Puking Dog
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Yep, I was measuring same temp from surface all the way to the bottom as measured with a fish hawk TD sent down my dipsey rods. -
Sunday Sept 7, 2020 Fished solo off Eagle Bay 11:15 till 6:30 Marked fish almost constantly but couldn't buy a hit (see screen shot of fish finder). Ran big dipseys, 1 down rigger and 4 color lead with 5 oz snap weight. 83 to 86 FOW. Nothing worked. Sticks, harnesses and spoons. I was running 3 mph om main engine trying to burn up some older gas and I'm thinking that was the problem. Next time out I'm switching back to my kicker. Live and learn. Dragged downrigger ball right thru marks and zip.
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exactly what J Sparrow said. The diver is being pushed back faster than the lure by water pressure. When you stop the diver, the lure catches up and 9 times out of 10 catches your hook above the dipsey instead of trailing the dipsey. If that happens you can troll all day and catch nothing. Slow clicker decent is the ticket and you can start setting up another rod while it's clicking out or open up a beer or a sammy.
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They are always way off. The best you can do is hope for a SE wind under 15 and go, and that don't happen often. The Port Coulbourne buoy is averaging wave height not measuring max height. If you double what they are reporting, you will be in the ball park. SE wind will be flat. S wind and E wind are almost as good. Any extended SW wind is building waves all the way from Michigan with nothing to stop them. The local news stations must be reporting waves inside the breakwalls in Bufffalo. They should get out on the lake sometime after they report 1 foot or less and see what the real world is like. You would think that for a city on 2 Great Lakes, that at least one TV station could get a clue. It would probably be good for ratings. I know I would watch that station.
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There is also a launch on the creek between state park launch and Hanover. It's called Hidden Harbour. It's very nice if the other 2 run out of parking spaces. I usually use the state park launch at the end because I get a senior discount. Lot of my friends prefer Hanover because they have a fish cleaning station, but I clean my fish at home.
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Attached are pictures of a new mast mount I just finished but haven't tested yet. Made it from two pieces of 3/4 thick Starboard and some 7/8 vibration mounts I bought from McMaster Carr. Mast was originally mounted to my bow pulpit which is also made of starboard, so it's the bow rail that is untested. Change in height from pulpit to rail raised the mast 20.25 inches, which should help me to get big boards farther from boat without dragging tow line in the lake. Added benefit is I gain back access to my anchor rode roller on the pulpit which used to be blocked by the old mast position. -
Ramp is fine. The sand bar is at the lake opening. See attachment. This picture was taken 4/14/2020 after a gas trip to the res. Fix the freakin wall and you don't have to dredge every year assuming its done correctly. -
sold / closed 1987 crestliner sabre dc 24.5 ft
Puking Dog replied to dave pine's topic in Boats for Sale
I'm curious about the trolling motor on the bow. Are you using that for steering control going into the wind ? Does it control the boat well ? I have a crestliner eagle and I push it with a kicker, but it can be hard to steer the boat into the wind unless wind is under 10 and you pay complete attention. I've heard of people steering the bow with an electric troller mounted like that but I've never actually seen it done and Crestlners have a pretty tall bow. -
What does the mayor of Hanover have to do with the Sturgeon Point break wall ? If Hanover got money, they will be spending it in Hanover not Evans.
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What happened to all the state money that I read about on this web site that was purported to be available to fix the crappy break wall. What century is that work scheduled to start ? Or, was that all lip service as usual ?
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Went to Sturgeon Point today to check on harbor opening. pictures attached. ACE
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I'll think about it. There are quite a few on e-bay already but the prices are stupid expensive. -
Luhr-Jensen used to make them and maybe still do. The ones I won, that are still in the package, are labeled POWER DIVE MINNOW. They Have really big bills and are deep divers. I mostly use shallow divers these days and control depth with lead core, or dipseys or down riggers. Deep divers won't work on jets because they pull to hard and flip the jet over. ACE
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I use the exact same setup on Ontario and Erie. No need for separate set ups. All I change is pound test of leaders.
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I have a few that I won years ago in Southtowns walleye tournament and never took out of the packages. Some 1/2 oz and some 3/4 once. Do they work on walleye ? I never really tried them as I was mostly a worm harness troller. Should I try them?
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Whats a power diver? Lure?
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Attached are pictures of rod storage racks I made to store my trolling rods over the winter in my den. Made from 1X4 rough saw pine that was left over from putting a steel roof on my barn. Just screwed them to my ceiling, 4 screws per board. Make them as long as you need based on the number of rods you have or your inability to stop buying new rods. -
All you have to do is call launch ramp 716 947-4452 and they will tell you and they will also tell you how big the waves are. Simple and no guessing. Launch ramp people are very friendly and professional. I was there Sept 21 and sand bar is growing but I launched and returned no problem in a 22 ft I/O. However, I doubt you could fit a returning and a leaving boat thru the gap at the same time. -
Fished Sturgeon Saturday Sept 21 2019. Go straight out until you hit Canadian Line and troll the line in 69 to 70 FOW. Tons of marks everywhere. Got 15 walleye, 2 perch and one smallmouth. 2 dipseys on 2.5 165 ft back. 2 downriggers 55 down. Renoskis or harnesses, didn't seem to matter. We started late and fished till 4:30 pm. Lots of boats out there, and fish really turned on just after most of them left to go home about 1:30 Marked fish non-stop once you hit 62 FOW all day long.
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The original jet divers are made by Luhr Jensen. I use 20 footers and 30 footers all the time on big boards. Don't mix them with lead core on the same side of the boat or you will get lots of tangles as they turn at different rates when you do curving turns. They are nice because they float when you let them out straight back behind the boat. That way you can float them over inside lines which are deeper by turning the boat after letting them out and not closing the bail. If you use 20's and 30's on the same side of the boat, put the 20's on the outside. If you use 2 of the same size, on the same side of the boat, let at least 25 more feet of line out on the outer one so they don't tangle if the outer one gets a fish before the inner one. The outer jet usually gets hit first because it's further away from the boat. I have run as many as 3 per side if you have enough crew on board. I have 40's and 50's but don't use them much, because they pull too hard and make your big board tow line drag in the water. I have the tripsy versions also, but haven't had much luck adjusting the trip screw accurately. Also don't tow deep diver stick baits with jets, it flips the jets over and they float to the surface. I have 10 footers also, for spring fishing, but haven't caught much on them.
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That's nothing. My daughter buried a hook in my mustache when she was casting off a dock when she was around 8 years old. Complete with night crawler hanging across my chin. My brother in law was laughing so hard he couldn't get the hook out and I was laughing so hard I couldn't hold still. Hospital nurse got a good chuckle to, but had it out in about 2 seconds. No cell phones back then so we didn't get any pictures. Never walk behind a kid casting off a dock if you know whats good for ya. -
If your getting tangles of the leader on your main line, it's because your letting the dipsey out too fast. I let mine out by turning on the reel clicker and backing off on drag until it clicks it self out to the depth you want. Start setting up you 2nd dipsey rod while the first one is slowly clicking it's way out. Leader length as long as you can get them until you can't reach the fish with your net anymore. Defiantly fluorocarbon leader. Dipseys work just fine without the ring, but you need to let out more line to get to same depth. The rings are a pain, some guys just super glue them on. I do like the ringless ones better but I'm still using both versions. Dipseys work best on steel line. Next best is super braid. I also have run them on mono, but it is hard to trip them on mono when you want to check you line or you get a small junk fish. I watch rod tip as much as possible for the tell tale wiggle of a silver bass or perch who just love to steal the back half of you night crawler. Dipseys towing a spin doctor and fly are very effective on Ontario.
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I have a 22 ft Crestliner Eagle walk around cuddy that works well. Sometimes I wish I had the larger cabin like they built before the walk around style eagle. Walk around sure is great when docking. Cabin space is good enough for storing rods, net, cooler and tackle boxes and porta potty. Very small for sleeping but it works for 2 people max. -
Fished Eagle bay Wednesday. 1 walleye about 21 inches and 1 Lake trout about 15 pounds. Fished 45 to 72 FOW from 8am to 2:30 pm. Lake flat, temps and humidity high. Walleye came on 7 colors lead off planer board on worm harness. Lake trout came off down rigger 10 feet off bottom on shallow Bomber long A. Left early cause fishing was slow and heat was brutal. There was about 20 trailers in parking lot in morning when we left and 2 when we got back. Boats scattered all over the place.
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When's the last time you replaced fuel/water separator ?
