dhhurlburt

Is 140 where you found 50 degrees? I wanted to go deeper, but my son just finished hockey camp and wanted to get out for a couple hours so I stayed in 130 feet and found 50 degrees at 90. Managed 2 before my son got too tired. Green glow meat rigs for birh. 

Thanks Jeremy. Appreciate it. I just might have to jump in your boat. I have soooooo many questions, but the fun part is figuring it out as I go. I do have a boat load of venison jerky to share.

Help a new guy out....I read lost of posts about areas.. like "headed to bald eagle"  is there a secret decoder ring I need? How do I find these particular areas? Or where can i go to find them?

Thanks

I have my brother and sister in law from NYC in town for the weekend. They want to fish Sunday,  but the earliest we can get out is about 2 pm for maybe 3 hours...question is, are the fish eating in the mid afternoon? If it were me..I'd ne happy just being on the water, but I also want to get my brother in law on a fish or 2.

Does the preferred color change as the sun gets higher?

Thank you!!

Left about 5pm for a couple hours with my boy. Straight out to 140feet. Green and black spoons 60 feet down got us some smoker meat. Still figuring this stuff out and it was great to spend the night with my son and seeing how happy he is fishing.

That's really good intel... thank you 

10 pound ball, I was considering torpedo to eliminate blowback thinking it would bring it into my cone.

Thank you for all the valuable info, someday I hope to pay it forward.

Could I just use the 200hz? I know its designed for shallower water? I know that not seeing the ball isnt the end of the world, but it's my OCD 

Yes chirp, not positive of the frequency.

Way back when I was in the Navy I was stationed in SC. There I had a boat and fished my butt off. When I would troll at depths of about 150ft and 10 knots SOW I could still see my ball on my sonar. Today, I have a 17ft aluminum with lowrance hook2 splitshot.  I can not see my ball on the sonar down 50 feet trolling 2.5 mph SOG.  I checked my transducer alignment, sensitivity settings....what am I missing? 

Thank you 

I read info from the DEC that's says to target 53F for kings, but on here I read to target 48F. Recently that's been a 10 foot depth difference. Whata the go to temp target I need to pay attention to?

I'm new to the trolling scene and I'm trying to figure out the terminology you all use. I dont want your secret spots, or favorite colors, just decode some terminology. Any help would be appreciated....

"On wire at 225"

"300 copper"

"100' rigger"

"130 wire divers"

Thank you for the help.

Thank you so much. I really appreciate the help everyone is willing g to give 

Thank you 

Thank you. I should have been able to figure that out., feels like I'm losing my mental toughness as I get older.

New guy question here...when captains say 50 over 130...what does that mean? 

Lest at 5 am and headed to Hughes. 2 for 3 on kings with meat rigs on the dipsy with 200 feet of line out. 1 big ass bown on a green and black spoon 40 feet down. All caught in 140 feet of water.

Nice..I fished out of bear creek that morning. We landed 1 king in a green flasher/fly in 138 feet. What direction did you go? We went west, then went to Hughes and trolled back to bear creek.

Thank you very much 

Do you troll spoons behind flashes, or stick to flies? 

Thank you

Left bear creek in ontario at 0530. First of 4 lines in at 0615 in 130 feet. Then whammo...a 22 pound king on a green flasher and fly. My son was in his happy place. He fought her like hell . The it was like a switch was flipped....nothing for 5 more hours.  Didnt see anything consistent on the sonar. Trolled 130, then 150 then 180...nothing. Either way I had a great daily with my boy. Any ideas of Good spots to hit,  I have some extra postage stamps to trade...

Whaler1....I'm getting all the pieces together for the downriggers and a couple rigs with dipsey divers.  So far just trolled some stick baits in close and bounced some jigs for smallies. 

I launch out of bear creek in Ontario NY. Its not very busy and close to home

NymphO...thanks for the info. Spoons seem to be the go to..maybe time for a new tackle box dedicated to spoons and flies

Good afternoon all, this is Dave and I'm new to the site. I've started pursuing trolling for lake fish as a means to spend time with my boys.  I'm sure I'll ask all kinds of silly rookie questions, but my intentions are always good. I look forward to learning as much as I can from all you salty dogs.

My very first question is what kind of setup is a good one for downrigger and a few reliable bait patterns. I am familiar with downrigger use..I spent many hours trolling the gulf stream while I was in the Navy stationed in Chsrelston. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

Thank You

Dave