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Good job Matt!

Nice job!

Bombadier uses this same etech technology in their new snowmobiles. For a two stroke, how do you find the exhaust fumes from this unit?

I went over to Lakeside Motor Sports in Mecosta and found a bottle of hull cleaner with acid in it. Takes the stuff right off, but you are right if you get it on your skin you had better rinse it off right away.

Last year was the first year that I started fishing beyond the breakwall. I bet I had over 100 hours in before I caught my first fish.

This year things are much better, in part due to the following:

1) lead core and planer boards

2) wire line dipseys

3) probe for depth and temp.

The ability to hit different depths in the water column and finding the right trolling speed really helped alot. The planer boards catch alot of the fish I have gotten this summer.

But one thing I have learned, you still have to be in the right place at the right time.

I run the drags just loose enough both on the wire lines and my planer boards so that when a fish hits, it will pull line and I can hear the clicker start to squeal, then I palm the reel to set the hook then adjust the drag to a setting that is appropriate to the fish.

Someone told me to use toilet bowl cleaner, anyone tried that?

The boat is a 1984 and was always slipped in the summer, and it had no staining when I bought it, must be some relatively simple way to clean it?

On the back side I use an 8" green snubber that I think is made by the same company as the diver, on my Spin Doctors and flashers I attach a 2' length of 30# mono with a swivel to attach to the dipsey and a snap swivel to the rig. I use whatever line is on the fly that I purchase to attach to the attractor.

I attach the front of the dipsey direct to the 19 strand wire via a snap swivel.

Came back from Ludington Sunday after having the boat slipped all week, I have a coffee like stain from the water on my boat that I can't get off with any of the cleaners that I have.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Everything was on wire divers, but the 30# mono that I use to rig the spin doctors is what was breaking, I don't know if it is because I am using the mag dipseys on 3, 200 back or what. I lost two meat rigs, flasher teasers and hook assembly as well, not sure what pound mono they use on those.

I saw you passing me Robert, saw the Sea Ray logo's in your back window, I could use a couple of those:)

Spent the week on my boat at the Ludington City Marina from Saturday the

1st thru Sunday the 9th. Weather was rough all week, but got a little fishing in.

Saturday, 8/1

Too windy, no fishing

Sunday 8/2

Got out in the afternoon and caught 1 steelhead before the water turned to 6-8 footers. Took me 2 hours from the point back to the harbor

Monday 8/3

Too windy, no fishing. Sharpened hooks.

Tuesday 8/4 a.m.

Went out by myself in the a.m. and caught 4 kings. Landed my first double by myself. Yeck Holographic Lemon Ice Magnum took 3, Lemon Ice Spin Doctor with Lemon Ice Pulse fly off wire line took #4

Tuesday 8/4 p.m.

Some friends came over and we fished north for the evening, caught 6 with the largest being 19#

Wed. 8/5 p.m.

Uncle came up from Battle Creek, took a couple of hits on cut bait rigs but they came unbuttoned.

Thursday 8/6 midday

My dad and uncle and I went straight out to 250 fow and fished back and forth at this depth and landed 4 steelhead and 3 kings, the largest being 16#

Again the lemon ice was the best performer

Friday 8/7

My brother came up from Grand Rapids, we didn't get out until about 7 am and by the time we got set up the wind and waves got the better of us so we came back in and went out after lunch when the wind died down, got about an hour in when the wind came back up and sent us back, no fish

Saturday 8/8 evening

Thunderstormed all morning, settled down in the afternoon, I was by myself and the guy in the slip next to me invited me out with him. We fished from about 2 p.m. until after dark when the lightning drove us in, and we boated 6 kings.

Sunday 8/9

Thunderstorms again, too windy to fish so I packed up and came back home

Other than the weather, good fishin when I could get out. Seem to be getting some hard hits at the lures. Lost 6 dipsey setups due to breaking when the fish hit.

You have gotten all of your honey do list done for the week, and your wife says you can fish on Saturday if you are back in time to take her mother to her weekly bingo match.

Just as you are starting to pull the lines after a very mediocre day of fishing, things start popping, it is going to get hot and heavy. But you know if you don't leave immediately, your mother in law will not make it to bingo.

What do you do?

Hey, that electrical charge might help attract the fish:grin:

this is my second season fishing the big lake, I hate to admit it, but last year I bet my dad and I had over 100 hours in the boat before we caught our first fish.

have learned a lot since then.

Good job Mike

Nice job, lots of nice fish there.

Good job Jeff!

Good fish Kevin, what did you catch it on?

My dad and I got on the water around 10 a.m. and went straight west, dropped lines in 70 fow and trolled out to 400 fow. Took a 9# steelhead on a 5 color using a Silver Horde Yellow Splatterback plug, a 9# king on a 10 color with a Lemon Ice mag spoon, and 3# king on the 10 color, and a small king. Pulled lines around 4 p.m. when the weather started to turn. Nice day for fishing.

Also, I will be staying on the boat the first week of August at the Ludington City Marina. If anyone is interested in going out some time during that period, pm me and maybe we can find some time.

I bought these 12# downrigger weights off a guy on Ebay who makes them in his spare time. I thought I would try 2 to see how they work before buying anymore. They came to about $29.00 each including freight. I will let you know how they work out next time I go out

do you think the fish like it when you color coordinate your divers, dodgers etc. with your lures?

I bought a Moeller unit from Overton's last year after the shop I take my boats and snowmobiles to charged me $120.00 for an oil change:eek:

The Moeller works very well. Just warm the motor for a few minutes and slide the tube into the dipstick ( it comes with different size tubing and fittings so it can be used for a variety of oil changes) Pump the handle a few times and it sucks all the oil out. It takes a few minutes, but it works well.

I thought about installing the drain tube, until I found out I would have to lift the motor to intall the parts.

good job Matt!

I lost three boards due to the board releasing, sliding down the line and hitting the speed bead, and then spinning around the line and the clip that came with the board would spin itself off the line. Then I tried using red pads so the board would not release and lost 4 fish in one day due to having to fight the board and the fish would have slack on the back side.

I went back to the release and speed bead method only I put a heavy snap swivel on the back of the board that cannot come off the line, that seems to have done the trick so far.

Can you do the same thing with a live feed, or constant transmission, or can you only take a picture every moment or so?