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I keep a pretty detailed log of my setups that catch fish. This year's percentages are below. Fishing without copper would mean A LOT less fish for me.

Copper: 46%

Riggers: 31%

Divers: 14%

Core: 9%

nicely done mark..hows that new boat treating you?

I have no complaints about the boat Don. It's been working great (knock on wood) since I had the carb rebuilt this Spring because it wouldn't idle.

Fished last night in some large waves, somehow ended up 10 for 10. Caught fish from 60 to 115 FOW, with 90' seeming to be the best. Was only able to get 5 or 6 lines set at a time due to the heavy seas. Trolled mainly east and west at around 2.8 SOG, otherwise we'd have been taking them over the bow. Setups that worked are below:

- Happee Meal on rigger near bottom (3 fish)

- Blue/Green Dolphin on rigger 60-70' down (3 fish)

- John King SUV Flasher w/ Mirage UV fly 120' back on 3 setting diver (1 fish)

- Moonshine Bloodynose RV 300' 45# copper (2 fish)

- DW Coyote Ugly Spoon Regular Size 250' 45# copper (1 fish)

This is just ridiculous. Well done as always Don.

nicely done mark...thanks for the report...we will have to get out sometime:thumb:

Definitely Don.

Went 9 for 11 last night. Setup in 70 FOW trolled to 160 before we got our first hit. Caught 3 from 160-180 and then moved back in for sunset. Caught one in 140 then the balance in 90 from 8:30 til 9:30. Successful setups below:

- SS Green Muffin Mini on free slider rigger set at 110 (2 fish, lost 1)

- Mag blue/green dolphin 250' 45# Copper (2 fish)

- Diver Green/White Spin Doctor w/ mirage green fly 180' back on 3 setting (1 fish)

- Flounder Pounder on 250' 45# Copper (1 fish)

- Happee meal 90' down on rigger in 90' of water (1 king and 1 steelhead, odd)

- Spongebob as a slider on the above setup (1 fish, lost 1)

Setup on 80 FOW and targeted 100 FOW all morning. 100' has been very productive for me the last four trips. This morning we were 10 for 16. Had about four straight diver strikes that didn't stay hooked up.

Stuff that worked:

-White blade Spin Doctors with Green or Mountain Dew tape and Mirage green flies on copper, rigger, and diver, 50-80 down

-Mag mixed veggies spoon on 3 setting diver 180 back

-BLL UV NBK on 200' 45# copper

-Mag caramel dolphin on 250' 45# copper

-Flounder pounder on 300' 45# copper

-Captain Gary's regular on slider rigger down 60'

-Blue/Green Dolphin mag on rigger down 60'

Nice work Don!

Way to get it done midday Jacob.

Setup in 60 FOW this morning and started getting bites in 110. Fished 110-130 all morning and ended up 9 for 12. Fish were around 6-8 pounds. Setups that worked below:

- 200' 45# Copper with BLL UV Mixed Veggies

- 250' 45# Copper with SS Lemonberry Mag

- 300' 45# Copper with Blue/Green Dolphin Mag

- 7 Color Core with Jawbreaker regular

- Rigger with Nitro NBK down 130'

- Free slider on the above rigger with BLL Modified Veggies

Pic of the catch

And the new vessel

That's really interesting. Thanks for the link.

Good job avoiding the skunk.

Sounds like we got lucky to come across some fish on Tuesday night. We caught all of 'em going through the same waypoint over and over. They must have been in a small pocket of water out there in the middle of nowhere.

What a great night to end the year. Water was 46 degrees in tight so we motored out to 190 FOW before finding 54 degree water. Setup there and trolled out to 300 before marking any fish. Finally caught our first out there and that's where we stayed the rest of the night. Successful setups listed below:

300' 45# Copper w/ Mag Blue Green Dolphin (1 Laker and 1 miss)

250' 45# Copper w/ Mag Carmel Dolphin (1 steel)

3 Color w/ standard DOC (2 steel, 1 released for next year)

Rigger at 55' w/ Mag Miami Dolphin (1 King)

Rigger at 100' w/ Stinger Nitro NBK (1 King)

Rigger at 70' free slider w/ Stinger Nitro Area 51 (1 king)

9 Color core w/ standard Jager Bomb w/ orange and white glow tape added (1 steel)

Dipsy on 3 back 180' with Mich. Sportsman BTI SUV and BW UV Mirage Fly (1 king)

Dipsy on 3 back 180' with MD Spinny and mirage fly (1 Miss)

Thanks for the report. I got a buddy coming in from Denver tonight and took tomorrow off to try to put him on some kings. Looks like I'll be confined to MKG lake based on the marine forecast. Hopefully there's still a few around to show him a good time.

The amount of info available on here is invaluable. This website and and paying close attention on two trips on Fishsniffer's boat (You're the man Don ) have increased my catches 4 fold.

Way to tear em up Don!

Thanks to all who answered my questions about Mountain Dew spinnies. It paid off in spades tonight. Ended 14 for about 20 from 100 FOW out to 150 and back into 90. White blade MD spinnies/white crush glow tape with Mirage flies took probably half the fish. On high diver 200' back, 250' 45# copper, rigger at various depths best was 75' down at sunset. Blue/green dolphin mag. on 250' 45# copper took a king and the laker we released. Flounder pounder mag on 9 color core took the steel and a king. Michigan sportsman SUV BTI with BW UV Mirage took two. Happee meal on rigger took a couple of hits at the end of the night. Very fun evening, what a blur.

Thanks a lot guys! I appreciate all the great info.

Looking for a little help here guys. I see mountain dew flashers reported all the time on here and I've bought 4 or so over the years. Anytime I fish them, they seem to be repellents more than attractors. So, would somebody mind sharing what color scheme works for you? There seems to be a number of them. i.e. white blade/chrome blade, mountain dew tape on one side/both sides, white crush glow tape on the other side?

Thanks!

125 FOW was the hot ticket tonight. Went 6 for 8. Succesful setups below:

The catches

5 color with Nitro Napalm (3 lb. king released)

7 color with Nitro Area 51 (2 fish)

250' 45# Copper with standard Blue/Green Dolphin

250' 45# Copper with standard Hello Darlin

Dipsy on 2.5 120' back with John King 10" SUV flasher and Big Weenie UV Mirage fly (this setup looks amazing in the water)

The misses

200' 45# Copper with SS Panty Ho Mag

Nitro NBK on rigger 65' down with a Stinger size Nitro NBK free slider

The fish had some full bellies with some nice mag size minnows.

Decided to ignore the radar and setup in 80 FOW at around 5 PM and trolled out to 190 FOW before anything went. Missed our two fish out there on SS smurf regular fixed 20' above the ball that was 70' down and on a SS Kevorkian regular on a 7 color core. On the troll back in, Nitro NBK down 40' on the rigger took a 17 lb. king in 180 FOW. Then had a double in 100'. One on wire diver on 2.5, 120' back tipped with a regular Moonshine Raspberry Carbon and the other on 250' 45# copper with regular blue/green dolphin spoon. 2.8 GPS speed. All fish again had empty stomachs.

Set in 90 FOW at 6:30 and trolled west. First hit came on rigger 90' down with Nitro NBK in 180 FOW. Fish was a steelhead that immediately came to the surface under the diver and pitched the hook. Changed out the STBD rigger to Flounder pounder mag 75' down with a regular flounder pounder fixed slider 8' up and the slider took a fish within 5 minutes. Headed in for sunset and took two fish in 110 FOW. One on blue/green dolphin regular on 250' 45# Copper and one on Nitro Area 51 on 300' 45# Copper. GPS speed of 3.1. All 3 were nice size fish with very empty stomachs.

I fish out of Mona Lake and this year has been very inconsistent for me. I'm hoping it's going to start improving anytime now. Thanks for the report.

Nice job guys!

5 for 9 tonight, 4 Kings (2 small released), 1 steelhead. Fished 9 rod spread from 130 out to 210 and back into 100 before all lines were pulled. Set first rigger with Mag. Miami Dolphin on bottom and Mini on a fixed slider 8' above and went to set the second rigger and there was already a fish on the Mini within 5 minutes of starting to set lines. No best depth to speak of, caught fish in 130, 150, 180, 200, 210. At least the bite is picking up it seems.

Baits that got hit:

SS Miami Dolphin Mini on slider rigger at 75

200' 45# Copper Mag. Pro King Mirage Spoon with Green/White Glow Tape

11" White Paddle with Oceana Fly Braid Dipsy 2 setting 180' back

Blue/Yellow Dolphin Mag. Rigger 110' deep

Happee meal 160' down in 150 FOW (14 lb. King)

250' 45# Copper MS Cyclonite Mag (10 lb. Steelhead)

250' 45# Copper NBK JP Slammer (2 hits)

300' 45# Copper Blue/Green Dolphin Mag.