anthonyyost

Plan on it.

Mike,

Thanks for letting me come along, had a great time and learned a trick or two at the same time. You and your boys make a good crew, hope to join you again someday or perhaps you can come up to Ludington and join us in a trip.

Tony

I just got set up with 4 rods with lead core to run off planer boards (SST) and a 10 color to run down the chute.

The question I have is, what are the best lures to run off the planer boards?

Are Spin Doctors and dodgers for downriggers only, or can they be run off the planer boards as well?

I set the 4 rods up as follows for the boards:

1-10 color

1-6 color ( was supposed to be 7, but I miscounted spooling it on)

1-5 color

1-3 color

Thanks,

Tony

Hope to get out of Ludington at least a couple of times this weekend.

Nice boat! Sounds like the fish like it.

No the stripper doesn't harm the gelcoat, I tried other solvent based strippers but that was no good, they softened the gelcoat in the test patches. This stripper from Sherwin Williams came in a white 1 gallon pail with a green top, I can't remember the name of it but you will know it when you find it. It seems like it was about $40.00 per gallon.

I have a Thompson boat that I removed the old antifoul paint on the bottom by using an water based paint stripper that I bought at Sherwin Williams. I put it on with a barn brush and let it set for a couple of days and then using a powerwasher, cleaned it off. The anti foul paint was on pretty heavy, so it took a few applications, but it did the trick. I tried alot of other ways that didn't work, this finally did.

Well, I finally broke down and bought a probe, went to Captain Chucks in Ludington planning on buying the new Fishawk unit, but after talking to the fellow and comparing units I went with the Depth Raider and had enough money left over to buy 4 new 12# Yeck cannonballs.

I decided on the Depth Raider for 3 reasons, first I already have surface temp. and top water speed from my Hummingbird 917C unit, second the speed paddle on the Depth Raider is mounted on the side of the probe instead of the bottom, and this is supposed to limit the speed variations from the probe climbing the water in rolling seas. Third, it was $150.00 less expensive.

Hopefully it works out ok. I used the termination with the church release that I found on this website. That way I can disconnect the probe at the end of the day instead of having it installed permanently.

I guess I don't feel so bad then, first time out unloading I couldn't figure out why it was so difficult to get the boat off the trailer, finally did and when I walked around back, there were the cut ends of my tie down straps that had finally broken off. Duhhh

I have a triple axel trailer that I adjusted the brakes on a couple of weeks ago, first time out after adjusting, blew a wheel cylinder. By keeping the brakes adjusted, it keeps you up to date on other problems that may creep up on you.

We went out of Ludington Saturday, trolled from the mouth of Pere Marquette Lake to the lighthouse north in 20' of water and never marked a fish in 8 miles. The water temp was around 34-38 degrees. I'm assuming that the water is too cold. What is the surface temp. where the guys are fishing in St. Joe and Muskegon? Are we just too early up here?

Thanks

Frank, I see you have an electric winch on your trailer, I have been shopping for one, how do you like yours and what would you recommend?

I have been reading about the lures you guys have been using at St. Joe, I am hoping to go out of Ludington on Friday. Was at Jay's in Clare today and picked up these lures.

What do you think? Will they catch anything.

Also, any pointers for the first time spring brown and steelhead fisherman?

So I thought I would clean up the teak on my boat since it looks like it hasn't been done in a while, but what is the best way to clean it up and get the grey out if it, and what is the best material to recoat with?

Thanks

I sell floorcovering, and I think you could probably make a few bucks on the side as a flooring installer.

Did you replace the waterlogged foam? What did you replace it with if you did.

She did the embroidery.

He was talking about all waters

I took out all of the upholstered items in the SeaRay that I bought last fall, and gave them to a gal to have redone over the winter. Her prices were very reasonable, and I thought I would show you some of her work. I am really excited to get things put back together. I included a picture to show the before.

A little off the subject, but I joined the Grand Rapids chapter of the Michigan Steelheaders this week, and they had a fellow from the D.N.R. as the guest speaker, and he informed us that the D.N.R. has not been able to find any cases of VHS in the state over the last year. I thought that was interesting.

Maybe the D.N.R. will have to start planting herring and alewives:confused:

Are you going to put the speed control on yours soon?

If I end up selling mine, maybe I will have to go to the Cannon Mag10 unit

Anyone interested in a boat, this one is still for sale!

I just listed the FishHawk on Ebay, along with the downriggers, both under the downrigger section, under fishing in sporting goods. It may take a little while for them to post, since I just listed them. If you have any problems finding them, let me know.

I took a couple of pictures of the downriggers, hopefully I can get these posted correctly.

I'm in.