Boltman

Ok update , had the surgery and the nerve blocker wore off at 10am it lasted almost 24 hours after surgery, now I'm on Percocet it's just taking the edge off. I do have this meet cooler/pump that wraps around my shoulder and pumps cool water around my arm. That's wonderful.... Boltman

Slam them gills , nice job out there!! Boltman

Jeff I'll keep that in mind for sure , I don't believe dock this boat will be an issue. I won't risk it fishing though .... I need this arm to be better then what is has been and after that it's time for the left arm ..... Guys thanks for all the well wishing and Jeff I may take you up on that offer ... Boltman

Yeah left arm is injured too, small Tare in bicep tendon , there won't be any pumping of the rods this year , I can skip a year of fishing to fix an 8 year old injury , the pain is getting unbearable and I feel all the Motrin might be damaging my liver a little . The way I feel right now I couldn't pull in an elwive !!!!!! Boltman

It's time , that's what the Doctor has said , had MRI last week and it show full width Rotator Cuff Tare. The summer should be lots of rest , cruising and prolly NO fishing since it's my right arm and it takes a lot of arm strength to land these kings . Doc says 6-8 weeks in a sling the rehab ...... Well it's going to be hard not to fish , but I may try some dipsies here and there .......any ideas??? Boltman

Welcome Randall you've found a great site here these guy are great , gave me a lot of advice and confidence Boltman

I'll be researching that this weekend , but that said now you have even more ways to see the fish that aren't biting the bait it's gunna drive me nuts !!!! Boltman

I'm thinking about the dragonfly 5" screen by ray marine what do you guys think? Boltman

I sure hope so , I've got to wire it in to the helm yet but that's the easy part. Boltman

Come on mike you know I'm over here in Eastern Michigan , and I fish every weeken in Lake Michigan Boltman

I'm depressed because it doesn't help me catch more fish , but I believe it's because we can only get out four hours maybe per week if the weathers right ... Thanks Matt Boltman

Well since we do a lot of sunset fishing , this makes for a lot of night driving and being able to have the radar see clearly for smaller boats directly in front of the boat, so I added a Radar mast to get it up past the satellite antennae , here's a few pics of the add on. Oh threw on a 21,000 lumen LED Off-road light on the Bridge roof aft , also so night swimming too , I'm just worried about sunburns Boltman

I had like 18' itis and I cured it . Boltman

I don't know about anyone else but I'm happy that we may have to raise our dock , in 13 we stepped down almost 1foot down into the boat now I'm going to build a small set of stairs for the 18" step up into the boat , it's great and I'm praying for at least another foot increase in the water levels this spring and summer !!!!!!!! Boltman

This sounds really interesting , I think we're going we may learn something ... Boltman

I'll have to ponder that, because with what I've read about the egg harvest for salmon it didn't go so well. But I believe wisconsin had a great salmon return to weirs . Maybe raising the limits to 5 per week , might work boy I'm going to catch hell for that. Boltman

Well it's almost like why did the chicken cross the road? And anything that included the DNR is like "why are there so many stars in the sky ?" Proactive , it's not in the DNRs play book . But don't try to bring your own firewood to a camp ground for sure , they get pissed when their revenue is down .... Boltman

I agree , netting is robbing the Great Lakes of all species , can't tell me they get just white fish ... Selling it to casinos for major profits !!!! But how do we get rid of the Zebras . Maybe we need to do this from the bottom of the water column up!!! I believe it was 2011 that there was an abundance of elwives floating dead all over ludington , and fishing was tough because the boys were full already , so the elwives can and will come back on their own . And what happens when the zebras eat all the plankton , will they die and since they aren't native will they diminish and let the plankton come back thus making the elwives come back ???? Either rest assured man will screw this up big time . IMHO . Boltman

I'm changing my name to chief Bitchin Bull and I'm dragging nets this year , this is my spring King attack !!!! Boltman

That's a lot of views and Raymarine has them,Garmin has them , but it doesn't help you put fish in the boat. They certainly help you see what out there ,I'm using standard down view , no chirp technology , but thinking of going to CHIRP sure lets you see better in the water column . Boltman

No I bought it at miejers it's a grocery store here in michigan ...... Boltman

Tonight's a great dinner at home , with home grown sweet potatoes and Lake Michigan King salmon Boltman

Looks like meat to me baby Boltman