tbromund

I haven't used the sharks, mostly I've used the 12 lb black tru-trac finned balls. Last year I got a pair of the 13 lb torpedos from ATOMMIK and those worked fine, significantly less blowback on the probe rigger than with the balls.

I hear the same comments from people about the sharks as I do about the Ridgeback Rattlers, some times they help, some times they hurt, it depends on the mood of the fish. On aggressive fish I believe they will help pull fish in, on neutral/passive fish they may be a negative.

Regarding the black box, I got one a couple of years ago after I used the multi meter and found my boat has a grounding problem somewhere and was throwing (according to the pro-troll documentation) a repelling chage around the boat. I had never given the notion much credence since I didn't believe that non-mineralized fresh water would carry enough charge to make a difference, however, when I first got my current boat, I had a heck of a time taking a fish on the riggers. Divers and cores accounted for 90%+ of my catch, which was absolutely not the case on my previous boat. I decided it was worth the 100 scoots to give it a shot and guess what, my riggers the past two seasons have once again become my hottest setups, espcially with short leads. Since I retired the Fish Hawk and added the Depth Raider this past season (and also took off the old Mag 10s and are just running my 2 Scotty elecs) with the coated cable on my probe rigger, I now only have the BB hooked up to one rigger, but that rigger consistently fires for me.

I think it depends on the boat. If there are no electrical issues on the boat to begin with, a BB or positive ion control will probably have no significant impact, for boats like mine that have grounding gremlins, they are a big asset and are a lot simpler fix than trying to find the ground problem, especially for those of us that are not electrically inclined.

Tim

Tim

Love the new ride Billy, Penn Yans were always one of my favorites. If I ever move up from the Thompson, I'm pretty sure it'll either be a Penn Yan in that size range or a Tiara 2700 open.

Tim

Tim, you holding out on us? Swimsuit models??? C'mon buddy, hook us up!!

Nice looking ride by the way! We all know it's a fish catching machine!!!

I wish

Unfortunately as far as I can remember, the only woman to be on the boat since I got it was my sister

Oh well.

Tim

Nice ride Tim. You have to love how high the sides are on a Thompson.

How many lines do you run at a time and, what are they?

Yeah, gotta use a pee bucket since the gunwales are a lot higher than the little guy

There's usually 3 of us on the boat occasionally 4, so typically 6 rods, very occasionally will I run 8 (2 rods per person here in NY), even with 4 in the boat. My typical spread is 2 riggers, 2 divers (either 2 wire or 1 wire 1 power pro) 1 half or full core (depending on time of year) on a church board and a 200' copper on a church board. If I run 8 rods I'll try to add a mono diver (or slide diver) and either a second core on a board or a thumper rod down the chute.

Tim

1986 Thompson Model 252 Hardtop (24')

5.0L Mercruiser

Still running the dinosaur Lawrance LMS 350A for a graph (it still works and has good screen resolution, so why not)

Garmin 172C Chartplotter

Simrad AP 14 Autopilot

Depth Raider

2 Scotty 1116 Propack Elec Downriggers

Cabelas Black Box

12"x12" Lenco electric Trim Tabs

here's a pic of it shortly after I bought it in 2002 before it was fully rigged

And here it is fully fitted out. Ive since retired the two old 80's vintage mag 10's and have just gone with 2 riggers.

Tim

I don't have pics of most of my biggest salmon. My biggest was a 38 lb male caught off the Olcott Pier in Lake Ontario in September of 1992.

Here is a pic of a 32 lb king I caught in August of 1998 out in the boat offshore out of Olcott.

Tim

One day in mid august out of Olcott NY on Lake Ontario, just me and dad in the boat running our 4 rods. The lake had just flipped from some NE winds and everybody else picked up and ran offshore to fish.

On a hunch we stayed inside and found good numbers of matures in 50-80 fow and we had the lake to ourselves. We ended up 7/9 and our 6 king limit weighed 18 1/2, 21, 24, 27, 28 and 30 lbs.

We had plenty of day when we caught more fish, but that was our best trip on stricly matures for the year.

Here's the group lined up

and here's Dad with his first 30 lber

Tim

Anyone else besides Hitman running a Fish Hawk?

I used to, finally got too fed up with the numbers jumping around and lost all confdence in it. So I bought a Depth Raider last year and love it. Most of the guys I know have the Subtroll since Moor is local right here in Buffalo, NY and have fished on several boats with that unit and it is just as reliable (actually, the same technology as the Depth Raider, which Moor developed around 20 years ago) I just like the digital display over the analog, otherwise, they are both great units.

As the others have stated, maybe the unpredictable current situation is worse here on Lake Ontario (especially here on the west end with the Niagara river Outflow) but I would give up my graph before my down speed and temp.

Tim

I can't make it. Think maybe they can vote me as honorary winner?

Sure, but you still gotta take that obnoxious 3 foot tall trophy for a year

Tim

The Boat Name is FishStyx. There is a conceptual graphic to go along with it if I ever get around to paying someone with some modicum of artistic talent to airbrush it on for me.

Picture a viking longboat, the grim reaper up in the bow, a skeleton/demon poleing the boat down the river Styx and two guys fishing out the back on their way to Purgatory.

Tim

On Thursday March 8th at 7pm the Lake Ontario Trout &

Salmon Association (LOTSA) will be sponsoring their

first fishing seminar of the year. This seminar will

be on the 2007 Great Lakes Trout & Salmon Outlook.

Dave Mull who is the editor of Great Lakes Angler

magazine will be giving the seminar. Dave is a very

popular speaker on Great Lakes Trout & Salmon fishing

and has recently moved to western New York to enjoy

our excellent Lake Ontario fishery. Dave will share

some of his vast knowledge from the other Great Lakes

and be available to answer questions throughout the

seminar. He will also offer significantly reduced

rates for new or extended subscriptions to Great Lakes

Angler magazine.

LOTSA is a group of mainly weekend recreational

fishermen who are dedicated to the enhancement of the

Lake Ontario Sport-Fishery including the pen rearing

project at Olcott. Each meeting also features a

sharing of information the current fishing conditions.

So come join us and become more successful at fishing

Lake Ontario!

The seminar will be held at the Cornell Cooperative

Extension, 4487 Lake Avenue (Route 78 two miles north

of Lockport), Lockport, NY 14094. The seminar is open

to the public with a $5 charge for non-members. Call

636-0519 with any questions.