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J Francho reply :

I went 6 for 9 hookups. Lost a monster brown, might have been bigger than my personal best, which is 22 lbs. This fish is 30" x 20.25". Real nice buck for middle of winter.

0119 reply :

burrrrrr! Do the eyes of your rod ice up?

J Francho reply :

Ideally, no it doesn't. The line that goes through the guides shouldn't touch the water on float rig. But when you catch a fish, the fish takes your line under, and you can't help it. KVD on the mainline and guides helps a lot. When you get some ice, just rap the blank with you hand, and it falls out.

Now, the float and shotline, that gets iced up bad. I was a little worried for a few bigger fish that the swivels encased in about an inch of ice would fail, but they didn't.

Troutsicle:

He'll taste nice after a nice bath in Teriyaki and a trip to the smoker.

Marty reply :

Great fish John.

J Francho reply :

Thanks Marty. Happy New Year to you!

Bassn Blvd reply :

Beautiful fish. If I drive up, will you take me fishing for a few days? Ultralight and flyrod.

J Francho reply :

Yep, I have all the gear you need.

Bassn Blvd reply :

Great! Now I have to lie to the wife and tell her work is sending me to a week long, out of town school ;D ;D

J Francho reply :

Seriously, open seat all winter long, if you can get here.

Bassn Blvd reply :

I've never been to NY and would absolutely love to come up there and fish. The warmest clothes I have are a pair of jeans and long sleeve t-shirt, HAHA. I don't even own a cold weather jacket.

I would be more than willing to go out and buy the proper clothing if I could find something to occupy the wife and kid while I was gone.

Let's see.. me fishing in NY while wife stays home and goes to work :-?. Yea, that should go over like a fart in church. ;D

Better yet, I bring her and her sister (for company), leave them at the hotel with my credit card and I go fishing.

Lund Explorer reply :

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I've never been to NY and would absolutely love to come up there and fish. The warmest clothes I have are a pair of jeans and long sleeve t-shirt, HAHA. I don't even own a cold weather jacket.
I would be more than willing to go out and buy the proper clothing if I could find something to occupy the wife and kid while I was gone.

Let's see.. me fishing in NY while wife stays home and goes to work :-?. Yea, that should go over like a fart in church. ;D

Better yet, I bring her and her sister (for company), leave them at the hotel with my credit card and I go fishing.

That's Crazy Talk! No wonder I don't let my wife near this forum. ;D

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

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Seriously, open seat all winter long, if you can get here.

That seems do-able. Hmmm....

J Francho reply :

I think I'm doing a raid on the Salmon New Year's Day.

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

Will the eat a swimbait? ;D

But seriously, will they?

J Francho reply :

Browns destroy anything that remotely resembles a rainbow trout in early fall.

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

Too late for that then...

I guess we can figure it out sometime.

PM sent.

J Francho reply :

It would probably work in spring, too, but in the lake. Winter tributary rules outlaw a swimbait anyway. You'd end up snagging more than you actually get to bite.

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

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It would probably work in spring, too, but in the lake. Winter tributary rules outlaw a swimbait anyway. You'd end up snagging more than you actually get to bite.

Which laws are those? I'm not familiar with trib waters.

J Francho reply :

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/31420.html

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

Which part? The hooks?

We can work past that.

J Francho reply :

You'd basically have to use a floating lure with a tiny trebles. I catch some fish on Rapalas, but the majority come from deep holes. Trust me, catching a 15 lb. steelhead, on a 10' UL rod and 6# leader is plenty fun. Toss in the centrepin reel, and now its silly.

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

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You'd basically have to use a floating lure with a tiny trebles. I catch some fish on Rapalas, but the majority come from deep holes. Trust me, catching a 15 lb. steelhead, on a 10' UL rod and 6# leader is plenty fun. Toss in the centrepin reel, and now its silly.

They like pink, right?

http://www.316lurecompany.com/images/lures/freestyle/sfssissy.jpg

J Francho reply :

Sure they do. My guess is that they'd simply avoid something that big. NONE of fish I've filleted from the tribs have ever had fish in their guts. Just eggs and/or bugs. Now, fish in the lake..... if it looks like an alewife... 8-)

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

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Sure they do. My guess is that they'd simply avoid something that big. NONE of fish I've filleted from the tribs have ever had fish in their guts. Just eggs and/or bugs. Now, fish in the lake..... if it looks like an alewife... 8-)

How deep are you fishing in the lake?

The High Power Herring will pass as an alewife, just gotta get it down to them.

J Francho reply :

In certain windows, as shallow as a couple feet. They come in to feed on gobies, alewife, and little stockies/smolts. The Spro Jr. has taken a couple browns. The High Power Herring would probably work, though you have to be real close to the size, especially for steelhead. Browns don't care, when they're eating, they're eating.

This time of year, this is what rules:

or these:

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

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In certain windows, as shallow as a couple feet. They come in to feed on gobies, alewife, and little stockies/smolts. The Spro Jr. has taken a couple browns. The High Power Herring would probably work, though you have to be real close to the size, especially for steelhead. Browns don't care, when they're eating, they're eating.
This time of year, this is what rules:

or these:

Works for me. You make egg sacs and I'll drink the beer. ;D

J Francho reply :

Where's my PM?

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

Re-sent.

My Outbox said I could still call it back from you, so it was sent earlier.

Big Brother watching over my shoulder, monitoring my PMs probably...

gotarheelz14 reply :

Good Gosh J! What a freakin' fish. I get tired of only being able to catch LM here in my neck of the woods. It's kind of the only interesting thing really...

I have recently switched over and started fishing heavily for Crappie. That's about as exciting of a change as I get around here.

This spring/summer I intend on hitting the few smallmouth areas in NC hard but until then,

Here's to looking at your pics!

Captain Shane Procell reply :

Awesome looking fish. I'll bet fishing in the snow covered woods would be cool.

J Francho reply :

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Awesome looking fish. I'll bet fishing in the snow covered woods would be cool.

Its awesome:

Speed, you want to man up and do a New Year's Day river raid? The carpool leaves my house at 5 am sharp, Jan. 1.

SoFlaBassAddict reply :

Awesome fish, Francho. I need to do some fishing one day up there when I take my daughters to visit their mother. Gives me another excuse to take a flight up north.

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

Would love to, unfortunately that does not give me enough time to get back down here to work at Gander at 8:45. ;D

J Francho reply :

Gander is open New Years Day?

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

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Gander is open New Years Day?

Yeah, don't get me started on that.... >

Hell, I had to work from 8:45 until 3 on Thanksgiving Day.

The almighty dollar rules again.

J Francho reply :

Call in sick.

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

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Call in sick.

LOL, you're such a good influence.

How about MLK weekend?

J Francho reply :

Can't, got a seminar in NYC the day before, and I don't think we have MLK Day off. Big Blue seldom recognizes national holidays.

We got til May. The big spring push for normal steelhead starts early/mid April. But the banks are full of goons by then.

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

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Can't, got a seminar in NYC the day before, and I don't think we have MLK Day off. Big Blue seldom recognizes national holidays.
We got til May. The big spring push for normal steelhead starts early/mid April. But the banks are full of goons by then.

And your wonderful state doesn't recognize my PA license to carry... : ;D

J Francho reply :

You don't need to carry here, its perfectly safe...no crime whatsoever.... :-X

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

It's ok, Maryland doesnt recognize it either. :-X

You can just deal with the consequences later.

NOVA Angler reply :

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In certain windows, as shallow as a couple feet. They come in to feed on gobies, alewife, and little stockies/smolts. The Spro Jr. has taken a couple browns. The High Power Herring would probably work, though you have to be real close to the size, especially for steelhead. Browns don't care, when they're eating, they're eating.
This time of year, this is what rules:

If someone goes up there make sure you take him some good beer. But seriously, where are your orange slices? ;D J/K

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