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  1. I know a very different action from the tail dancers but I have been crushing big fish on Erie on the dhj14’s.  Billed as a cold water bait with a subtle action but I have still been getting bit on them in the hot water out there this July/August.  For 10-15$ u can get the customs from warrior, but purple glass perch has been pretty much the only one I’ve needed.

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  2. I’ve got a couple rods that need some guide repair, and a couple ice fishing blanks that I’d like built up for ice season.  Not looking for an artist with a 2 year wait list, but if anyone knows a reliable rod builder in upstate ny that can build to spec/help me out with some simple repairs I’d appreciate some contact info.  Thanks

     

  3. If ur into ice fishing you can’t go wrong with a cottage on Oneida or chaumont...4 seasons of usage if you have access to running water.  You can also do the airbnb thing in the winter and get some of ur tax money back.  You’ll def want a snowmobile if ur trying to get to walleye from 3 mile bay.

     

    i haven’t spent much time up there in the summer but they have had some high water events the last couple years, and generally although the bay is protected, the lake out there is pretty rough with wind/waves.

     

    personally if I could swing Oneida I’d do that...then ur only a little over an hour drive from chaumont.  Weather a lot more kid friendly on Oneida during winter than chaumont.  I’ve been thinking about the same thing for my family, but with the cost/taxes of lake property renting someone else’s house 2-3 times a year just makes more sense.

  4. 34 minutes ago, wallysackett said:


    Is that one of the echo map models? How do you like the garmin? I have read they are very easy to operate ?


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    It’s actually a striker....same sonar as the echomap but really cheesy mapping and no touch screen.  I actually didn’t want a touch screen cause they kind of suck with ur boat pitching around.  I use my iPad/navionics for mapping.  Much cheaper than an echomap....more screen.  Love the garmin, easy to use...the sonar picture shown is the factory settings.  Would def recommend side imaging if ur a walleye fisherman.  Big thing with the echomaps is they are panoptix compatible (got one of those too for ice fishing/trolling motor).

  5. 1 hour ago, Gregger300 said:

    I have a Garmin. What does the temp break look like?

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    If you look at the top of the screen you see a clean (white) return in the water column.  Down around 20’ you start to see the blue cloudy return (cold water has a higher density...density is what ur fishfinder is measuring).  I interpret this as the temperature break and it’s been pretty consistent at 80’-120’ out in Ontario the last couple weekends over deep water....same place where all the fishhawk guys are saying they’re measuring it.  This pic was taken out at Erie in June...walleyes going chomp chomp.

  6. Picked up some of these 8” triangle flashers because of their high flash/low drag.  The guys out west crush them on these things.    My intent is to run them with a simple meat head/brads cut plug behind a tx44 board using an 8oz torpedo weight to get it down.  Tried it out over the weekend and when I pulled it up had a pretty terrible tangle between the meat head and the fish flash.  I’m thinking it probably happpened when I first deployed maybe dropping it to quick.  Anyone have any experience running these things in the configuration I described?  Any tips for deployment to avoid tangles?  Thanks

  7. Dive curve is on their website...even included with flashers.  Met those guys at the Niagara show...they are some pretty serious fishermen and very data driven.  They do all their dive chart mapping with smart troll.  Haven’t used their torpedos yet for kings but love them for walleye.

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  8. Fwiw I contacted the seller about the reels/rods noting that you were closer and had spoken up first in the post, but if the sale fell thru I’d be willing to drive up and get them.  
     

    The following night he said he hadn’t heard from you so I could come get them if I wanted.  Seller is great....even changed out the batteries in the line counters for me.  I wouldn’t hesitate to buy anything from him again.  I think he just wanted the gear gone quick and conveniently.

     

  9. Looks like you guys got some real solid fish...just got back from a week out there fishing the southtowns derby....best size class of fish I’ve ever seen in that area of the lake.  Bay rat black mamba and white belly goby crushed out there for us.

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  10. 23 hours ago, lyk2fish said:

    Looks like mayfly larvae.......they hammer them when they emerge on that lake.


    Rented a house up there last year over 4th of July week and there were huge hatches of those especially large hexagenia flies.  The fish were stuffed with them puking them all over the live well.  Very impressive bug population in that lake right now.  Seems like if they didn’t have them they’d be starving to death.

  11. Bay rat xld- Black mamba, chrome blue, goby

    reef runner- eerily naked, naked purple

    dhj12 - purple glass perch, custom antifreeze perch

    deep bandit - chrome blue, sandstorm

     

    these are the baits that’s ive had good luck with in both Oneida and Erie....properly set tattle flags are IMO required on Oneida as those fish really don’t pull the boards back

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  12. Hey guys....was looking for an adjustable release to use with braid that would allow me to trip the board when running a multi board spread or just hooked into a big fish with inlines.  Read some good things about the sam’s pro release and picked some up.  Been trying a few different things with them but I can’t get them to consistently trip.  Anybody have any advice on these?  Which direction to rig (nipple forward vs nipple backward)?  Wrapping line from the top vs wrapping from the bottom?  Btw currently I have them hard mounted (no split ring) to church walleye boards with tattle flags.  Thanks in advance for any help....also if anyone has some other release method really dialed in for braid let me know!

  13. I live in Corning ny.  So I fish the chemung and Susquehanna for bass, walleye, muskie out of my drift boat.  I’m not much of a fly fisherman but one of my good buddies is and he makes me throw his bug rods whenever we take the driftboat down the river together.

     

    ive also got a 17.5 alumacraft that I drag around the state for walleye, salmon, and trout.

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    this fly works real well for them in the river but it’s heavy and pita to cast...not much different than casting a jig at that point.  I’m super bummed about not being able to get my boat in the water for the opener...been preparing for it since ice out.  Guess it will be waders and headlamps for me this year.

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