tom

Driving down to St Joe on Monday. First time down there. Looking forward to some tasty cold water Cohos and maybe some perch. Any tips? Any recommendations on a place for a fish dinner in the area?

Berkley big game 20lb

Up for sale soon.

Blacks work great for me. Pinch pads not so good on a DR. Work fine on the Otter Boats.

20lb Big Game.

Not really a great date destination Kevin. Best fishing shop for a hundred miles though. If you can't find it, Don can point you the right direction down the miles of isles.

I'm a little confused. If you have never ran it how did you catch fish on it the last 2 times out? Looks like a goldie hawn.

A big thanks to whoever puts together these stories. Always something there of interest to me. Thanks again to the person who does this.

WOW! That there is some major work. Triple the hours for a first timer.

Scum line is called that because it is where all the scum collects on a temp break. You will see floating trash this causes lots of bugs and stuff to collect. Steel head will eat bugs all day long so they tend to hang around scum lines. Sometimes on the cold side sometimes on the warm side. Temp breaks are just that changes in water temp at the surface. Terry Dirty Dog can probably remember better then me but fishing with Don and him on the Tangled Mess a couple years ago we hit the biggest temp break any of have seen in memory. We only pulled a couple fish off it because we were about done for the day it was around a 15 deg temp break and looked like a step in the water. If I find a good temp break I will follow it til I limit out usually not taking very long to do so. Most days this time of year if I am not already dialed in I will spend as much time looking for my spot or sometimes more than it takes to limit out when I find it. Last year we took a 4 man limit of Steelhead plus 3 bonus kings in just over a hour of fishing. I just drive west til I see my water and stop to check and temp breaks I see when running out.

Thanks for your post. I have posted in years past about my October program with no response. Awesome fishing offshore in October. Many limits. I have given up posting reports on this great opportunity.Will be out the 3rd week of October weather permitting. Good luck to you.

Personally I'd like to sink every sailboat I come across. Snapped an aluminum prop blade due to a sailboat on Spring Lake a couple years ago. The "captain" cut me off right when I was starting to get up on plane, had no room to turn and had to slam it in reverse to avoid running them over. I'm, (correction; HE'S) lucky I didn't tear up my outdrive. I called him everything but a white man.

I have seen poor piloting by every kind of craft out there. Had some bad experiences with sailboats as well. If you have never done it , sailing can be a lot of fun. I used to fish out of Muskegon years ago and there was a guy with about a 30 footer that trolled with 4 downriggers and boards. With the right wind he trolled for free. He motor trolled as well. Please don't knock all sailboaters.

Hmm, 18" super super mag spoon? Where do I get one? Thanks. Thunderduck? Would you please explain?

Remember when you used to put a penny on a train track and it got all flattened out? Well, here's the secret and only you can read it. Everyone else has to log out now. Place a mag Flounder Pounder on the train track and presto! An 18" super super mag spoon. Your welcome.

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Jeeze guys. Just kiddin around. I never posted that fish. Hey Just Hookin did you even notice the post of the fish was not me? I thought you were were kiddin too. Sorry . The whole thing is a fake for sure. Thats the only answer I have for you.

A couple years ago in October we went 7/7 with 5 steel, a king, and a brown in 6-10' of water. So some days it may pay to look tight before heading way out.

Thanks for the tip.I will try that next month.

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1. None of your biz where my left hand is.

2. 18 inch super super mag spoon.

3. Starting a guide service since I know where those 42 lbers live.

October/November fishing has been the best fishing ever for me over the years. What can be challenging is that 8-12 lb kings bite 90 down in 200 FOW with a slowwwww presentation. The Steelhead want a fast speed in the top 20 FOW. Cold water; very tasty fish. I am usually the only boat out there. Steels tend to be in 300+ FOW. If the weather is nice it can be the best trip you ever had.

My fish. Winner of the derby.Waiting for my check. Sorry guys.

Welcome to the site. Great folks here.

Wow Ryan, I don't think I'll ever complain about a couple of lost lures again. I think you did come out ahead with the fish count though.

Alright, so I've come across something interesting. I took my boss and his sons out fishing last Friday evening, went 2 for 4. One 2 lb king and one 20 lb king. Both were clean, silver, fresh fish. My boss said today that he grilled them Saturday for lunch. He said the big one turned to a grayish/white color after a few minutes on the grill and tasted TERRIBLE! The small one turned out great. Both cooked the same way, the meat was very pink when I filleted them the night before. Any one ever had this happen or hear anything similar to this? He was really bummed, it was his first big lake fish and was bummed it turned out terrible.

Have you updated your resume? Bad idea giving your boss a 20lb sheepshead.

This time of the year it's getting hard to run boards due to the amount of boat traffic, especially when the fish are right outside the pier heads. Fish outside of the pack or on a slower day (weekday) and you don't have any problems. You also need to take slower turns, so don't let the new guy drive the boat!

I set my boards up so they don't release when a fish hits. I do this by running the line behind the pinch pad once, and through the pinch pad once as well. When fishing in some bigger waves like I did on this day, I went through the pinch pad twice to keep the line from pulling out.

Copper or lead on boards has done very well for me. Armstrongs is a place everyone should visit at least once. While they do have everything and then some, it is also the source of many jokes.

Armstrongs has the best selection of stuff you have ever seen. Stuff is piled up and hard to find sometimes. Ask Don for help. He knows where everything is. No joke!

Thanks for the reminder to keep my hands out of the net .

Sean on Katch Me is having a great season. A win in the Offshore Classic and now the big fish in town. 35.9lbs. Congratulations!

Is that the right picture? That cannot be a 36lb salmon.

Thinking about putting a auto pilot on my wish list for the winter. I have a older Crestliner Sabre with a 4.3 mercruiser with power steering that is a real b**** to drive, leaving the wheel for a few seconds to net a fish and the boat wants to start doing circles. So anyway looking for suggestions on manufacturers and models that some of you have had experiences with. Cost, difficulty of installation or place around Grand Rapids they had do the install.

Thanks

Mike

Whether or not you have hydraulic steering will limit your choices.

Otter boats for your 10 core and 2 core and 5 core and 7 core. And coppers. Catch my drift? Eliminates all those unattatching the boards, reeling high ,reeling low,board slid down to the fish problems.etc. Far superior system.