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Welcome Rich! I would love to see some east side reports. I fish out of Black River and Alpena every so often.

Looks like Pioneer beat me to it, and Flyboy to answer your question about trees you may want to find a welder around you or even someone you know to build them for you. It would probably save quite a bit of money, I had my uncle weld up a post for the back that slips in to the seat pedestal mount and it works great.

If your wanting to run long lengths of copper or core check out the new TX-44s by Church Tackle. Forgot to add that you can switch the board from Port to Starboard and vise versa if you want.

2 and 3 color cores work pretty well. We normally just run 20lb mono with a clip on weight or just run it flat. I have also ran 10lb but be careful. It is not uncommon to run across some big spring kings.

We have had success with multiple thin fish colors, the red and black is just my favorite. Blue and silver, and gold and orange are two other hot colors. And bite is not usually a morning bite, its pretty consistent throughout, imo.

What color thinfish are the best? Is light line the best way to go? Is there only one boat launch in St. Joe, and if so, does it require a permit to launch there?

Flyboy

Red with black squiggles! Only way to go:thumb:

Justin hit it write on the head, the only thing I do differently is I like the first 2 weeks of April the best.

Funny you say that, just checked my logs and most productive time has been the 6th - 11th. Guess I remembered wrong!

We do best from mid April to the beginning of May. We normally fish the south side of the piers, anywhere from 10-35 feet. You will definitely see the boats. As far as lures, we typically run several thin fish, and a few small spoons. A red dodger with a coho fly is always on one of the riggers. Good luck, let me know if you have any questions.

Any docks in anywhere on the south ends yet? Seems like in the next few weeks they should be putting them in.

Loved the video, thanks for sharing. Also, you boat is a beauty!!!

Hope things all work out for you, Frank! I am sure you will be back on the water and slaying those eyes before long! Best of luck to you:)

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Jans Net Craft, Cabelas, and Walleyes Unlimited. Also check out fishing shows, usually a few guys with good deals like Stinger, Silver Streak, Gale Force Tackle. I forgot if we could post links or not so if we cannot sorry!

Very sad and tragic ending to a full life ahead. Wonder if those guys were wearing PFD's? A MUST for small and large boating adventures, good reminder here for everyone venturing out. Thanks for the memo.

Witnesses said that they were not. A very tragic event, prayers to the family.

Love it! I bet she will love the boat! We had to teach our lab not to go in after the fish, she used to get way to excited when she saw one by the boat.

Ill be running them with Dan this summer, will let you guys know how they work. Im definitely see where some problems may arise but I guess it is worth a try.

Better question is: how do you like the I-pilot? How tight will it hold to a sharp break when following a previous track?

Thank you.

Haven't used it much for holding tracks but it will hold over a school of perch. During the summer I love it, not having to mess with an anchor, just roll over the school and hit spot-lock. We used record a track a little bit for summer 'eyes and it worked good but we weren't following a specific break. I think it kept us on according to the GPS though.

There should be 6 screws on the back of the remote. Unscrew them to replace the old battery. It takes a CR2450 coin cell battery that you should be able to get at Wally World.

Good luck, Steve!

allout280,

I am no expert nor have I ever painted a boat but from what I have read Interlux seems to be the most preferred. Hopefully someone else can back me up on this. Also welcome to the site!

There really is no early spring perch fishing out st. joe or south haven , they really dont heat up that far south till mid june. But there is a GREAT fishery out of Grand haven in april and very early may.

Yeah when it does heat up its usually good fishing! Another spot to try is out in front of deer lick crick. Also don't hesitate to run north up near Glen, we have done well there before.

Instead of switching make sure all of your trebles are razor sharp. We usually sharpen after every few trips. Sharpening would be a good thing to do to spend your time!

Thanks guys, I appreciate it!

Ur dads gonna be lonely down here in South Haven. Have fun you will have the summer to remember forever. Congrats!

I know it, sure stinks. I will get some days off when I can run home and fish or he can come on up to Manistee and fish.

Well as most of you guys know Matt got a job working out of Manistee on Killin Time. He said he would keep his eyes open for me and if he found any charters looking for a mate he would let me know. Well I just got off the phone with Dan of Fire Plug Charters and it looks like I am going to have a mate job this summer as well. Dan and Craig, the owner of Killin Time, are friends so that is pretty cool! Manistee is a hike for me, but I think it is well worth it. My grandma also live in Cadillac so that will help some!

I am pretty pumped! Just wanted to say thanks to you guys for teaching me so much, thanks to Mike for the great site, and thanks to Matt for hooking me up!

No ideas, but since when is the Nee-Hi gonna be retired? What are you plannin on getting?