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  1. The Big Jon band buster is a very effective and inexpensive way of hooking up the bands I have used bands since the early 1980's and used to make my own hookups from 1/2" bar stock then use downrigger cable and a snap swivel to attach to the ball. My son still uses them but I have found the Band Buster to be a very effective way of hooking up the bands and they will hold just about any type of rig I throw off the rigger. I wrap the main line around 3 fingers about 3 times then pass the band thru the wraps then back thru itself and it is a solid hook up no slips. If 1 band doesn't hold just use 2 especially for big flashers or paddles and on anything more than 2 colors of lead off the rigger. I prefer #16 or 19 bands u can get them at any office supply and they are very inexpensive. Be sure to keep the bands out of the bilge they can mess up a bilge pump.

    Supertramp

    Boat name MC squared

  2. OK so u got me I do net head first, wanted to see if anyone would see the comment about Bass net style that the bass pros use. It doesn't work on large salmonids. Be sure to get the net basket open and deep enough to get the head of the fish well in to it before u lift.

  3. OK I guess my 2 cents are appropriate. I get very nervous when people handle the net on my boat, I have a partner that tried to scoop a 20# king head first this spring when we were on the 15' Supertramp, about had a heart attack, luckily we got the rod in his hands and I netted the fish. The most important thing I think we all need to remember is that green fish will get u everytime slow down play the fish and get a long enough handle net that you can come in from behind and under the fish, No lures caught in the net and no fish farmered by a bad net job. But remember there is always another fish not always another friend or fishing buddy. Screaming and getting upset when a fish is lost is just plain wrong. Enjoy your time on the water and don't measure your success by the number of fish you land but by the time spent with friends and co anglers.

  4. I typically run full core and 300' of copper off of the church walleye boards one of the most important things is to make that your deepest set on each side is closest to the boat then go to the shorter lines and gradually get to shallower sets, forms a V from the middle out. then you can get away with running more boards, and not get tangled when you get a fish on . It is quite easy to get the set up but the turns are critical. I usually run my dipsys then the 300' copper then the 200 copper then a 5 color on one side of the boat, the other side is a dipsy rig then the 300 or 400 copper then a full core, then a 4 to 7 color depending on desired depth. Fortunately my boat runs 4 riggers and it is important to be sure that the dipsys are not deeper than your riggers. I do like the church Walleye boards in the summer and fall. In the spring it is the big john and yellow birds for shallow water fishing with mono and power pro lines, using the same V pattern to set always running deepest inside and working up as you go out. This enables you to let the outside rigs straight out the back and let them swing out over the inside presentations. I learned this from Russ (Rusty P) when I fished with him befor I bought his boat and it has worked well no tangles and no issues. To tell when a fish hits I run the drags light and set the clickers when you get a hit the reel screams at you. Goodluck and give me a bump and come down and fish with me in the spring the boat will be in the water by April 10th in So. Haven.

  5. Well not a great weekend finished Sunday with 1 short Laker and 3 missed strikes, weather was nasty. Left pierheads @ 7:20 and ran to 85 FOW Started a west troll and marked very little in the way of fish all morning. Finally boated a short Laker on Power Pro Dipsey out 240' White Dodger and Horsefly. 2 other hits, 1 came off behind the boat small king on Tequila Sunrise Fishlander. The other no Idea it released the rigger and was gone. I was using rubber band releases and doubled due to the rough weather. Early it was 1 to 2' when we quit it was rolling 4 to 6 and capping came in and it was washing out the pierheads. Saturday We fished in calm seas and had some luck. ended up 5 for 9 3 kings 1 short laker and 1 5# steelhead forgot the camera Saturday but have pics of the new boat that I got today after we got it out of the water. Will be winterizing tomorrow and storing for the season. The boat is a 23' John Allmand Hardtop Cuddy.

    Gonna try to get the pics uploaded in the Galleries. New name will follow for the boat.

    new_boat_007_872865.jpg

  6. We will be going out Saturday and Sunday weather permitting then pulling the boat out to get ready for winter storage. If anyone gets out of So. Haven I will be monitoring 68 or call my cell 269 9294221. Nextel Direct Connect is 131*532601*17. The Supertramp will have a new name on the boat next season not sure what it will be but will sure let everyone know. I will post pics of the new rig after we get some when it is on the trailer.

    :grin::grin:

  7. Well the Supertramp is on a different boat now, my buddy and I traded my boat and cash for a 24' John Allmand Cuddy boat. Fished So.Haven today and we had a good morning. Set up in 85 FOW and started working south. First fish came before we got the lines set, and a new guy with us farmered it right off I came on 300' of copper and mag blue dolphin Dreamweaver.

    We ended up going 12 for 20 and had a lot of action on the riggers set at 85 and 75 with fixed sliders up 10 the sliders were hot with a purple and black Fuzzy Bear being the hot bait. Took 7 kings and 5 lakers 3 were released, they were short fish. The bigger lakers both were full of spawn. Kings were 2 and 3 year old fish all full of Alewives. We ended the day in 175 FOW and took the last 2 fish down 85 on a Bumble Bee Fuzzy Bear. No action on either of the fly flasher combo we tried. Did have 2 fish off the power pro dipsy rigs

    out 220 and 250. No pics but will get some next time out probably tomorrow and then pull the boat out mid week.

  8. Unfortunately it was the standard turn up 45# Sampo I have never had one straigten out when it was locked in but this fish must have twisted it just right to straighten it out and ruin a very good snap swivel. I think that the cross lock swivels might have held up but they run differently and don't give the same action to the spoons.

    PS Mike can u send me the method to post my pics on my reports again, I did post them in the gallery but lost the e mail with the posting directions.

    Thanks

    Mike

    Supertramp

  9. Went out of So Haven on the Rusty B this morning, set lines in 80 FOW and started a NW troll first hit was on Rigger 80 dn on a fixed slider up 10' fm the ball on a tequila Sunrise spoon, lost it befor we got it to the boat. Next was 3# King on the same rigger on the same set up, lost 2 more fish on sliders befor we boated the next one, then took a rip on a bumble bee Pro King on a wire dipsy on 2.5 out 180' a nice 6# Steelhead we had 2 more 2 year old kings come on the fixed slider 10' above the ball at 80' all of the fish came on the NW and NE troll we turned around in 185 FOW and came across a scum line In 165 FOW the other wire Dipsy with Nuclear Veggie went off out 225' nice Lake Trout. We pecked away and ended up 11 for 16 lost a Large King that got wrapped on the Rigger it straightened out a 45# Sampo Swivel when it rolled on the line 30' back of the boat would have been the biggest fish of the trip. Everything came on spoons Green with red or orange and the Tequila Sunrise was the hot deal off of the rigger. A great morning on the water.

    Mike

    Supertramp

  10. Got on the water at about 4:30PM for a quick afternoon trip on the Supertramp, and we could have stayed home and had as much action. Set up in about 45 FOW on the edge of the mud, surface temp was 65 degrees and we were marking fish from 20 to 35' down, stayed there for a while and no takers, trolled out to 105' and had a rip on power pro dipsey set on 3 out 180, and couldn't keep it buttoned. Then had a hit on rigger down 54 and it was gone befor we could get the rod out of the holder. No more action and pulled up and headed in to the pier heads and re set and made 2 passes there then called it quits at 8:45PM. Saw 1 stovepipe colored Coho taken off the south pier and that was all the action.

    A bad day fishing is better than a good day at work.

    Mike

    SUPERTRAMP

  11. The 47LC is only rated for 280 yards of 20lb Mono, to get 300' of copper plus backing and leader u might be better off getting a 57LC it is rated for 550 yards of 20# Mono and should hold 150 yards of backing plus the copper and leader possibly more backer than that if you go to 30# power pro for the backer.:no:

  12. Great place to fish and the only drawback is the nets. Glad to hear u got the program working. 478 is not that far out up there it drops fm 60' staight off to over 300' on the shelf and 478 is out in the shipping channel less than 7 miles out. In the 1980's we fished that area a lot for Steel head on the trash lines that form on the temp breaks.

  13. Hit the pier heads at 5:30 ran NW to 75 FOW and set up with 2 riggers set at 10 off bottom with A 1 color SWR with a white SD and blue bubble fly. the other at 60' with a moonglow NBK. Power pro dipsy set on 2 out 240 with a Lemon Ice mag stinger and a full core with #4 green glow ladderback J-Plug, a 5 color with and extra 2 ounce weight with NBK DW spoon, and a Power pro dipsy set on 3 out 270. First fish was in 102 FOW on the Lemon Ice Power Pro Dipsy out 240. Stayed in that area and finished 3 for 4 all on the same Dipsy Lemon Ice mag stinger out 240. Marked a lot of fish in the 60 to 80 ft range but all had lock jaw. Looks like it is only going to get better from here out.

  14. The downrigger question is relative to the boat (size and the expense you can comfortably incur). If you are in a small boat 16 to 20 ft u only need at the most 2 and if you are cash strapped u can get a lot of different manuals on ebay. My 15 footer has 2 Penn downriggers with 4' arms and is very fishable and catches fish. If you have a larger boat anywhere from 3 to 5 downriggers can be run but it can get hairy with the dipsy rods, lead core and the other methods including wire line dipsys, and copper line. I run 4color 6 color and 10 color lead core, be sure to get 36 or 45# lead core, and I run 2 power pro dipsy rods. In all on a 15' boat I can run as many as 8 rods and keep the set up from tangling until a big King runs across the back of the boat. That can make a mess on any boat. Check out some of the rigs in the gallery section. There are some good tips on Lead core and copper line rigs in the forums too. But Like the 1 Maniac we caught fish with pink ladies and 1# lead balls on mono in the old days. Good Luck and let the guys know what you come up with.

    Mike the (Supertramp)

  15. Set up in 85FOW straight out fm the pierheads, trolled out to 130, turned south and immediately had a hit on 6 color lemon ice stinger, King about 3lbs was a bad bleeder so it went in the box,we worked back in to about 118', and the same 6 color went nice steelhead about 8lbs fish was 30" and had all of its fins. Hunted around for another hour and downrigger set at 67' with a lemon Ice freeslider went on the freeslider another steelie the twin to the first one. Pulled lines at 10:00 ran in to the perch pack and fished for perch for about 2 hours kinda slow, but a lot of fish in there the water had cooled off overnight from 73 degrees to 66 degrees. Got 5 average perch and had to be right on the bite they were hitting very softly. Talked to some people at the cleaning station and they caught 60 in 15FOW, we stopped short in 21 FOW. Still a beautiful day on the water.

    The Lil tramp did it again.

    Mike:)

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