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Sportcrafts have a very nice layout for fishing but you should get a marine survey done on the hull before you buy it. Older Sportcrafts have been know to have rot in the stringers. Getting a survey done to make sure the hull is sound is a good idea on any larger boat you plan to buy.

The story on Linwood was on Fox News tonight. I would have like to been near by to watch that slab come crashing in and piling up.

The ice on our lake here is breaking up today. It was a nice ice fishing season this year but I'm so glad to see it go. When I woke up, I noticed a small hole about 20 ft around had opened up near a shallow bar. All morning long it got bigger and then another small seam opened up near our house. The ice really melted away mid day and the holes grew and now more than half the lake is open water. Hopefully a wind shift this evening will take out the shelf ice near me and open everything up by morning. This is the fastest I've ever seen the lake open up. We just had a flock of goldeneyes land in and some seagulls and a bunch of geese showed up too. It didn't take them long to find open water. How is the ice holding up or going out near you?

I like to see it empty this time of year:D It means there are more fish on the side of the dam I'd rather fish.

I'd say the request you got is way over the top. I'd reply with a list of your open dates for charters to learn about fishing in your area.

https://www.mdnr-elicense.com/common/popups/popframe.asp?url=https://secure1.state.mi.us/rssdraw/ Congratulations! You are successful in the 2009 Spring Turkey Drawing. I got my first choice!!

I'm glad you are OK, hope you get well sooner than expected.

I just have a Altel Samsung phone with weather radar. There are other web aps but I rarely use them. The weather radar is great on the boat and for hunting and golfing. I've been able to avoid small storm cells and keep fishing a few times because of it when otherwise we would have ran in. I've been able to see big storms coming and know when to pull and get off the lake before they hit.

Great post and some nice action. I was hoping to see some and hi and lo diver doubles from the title. It was nice to hear the drags screaming! The bassmaster hooksets on the riggers aren't for me.

PM sent. Best way to go for a pier or river details.

Great pics and a great time to head south!

Thanks for the info.

We hit a couple and only landed this steelie. The fishing was slow but the sun shined a lot and it was nice to be by the blue water again.

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Finally had the time roll through the slide show. Some great pics and some great memories. What got you to change over to chase walleyes?

Those 3 fly teasers are usually used in front of cut bait head. Flasher, 3 fly teaser and then a cut bait head with a cut bait fillet or a whole herring. Some guys will run a fly at the end instead of a cut bait head. We usually run them behind the bigger 11 inch flashers. Look forward to hearing how this stuff works for you. Our ice is starting to melt. I may go fish a Lake Michigan pier this weekend. The river's empty there and there is some open water at some pier heads now.

Wow, now that's a spread. This KRW aqua gold is a hot fly behind the orange and white becholds on Lake Michigan. Heck, it's hot behind a lot of flashers.

Sent you a PM Mike.

Matt, 28ft, it's a nice ride.

Mike, it is a Sea Ray but not an Amberjack.

What's the general opinion on global warming over there across the pond? The overall temps on this side the last few years have really been on the cool side. This winter is going down as one of the snowiest and coldest in many many years over here. Think Spring! And Think Summer too!

Nice pic Mike! I caught my first salmon off the Manistee pier in 1973 with my dad. I got hooked good then. I had my own 14 ftr rigged up with two home made downriggers from washing machine pulleys and a flasher depth finder by 1979. Had to count the turns and put big nails through the pulleys to set my depth. Getting a 5 king limit was not hard if you timed it right around the pier heads but I had more skunks than limits then because I didn't time it right. Once I had a double on by myself right off the Ludington north pier. When I got the second one in, about 30 tourists walking the pier all started a round of a applause for the lucky punk in the little boat. I learned a lot the hard way and I can remember more than a few 2-4 hour drives to get to a big lake port to watch the waves crashing or just to big for my little rig. Got to fish some bigger boats with friends through the 80s and there was no looking back.

Matt, Sounds like a great class. Did you learn anything you are going to apply this summer?

qdm .

Clair, I sent you a PM with the details ( I will for any member here) but got an error after sending it. If it didn't come through, let me know. I won't post specific river locations for lurkers.