Eyefull

Nice job Ben. I missed you guys last night at the launch, I was already sawing logs in Dons vbirth when you guys came back

Welcome to the board Ron, thanks for doing what you do. We always hate to see the choppers head out, but glad your as good as you are.

Great season Kevin, congrats!

Jay, heres the plans I used. Very simple, pull like a beyotch. They do take up space cause they don't fold, but not really a problem for me. I used ash. Heavy, inexpensive, and readily available. They sit deep in the water and don't jump waves. http://planerboard.blogspot.com/

Stop in anytime Jay. I'll look around for the design I used. I use the 250# braided rigger line and the clips zing out unreal fast, I actually slow the boat as slow as it will go to bring them in.

Go get em Braveheart!!:lol:

Jay, the best ones are home made. Do a google search for plans for them. Redwood is best but can be hard to come by. Any other dense hardwood will do, just be sure to paint and seal any and all areas. You can play a banjo on my homemades line.

If I can swing it, count me in as well. Got one other thing in the works, but if it falls apart, will bring the Eyefull down and play.

Welcome Ken, ask about anything, there isn't anything that someone on here is sure to know about.

I took a real hard look at it a couple times this weekend. It is an awesome boat and also a great deal. Even though I am looking for a trailer boat, I still stop each time walking by.

Luck of the draw on the fish. Laughed myself silly when someone pulled a braveheart:lol::lol:

Had a great trip over to Holland this weekend. Buddy Mark Kraak (Just Hookin) invited me over to fish the Gold Coast tourny with him and his father. I brought along good friend Tom Beirlein to fill up the crew. Friday we got out around 5:30pm and set lines in 80fow heading south. We got our whole 9 rod spread set up without incident. Finally about an hour into the troll, things just went nuts. We had singles, doubles, and ended with a triple. We were 11 for 15 or so. There was still at least an hour or so of daylight left, but we couldn't get the cooler shut anymore, and wanted to get a good nights sleep. Blood Run wire divers pulling Mt. Dew flashers/flys, Blood Run Coppers with the same did most of the damage. We did get a few spoon bites on SS Lemon Ice. A couple fish came on plugs also. It seemed like the fish had little or no preferrence, all rods got bit. Saturday we were signed up to fish the Gold Coast tournament. We got to the channel at around 5:45 and setup for check in as we were the weather and check in boat. Promptly at 6:30 we shot out to our previous evenings stomping grounds. We had two riggers set. I was letting out the Blood Run 400 and the rigger right under my hand went. A nice 15lb king went in the box. Shortly after another fell victim to the plug off the other rigger. We thought we had it going on. Then it just slowed down and quit on us. At around 10:30 after throwing everything in the boat at them, we were sitting on 5 fish. We decided to drag bottom and finish our tourny box of 9 fish with lakers. It paid off and we put two nice lakers in coming off wire divers with trashcan dodgers and green spin n glows. We ended up with 7 fish at noon, having lost at least 5 or 6 kings. The weigh in was very impressive. The first place boat had a 9 fish box weighing 146lbs!!! The second place boat was only a couple pounds off that. As a matter of fact, the top ten boats all had serious boxes. Never saw that many over 20# fish in one spot, it was crazy and says alot about the DNR and their management of the kings and plants. Over and above the great king fishery, we caught 4 cohos, a couple over ten pounds, and a nice fat porky Brown Trout. Awesome mixed bag. That was our Fridays box, if we had repeated that effort, we would have been right in the thick of things. Things changed and we didn't pick up on it. Thats fishing. Our captain and host was awesome all weekend, Tom and I had a great time. Thanks for inviting us. If things go right, I will be taking the Eyefull over there in two weeks to see if she can get in on some of that action.

Awesome job Don!

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This recipe calls for 5 or 6 thick salmon or trout fillets. I used fillets from fish that were proven stupid by eating my wanting presentations, but smarter ones will work as well. Use a sharp knife to cut a "pocket" into each fillet, almost to the point that it comes out the other side, basically making a fish fillet pita pocket. Fill each pocket with a mixture of cottage cheese, mozzerella cheese, and parmesan. In a seperate pan, cook two large onions to the point of carmalization, use a cup of apple snaps to deglaze the pan. I place a soaked cedar plank in the bottom of the tin cooking pan. Pour the carmalized onions over the plank, covering the entire bottom of the cooking tin. Place the fillets on the cooking tin, skin or bottom down. Season with your favorite seasoning and sprinkle parmesan cheese over the top of each fillet. I used indirect heat on one half of my grill set on high which read out appx. 450 degrees. Place the cooking tin with fish on the non direct side of the grill, close lid and don't peak for a half hour. I made a side dish of rice pillafe and spooned the drippings from the tin over the rice. I would have posted this earlier, but fealt miserable cause I ate too much. There was a pleasant smoked apple taste incorporated into the entire dish.

It is just a matter of the lever principle. The longer the rod, the more lever arm the fish has on his end of the fulcrum (your left hand). Tuna rods are built for ultimate power, and most are 4-5' long. Longer rods absorb more shock, thus less strain and pounding on the angler, so that can be percieved as having more power. It is also why you can fight a big fish with much lower poundage line using a 12' steelhead/salmon rod, because the longer rod takes more of the stress. When you talk power, or the ability to move a fish, shorter is always king. Another way to test the power principle is to take a 5 pound weight and tie it to your line ( a shaker king will suffice:eek:). Lift it with a 10' diver rod, then again with it tied to your 7' (equal line rating) rod. Length of your rigger rods is a personal choice and there is no wrong answer. Pick the rods length that fits your setup on your boat and your preferred fishing style. What works on one boat isn't the best choice for another boat.

There are really two good reasons for shorter rigger rods. The first is that they are easier to get other rods over and around. The second and the most important is that you can control a fish better with shorter rod. Most of the time, your riggers are the shortest lines out and the fish often come to the net quick and very green, so being able to put power to the fish and have quick reactions is important.

Dave I suck at it to. I bought a 12", and a 6" Black Forest custom fillet knives from a local knife maker about three years ago. I am amazed at how many fish they can do before needing touch up. Black Forest will sharpen them for free, lifetime. Maybe you have a custom knife maker in your area? Lots of times they sharpen for free, hoping you'll buy a knife someday. I have a 4" fillet on order for those Simcoe perch.

Absolutely not. Just makes for a more versitile setup. Plus the linecounter really only adds a few dollars to the combo. Perefectly acceptable and practical to not have a linecounter on a rigger rod.

Custom 7' one piece Forecast glass rigger rods with Convector LC combo at $160. Just a wait list thing right now to deal with though.

Congrats Mark, that has to feel great!

Regardless, very nice fish, congrats.

Did you weigh that big fish? Using your dad as perspective (he is holding it tight to him, no arms out), it looks like a pig weighing more than that. Anyways, great fish, and photo!

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