jimcr

Ok I have bought a fair amount of UV spoons , now how do I keep track of them. For glows its very easy , but UV how do you identify the UV spoons . I should have put a little UV on the back but is there a way to do it with out?

Just awesome, you did an excellent job all around.

this is what I am using for copper and leadcore. still have a few of the wilderness rods and they seem to work just fine.

Wow I must be the creep of the board for prefering deeper water. The 210FOW mark was awesome for me last year. The gas getting there and back sucks but the fish are out there.

I spent a lot of time out there too, we made on trip out to 350. that was a long ride back. 16.5 miles.

with the warmer waters we had this year , it meant having to go deep for a while.

its coming along very nice Jim

Are you talking about leader material or just fluorocarbon Line. There is a difference.

I hope to bring the boat back out of storage in 6 weeks. unless I have back surgery. We will find out this in the next 2 weeks on that. I would much rather wait until the season is over rather than the start.

65 feet

Adam if we can hook up before then your welcome in my boat.

why wait for April 15th?

one thing I have done is tightened up the adjustment on the kicker but I don't want the kicker fighting the main.

Hey guys , do any of you know if there is an adjustment on how easy the main motor will steer. I would like to make it a little tighter as when my son or I move in the boat it tends to drift , it can be a pain because you dont want to be going circles with a full spread behind you.

its a 2010 115 Mercury optimax.

all depends what they will bite. caught more on flashers without wings. Hot spots come to mind. But if you like I could get you a picture of my stash of Spin Dr.

Run a 150 copper with a 5 oz dive bomb then.

2 questions , how deep will that get and will your baits run the same with the less line out?

I think it depends on how much you will be using your boat i have talked to 3 guys that run the coated cable they all said blowback is a issue but a heaver ball fixed most of it .

Not one said thay have had to replace the cable One was goign on year 5 with t he same set up.

One did say he lost the probe but i belive that might have been his fault the way he was talking

I think if your out all the time the investment into the fish hawk is worth it however for weekend warriors im not sold on the extra funds

Best of luck

strik

I am sure that lots of us have lost a probe, including me. It happens when you least expect it . It can be a kick in the pants but it will make you learn another lesson out on the big pond.

Calumet Marine

is renting some space from

fairview sales

2516 Fairview Road, Eau Claire, Michigan 49111 ph: 269.944.1566

Gary the owner there wants to sell me the place

He ha a great piece of property with a wonderfull heated indoor showroom

We need to know we can get people there to look at and buy boats before we

spend 3/4 million dollars on this facility and close the place we been doing business out of for over 50 years

We are trying to do two things here

#1 make sure this location will work well for every one

#2 get out of Illinois where or property taxes are just insane

(really is no other way to describe the taxes and fee we pay here to do business)

Gary is showing the boats for us call him let him know you are coming

If you are a serious buyer and would like to meet with me personally i can be there in hour and a half

we currently have on display In this location

27' World Cat HT model t/ 225 honda power fully rigged for gl fishing

Hewes Craft 26' pacific cruiser (used ) there on display t 225 honda power fully rigged for gl fishing the biggest boat Hewes makes

a brand new Hewes Craft 16' sportsman no motor (you can choose any or no motor) we sell Honda mostly and Evinrude E-tec The smallest boat hewes Craft makes

{{{{{ Hewes craft is the only boat manufacturer i know of that has a Life time Hull warranty that is tranferable for a period of 10 years from the point of sale

this is a life time + ten years }}}}}

a 16' check mate sport boat 115 johnson

a 22' pontoon boat 15 hp honda

so far for this area the big draw has been the pontoon boat

If there is any thing else we have or sell you want to see at the Michigan location

just let me know i can easily haul it up there for you

Eau Claire is just a little east of Benton harbor rite off of I-94 between exit 29 - 30

Ever consider Wisconsin? its still close enough to Illinois to service the boats but a whole lot cheaper to do business. I really like that 160 sportsman.

I have the Depth Raider , wouldn't fish without a probe. As long as you have one . Most differences are due to personal preferences. After you fish with one you will ask yourself how you ever did without one. Most of the guys I know on this side of the pond have the Depth Raider.(Might be because it a local company)

some real great shots there. I was dreaming about fishing.

I do not believe you can legitimately compare Convectors with Tekotas. Its just not an apples to apples comparison. That being said.....

I have also been told that the stock inner workings of a Tekota are not up to par with their price - per the technician at the reel repair shop I use. I have not ever been inside one, so I can not speak for this myself. I have however fished many a fishing trips with them and they are super smooth, great reels. Besides price, I have nothing bad to say about them. Shimano, more specifically the Tekotas, have a huge cult following on the great lakes. This is a well deserved reputation but is also fueled by the huge amount of charters and tourny boats using and raving about them. Matt - you are going to get backed into a corner on this argument!

I personally fish all Okuma reels. my Clarions and Catalinas are comparable, in my opinion to any Tekota I have fished with. Unfortunately, Okuma has not been a consistent player in the great lakes reel market. They have been established with their more affordable Convector line. Now with the Clarions/Catalinas reaching and exceeding the Tekota prices, Okuma does not stand a chance.

Josh what numbers are you talking on the Clairions , I was looking at them and they seem to top out about 130.00. The Catalinas start out at 200.00.

The Solterras seem to start at 130.00 also, just dont' know which model numbers you are talking about.

Jim, When you get in finished post a pic or two. Thanks

its going to be a slow process but of coures i will post a photo whens its done.

Welcome from the Wisconsin Side

Making a fixture for re spooling line and removing it . it will be able to strip the mono and save the leadcore to be put back on. also measure reliably how much line is on the reel. I have looked at alot of line spoolers and they don't have the capacity to put the line back on ( leadcore).

Thanks to everyone who posted , Its going to be 2 convectors and 2 more magda dx45.

With all the reels I have none of them performed badly. I fish 2-3 times a week weather permitting . Just can't justify the cash for tekotas . I also want to put a convertible top on my boat with side curtains. So I will stick with the convectors.

Tony what is the reason for such a long leader on the dipsys , and how long of a leader was it?

I have a 17.5 ' boat and most of my rods are 8' 6" the exception is the braided dipsy rods I use are 10'6". this is to get around the 8'6" wire rods. It is personal preference but you may also need to get around other rods in your spread.