Last night Jay, Bill, & I headed out for a short trip on Cayuga. We ran over to Taughannock and set up in 300 FOW and found lots of bait & hooks from 50-120' down. We only fished for a couple of hours, but we had action the entire time we were out, including two doubles. Best set-ups for us were a white double crush glow Spin Dr/Sigg's Rigs Glow Ghost on a Walker Deeper Diver out 210' on a #2, a green double crush glow Spin Dr./Sigg's Rigs Green Hypnotist on a diver out 240' on a #2, and a DW Super Slim Feelin' Erie spoon fished off our 80' Cannon Mag 20 DT/TS downrigger. Best down speed was 2.1-2.3mph. Here's a couple of pics:







I should mention that we've recently been using a new downrigger weight and so far we really like it a lot.  We've been using the Troll-Rite 16 lb weight the past few trips out and we've been very impressed.  They only cost a fraction of the more expensive downrigger weights and they seem to track straight and true with very little blow back.  When I heard about the 16 lb Troll-Rites from a friend and saw that they were going to cost me 2/3 of what the others did, I figured I'd give them a try.  So far, we're very pleased with them.  Word has it that they're coming out with a new 20lb model soon, so we'll probably give those a try too.  I'll be sure to let you know more about our impressions with these  weights next year after we've had some time to run them on Lake Ontario.

We only have a few more days left to fish this season, then it's time to get the boat out of the water and begin the process of getting ready for next season!  We'll be completely re-finishing the bottom of the boat, uprading our rods & reels to the new Daiwa Saltist Levelwind Linecounter series, and a host of other improvements.  Stay tuned here for updates and pictures over the course of the off-season.

Until Next Time,
Fish On!!

~Capt. Bill