Joles

Next in line. 

Sent text. Interested in fly tying lot. 

Just trying to warn others to keep a wide berth if they don’t want to have their fishing interrupted. 
 

I was out last year during one of the bass tournaments (Major League Fishing maybe?). Didn’t have any problems. 

1 hour ago, Billy H said:

Hey joles why did remove your profile pic?

I wanted to be like you. 😉

Yep, that's from my phone.  iPhone 7, so nothing fancy.

15 hours ago, suttontroller94 said:

Ok so I actually First Mate for Black dog adventures which is the boat in the picture. This is not "Reel Rage" charter Reel Rage is a spoon manufacturer who is a stand up guy that we run alot of his products. I was not on the boat today so I don't know the situation however you really should get your facts straight before trying to play keyboard warrior.. 

I updated the title.  Reel Rage should probably be careful about who they use as ProStaff if they're worried about their image.

14 hours ago, suttontroller94 said:

So I just got off the phone with Corey. He was out with buddies today and had a guy who was inexperienced driving because he was rigging the back of the boat. He said he's sorry if it ruined your day but it was an accident if anything. The situation doesn't exactly stick out in his head however he does remember a little crestliner taking a couple pictures and figures that was probably the situation. I will vouge for him aswell that he does have class while he is driving a boat and would never intentionally run over someone's lines and always gives them plenty of room. In my opinion he actually is sometimes over cautious and is more generous than most guys I've fished with. 

We're definitely NOT a Crestliner.  Looks like he was an idiot with 2 separate boats yesterday, then.

We turned to avoid collision with over 300 feet of line out back.  Then they turned and cut back the other way in front of us.  After they passed us, they cut right back behind us.  Thankfully, we'd reeled all of our line in so that we didn't get torn off.  Dick move to be sure.

If you see this boat on Cayuga try to avoid it. We tried today. We turned to avoid being a problem and he turned sharply in front of us while we’re dragging 300 feet of copper. 
 

It just goes to show that you cannot buy class. 

#Edited title after seeing more info from someone in here.  A shame if it's Black Dog, they're a charter I had contemplated using.
 

47 minutes ago, tuffishooker said:

How do you bleed Lake Trout ? If I take a fish it is dispatched [ killed ] gutted ASAP , not much blood left  ! 

I don’t gut immediately. I clip the v under the mouth where the gills come together. Then they go on ice. 

4 hours ago, Ric66 said:

Wife never liked Lake Trout till I started bleeding the fish. Makes a huge difference.

We bleed ours, too. Learned the trick from Striper fishing. While most of the filets are orange, some come out very pale, almost white. 

Even when we didn’t bleed them out, though, I don’t understand the disdain for lakers. 

6 minutes ago, PrtyMrty said:

Joles that looks good,can you tell me, is that just a regular grill with a smoke box added? Can you explain the process? Thanks

Sent from my Moto Z (2) using Lake Ontario United mobile app
 

It’s a Traeger. Last time we used the brine from the pic. Yes, I also used it for smoked eel. 

It’s adapted from “The Quick and Easy Art of Smoking Food: Updated for the 90s” by Chris Dubbs & Dave Heberle. The only downside to that book is you really should read it cover to cover and then you have piece things together to make everything right. 

Love smoked lake trout. It’s more mild than salmon and lacks the sweetness but is very good. I prefer hickory for smoking. 

I also prepare it like other salmon recipes. Grilled after a vodka, brown sugar, salt, pepper marinade.  Foil pack with butter, garlic salt, and pepper. 

Thank you so much for the feedback.  I've still got some time to decide if she comes along or not.

What does everyone think about the algae blooms on Cayuga?  I've got a vacation scheduled and wanted to bring my dog out in the boat, but we usually use water to cool things off for her.  I'm concerned about her safety with the reported algal blooms.  Thoughts?  I also read that you shouldn't fish or eat fish caught in/near the blooms.  What do they consider "near"?