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Heres a pic of a very happy customer! Today we boated the biggest Laker I have ever put on the deck, outside of Stannard Rock. We were 1 mile from shore off Marquette and BANG!! 26.8# Giant! Over 30 minutes to get him to the boat. After a fe failed attempts to revive him, we had to box him. To the wall he goes!

Nothin real big, but a couple close to 30lb. from today at the Rock....

Those pics right there are what fishing is ALL ABOUT! Great stuff! Thanks for sharing!

This was last night in Marquette, Michigan on the shore of Lake Superior. The fireworks are set off from a barge at the end of the old Iron Ore dock in Lower Harbor of Marquette. A great show! Thanks to all the military men and women out there that enable me to enjoy things like this with my family in the GREATEST COUNTRY ON EARTH!! Happy 4th everyone! Hope the BEST half of summer treats you well! http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1339748457648&ref=mf

Life is good A special thanks to all the Men and Women in the Armed Forces for for making it possible for me to enjoy sunsets like this with my family in a FREE country

Thanks a lot guys! In case you missed it, here is the video from the day we caught it! http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18161

Very Nice Pics!! Thanks for sharing them!

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I would definatly use both as they both have their days. Both lead and copper are purley about production, cooper more so. It will help put fish in the box forsure, but its no fun doing it. If I am tourny fishing the copper goes in, otherwise, there are better and more fun ways to fish those depths with other delivery devises that dont rob you of the fight with the fish like copper does. I would run a few half cores with drop weights long before I run copper. I get to the same depths as copper but can still feel the fish on the end of the line. To each his own though. I cant deny that copper does put fish in the box.

Heres one we picked up about 10 miles from Stannard Rock while trolling. Probably 25+ miles from shore. The little girl I had on the charter was holding it in her hand for a while. She named it Barney. Life was good. Then.........it finally got the strength to fly away, only to be hit in mid air, 20 yards from the boat, by a Gull! The bird fell into the water and the gull carried him away. I though it was pretty cool and a little crazy......the little girl did not Heres one from the Huron Islands, 25 miles North of Marquette off of the Huron Mountains.

That is Awsome!! Excellent picture!! Some of my best memories of my Dad and I were on the boat. Learning to drive, read a compass, and use the new high tech LORAN C.....all with his arms around me incase I messed up! Your son will remember those days forever! Tommorows not gaurenteed....enjoy it TODAY!

Heres a pic of the 30+lb. Laker we caught this morning on The Rock! 40 Minutes to get him in the boat with 15lb. leader and a 6' spinning rod! He is headed for the taxidermist in the morning

Here are a few short clips of some Stannard Rock Lakers coming in! And also a pic of the crew from today with their 30lb. lake Superior Giant thats headed for the wall! http://vimeo.com/11795215 http://vimeo.com/11795605

kDMad6Cqang Here is the YouTube link instead. This usually loads better on slower connections. Thanks for the comments guys! Its nice to be back on the Big Pond again! Good luck to everyone this season:thumb:

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Here is the 100yd spool of regular lead core... http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20166-cat600396&id=0003261115908a&navCount=2&podId=0003261&parentId=cat600396&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=IA&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat600396&hasJS=true Not sure about the other stuff.......but thats fine! I dont need any more rods on the boat!

Your output wire for a GPS signal from a Lowrance is the Yellow wire and the bare(sheild) wire is ground.

Yes sir! 1984 (Go Tigers!) I bought it from the original owner who was 86 years old last year when I got it. He bought it brand new in 84' as a retirment present for himself. I have the original sales reciept for the boat. With all options included, he paid $53,000 otd with a trailer!! She has 655 hours on her, and 60 were put on last fall by me! It was bought and kept for 25 years in the same marina! I looked for a boat like this for 3 years and finnially found exactly what I wanted! There are a lot of really beat up ones out there as well! To me it was the perfect boat.....Big enough to be a "big" boat and handle the rough stuff well, but still small enough that I can trailer it with no problems with my 1/2 ton around the U.P.

Alright, you guys got me goin! Beautiful boats gentlemen!! Heres my girl.... Can I join the club?

I agree with the above! The leader materiel is a bit tougher so I use it for Flys and Spin n Glows, but the rest of my leaders are plain 15lb. Seaguar Floro Line. Much more affordable!

Mike, The LBB looks just like some of the stuff in your "Blue Eye Ghost" fly. Its kind of a Clear materiel with a slight Blue tint to it, and when you put it in the water it almost turns a light blue/purple color and really shimmers in the sunlight. Great Stuff!

I have heard many different idea on this subject but dont know if I belive all of it or not. I have heard that a Falling Barometer, especially at the point when a long period of steady high pressure begins to fall rapidly with an approaching Low pressure system, is the best time to fish. A Falling barometer is better than a Rising barometer. One thing I will say I have found to be true most of the time for me, with all other factors also considered, fish tend to be Deeper during High Pressure and Shallower during Low Pressure. But like a buddy of mine who is also a Charter Captain told me....."I have to catch fish everyday. Full Moon, New Moon, High Pressure, Low Pressure, Sunny, Cloudy...etc Dosent matter. Fish are catchable everyday, all day long. Its just employing the right tactic in the right place that makes the difference!"

For short cores, a med action rod is great. For longer cores and copper, you want a rod with some backbone and a Med-Heavy to Heavy action. Rod legnth seems to be a personal preference. Some guys like short rods, some like long rods. There is really no "right" answer....its all about what YOU like! Everybodys different, and every boat fishes a little different too! Most of my lead-core rods are 8'6" and I like em! I love the Gander Mountain Guide Series Lead Core Rods. They are very high quality and very reasonably priced, especially compared to a Shimano or something like that. I have 8 of them now, but my oldest ones are about 6 years old and still no issues at all. Good blanks, solid guides, and a fair price. Check em out.

Very Nice! Well Done! How do you usually run those Spin Doctors for Lakers. Behind Riggers? How Far? Behind Divers? Behind Lead? Just curious to see what works for you over there. I have pretty good luck with the SD's for Lakers, but usually its a White/White Spinnie with a White or LBB Fly, and almost always behind a rigger ball, usually 8-15 feet back. Never had much luck with Blues or Greens for our lakers up here, but maybe thats just me. Congrats on the Hog!