HolyDiver

Thanks both. Shawn will be looking and her soon! Hope to be fishing from my new rig in 3 weeks!

Anyone know of a good surveyor around Syracuse NY? I have an offer accepted with a contingency and want to get a survey. Looking for a reputable guy

I agree with the OP - Does anyone know where we can launch? Are there private launches anywhere? I wont engage in the debate around Cuomo or Covid. Too many opinions, insufficient facts. But.... I would like to isolate myself on the water!

yep. That was lily a big problem for me - I recall commenting how much of an angle the lines were - more than I had ever seen - Appreciate it - net thing to watch. Anyone got thoughts on the time of day for these guys. Is it completely random? I have had good morning hits with dead afternoons, lousy days with good evening bite - Any tricks there, or just grind it out and put in the time (which is not problem for me - I always say a **** day on the water beats a text from the ex)

UpGrady - Great tip - Thanks!! I was for sure on a horrible track - Lines were 15-20deg off my track. Just never thought about that one - seems kinda dumb now.

Hemmerin' 'em: Thanks: Great info. I spoke to FH - they say the Merc 115 I have is know to be very noisy - The sonar gets feedback and then glitches the system and it shuts off. But.... Plugs are cheap and UR correct - If I am investing in all this gear, time and gas, not sure the plugs will even hit the radar. Question - Do you verify the speed on the FH with GPS at the surface each time? I got to the point I was not sure I trusted the FH. I get skunked 3-4 trips a year and hate it. My first season took 20 trips before my first fish... So progress!! Thanks for the info on the lead lengths - I think I tend to run riggers short.

I have never played with leads on my riggers. But my std set-up wold be around 20'-30'. Never done more than that. hat lead do you run on your diver? I run them, but they are my least productive set-up. 10 colors of lead is my best in spring - but as the fish get deeper, they stop working. Do you play with diver colors too? Very much appreciated Tomy!

Hey all - been reading these posts for a few years - never posted. Started fishing 5 years ago - so still a newbie as I do not do enough catching. fish from a 19' Keywest CC and mostly salmon hunt. Learned enough to start putting fish in the boat a few years ago, and spring fishing has been good to me the last few years. Managed a skunking Saturday morning (8am - noon) and wanted to avoid that this weekend. I struggle this time of the year - I saw boats from 60' to 200' and everywhere in-between. I worked from 80' to 150', marked most fish around 120' ran spoons and flashers (Silver / Green / purple / red) for 4 hours 60-90' down. Ran North, South east and West - Nothing! Deeper water? Shallower water? Meat? I don't have or know how to run meat heads and don't have or know how to run copper. I have 2 riggers, I typically run #3 dipsies out 280' and will let out 10 colors of lead on my 2 long lines. my thought is the lead runs 60', the riggers I run 70' and 80' and the divers are getting near 90'. any advise is greatly appreciated - still figuring it out! I was thinking the currents and down speeds may have been a problem - it was a good blow Sat and not sure of the speeds down below - I have a fishhawk, but dont use it as my old Merc seems to put out so much noise, it keeps effecting the FishHawk sonar feed. I put noise reducing plugs in the motor, but they last about 20 hours of run time and it does it again. I was running 2.5-3.0 on the surface. Thanks all for any input - Tight lines to all!