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We had 2 groups scheduled for Tue. The AM group did well, we boated 9 lakers in a span of about 2.5 hours after finding the fish, the pm group only got a hour so we rescheduled for today, they canceled last night.. The Lakers are there in very good numbers, once you find them the limits come quick..

You should by some boards to get the most out of the core rods, you can run one down the shute, But for the most part it's a tangle waiting to happen when you hit a bigger fish off the riggers.. I think Franks has church boards on sale ofor about $19. well worth the investment..

we got kicked in the sack on sunday fishing detour, what a change.... managed 2 small lakers (on the same line at the same time mind you) one on the main line one on the slider.. We also had 1 very nice Atlantic to the boat before it managed to throw the hooks.. This keeps up looks like the Laker programs going to have to start:(

We run the Walker 107mm Deeper divers, don't really see the need to go anything bigger up here..

We have never used super glue to hold the braid in the lead core, still never had a problem..

Here's a box of fish from last night, just 2 of us on the boat. there's some Lakers in there on the bottom also.

What adrenalin said. we us Spyderwire stealth as backing on most of our bigger cores, Willis knot has yet to fail us, we don't use any mono between the 2. A little tip: use a needle to thread the braid into the core..

Big thing about epoxy is once you glue it in it's there for keeps. I'd try a good Marine silicone/adhesive first, I think you'll be happy with it.. here is the one we did http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/gallery/files/1/7/6/9/p5260006.jpg' alt='p5260006.jpg'>

We just used a good silicone sealent to stick ours back in place, looked like thats all that was used when whoever put it in installed it.. (12 years ago) we also just did the edge

Once summer hits Rick we will run mostly a full core and a 1/2 core off boards 99% of the time. For us spring means 1 color thu a full core with 1 thu 1/2 most days out of Detour. Last year out of St.Ignace in Aug.... 5 and 10 colors took a bunch of fish..

You need to add Warrior Spoons to your list.. there flutter spoons been the top producer for us so far this year..

Unless you spend a whole bunch of time fishing Salmon/Trout in the great lakes a 7 foot Med or Med heav 1pc Ugly stick rod and Okuma DX 30 & 45 will do you just fine, if you happen to wear one of those reels out either throw it away or send it to Tuna Tom and a $30 fixin, you'll have about $60 invested per set up not counting the core.

Any size to those Coho's up there Steve ?

The Straits should be Laker Central by then. As long as they don't flood the bay with nets thing should be pretty good.. Like Nailer said From those 3 Big Cement Casons to the Coast Guard dock in that water depth he stated. Also that same troll past the coast guard dock there is a pretty good shelf thats runs out to the green can, you can follow it around out past under the bridge if you want. If you have a desent chip in your chart plotter you will see the breaks, fish them.. I don't know if we will get out of st.ignace before then so I can't give you much up to date infor, maybe Steeliebob can from this board. last year our best spoons where hands down, Sister Sledge, and Met. Yellowtail. If your not catching anything at Salmon speeds pull it back and go into a laker program..

You local Steve or just up visiting ? We fished the green side past the lighthouse, then down past the second red can, did that twice, it was pretty bumpy the first time. We hit 4 fish, all by the red can(closest to the lighthouse), 1 shaker we let go, one 8.5lb Atlantic, one 2-3lb Atlantic, then lost something pretty nice on a 1/2 core. The core rods have been doing about 90% of the damage since we started this spring, 1 color thu a 1/2 core, with if I had to pick more than likely a 2 and 3 color. but that will change this coming week I'm sure with the hot weather.... Now all we need is the bloody wind to stop blowing again..

Here's the big fish for the night out of Detour on the 21st 2 color's with a Warrior Fire Tiger Flutter spoon, Just under 9lbs. Lets try this again

where abouts where you fishing steve ?

The wind had things a bit messed up last night we did manage to go 3 for 4 after the waves layed down a bit. 1 very small atlantic off a rigger 23 down with a monkey puke, 1-8.5 pound atlantic off a 2 color dragging a Warrior Fire Tiger, 1-3 pound atlantic off a 1 color with a warrior Steelhead Candy, the one we lost was on a 1/2 core dragging a Raider Cracked Ice Gold, this cracked Ice Gold spoon has been a very good Laker spoon for us over here. I have a picture or 2 on the camera I'll post later..

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GREAT pictures !!!

You know Raymaring has been bought by FLIR right

Those sure do looking Like Kings Ken.... weird ..

All our fish came on spoons that night, we never put a body bait out. Spoon size I don't think matters most days. The fish hit Mag spoons, Reg. Spoons but they did seem to show a liking to Warriors Flutter Spoon, that spoon is 3 3/8 long, more slender and lighter than a standard spoon, the colors where Steelhead candy, Fire Tiger, and Sister Sledge for the Warriors. Met Yellowtails, purples, and Monkey puke, and chicken pox where the other colors..

Here's a couple

Detour is smoking hot right now fellas. We launched with our group at 3pm yesterday pulled lines at 6:30 because the clients didn't want anymore fish. tally for the afternoon was 8 Atlantics to 10 pounds and 1 Laker, and we lost 3 or 4 fish. Really didn't seem to matter what you where running as long as it was running from the surface to about 30 feet down. The new Warrior flutter spoon did pull most of the fish. For cores we had 1-2-3 and a 1/2 core, all taking fish, riggers hit a few and one on a dipsey.. for Warrior spoons the Fire Tiger, Steelhead candy (Gold one) and Lemon Ice produced best.. We fished from the green can past the lighthouse over the flat.. Nows the time