how is fishing in buffalo

[joes spot]

a steady stream of guys cleaning fish at sbh there was a waiting line most of the time was there@ 1230 to 330 almost every boat had 2 to 4 fish some a lot more/seen some heavy coolers today best report is windmills 25 to 35 fow the day bite is on good luck

[fishkiller16]

Ferry street lift bridge is reopened. As of now.

[lineman49]

Fished east & west of Dunkirk today , 40-60 fow, 1 steelie & 2 sheeps that was it. One charter had 8 eyes that was the best we heard. Sounds like we should have done Buffalo end, my S@!t luck again !!

[captainjoe]

Fished from SP to Myers yesterday. 5 Walleye. Lost one at the boat. A few bass too. Used sticks, worm harnesses, jets, lead core.

[captainjoe]

PS - I can't tell you who lost the one at the boat.
I wasn't involved with that spectacle. I was on the other side of the boat. But as captain I accept all responsibility for the actions of my crew.

[RedPearl]

Ferry street lift bridge is reopened. As of now.

Indeed it is, I was out there just to check things out yesterday. The winds had blown a lot of crap in, but I saw minnows still there in the "L". I took a walk out on the breakwall just past the peace bridge until I started worrying about being blown off the wall like a piece of styrofoam in those high winds, it was loud out there. There were signs saying no swimming, no diving, but no mention about fishing or minnow dipping if anyone was curious. Good to go I think. I'm sure it will only take a day or two before you start seeing broken glass all over the parking lot.

[ShortHanded]

Question for all you leadcore guys out there...

On average, would a setup with 2-3 colors in combination with torpedo divers catch as many deep fish in summer as a 7-10 color setup?

[J. Sparrow]

Short.....
My guess is that the 7 - 10 color would have more vertical travel in the water column as the boat speed varies and your direction changes (turns). So I think a 7 - 10 color lead line would catch more fish..... but it depends on the day and the fish too. If you just so happen to have a high concentration of fish right where your "3 color plus torpedo" is running, it might take more fish than a lead core line.
I've never run torpedos, but do fish leadcores...... so I might be biased.
Run the experiment, and let us know!

[ShortHanded]

Short.....
My guess is that the 7 - 10 color would have more vertical travel in the water column as the boat speed varies and your direction changes (turns). So I think a 7 - 10 color lead line would catch more fish..... but it depends on the day and the fish too. If you just so happen to have a high concentration of fish right where your "3 color plus torpedo" is running, it might take more fish than a lead core line.
I've never run torpedos, but do fish leadcores...... so I might be biased.
Run the experiment, and let us know!

Thanks Sparrow...
Don't have the room or $$$ to have too many leadcore rods, so i'm trying to minimize the number of dedicated rigs. IMO 2-3 color rigs are much more flexible to use, e.g, SWR off riggers, unweighted/weighted off inline boards, etc.

With our clear water, distance away from the boat is a definite advantage of 7-10 colors vs. 2-3 with a torpedo. And the subtle rise and fall of the lure with 7-10 colors another. In addition to the torpedo rigs running closer to the boat, these rigs are more speed sensitive giving more abrupt lure depth changes vs 7-10 color rigs.

And that is the crux of my question do these differences (distance from boat and leadcore rise fall rates) make a significant difference in catch rate overall.

[captainjoe]

I've done it both ways. From what I think both could have their advantage on any given day. With the 2-3 color with torpedo you don't have to let out so much line. I've been on my boat and other boats when the crew would complain that they have to reel in the 10 color to check baits or even catch a fish. LOL. But some days that's the way to do it.