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  1. Yep it changed alot from Saturday to sunday. Saturday was pretty easy for everyone and sunday morning they either moved or shut off, I think moved. I started where I got them saturday in 25ft, on Sunday, and messed around for an hour and a half without a bite. Then I pointed it East and took it all the way out to 175 catching one here and there. Fishing was better out around 150 but I just ran out of time. I agree the water is getting to warm in close and that why they moved.

  2. As a rule spoons work better in cold water, and flies take off good when the water is warm/hot. What works on this side of the lake may not be as hot on your side. A lot of the time when we have warm water, you have cooler water, and vise versa.

    When we get warm water, I like flasher/fly on all the close lines (4 divers,2riggers), and plugs or spoon on all the long lines. I will change that if we are fishing the evening. Then The glow spoons go on after the sun sets.

    This is a great point. Flashers work alot better than spoons in warm water. Also try to find 1 or 2 flashers and 1 or 2 flies that always catch fish and just run them on every rod, you will see your numbers go up. the same flashers and flies stay on my riggers and divers all year.

  3. Michigan guys troll way faster then us Wisconsin guys. Just the way it is. Speed has to do with lead length and yes it will affect the fish you catch. If you troll slow say 1.7, you will catch more trout, but if you push past 2.2 you will also catch alot more cohos and steelhead than kings. On my depth raider trolling flashers I find 1.8-2.0 catches the most kings, with 1.9-2.0 being the sweet spot. Sure you can catch them way faster but not nearly as consistently. When the fish are biting like they have been all year it's pretty hard to get it wrong, but when it gets tough you will see the guys who come in with 5 fish and the guys who are still doing double digits. Speed and direction are key, and the guys always getting them know just how important that is.

  4. Thats funny Randy and I were talking about that Sunday and I told him I don't think it matters just like you said. I run a 25 inch lead to the head of the fly and troll 1.8-2.0 and NEVER change that. Once you figure it out those are 2 things you never have to factor into your program again. I fish 2 color flashers and 2 colors of flies, that's it, and if it aint working I'm either not on fish or going the wrong direction. I think the main reason people struggle with flashers is because they create WAY to many variables, the fish don't change what they eat everyday so there is no reason to change your setups everyday.

  5. I'm sure this wont be popular but I have released thousands and thousands of salmon over the years. I've let over 30 fish go in a tournament more than once. I don't think they all die. If you shake the hook out with a pliers at the back of the boat, how is that any different than if they fall off 10 feet behind the boat?? I think people get to worked up over this stuff, especially seeing their is no proof that they are dieing when released anyhow. If you don't eat them or have anyone to give them to, your just not supposed to go fishing???

  6. Fished the harbor on Sunday morning after the thunderstorms quit. Very windy so stayed inside. A lot less fish in the harbor right now than outside. Went 4 for 6 with all the bites in the same stretch of water. All fish came on small orange spoons behind 2 colors. Most fish came on a color change in water. Nothing big all browns from 3-5 pounds. Slower speeds of 1.6 on the depth raider was best. Water was anywhere from 48- 52 degrees. Once that water gets above 50 degrees the fish sure seem to move out. Hope for calmer water this next weekend but, ain't lookin good right now.

  7. I could make them 16lbs, I just had some request for 15's. I'm not sure what it would cost to make them yet. Would you want them coated or not? If yes, would you want a hard plastic coat or would the red rubber coating work?

    No need to coat them, the coating comes off bouncing bottom anyway.

  8. I didn't read all the responses so maybe I missed something. Why cut the stocking the same lake wide to deal with the natural reproduction in Michigan?? We don't have natural reproduction in Wisconsin so cut the stocking in Michigan and stock fish in Wisconsin to return to our rivers. 4 year old kings don't swim over to wisconsin to spawn if they hatched in Michigan rivers so one side of the lake has all the kings. Doesn't make sense to me.

  9. must be an east side thing :)

    I have seen and heard from guys about the super long leads. I personally had an awesome diver program last season with standard 6-8 foot leads. I see the advantage and see how it could be a pain when working the boat by myself....to be honest though, until I am struggling to catch fish on my divers, I am going to stick with my standard leads.

    I agree

  10. Well today was our first trip of the year. The boat ran good and everything works so thats a major plus after sitting in storage for 6 months. Fishing was awesome just like the reports have been saying. Ran crank baits on flat lines 75feet behind the boards and spoons on the riggers and on 2 colors. Best cranks were bomber long A's in gold and black, and mother of pearl, Rebel fastrac's in silver and black and orange and gold. Best spoons were small fishlander monkey puke, stinger blue dolphin, and stinger wonderbread. Riggers set at 10 and 15ft. Fished from 15-45fow. Ended up with 25 browns 2 lakers and 1 king in about 4 hours of fishing. The browns looked pretty skinny compared to normal so I hope that isn't a bad sign for years to come.

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  11. 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.

    Ya, basically the same as a mast without the mast.

    You should have no problem running 3-4 boards a side and a diver and rigger.

    Use the line counter or count the level wind passes on your reels, I usually figure about 8 feet a pass

    I'll be out first weekend in April if all goes as planned

  12. 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.

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