J Francho

I had a similar boat in my Sea Nymph, and I would not build a deck. The deep-v walleye boat hull isn't stable enough for that high center of gravity. You should be able to mount any of the electric steer bow mounts to the front without any modification. You can kind of see the front, with the TM in tihis old pic of my dad:

I have four rods I'll use for spinnerbaits: AC62MXF for sniper style AVC68MXF for general shallow LTB70MF for slow rolling LTB70MHF for tossing big honkers 3/4 and up

It's gonna take a lot more than 25# per day to be "the best in the US." My club had 25# on Champlain, and that's in NY/VT.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=42.67032,-76.819153&spn=1.508511,2.469177&t=h&z=9&vpsrc=6 I live in Rochester. Oneida is on the right, and Conesus is on the left. Kueka is the one shaped like a "Y." Ontario is to the north, Erie just an hour to the west. Erie has all these structural features, but they are huge. You could spend a season learning the intricacies of a spot like Seneca Shoals, which is basically a mountain in the middle of the eastern lake basin. You'd probably fish closer to Presque Isle. Dwight Hottle could be of some help - he fishes that area.

From the use of craptastic light bearings and unobtainium sideplate materials.

No order at all. End of April is usually ice out on most lakes. You're looking at presapwn. For the past few years, the spawn up here has started around the second week in May. Oneida and Conesus are great smallie lakes in spring and fall. Mainly largemouth in the summer. They are great secondary destinations, should it be too rough to go out on Erie or Ontario. Oneida is what I'd call "Erie Minor." It can get rough out there, too. An honorary mention should be given to Kueka as well. Lots of big smallies there, too. Ontario is more about fishing the bays mostly for smallies, though there are some with knowledge of where to catch them in the lake. I have spots, but if they aren't there, they aren't there. Erie is big time structure fishing. It's much more shallow than Ontario, and it's a little easier to prefish with just a map - the structure is that good. Conesus, Honeoye, Keueka, or any of the Finger Lakes for that matter, in spring is as simple as beating the banks until you run into them. Out of all of them, Erie and Oneida are easily my favorites. I've only fished Champlain twice (two 3-day tournaments) and while I came in 2nd place on one, all my fish were green. And they were easily the largest average sized fish in the state. The 2nd tourney, I focused on brown fish up north, and failed. Dead last. Whatever knowledge I accumulated growing up on Lake Ontario, did me no good on Champ. I'm sure someone here knows it well, and can answer.

Santa is posting from NJ, LMAO. Merry Christmas to you too, You Know Who!

Here's the best places I know. Erie: Chaumont Bay (Lake Ontario): Oneida: Conesus: Lake Ontario:

It's actually called a modified Albright, but yeah, it's the same as a Crazy Alberto's knot: http://www.stripersonline.com/a/albertos-knot Whomever posted the youtube video titled it incorrectly.

I don't think they make them anymore, but I know where there is a large stash of them, LOL.

Done and shared!

Nice video. I've tried to explain sight fishing on the graph to people, and most don't get what I mean. The video plainly shows how it's done. One question about the long drop line, though. is really imperative that it be that long? I realize fish look up at the bait, and I see the exact same behavior on the graph on Ontario and Erie, but we rarely go over 3' long on the dropper, and more like 8-14" - just enough to keep your bait out of the reach of the gobies. Go to short, and you'll never have your bait in the zone long enough to get a bass to bite before a goby does. It just doesn't look like you're using that long a dropper in the video.

That they all worked so well is what makes them timeless.

I grew up with two sisters, and one of their best friends living in the house. Literally surrounded by women. Now it's all men in the house, save for my bulldog. Even the snake and betta are boys. It's so much better that way.

Get a lake map with contour lines. Look for areas where the lines are close together. Then go out in the boat, and locate them on the graph.

Anytime the water is shallow and clear with dark bottom, you'll find those richly colored fish. Here's a northern one

Just use them smart - open water, light drag about 3# resistance, and whack them. They get bit.

InvisX for lighter line, Trilene 100% or Shooter for heavier.

Only when provoked, LOL.

I was thinking the same thing. People ask me all the time why I only fish trout in the winter. Because I can't cast to them in the summer. Now snook and redfish from a kayak or small boat? That might be pretty cool.

You'll break the bills off them before the hooks need replacing. The DT10, 16, and 20 are pretty durable, but I had terrible luck with DT06 breaking. I would use them in open water, and be careful snapping them off weeds. If they ricochet into any hard cover, you might snap the bill. Definitely do not smack them at the water to clear weeds - that's a sure fire way to break them.

It's one thing to use it in the last 2 minutes with a two score lead, but close games? C'MON MANNN!!!!

You probably accidentally fat fingered Ctrl-I. It happens often when typing "I" since the Ctrl button is just below.

I'll use anything from 6# fluoro for little spider jigs on up to 80# braid for heavy slop. Match the line to the cover and the weight of the jig. In a general sense, a MH/F rod, and 14# fluoro or 40-50# braid will be fine.

Look what that's got you.