Twill23

I dont know if thats a great idea. Then you'll have illiterate noobies trying to read a sign while their truck and trailer sits blocking the drive for the rest of the people. lol

Salmon like to injure their bait first. Hit the middle or the head of it, just like a pike. Going with current will give you your best speed but what you want to do is angle the current. Just like you would if you were bottom bouncing a river for steelhead. a 45 degree angle to the current is your best presentation. This takes some time to figure out but its well worth it.

There is a how to sticky under website tutorials on the discussion forums home screen.

My favorite is the line cutters. Here at rockport we have 2 extremely shallow docks that the bigger boats have an extremely hard time loading up at, so they have to use the 2 middle much deeper docks. There is also very little room to spin a boat around and drift and wait your turn. It makes me madder than heck when a little boat rips in as your drifting waiting for your turn and docks at one of the deeper docks! Not to mention it always seems like they can fly when it comes to cutting in line, but walking up the incline to their truck you would swear they could crawl faster!!!

If you seriously wanna catch a decent amount of salmon in our area forget the night bite. Get up super extra early and get lines set before its light outside. That is one thing that will not change about lake Huron. Its always been a better morning bite. Sure you can catch a few fish in the evening, and plenty of people would argue about the night being very productive, but numbers don't lie.

Slick where are you fishing outta?

Hey Frank if you remember the newer chart on my boat, the hummminbird 700 series is a great choice at a slightly cheaper price. They will read the same chips as lowrance. Also if you do have any issues with the unit you wont have to deal with the reputable customer service department that lowrance features. And that doesn't necessarily mean good. I love my new unit. Just my personal preference though.

Good deal man congrats

Heck, harrisville is only 30 mins from Alpena lol

Nice Job Frank

Well Alpena has always been a phenominal walleye fishery, but not during the daytime. Its been dominately an afterdark, body bait, long lead presentation, rather than the crawler harness and snap weight presentation during the day that we're seeing now. Now i'm not complaining about it at all, but it is quite puzzling. I'd hate to lose a fishery to gain a fishery.

Great fish:D nice job

Okay, i shouldnt say abnormally warm, but more or less abnormally steady.

Well it could also have a lot to do with fishing pressure. Fish change their habits due to pressure. Thunderbay has been abnormally warm this year. Temps have been steady in the high 60's for some time now. Another weird thing is Alpena really hasnt been much of a harness fishery, but now its becoming something that is really catching on in the area. The only thing that scares me is the fact that they are moving. Everyone knows what happened to the salmon fishery, and unfortunately thats exactly how it started. The salmon began to move to different parts of the state, away from some of the best areas. Salmon lost their forage, and with the great fishery that is lake trout, as well as walleye, the same could happen. Both species of fish feed on gobies. Although gobies are a "nuisance" species, they are keeping the east side of the from turning into a barren wasteland. There are just so many possibilities, heck it could just be a goofy year.

LOL Yea, i really think that is what is happening, the bait has moved also. Our MDNR nets are reporting more smelt than in the past 5-10 yrs, as well as smaller minnows (blues and greys). Unfortunately with the clarity of our water around these parts, i dont see this keeping up for the next couple of years, but then again who knows. Usually these fish are not this far north yet!!

Just to add my 2 cents, i think most of the fish have moved north. Here in Alpena we are seeing id say up to 5 times more fish here than in past years. These fish are below average size wise for us( a lot of 18incher instead of the 3-5lbs). Personally i think we're stealing your fish, but not purposely. We're having a daytime bite like never before!

Yes yes, i hate to admit it but Alpena is producing its best ever day time walleye right now. Its hard to keep it a secret. Partridge point, right on the flats are where most fish are being caught. The tournament weighed in over 300 total fish. A record for a daytime tournament out of Alpena. These fish are on the small side, having to actually sort through a few. Thats something thats pretty uncommon in our neck of the woods. Several tagged fish have been caught, including 3 last weekend alone. Crawler harness are producing most of the fish, including the "new" Dream weaver worm burners.

I was wondering if anyone has any experience with the cmap mapping software. I know that it is primarily used for ocean chart plotting, but they do make a chip for the great lakes region. I have a raymarine 760p(I believe that's the model) and a si-tex prism10nt that take this mapping software. Any insight would be helpful. I also understand that both of these unit are quite old.

That's not a bad theory, but unfortunately that's part of fishing. I sure understand that but, look on the bright side, there are limits that are reasonable. Not every average Joe can wade out and legally harvest these fish.

Ha, but what they dont realize is less fish will affect their business a helluva lot more than any lamprey barrier ever could.

Check that, i didnt see your post date, ill post most of the results when i get the chance tomorrow from the tournament on the 13th. Pretty good is different for a lot of people

Your welcome to come to alpena and try it Scott, and is your buddy part of the walleye club, and the tournament was the night eyes

Wow short leads. Our leader length with the spinners of any kind are usually a lot longer, your looking at the 3 to 4 foot length behind the biggest tin can you can find

Hey guys, Well the boat FINALLY will be arriving in Alpena around the 9th or 10th of july. Now i am in the market for a trailer for her. Its a 1985 Tiara 2700 open inboard of course. If anyone has any leads at all send me a pm

Yea dont run your lead off your riggers, the point of lead is to fish higher water farther away from the boat. Invest in a couple of boards. Thats your best bet. A chute rod works well depending on how well your crew works together. Remember, don't clip your boards to your leadcore, it'll wear extremely fast and you'll end up breaking off fish right at the board losing the lead that was behind it.