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This was our first year doing this League and as everyone else said, we had a great time. Really like the laid back format, met a couple new guys and got to know a few a bit better.

Thanks to the sponsers, Jon and any of the other guys that helped out - we will be back next year:thumb:

Motion show is in.

I had two plugs on bottom last night as well - one I managed to get back going in neutral for about 5 seconds. The other I knew was not cooming back and tightend down the drag till it popped - all gone. Never thought about turning around:confused:

I was lucky enough to head out for the shakedown & it is a sweet ride and can verify it is a fish catching machine!

There was a FBD sighting at Captain Sundae in Zeeland about an hour ago so he is not on the water yet...

Motion show is in.

Motion show is in.

It was definately over 20 when it came in the boat:thumb: Great fish

Motion show is in.

Motion Show is in - looking forward to it:thumb:

I would be careful using Softscrub all the time. I was using it and it does get the floor nice and clean, but after a while the floor seemed to get dirty faster. I did a fair amount of on-line research and read various places that the abrasives in the Soft Scrub can etch the gell coat allowing dirt to collect in the micro scratches faster.

I now use Star Bright Deck cleaner with a stiff deck brush - wet the deck down, pour it on, scrub it in, let it sit for 3-5 minutes, one more scrub and rinse off. The key is to let is sit after scrubbed the initial time. I do use Softscrub once and a while for bad stains - leaves in the fall, helicopters in the spring, etc... and used the kind with bleach in it. I have read about the Purple Power and heard a lot of good reviews, but have not tired it.

I use the Woodys Wax as well and like it. I cannot say it works quite as well as some of the reviews I have read by others, but it definately helps.

Note - When you by a deck brush, do not get one that screws in like the old brooms - it will constantly be turning on you. Make sure the brush is secured to the handle.

Another vote for the Costa's with the 580 glass lenses - this will be. Summer #3 & I still love them.

We did very well on the UV Moonshines last year and now have a number of them - cannot remember which was the hottest, but Hot Lips, Mongolion Beef, Blue Flounder Pounder and Crabface were all in the mix.

Green Flounder Pounder standard was a great lure for us 2 summers ago, but I cannot say it did as well last year.

Thanks for the info guys. I have a couple of UV flashlights that we use to glow up everything on the boat, just never looked to see if the flies actually looked different while I was glowing em up. Usually the Golw ones are easy to identify, it's probably more to tell the difference between UV flies and standard (no glow - no UV). I will take a closer look at them tonight with a light.

I have a terrible memory especialy when it comes to flies for some reason. Wondering if there is an easy way to tell the difference between glow and UV. Is there a way on the boat in various light conditions (early morning - mid day) to pick one out vs. the other?

Thanks,

Shane

I have a 1983 25 foot Pursuit that I bought 3 years ago and so far have loved it. After about 30 e-mails with a pile of pics I drove from Holland to Green Bay to look at it and ended up bringing it home! Made it there and back in one day with a short sea trial.

The only thing I did not know much about when I bought it was outdrives. Mine has an OMC Stringer Outdrive (white), which is not known to be the best thing ever designed. I have had to replace a few items on the ouddrive and have one more to work on this year. They do not all have these outdrives and I don't think it would have changed my mind on this boat, but it is something to account for when you evaluate.

I am by no means an expert, but did look at a lot of them before I found mine and know a few guys around here with them. If you have any questions let me know.

Is this a boat out of Holland - blue?

I have found Perch patterns are good as well. Have had some good luck with a Smithwick with a white belly when nothing else seemed to work, so a white back to a spoon might be something to think about.

Other than that, black and yellow drives them crazy at times!

There was a thread lately about this in Wisconson and I am curious about something similar in Michigan. Are there any good places where you can set up in a Marina and pitch a tent next to, or near the boat? My family loves to camp, but since we have gotten a little larger boat a few years back, we have not done as much as inland lakes are typically difficult to access with a 25 ft boat.

Ideal would be to have access to the big lake from a slip and be able to have a tent within walking distance where we can have fires and somewhat of a normal camping experiance. The boat is big enough for us to sleep on, but for anything more than 1-2 days would be a bit much.

Thanks for any advice!

Tony,

If you have an open trip and Jason is in - I may want to tag along if there is room:thumb:. Jason fishes on my boat when he is not on his own and I would love to learn a little about Eye fishing as I'm sure it could be usefull around here at times.

I cannot remember the exact details, but this one was the lone fish on a Thursday tourney night and they would not let me weigh it:lol: - somewhere around 100 FOW south of Holland.

Nice work, was hoping to get out tonight, but a sick son needed me more than i needed fish. Thanks for the info - hope to get out as soon!

Well - I still run both, but use copper much more than lead these days. Shorter lines with same depth achieved does not equal more work to most people I fish with:lol:.

You do have to be a little more careful letting it out and slow to start is the ticket.

Make sure you get the Copper from Blood Run - handles much nicer than anything else I have tried.

Good luck:thumb:

I believe the lure you are describing is called a Buffalo Bill.

Love it nice work!

We have some 99% rest on the boat for ankles that seems to.slow them down. Not sure where to get it as hour late brought it to my boat.