killerbe20

thanks guys!

jim - this was the first day i didn't have to run +/-15 miles since July! It was a great change of pace!

kj - this is the first year i have run UV stuff. I just never had any of it before. That UV tarheel fly has been great ever since i put it on. i have some Dreamweaver UV spoons that have also been good at times. Most of my UV spoons are regular sized and the fish down here have been loving the smaller spoons so they have not gotten much playing time. I'm sold on the theory of it though!

they can't all be great days. Definitely keeps you grounded to have a day like that every once in a while.

I know a lot of guys that did well for brew city fished north of milwaukee 40-100 fow by fox point. Of course that was a week ago and we have had lots of wind this week.

good luck on the charter! who are you fishing with?

was supposed to fish friday evening, but was way too rough! The same guys were coming back in the morning so we decided against killing ourselves.

Fished 6am-12pm. The boys from Minnesota found the local marina drinking establishment to be too much fun to make it an early morning! The lake was pretty rough still and had decent reports from the day before so i stopped in 55fow instead of running 15 miles. Took a bit to get our first fish but once we did fishing was pretty steady. Worked N and S outside the reef.

Really good action while the fog and cloud cover was around. Once the sun showed up, fishing gradually slowed to one fish a pass, then completely turned off by 11am.

Ended 13-20ish, Super Slims are still hot on cores and downriggers! Green Gator on a 35 SWR was the hottest. A white e-chip with a Dreamweaver UV tarheel fly also was pretty hot fishing the bottom.

from the "other side," out of racine.

i do not think it is a typical season. lots of cold water, weird fish patterns, small bait fish, smaller fish in general.

usually by august we have large schools of mature kings hanging around waiting to go in the river in fall. I have not seen this yet this year. at times we have had a few nice kings, but have not had the concentration of large fish yet. there is still lots of cold water and bait fish scattered every where. i'm sure the fish are just not holding in one location around racine. The biggest concentration of fish is out 15-20 miles but they are mostly rainbows and salmon that will not spawn this year.

i second the "10 fish per boat" theory! simple math

and also i think some one mentioned not chasing another persons program.

two rules i always try to fish by

you are going to get so many different opinions on this subject.

you have to figure out what is the best buy for your budget. i think for the most part the common consensuses is that the 30 series or similar is good for downriggers, dipsys, and high boards and the 45 or 55 is good for cores and coppers. I personally like the 55's for cores and coppers because i run 45lb mono for backing and need the larger capacity.

awesome job!

Fished Thursday 3pm to 6pm. Caught 9 and missed a crap ton more. Honestly, as my frustration grew, i stopped counting the fish we hooked up. that's the fun of charter fishing! Everyone on board had a blast and that truely is the most important part.

See previous reports, Basically nothing changed. haven't changed a bait in nearly a month. Fished the last hill out to 230 fow. Some dry spots along the way but for the most part, fish all the way. No pictures today, i was by myself.

i always dreamed my 27 baha would grow into a 29 tiara open, but never thought it would really happen.... Sometimes everything just comes together!

she is a 2000 29 open

thanks guys! i have been playing with fire not having a name on a charter boat all summer. all good now though!

i really like the name Fire Escape! that would be a good one too!

just a quick search on google and i found this:

http://compare.ebay.com/like/400119709334?ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes

seems like a buck a piece is a steal. never used them before but i'm a sucker for a good deal!

Its only been three months since i have had the boat, figured it was time to put a name on it!

when i do run jpugs, especially LJ ones, i change out the hooks. I do not care for the steel hooks that they come with.

when the dog and i go fishing, i usually start with one SWR rigger, a full core (or copper), and one dipsy. three different presentations and i adjust depending on which one/ones are getting bit. Baits totally depend on what has been working the trips leading up to when i go.

i personally have never had much luck with j plugs. i know lots of guys use them and catch tons of fish on them, but not me.

Although i do believe the less confidence you have in a lure, the less it is going to work for you. especially when the no-confidence lure doesn't make it in the water much. that is probably more of my problem!

chris - that is what i thought. i've heard them called thumpers and pump handles, but never weapons. They use them alot north of milwaukee. I've fished them for bouncing the bottom but not really suspended.

russ - i am not fishing brew city. my mom is having her wedding reception on saturday. kinda trumps fishing. besides my contest record this season has been less then stellar.

I have been very fortunate with my catches this year (aside from contests). I am putting all the luck on the boat. Sometimes i think that thing catches fish on its own. I really haven't (intentionally) kept the spin doctors a secret! I have had the green dot spinny on my dipsys literally all year. I have not changed it at all. My last trip is the first time flys have had as many fish as spoons for me.

The only other varible i know from myself and SOME of the other boats down here is speed. I usually am never below 2.7 mph on my depth raider.

josh

nice job jim! you will love the depth raider and it should increase your catches. sometimes its hard to vbelieve what the baits are actually doing down there!

i have a kinda half-a.. plan to take the boat up to brew city on tuesday. you'll have to let me know if you're gonna be around.

chris

the only thing i can think of is a thumper rod(?). i know they fish those a lot in Port Washington. When you find out, let me know! There are definitely days when i'm willing to try anything!

josh

chris,

i gotta admit, i have never heard of a "weapon" rod that is different then an SWR. Where did you here of it? You have me curious now.

another side note, unfortunately i never made it up by you this year for the KD tourny. the new boat made that a little difficult. i plan on having a trailer for it next year and coming up. Its not exactly a "trailer boat," but we had to much fun last year to let that hold us back!

josh

thats funny, i'll ask him about that for sure!

are you coming back down to racine anymore this year? You'll have to let me know if you are, i'd love to have a few beers with ya!

good luck!

Fishing is still HOT HOT HOT!

Fished 7am-noon, the last hill out to 150fow just a little south of town. Great mixed bag of fish, salmon down deeper and still a lot of rainbows out there! Downriggers 50 down to the bottom, 300ft coppers, leads 3-10 colors, and dipsys 150-200 out. Super Slims on the coppers and cores, Spin Doctors/flys on the dipsys and riggers. Ended with 22, threw 4 small guys back and missed half a dozen more.

nice fish! looks like randy brought along some luck

i would keep a full core if possible, especially thinking of this time of year when the fish are generally deeper. Last i heard in Milwaukee the fish were out in 100+ fow.