Wise77

Went out 9-17 in the evening for a few hours. The day before this there were good temps in 40-50 fow and 30 to 35 feet down so that's where I started. Temps had moved out a little deeper to 70-80 fow about 45 to 50 feet down but unfortunately I spent too much time looking for scattered fish in shallow water before I found that out. Just a couple hits and managed to boat 1 nice king in low 20lbs. There is still a good amount of fish out there scattered around but I can tell at this point with the right flow and temp they will all be rushing to the rivers and tributaries. I never found good numbers. I fished east from the port. Good luck to anyone getting out. Still some lake fishing to be had.

Just trying to get some opinions from some different people but I have a smaller boat now that I will be selling soon so I may try to buy this fall before everyone winterizes them. Definitely got some great info from you guys and some new boats to look at. I appreciate all the information from you all.

My first bigger boat was an I/O and yes I did have issues with it. So yeah I'm thinking outboard. I know some of the bigger bahas I believe are outboard and I thought some of the bigger Pen yans where as well. But definitely not positive. It would be around 25,000 ish or less maybe a little more if its a great deal. Planning to get a slip for sure. I can tow it but I don't want to. The only reason I picked the 3 is because they are the most common near me but I'm definitely open to anything hard top.

I have some friends with the tiara boats and they love them but other that seeing them a few times I don't really know much about them. Definitely going to be checking those out.

Thank you for that info, great idea!

Absolutely, I totally agree with you. I have the number of a very reputable guy from Oswego to go thru for a survey. I'm definitely not getting burned ever again.

I will definitely check those out as well. Thank you.

Next spring I have finally decided to get in to a bigger boat but I can't really decide what I would like. I have heard a lot about all 3 I'm looking at. I'm just curious of anyone's opinion of what one you all would choose. I'm looking at Thompson's, Pen Yan's and Baha's. It would be a 23 to 28 foot boat. I'm leaning towards the Pen Yan's and Baha's.

A few years back I had canvas work done at Cortinis in fulton ny. For a possible second option.

Thank you for the info Yankee!

I used to run it that way all the time before twinkle rigs ever came out. They worked well.

Just trying to get a idea of meat leader lengths on king fishers or the 11 inch flashers. Been a while since I got out. Been out of the trolling game for several years.

That's what I thought but when I bout them off a guy last year he just said it didn't have auto stop. Looks like they need to be repaired then.