j1musser

I had fished a few boats with the Trol-A-Matic Spring Loaded Nylon Trolling Plate which is spring loaded. Comes up when u hit gas, drops down when going slow. No bending if u hit gas. I always thought they were good but dont see a lot out there. No fuss

Nice. Musta been chilly as it was cold surfin the deck of the boat for an hour Sat out of SH.

Nice job - how big was your big king. Sure looks like a nice fish

Big was 14#. Shoulda weighed more but they had nothing but loose saggy bellies. No baitfish in any of them.

Fishwhisperer and I launched about 7 and pulled about 1130. Ended 6 for 6 with 5 kings and a greaser. 50-60fow right out front of piers was best for us. 6 and 7 color, 100' 45# Howie copper, wire dipsy out 75 on 2, and rigger down 50 took fish. Blue bubble flasher and fly, Greasy Chicken Wing, Killer Dolphin, Bloody Nose all took fish. Tough day to leave it was BEAUTIFUL!!!

20#flouro for leader on core, willis on lead, albright on copper

improved clinch on terminal ends, what i grew up with:)

except wire is http://www.lotsa.org/Wire%20Line%20Knot.htm

30# for dipsy flies and backer or between my braid backer and core/mono

These have done me very well. Just my .02

Yeah that will do it. Sweet ride. U will be fishing the Charity Islands in a half hour outta Saginaw in that. Lunds are very nice. Congrats:D

Really this is ridiculous. I have been out of town for Easter and in Florida(at least i fished) but the forecast is just plain poopy!

Well done. Have never broke the 20 and u did it in April. Ur having a great spring man. Keep it up bro!!!

Wow Steve best of luck. Glad to hear fam is safe. Someone was looking out for ya. Hope things get settled soon for ya.

Great job! Thats a heck of a king this early. Must have been crazy in the shallows man. Sweet!

All my coppers are in 45#.

400'

300'

250'

200'

1 wire and 2 braided.

I fish with Randy 95% of the time. Was usually out of my small 16' but now a bigger 17'. Last year on a salmon /perch trip i think i counted 22 rods

5 rigger rods

1,2, 3,5 ,6,7,9 color core reels(Some get upgraded after ho season)

100,150,200,250,300 copper 45#

2- 1000' wire divers

They look like this

19 reels- Zero Teks, I can't afford that!!!!

Went with Fishwhisperer and his buddy Frank outta SH. Set lines in mud and turned south. Fished 50 fow back into 10 with only a 3# brown on a 3 color to show. Pulled lines and ran about 10 miles south. Set up in 20fow and started hitting em. Ended up 10 for about 20 with 1 brown, 1 laker and ho's. Couldnt keep em hooked. Firetiger tots were best on flatline. 23 fow was best. Beautiful day on the lake. It was like glass out there. Thanks for coming along guys!

Well done Chris. Thats a nice eye man;)

Good luck. We will be outta SH in the afternoon.

Nice job Steve and Hunter! Glad u got out again today and got into em. What a weekend. I wonder how many fish where caught????

Awesome. Well done. I figured was gonna be too rough. How where the waves?

Glad ur back in the action. I wanna big beard quickly here. Good luck

Fished the blast this morn with Fishwhisperer and 2Unreel. Went 19 for 23 with one 7# steelie and the rest ho"s. We went 2 hrs without a fish then hit the steelie and into the ho"s. We couldnt get out of them fast enough. We went from zero to box in 40 minutes. About 8 miles north in 14fow was best. Didnt matter what ya threw at em. We ended up 12th in the Blast but had a great time with great friends. Beautiful day out there!

Nice job. Thats a dandy king this early. Hope to get one tomorow like that!

I had the same question sunday. We stopped at South Haven cause the waves looked good and went the big o'fer while everyone at St. Joe tore it up. I'd say it's harder to find the fish at South Haven then St. Joe, but there'll be way more people at St. Joe.

Yeah that. SH trip out of river seems much shorter than the Joe. Seems to be a little more consistent of of SJ. Just get out there and slayem. Then post a report so I know what port to go to.

NICE! I agree although i gotta vote for #1 combo. I can smell the smoker already:thumb:

I also use the albright and works great for me.

Here is the sweet and easy way to do wire via some previous posts on here.

http://www.lotsa.org/Wire%20Line%20Knot.htm

Thanks Frank. Over 96 hours so i cant. Thats a great link though.

Bought new license online and saved it to print at work. Somehow what i saved was only the half with my info. I had already closed the window. Anyone ever do this or figure how to get back into it? I believe it has the license number but not the place to sign. etc.

I tie direct with braid then wrap a couple inches of electrical tape. Never had a slippage issue. I would think 150 YDS. absolute min.Then as much as possible. Seen some foul hooked kings that went for miles it seemed with a J Plug hook in mouth and other hooked in side. Just my .02.