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Got the lines in the water around 8:15 and fished til noon

Went 7-11

6 Kings and one Laker

Our best spot was 72 fow, pretty much all our fish came at this depth.

3 on Riggers on the bottom

2 on full core one on 1/2 core

and one on a wire dipsey w/ on a blue bubble w/ a blue spin doctor

Most fish were caught on any variation of orange spoons.

It was a nice morning...

Here you go...

REEL CrankKING

On Sunday when I was trolling, I marked a huge school about two miles south of the nuke plant, in 34ft of water. If I would have had some minnows I would have pulled the lines and dropped anchor.

Very cool video, thanks for taking the time to share that.

Great job finding them, I went south and set up about a mile past the nuke plant and never went out fished in 30-60. Had one fish hit hard in about 52 ft of water on a silver w/ green and orange thin fish but spit it back out. It was on a high line on a yellow bird. I would have liked to see one of those lakers. I pulled lines when after the second lightning strike. Zero fish in the boat today.

Nice looking rig Chris. Have you put any fish in it yet?

I went out last Saturday evening got lines in around 6pm and it was pretty slow. I did catch one Lake Trout, put it in the box just to get the "skunk smell" out and promptly sent it back to the lake.

I'll see you South Haven guys in the morning...

I'm still working on the right name...

It's a

2001 Boston Whaler 280 Conquest

Shes equipped w/

Raymarine Electronincs (radar, chart, fishfinder, autopilot)

3-Walker downriggers (one is the Strike Vision)

Vector Rod holders

2-225 hp Merc outboards

Air/Heat/Generator/Head etc.

I just bought her back in March, and it was pretty well ready to go other than the rodholders and tackle.

Thanks for the link! I'm going to see If I can get out..

Last year GM lost 39.1 Billion Dollars, that is a fact! You don't give money to a company that lost 39.1 Billion Dollars. You make them restructure, to survive. Exec's should have had their pays cut many years ago, the UAW workers at least they are the one's that actually build the cars but the Union should have seen this coming and been part of the solution and not part of the problem. When an uneducated, unskilled laborer is making more than what we pay our teachers, Professors, even more than most small business owners.. ie: over $100k / yr. that is a problem. Yet they just kept this business model for years. Why is it that a 1/2 ton extended cab pickup has to sticker for $35,000, it's silly to think about it. Greed! I have felt for the suppliers for many years, from what I have read they have squeezed them, and squeezed them to the point it wasn't profitable. Then when the suppliers couldn't survive, then GM turned where? South of the Border... Someone mentioned Ronald Regan, can you remember before Regan that the Import Auto makers used to actually have to import their cars? When Regan made it unprofitable by taxing these imports coming into the country what happend? They all came here. Honda is in Ohio, Toyota is in Californina, Kentucky, Texas, Mazda, Nissan, they all build they majority of the cars sold in the US, in the US. I agree with GLF (Mike), they should somehow figure out how to get the US automakers back to building cars only in the United States and get rid of this North American loophole. (Canada & Mexico should not count) Take a look at our unemployment figures. Lets get some of these people back to work at least if we are going to take taxpayers money and knowingly allow it to go North or South. I do believe GM intends to shut down the plant in Canada that they were building some of the Silverados/GMC Sierras, however the shutdown had to do w/ lack of demand. I looked at a new Tundra a couple of weeks ago and it had a sticker on the side window that said US Parts Content 90%, point of assembly was in San Antonio. It's hard to tell anymore what exactly is a domestic and what is and import. Just so you know I didn't buy a truck, and I am hoping that GM, Chrysler, and Ford all make it in this economy, but I'm no longer interested in helping in any other way other than buying one of their vehicles if it is the best thing for my wallet and my family. I would like the government to Quit taking my money and giving it away, I have become quite good at spending it myself since I picked up Salmon fishing as a hobby.

I can't seem to find the extended Marine forcast link. I think someone posted it, but if someone could post it again I would appreciate it.

I'm picking up the rest of my rod holders in the morning and will be battle ready. I'm hoping it sets down a bit, I'm planning on, (weather permitting), fishing Sunday.

I was able to get out last Saturday for a late evening fish but It seems you guys had already caught all the fish that were left in South Haven Saturday. We ended up landing one Greasy Lake Trout which was released. It was nice to get one in the box even if it was just for a few seconds. It's been a long couple of months leading up to actually getting to fish.

Tuesday night looks nice!

Let me/us know how South Haven treated you... I'm going to give it a try on Sunday. I finally got my boat in it's slip in South Haven late Thursday, but haven't been able to get out.

I ended up buying the Vector Super Spread triple and 6 of the rail mount Vectors today from the Fishin Hole in St. Joe. I like the quick disconnect plate that Vector makes for the triple and my wife isn't all that crazy about rod holders. As far as the Fishin Hole, I like the way I was treated and he was very fair w/ me. I'll get back to all of you and let you know how I like them when I finally make my first trip out if all goes as planned sometime next week.

Anyone use Vector? They seem very functional as well, and not as expensive.

I need to buy some rod holders and I don't think I can go wrong with either Bert's or Tarxtech from what I read. Any opinions? Where to shop for the best deal and get them quickly.

My plan is to put three on each side of the boat on tracks and three more mounted to both sides of the stainless tubes on my hardtop. Which means I have/need/want to buy 12 of these things. My boat has outboards and I would like to keep the back as open as possible. My two downriggers are on back of the boat on a swivel base that I can either run straight off the back or to the side.

A friend/co-worker of mine that fishes out of South Haven was helping me spend some money the other day @ D&R and he advised, (put two of them in my basket), that they were must haves. I'm hoping to test them out myself.

Good luck from another newbee to this site

1 Boat (used)

1 trailer (new)

2 rigger rods and reels

2 wire rods and reels

2 braided rods and reels

2 half core rods and reels

2 full core rods and reels

line

spinners

flies

spoons

swivels

dipseys

boards

spoon box

fly box

My boat gets delivered Tuesday March 31st

At the end of last summer I decided to dump the "Wine and Cheese" Sundancer and look for a fishing boat this spring.

First of all welcome aboard Chris!

Last year I picked up a sundancer and I like to think of it as "Beer and Salmon slabs" ..........anyways I will be spending most of my time out of South Haven this year and we can link up and help each other out. Just give the 2UNREEL a shout. My fathers boat (Voyageur) has been slipped in Boat Yard Basin since the 80's. Whats your boat name?

No offense intended towards the Sundancer... I loved that boat, it was a 98 310.

As far as my boats name, I haven't named the boat yet. I never named my last boat, nothing ever seemed right. Maybe after my first trip out there something will come to me ie: Tangled Mess, No Bites, Quiet Drag's, Dry Net, just kidding. Seriously though when I come up w/ the name I'll let you all know.

I fished a half a dozen times last year out of South Haven on my buddys boat. "Big Unit", he seems to always catch fish.

I have a slip in Oak Harbor up river in South Haven... See you out there!

Well as requested I would like to introduce myself...

My name is Chris Wertanen and I grew up fishing w/ my dad like many of us did. I caught my first Walleye when I was four on a snoopy Zebco combo, over on the East side of Michigan. My Dad and I mainly fished back in the late 70's early 80's out of St. Joe and South Haven, with an annual trip to the U.P. He passed away when I was 16 and I kind of got away from fishing for many years. I never completely strayed but I never could seem to get back into it. Over the last 5 years or so I started going out a few times a year on other peoples boats and decided that I really missed it. I have owned several boats over the last 10 years, (none of the fishing boats). At the end of last summer I decided to dump the "Wine and Cheese" Sundancer and look for a fishing boat this spring.

The money has been flying out of my wallet ever since!

Anyway, I'm looking forward to chasing some tail down this spring, I have alot to learn, and I think this site is great. It's one thing to reel one a fish in, but, It's a whole new ball game when you are the one picking the location, choosing a heading and setting the lines.

I may ask some dumb questions along the way and I thank all of you for your input.

Thanks Again,

Chris

I'm not a big fan of drilling holes in my boat. It's kind of like spanking your kid, sometimes neccessary but I'd like to avoid it if possible. I might be leaning to the cable w/ the antenna. I'm only going to be running two riggers anyway. What would you guys suggest, (drilling into the bottom of a whaler or use the cable setup?)

How difficult is it to install a FishHawk X4, I don't have a probe on my boat and have never used one. I have recently purchased a 2001 Boston Whaler Conquest 280, it came equipped w/ Raymarine electronics including autopilot, I think all I'm missing is a temp/speed probe. Do you just hook the probe to a downrigger or does the cable actually go down w/ the probe? I realize this might seem like a dumb question... It's because it is a dumb question