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I agree, fortunately the ones i have are around 90 to 100  degrees to the boat

Monster steel rodholders i mean

Theyre monster style catfish rods

I checked online and no such informstion is given. I want to know to make sure my steel rod holders are locked down with enough force to precent the rod holders from twisting under pressure

Anyone have an idea of what the lb pull a dipsy diver puts on a rod?

Has anyone had success with 6 inch spindoctors below 50 ft? Normally 6 inch is coho and steelhead in a high diver or off a board down but wanted to know if the lakers and kings respond just as much to 6 as they do 8 or 10

I was going to do short rod inside and going size wise with the outaide rod being my longest and having them increase in height 2 inches each rod

I run an 18 ft boat and wanted to know what would be minimum rod spacing for dipsy rods, i was think 10 to 12 inches but wanted to get an idea for double dipsies at 3 and 1 settings

Has anyone been successful in trolling or12 boards with 30 to 50 sizr jet divers for higher water column browns and cohos?

The main goal is to run 2 dipsy diver rod holders 12 inches apart without the tips tangling

For dipsy dover rods, is there a difference if the rod is parallel to the water line vs having it tilted up 10 to 30 degrees

I have a pair of 8 inch planers and would like to know what size board is needed to handle a 10-30 jet diver on a mag spoon with the board

31 minutes ago, JLK said:

The number of days we are blown off the lake will increase, assuming climate change is real.

Lol yeah and my 9th grade social studies teacher back in 2005 told us that the oil would run out by 2013. Can probably put those ideas into the same camp of dilusion

31 minutes ago, SmilinEd1 said:

We fished the Oak monday morning, lines in the water by 630, winds were NW 10-15, waves 2-3s trolled east, air was warm.

Then about 830 wind direction changed to NNE and picked up to 20-25, got cold and we were in 4s-5s

We pulled everything in, 28 line, surfing 5s and 6s, not f-ing fun. One wave we surfed had to have been larger than 6, I let off the throttle to let that big SOB fall apart in front of us.

Just posting this juices me up

Got back to camp, cut what we caught, and by noon the sun was out, temperature was rising, the winds were dying off, when we left camp to go home at 330 the lake was flat..

fished 2.5 days out of the 6 we were there, this time of the yr, winds should allow you to fish more than that. this yr and last 2 yrs have sucked.

Next yr I might push the trip back to the week after Labor day.

Anyhow, the group loves fishing for Kings. 

Be safe out there

I was thinking my crew and I will go mid september to avoid having to expose our boat out beyond 100 fow. Only thing worse than the high winds from the south sling shoting us out where we needee to be, was going back against the grain when things really picked up.

3 hours ago, java said:

Today looks good!

What app is this

2 hours ago, BreakingBass said:

I fish out of I-Bay and I don't trust the NWS NOAA wave forecast anymore.  I check the Forest Lawn Beach webcam on WeatherBug to verify.  It's close enough to I-Bay to see what the lake is really like.  Of course 2' waves can look smaller from the perch the camera is on, so look at the video carefully.

I was fishing sodus bay so information is not quite as easily available and no tributaries. Does I Bay and genesee river help mitigate waves in 100 fow or less?

9 minutes ago, 13owhunter said:

Something probably got tangled on the way down like your spoon catching the line attached to your clip on the way down.  If that happened your swivels won't help. 

Interesting you point to the spoon getting snagged bc it was snagged on thr line right where the flasher was

Thanks all, one possible related question is i had 1 line on a downrigger and when the winds came i pulled it back up and got the unpleasant surprise of the worst line twist ive ever seen. I had a flasher spoon on with barrel swivels at every connection point so i can only hypothersize the waves had to be the cause. Any other reasons?

7 minutes ago, idn713 said:

Yeah, that is smart. For the 400 - 500 ft trips, I like the 1ft or less forecast. Just too far is something goes wrong. You can def fish 100 - 200 in 1-3ft forecast though. We have done that quite a bit and its not the most amazing thing ever, but I never felt in danger.

Oh ok 1 -3 ft waves. Thought you meant wind mph

9 minutes ago, idn713 said:

All I fish out of is my 18 ft Alumacraft out there and we beat the kings up pretty good. I don’t ever test the lake though. 2ft or less is my threshold. I almost never challenge a 1-3 forecast and I certainly don’t push beyond that. 
 

Can’t say I’ve ever been caught in a weather event, as we are just that careful. Fishing to me is never worth worrying about sinking or dying. 

Thanks for the 1-3 mph wind threshold. Sound like it has to be glasslike to no wind to comfortably venture out deep beyond shore

A couple of guys and I went out in an 18 foot boat saturday and found the honey hole of fish in 120 fow around 7am but unfortunately the wind rocked us all over before we could get more than 2 lines in the water. Based on last trip getting beaten by wind, my conclusion is that in shore fishing in spring for brown trout in 50 fow or less and mid to late september spawn season for kings is the best option to be able to handle lake O in an 18 ft boat. Any additional thoughts are appreciated.

Hey everyone i have 2 SDs and flies on 50lb mono for leads. I was going to go with 30 lb test for my main line but am unsure if the SD puts so much pressure on the line that it would be better to match the 50 lb test of the lead.

What was the wind in mph? Also have the browns been in closer as you mention?

The county fishing report says browns in shore due to rainfall