a 1989.

That's an interesting suggestion. I have to check the year. It's right around that threshold, +/- a year or two.

Yeah, that's my point. I do not have the title.

Hi, I bought a 19' Sea Nymph 3 years ago and never got around to re-titling it or registering it under my name as the previous owner had just done so and said I might as well ride out the remainder of his registration. Now that it's time to get it done I can't find the documentation from the sale. Does anyone know what is involved in proving ownership and registering/ re-titling a motor boat in NY? I'm kicking myself for not having done this right away. Any advice would be great. Thanks.

Hey, great report! I have been launching out of Fort Niagara and often see what looks like a crazy amount of fish at around 120-140' on the drop but never seem to get anything out of it. It drives me nuts every time.

Hey Waldo, Well I would certainly be tuning in. I have a Sea Nymph too. Love this boat. What's the plan? Adam

Hey Bill, How did your repair go? I just finished mine yesterday and am excited to take my boat out today. I will be running it without the bilge pump, first to see if water still collects and second, if it does, I will get under the boat to identify any leaky rivets I might have missed. It was ridiculously simple to put the rivets in, I thought. What I did notice was, now that I know what I'm looking at, that the previous owner had replaced a bunch of the rivets with massive screws. I suppose it made sense at the time but with the proper size rivet and the G-flex epoxy I used I am pretty confident in the repair. Have fun out there and thanks for your input! Adam