jimcr

Welcome Todd ,Where abouts are you on the big pond?

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GJ! Nice laker

You know all we would need to do is cut the prop guard off the back and paint over the grey and she would be ready to rig up!![/quote']

use the prop guard for a deck base , nice gunnery stand in the center for a rigger. for those real hot days just turn on the a/c. it would break 3-4 footers real well maybe all the way to 6 footers

do you get the standard test alarms when you try to start, does it have a place for a lanyard? had that happen to me once . Check for fuel and spark , Thats where I would start.

Wow its only the 25th of March?

Made it out a little later than I would have liked but someone slept late on me again! went out to 50 ft heading east set lines , had 2 in and first rigger fires with the new spoon I picked up yesterday, 1st Lake trout of the season. finish setting the 4 color I was working on when the last one hit , and before I can set the rigger rod the 4 color I just set fires , Nick gets the first Brown of the day , 2 for 2 so far and now I get the time to put in the rest of the rods . Just after I finish setting we have a swing and a miss. Nick gets one more laker and I finished up with a real nice Laker than hit just as I was pulling the last rigger rod. Still can't beleave its only March.

These guys from the Navy were out training today , wish the tax payers would buy me a nice boat like that. cruising speed is around 45 knots.

Tight Lines

Jim

good job Grant

they want to fine WE Energies for allowing coal ash from the retention pond that went into lake Michigan, so why allow the Badger to do it all the time?

Russ I buy no means have as much experience as you but here is my best times , 630pm to 930pm, both of my biggest fish were caught at dusk or just before . it was dark after the fight. 30-35 minutes . Nicks biggest fish were in the afternoon go figure. same boat too.

Adam if you need just the counter you can get it at tunas.

http://stores.tunasreeltroubles.com/-strse-876/OKUMA-19100029-DEPTH-COUNTER/Detail.bok

It shouldn't' be too hard to drop in.

whats wrong with the counter? does it need a part?

What a feeling it must be to have the wind blowing through while your running the boat you just fixed. NICE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!

most of the sea walls are 6-8 feet , some are really wide too.

If your in Milwaukee let me know , like to meet the Mushy's Dad

The first part of the video was shot inside the harbor, the latter was out side. If your familiar with Milwaukee they left out the South Gap to avoid the waves.

have you seen any of the videos of the waves crashing into and over that light house? be hell trying to get into the boat.

I would like to stay there for a week though, as long as I had a safe place for my boat .

awesome on the browns , been having some luck on this side of the pond too.

wtg Katrina first trip of the year is great ,

if you are using super copper this is from there website,

http://www.coppertrollingwire.com/copper-fishing-line-depth-chart-dive-curve/

These sink rates are estimates and should be used as a reference only. Conditions of measurement were fishing directly into a current, 2.7 gps speed, fluorocarbon leader with magnum spoons.

32# Super Copper (.030 in diameter)

25′ copper – 5 feet down

50′ copper – 10 feet down

75′ copper – 15 feet down

100′ copper – 20 feet down

150′ copper – 30 feet down

200′ copper – 40 feet down

250′ copper – 50 feet down

300′ copper – 60 feet down

350′ copper – 70 feet down

400′ copper – 80 feet down

450′ copper – 90 feet down

500′ copper – 100 feet down

550′ copper – 110 feet down

600′ copper – 120 feet down

45# Super Copper (.038 in diameter)

400′ copper – 90 feet down

500′ copper – 110 feet down

600′ copper – 135 feet down

700′ copper – 150 feet down

800′ copper – 165 feet down

900′ copper – 180 feet down

1000′ copper – 200 feet down

Note that 32 lb copper is only .008 smaller that 45 lb , in my opinion its much easier to use. look at this thread it should help some or do a search on copper .

http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25536&highlight=super+copper

yeah its hard to miss the main gap light house , I have heard that it might be for sale, it has amenities for 7 people . Parking might be a little difficult on windy days. when its foggy you might get a headache too.

kinda makes you wonder if the weather is going to stay nice.

sweet ,game on

Well no green fish this St. Patties day but a few Browns. Went of for less than 2 hours and made a pass and 1/2 and yielded 6 for 8 . Some guys caught almost 50. But I think they were out early. Water in the harbor is almost at 50 already. too warm for this time of year. Heard the coho aren't far away. That would be ok with me . I wonder how long this weather is going to last?

Tight Lines

Jim

Funny thats the main gap light house in Milwaukee and Mitchell Field tower . Looks like they did there testing in Milwaukee's Harbor!

Jim, here's my setup. Tie the keel weight directly to your line with a bead above it, then reel it to the tip of the rod and tie on a swivel below the reel, (about 6 feet.) I start the year out with 1/2oz weights and move to 3/4 and 1oz as the water warms. I start with 50 foot leads to the board on every rod and as the water warms stretch out as far as 100ft if needed using the bigger weights also. Set up one side of your boat with 00's and peanut flys and the other side with baby spin doctors and 2" coho flys. Don't mix and match on the same side. Every time you catch a fish just let out the other boards and run the board your setting on the inside, you'll never tangle and this is the fastest way to reset your spread. The other reason this is important is when your on a big school and fish are biting like crazy if you try to put a board back on the outside alot of times a fish will hit one of the other boards as you are letting the boards back out and it will tangle your lines. Alot of times one side will out produce the other, so when one side is up by 5 fish the other side gets switched out and every rod on the boat has the same setup. Don't waste time with leadcore for cohos early in the year, you can catch twice as many fish in the same amount of time with keel weights.

so in essence as you describe it I will be running similar to what you would run on a mast system.

I will also be running 2 dipsys and 2 riggers , with the possibility of running multiple keel weight rods. that would depend on how many fisher people I have on the boat with me .

How are you marking the line so you have 50 - 100 ft leads , are you using line counters?

when are you putting the boat in the water?

I will be out there this weekend again.

we usually run 2 oz snap weights run the lure out 50' then snap on we usually figure with spoons and crawler harnesses 2' out is 1' down but if your putting flashers on they gonna drag harder your guess is as good as mine. put em on a downrigger then you know where they are just run the 50' lead.

Since the coho are usually in the top 20 feet the rods with the keel weights will be running 5 to 15 feet deep . but way out to the side . where you might run a 1 or 2 color rig.

I plan on running keel weights for my high lines for coho and I am wondering what distance ahead of the flasher I should run the weight?

Also does anyone have any info for weights 1/2 oz , 5/8 oz , 3/4 oz 1 oz . how deep will they run?

Well old man winter has given us a big break this last winter and what right now looks like an early spring. My son Nick and I were able to get out today and went 4 for 4 on browns. Nothing really big but fish none the less. A little bumpy with the chop . We made about 1/2 a normal pass before we called it, and as we are putting things away at the launch the wind dies off to just a whisper.We laughed about it knowing there will be more days and warmer weather to fish . It was still great to get the boat wet and toss out the skunk early.

Tight Lines

Jim