jay d

follow the river water,all the fish have been in the dirty water along shore went back with j wheeler this morning and got another 9 browns and another steelie same program as yesterday.hope we are seeing the start of a comeback for the brown fishery.no big browns today all 2 to 3 pounds.pic in the gallery.

2.1 to 2.9 all depends on the fishes mood

took the wife to manistee today ended up 14 for 16 12 browns 1 steelie and a northern.hj#10s 90 to 100 bk fire tiger,clown,purple sunfire,blue/silver orange belly and black/gold orange belly.we fished 10 to 15 fow.landed a nice triple 2 10#ers and a smaller one.pics in the gallery:grin:headed back with j wheeler in the morning.

headed back tommarow and tue for some more:grin:

thats kind of how it went on our wedding day,got married on the beach in manistee then went out with the wife and caught our limit of kings:grin:thats where we go for our anaversery too:grin:i love my wife!

rapala husky jerk size 12 thanks mike

super glue works great on spoons,right along the edge.they still get torn up but will last a little longer

posted a picture in the gallery,tryed to post some steelhead pic's the other day but i am not as proficent with a computer as i am boats and fishing rods

too long:D it takes about 2 hrs on a good day

made the shakedown trip today,everything worked just like it did at the end of nov:grin:fished out of manistee and covered a lot of water.ended up with 3 browns on a #12 hj in clown,2 browns on a #12 hj in blue/silver with a orange belly and a steelhead on a challenger minnow in clown.lost one other fish on a challenger minnow in ghost.most of the fished the harbor and down the beach.shure felt good to hit the lake.look out ho's here i come:grin:

not yet,next week if the weather permits.checked out the launch in benton harbor mon and its clear,no docks yet.not too much ice floating out in front of the piers.didnt see any big flows on the sat picture,looked fishable to me:grin:

i have used the offshore lights for a couple of years and like them.only downer about them is how long the watch batterys last,going to check out a set of the church light to try them out this year:grin:

trollmaster digital hand down,the digital display makes small adjustment very easy:grin:

i my self dont like to fish out of any port that is having a big tourney,to much boat traffic.on the other hand most of the tourney boats were off shore last year,14 plus miles out from the point fishing the temp breaks.we were 17 miles off shore 26 miles from manistee and there must have been 75 boats out there with us.i would lean more towards the 31st:grin:

scared of us northern boys a:grin:

i played with short leads (10 to 15 feet) off the copper this fall,with some pretty good results.i like my leaders on my lead 20 to 30 feet with the exception of 1 and 2 color rigs,witch have 50 feet.i agree with don that they do start to rise back up but when i am running 1 or 2 colors i am mainly just wanting the spoon just under the waves anyway.

sounds good,but we fish out of manistee that time of the year.why not any of the northern ports?

add a troll master digitall throttle control,it will let you control your speed by 1 0r 2 10ths of a mile per hour.simple install too:grin:

i had that problem with a 9.9 merc about 6 years ago,it was a problem with the fuel pump.might be what the problem is.were you having problem with it when you stored it.i had that problem when i first bought the motor.tore down the pump cleaned and reassembled,problem was gone.mine was flooding out.cant believe its much of a problem,its a honda:grin:good luck

i sat in the boat in the cold for an hour the other day,wishin i was floatin:(

stingray pink panties,day or night,spring,summer and fall.most consistant producer for us 3 years running and allways run as the deepest presentation.moonshine v neck second.

adam we have got a few through the ice at tawas.saw the biggest brown i have evere seen there,just would not bite:eek:going to give it a try in the next week or so.

WISH I COULD GET MY SCANNER WORKING ,I HAVE PICS OF 2 20#ERS AND ONE 17#S ALL FROM TAWAS BAY ON HURON.ALL 3 CAUGHT THE SAME YEAR.06 WAS A GREAT FALL FOR THE BROWNS FOR US:grin: