jimcr

No, I ordered it on amazon. It's basically a ram type (ball and socket) set up you see for graphs, but made for cameras. Either video or still. One end has an adapter to fit cameras and the other has an adjustable C clamp.

I remove the seat in the bow, and leave the post. Then just clamp the mount onto the top. It works really well. A lot better than using a tripod. I know this from experience, after a buddy knocked my camera to the bottom in 200' fow last summer while using a tripod.

If you're interested, I can probably dig up the link on amazon for you.

I have a mount that I clamped on the windshield but the vibration was too intense and it made for bad video. I will try clamping onto the seat post .

If you have the link available send it just in case my clamp doesn't' work.

Thank Jim

Thanks!

I've got 2 cameras. One is a gopro that is stuck to the end of an extendable painters pole. The other is a handheld Panasonic that I mount to a seat post in the bow.

It's taken a few rounds, but I'm starting to get the hang of filming on the boat.

Thank you!

Did you have to make a special mount to use it in the seat post?

Very nice video BTW

Had a few days off and thought it would be nice to take my older Brother out and see if we could get him on some fish. Its exactly what we did, Dropped the boat in by 500 and before 515 we (he) had the first fish. Only had 2 rods set at the time too. I'm glad he drives his car better than the boat we zig zagged from 120 out to 150 and back in to 120 . Although it took 5 miles and 7 fish . He was a good sport about it even after I had him going right ,no left ,right again. seems I had a king on that wasn't going to stay on one side.Hot setup again was the Wire dipsy w/ LBB and a Blue dew flasher. all but 1 fish was taken on flasher flies. Spoon that worked was a NBK.

I will post a picture later as my brother took my camera home with him .

I think he really enjoyed being out and has never been out on the lake before.

Lets hope this season of the kings continues. I have never seen the fishing so good out there, and the kings so big in big numbers. The coho on the other hand, where are they. A few here or there but no good size like last year.

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Jim

Well the trend almost continued ,only 40 min late. Launched the boat at 520 this morning , The fish were out in 120 , in pockets . Largest area was right out side of the filter in 120 FOW. First 2 were on the small side , but the next 2 just what we came out for. Wire dipsy set on 2 out 140 FF with little boy blue, double up with a 8 color Double orange crush UV . The king on the wire turned to to be a real screamer. as it hit it took out 160feet of line . Now at this point the 8 color fires and its a fire drill. Nick got his in as I held mine out for a moment so he could net his because mine didn't like the boat so much and would make a run if it was getting near the boat. Finely get mine close enough and Nick nets it and the net collapses due to the weight. Another King tipping the scales and Almost 20. FF ruled today , LBB, blue aqua, blue crinckle, pear white flashers mnt dew, blue mnt dew. NBK spoons and the double orange crush uv.

ended the day 7 for 7 , 1 drive by on the riggers .

Tight Lines Jim

guess you were tangling with da fishes, nice , love the picture.

very nice, she'll be hooked for life.

nice bunch of fish, nice riggers too

Thanks Russ Adrenalin Fishing Charters,

We had a great time on the charter Saturday afternoon. Its really nice not having to drive the boat clean the fish but still crank them in. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed them self. And a huge cooler to boot.

incredible fish

Sorry for your loss , brothers can be very special

yep definitely a depth raider and the antenna has been customized.

I know!! You just have to remember the days like this when you work you prop off for 3 fish!!

Been there all to many times, Like Sunday but it was 4 medium coho, and fishing blind do to locator taking a unscheduled vacation.

sweet , be kind of hard to top that this year ,nice job.

Great Job there Josh. I hear that the coho are out in 110-140 hear in Milwaukee.

lots of fuel in the bigger boats , 17.5 ft Tracker targa . 115 opti and a 15 hp kicker. We are burning about 3 gallons on the short trips and 6 on the longer trips out in 150-200. The kicker makes a whole lot of difference. Burn most of the fuel on the long trips out to deep water.

Thanks guys...a few "new" anglers with me last weekend and the gear didn't hold up.....so need to replace a GM rod. I'll take it in and see what they can do.

If you are looking for a decent rod at a good price try the Wilderness rods by Diawa. I have 10 of them and couldn't make one complaint on them . I think Bretts place on the bay sells them for around 24.00 .

Been 3 weeks since we were out and decided that I would at least fish the harbor if it was too rough. Started just south of the Main gap and before all rods were set first fish a brown 4lbs . Thought it didn't' look too bad as we left the south gap, and about the same time I was second guessing myself the beast hit like a freight train and this was the express. Even after gaining some control, never had the fish behind the boat. Had to net it on the port side after 3 tries. Think we found a couple of 5 footers just outside of the south gap. Turned around and headed back inside . Picked up 1 coho as we came north to the Main gap . Finished 3 for 3 glad to be out again, even if it was a cool and windy day.

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Jim

Yes Sir, the natural "biotic-resistance" of a body of water is dependant on having abundant/sufficient numbers of predators. They netted off areas and the "predators" wiped out the zebra mussels in a short time. Perch feed heavily on zebra mussels, thus abundant/sufficient numbers.....

Perch and Walleye eat shad, baby Asian Carp look dead nuts like baby shad, they will not ask if they're from China, they'll just eat them. Salmon cannot survive in the warmwater spawning/nursery areas, Native fish/predators can.

I would point out that the DNR says "once you get an invasive species, you can never get rid of it" yet they just told the whole world, too many predators (salmon) will wipe out the alewives!

Having our so called top predator out in the middle of lake Michigan, and only eating one fish, both non native, isn't helping control any other invasive species, because they can't. They have to "balance" all the predators to protect the alewives, this includes native fish.

A simple switch to steelhead and Browns, not dependant on alewives, keeps the big lake fishery, yet can co-exist with a healthy native fish population, salmon cannot.

We can't control where the asian Carp go, but we can control how many predators they run into, make the lakes useless to them, (biotic-resistance) but any biotic-resistance would affect the alewife/salmon plan, soooooo....

the lake and connecting waters have to be invasive species safe. The proofs in the lake. I'm tired of fishing for leftovers, and I want my grand kids and thier kids etc... to be able to go fishing and not wind up with a carp pond. Google (biotic-resistance native predators) not my idea, fish science, I just agree, but all useless if alewives continue to come first, last, and always!

You are leaving a few important parts out on the food web , the diphtheria, certain types of plankton , and others that the lake needs to host native and non native species . Its not that the alewives are going away , its that all the forage is. The food for the prey is missing, the quagula muscles and zebra muscles are filtering out all the important organisms needed by alewives, perch , smelt etc.

There are all type of factors that come into play hear, Ice conditions , weather, water temps, Cloudy a very long list . You have to look at the bigger picture. even if you took out Chinook Salmon from the picture and the Alewives there is still a problem. quagula muscles are very efficient at filtering out everything from the water. and proficient at it. Why do you think that the lake is so clear?

Years ago there was a great fishery out on the lake , people used to use large seine nets for Smelt. Perch was commercially fished out on the lake . There is a ballance to eveything out there and it keeps changing. Are Brown Trout Native? Steelhead? Splake?Coho?

All I can say is don't let Lake Michigan Crash like Lake Huron. Your talking about a 8 to 10 Billion dollar fishery, That would leave a giant hole in the economy that Wisconsin , Michigan, Illinois, or Indiana share. If they stopped stocking Chinook we as a group would find other fish to chase , but think of the Jobs the would be lost not just the charter captains, the Bait store down the street, how about the marinas the list goes on.There are four options for reduced stocking IF NEEDED! will be implemented. Please make an informed decision . Make sure you contact your DNR and make your voice heard, they will make the decisions we don't .

Just clean fish on the water, nice why to add to the food chain. Legal on the WI by the way just have to be at least 1 mile off shore.

Sorry "NOT" legal on the Wisconsin side, It is illegal to deposit fish entrails in waters in Wisconsin.

We are experiencing some numbers close to yours, here on the Wisconsin side.

Not everyone but a few. No doubt that the warm winter has brought unprecedented amounts of kings to many ports early. Lets all hope that this trend doesn't' mean that the summer or fall suffer. I wish I could get out there but when the water is ok I have been working or busy. Too much with the North -east winds.

Please research alewives before you vote to increase them, by whatever means. Alewives are an invasive species, dependant on our natural/native fishery (predators) be kept low for them to survive. Alewives are also predators of zooplankton and native larval fish.

You cannot solve an invasive species problem, by increasing an invasive species.

Here is one thing to remember , and that is Chinook Salmon prefer Alewives , but will eat other food, Yes the Salmon were put here to control the Alewives but with out the alewives we would not have a Chinook fishery. Read the info available at Seagrant .

The biggest problem is that the clear water caused buy first the Zebra muscles then quagula muscles , the clear water is missing the part of the food web.

If you could get rid of the quagga muscles you wouldn't' have this problem .

Nice job Adam , hoping to get out this weekend

This goes out to all who fish lake Michigan , The DNR in the states that surround Lake Michigan are trying to stop what happened in Lake Huron (biomass crash) . Please take a minute or two , Take the survey. It could mean loosing up to 50% of the stocking that takes place . The survey comes from Michigan Sea Grant.

Thanks

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Jim

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Nice job Adam , wish I could get out there but the weather just won't cooperate. I may have a shot at getting out on Sunday . Sounds like the boat is running good. Great way to start the season.

even worse I had forgot the tuna in the container, it was like a bad chemistry experiment !

Needed Gloves a mask and a paper bag to yak in.