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melsell

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    • 350' copper
    • 2 full cores
      • 2 7 colors
      • 2) 5 colors
      • 2)5 colors
      • 2)3 colors
      • 1) 2 color
      • 2)14 lb downrigger rods
      • 1)30 lb downrigger rod
      • 4) braid dipseys

    probably a couple more I am forgetting,the walleye stuffs a lot simpler to remember as I am using and working with it on a daly basis right now,and I only use one leadcore rod for that

  1. I really get a kick out of people telling me "thats the biggest one I ever caught" or "I have never caught that many in a week,let alone a day". I absolutely love teaching people how to catch more fish,I teach how to go about your entire day from looking at charts,talking to baitshops,using electronics,and running lines or jigging techniques. I love meeting and spending time with new people,hearing their stories about their lives.Mostly it is the easiest way for me to make people smile and enjoy their life:grin:

  2. For me its going on to live my dream. I always though it would be so cool to go fishing for a job. The charter's always seemed to be a whole different type of fisherman to me and i wanted to be one. I feel like i was trained well by a 40 year vet of the fishing sport, this year it will she show what i have learned in the last 8 years. Some kids go out and party till 3:30 in the morning while i get up and go fishing. I dont and will not regret going fishing while all my friends are at party's. Its a different for me when im away from home and i like the fishing world a whole lot better lol!!!!

    You are on the right track. I am 37 and I STILL have friends that are out patying all night. They all say that I am lucky or stupid to fish for a living. Truth is I am addicted:thumb: I am blessed for sure. I also work a ton of hours. I gave up partying,smoking and doing other thing I best not say so that I could save up and become a captain. I will never regret it ! But the 15-20 people that I graduated with that have died from partying (yes really) will! Keep on the right track !

  3. I have been fishing hard. Doing a ton of looking around . We have been landing lots of large walleye in the lake ahttp://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp160/mattsell0357/100_1259.jpg"]http://100_1259.jpgMG]http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp160/mattsell0357/100_1265.jpg"]http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp160/mattsell0357/100_1264.jpg"]http://100_1265.jpgnd river.There are a ton of 8 lbers around .Now is the best time to try for one over ten:thumb: Trolling crankbaits in the lake in 14-18 FOW has been best. Of course jigging has been best in the mighty D .http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp160/mattsell0357/100_1268.jpg"]http://100_1268.jpg

  4. http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp160/mattsell0357/100_1252.jpg"]http://100_1252.jpghttp://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp160/mattsell0357/100_1249.jpg"]http://100_1249.jpghttp://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp160/mattsell0357/100_1246.jpg"][url="http://100_1249.jpg"]http://100_1246.jpg Took out an awsome Father/son team that had never fished the big lake. They learned a ton and went 4/5 with a 28.5" ,28",and a couple of 5 pounders.Just a wee bit short of master angler for catch and release.
  5. I have bags from Big Papa and Amish outfitters.Both are awsome people and awsome bags.You can't go wrong with these guys.I run one bag off each side ,tied on the front cleat with the dump rope tied to one of my rear rodholders.Very easy to just throw them over.(once hooked up we just pull them in and flop them over the gunnel between passes). I predominately walleye fish so I need a few different sizes of bags.

  6. I have a merc pro kicker. It is very cold blooded takes a few times to start.I warm it up when i warm the big motor up while launching.After that it works great.I have had to clean one of the plugs one time fouled out(I tend to run it really low walleye fishing when I should put out bags and run it at higher rpms)I have had a bunch of people ask me how mine runs saying that theres are trouble though.I don't know what help this is .Just my experience. I believe honda makes a high thrust kicker too(how can you go wrong with a honda) Again I am happy with my merc and it was expensive so it has to perform very nicely to make me happy.Hope this helps some.

  7. Some of my fly beads will ONLY glow with sun or uv light, so the spot light thing is out for me.

    I think I just put my uv light back in the boat! Thanks for the tip!!!!!!I am going in the basement to test some beads now..Hot fun on a Saturday night:cool: I know it is pretty sad really

  8. I fish the Detroit river a ton. this can be brutal on batteries.I use wet cell lead acid batteries. Deka or East penn whatever my battery guru has for me when I need them. I do have an optima for my starting battery. The only reason is thats what he gave me to use. I am the fishing Guru and He is the battery Guru so........I use the batteries that he tells me too and he goes fishing where i tell him too (actually I just take him)

  9. At the Novi show. Me fishing buddy and I both went.Of course the economy was good back then. We each got a big jon inline planer board,a flasher,couple spoons,some flourocarbon leader.It was when the superslims just came out, we each got a caramel dolphin slim (these have been hot for both of us) They went through the same programs that were printed in GLA magazine then would give anyone with a question a lure. I find it really hard to pick up anything when it is question and answer. There is just no direction.They also lied to me about one of there sponsors products that I had a question about. So last year actually made me :lol: It was well worth it for the lure package back then ( idk what it is like now). I am leaving all negative stuff go (cept the lying cuz thats bull)

  10. Amen to that. Too much glow and it sometimes seems it has to wear off a little before they get hit. Any one else experience this?:)

    When I first started running superglow spoons we would start really early,troll around four an hour and a half, get a bunch of hits, charge up our lures with a blacklight and reset them, wait another hour and a half or two hours and pick up a couple more. This made us practically miss primetime. I finally figured it out. Now I wont even bring the UV light. I just wave them in front of my spotlight. I do much better on superglow spoons now. If it is light out I just wave them in the air real quick.

  11. Location:Livonia Mi (west Detroit suburb)

    1. age :37
    2. Years


      1. I have been fishing the big Lakes since being a kid. I have just learned the Detroit river as I have only been fishing that for 10 years or so

        : 30 trolling for walleye and salmon

        1. Waters fished: mostly Detroit River and Lake Erie but nothin beats a sunrise on Michigan with a double!
        2. Boat:19 ft Smokercraft w/ 135 Opti,pro kicker,soon a Terrova I pilot,23 rod holders,with a blood hound nose on it to find fish

    I have spent a ton of time on the water since the late '90s, I fished on a 26 ft sea ray with big boards and a full 12 rod spread for walleyes every weekend for 6 years out of Luna pier Mi. While doing this,during the week I would take my small boat out to learn the Mighty Detroit River. I really figured out that I was not as good as I could be when I saw the Detroit River Pwt weigh in (they all had huge fish). So I spent a ton of time reading InFisherman books (walleye wisdom and some critical concepts), fishing every method in all the books, and learning from the Captains at Luna Pier. At this point I was pretty good;) I still was lacking something and was stalled out in my learning. Thats when I met Lance Valentine and his walleye 101 program. This program did for me what was not going to happen with out it. It organized all that info I allready had. A couple years later and I was keeping up with all the tourney guys. I fished a couple of small tourneys and I found out that I don't like it. I hate having to leave a hot bite when I am catching fish and know they are not gonna win. Everyone allways asked me"what do I have to do to get on your boat?" So I spent the last two years taking girls and new people out to practice teaching them to fish.Then I got my Captains License. I am helplessly addicted to fishing! I allways want to spend more time on the water and I believe that I can teach most anyone at least a couple things that will help them catch more fish ( most I could teach a ton). I love teaching people how to fish!!!

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