Grant Sadler

Tony; PM me your address. I'am not that for away like 30 mi NE of ya, the Daughter and her husband are in your neck of the woods I'll look in my stuff today on the boat and see what I have bought that I don't need.

I have not seen any, but they are out there I'am sure, The way I set mine, are I back the drag off just enough to keep it digging and going out till I reach the desired number and then set the drag where I want it, and most time on the first set of the moring It's the first rod set and the first rod to fire, don't do any sharp turns when setting the dip rod .

Can anybody shed some light on this, the reports I've heard is that when the GIZZARD SHAD die we start catching WALLEYE I've been ice EYE fishing for some years now and never heard this before.

They say that the Shad are staying alive longer this year, I think maybe because the Bay was warmer this year maybe set things back a little . Someone knows the answer on this I'am sure, like Jason

Welcome Aboard Arron, sounds like you got it with the boat thing, I think we all been there done that, it will come don't be afraid to ask.

Went out of Thomas Rd. to the plug and it was a ride, there was a lot of guys just east of the plug so I set up in 25 fow and after 2hr's nota so I went south about 2mi's and set-up in 21 fow got 2 lost 4 , had to get home buy 2;30, maybe next week if it warms up a little like 20 degrees .

Has anyone heard the rumor about lake trout being open this year on January 1st' date=' if so, LETS GO FISHIN.[/quote']

Yes Mark it is, but the Ice not good enough for me and the boat is 4 months away, but we'll get em soon getting colder by the minute, 7am was 49 Deg. and 24 deg. now

Yep, Almost mist it Happy New year and cheers to all:banana:

My NEW YEAR res. is catch more fish I hope

Rick, beleive it or not last year I was at Dunmans sports store and bought a hub style hunting blind and tried it on the Bay, its Ok if its calm but if it windy you better have your running shoe's on, as for anchors you would be wise to have a cordless drill, I just tied mine off to the snowmobile, I bought it to try it with hard water fishing but I'll stay with my CLAM,

I used the Hub for a hunting.

Ryan< I got the sample fly looks good, I'll be calling you to get some of them.

Thanks

Grant.

Adam, Whats the scoop on the eye's out of linwood lately? Been kinda quit over there for reports and I know there is Ice .

And have Happy HO HO and a Merry new year

Oh Ya.

I just told the wife today that I bought a new Clam Ice fishing two man shanty so she could go with me after she asked me what I was doing out in the shed, She took that pretty well and then old me she bought a new sewing machine, and she wasn't going on the hard water, and she didn't care if it floats,.

She said that making a blanket to warm up with when I got home was what she was doing,

She is always on it, boy I'am lucky to have her:thumb:

I'd like to tag along some time and learn that smelt thing, sounds simple and fun and I like smelt TOO.

Welcome, And I like your X-mas tree, I see a new bait coming soon

Spring I mean, but I got to get some Hard water fishing in yet, but the days are getting longer now a second or so a day, then get back on the soft water, yepeeeee .

And Merry Christmas and HAPPY HO HO to every one:laola:

Captain John, Well said I was trying to figer out how to put it with kings program you done it nicely, Its what I run also when fishen gets tough you just dig in and fish harder.

Look's like Kyle covered my choice pretty well, I like anything the mariage, I spelled that wrong, can remember how to spell,

Geen,

Purple,

blue,

Mountain Dew,

Ryan, as posted couple hr's ago, on another post - there is about 3in ice out to Rose Island, they are getting a few perch not real big a meal or two you'll have to sort, P.S. BE CARFULL! with todays temp's. and the south to s.w. wind may not be to good, I think I'am going to wait till next weekend should be a lot better.

Your smart Girl I'am going to wait till next week to go for the bay also, the report up there I got last night was there was 3in. out as far as Rose Island and thats good,

I had a fellow tell me one time that 1in will hold a horse not me maybe a shetlen horse:D

To many lifes where lost last year, I hope fellow fisherman just wait and be SAFE

Ryan I may check it out also, If I go it will be the east side of the bay like Thomas Rd.

or Sebiawing

Congrates to ya Matt, I think that Capt. Craig is an all right guy, I have called him a couple times when I was going to fish Manistee and he always would be honest about where and what the fish was on to me, GOOD LUCK, Matt.

I think ask away Phil, I saved this site in my favorites as GOLDEN GATES to fishen, it's like Heaven here, these guy's are Good PEOPLE.

I ran a thumper rod if you will last year straight down the shute when I was over to Pentwater in 60'-120' f.o.w and it was a very busy rod all morning, I would run out 75' of 20lb mono and clip on 1lb ball with the or8 off shore w/the pin, then zero the counter and send it down 75' w/ a green spatter j-plug, I just set the drag tight enough to hold, this year fish was deeper and it was not as prductive, maybe a couple of fish.

I have run wire on my Low dippsey rods for 5yr's and I love-it, Ialso run it on the 30 series Okumas w/ 10-1/2 Okuma rods, and run the Blood Run on my high divers 8-1/2 Diawa, for one year it seems to be a nice combo set-up I think!

It was Ok but I mist a lot spring fishin, but did P.S. once shame on me mostly H.B. and Grindstone, did good on EYES and Lake Trout, NO Browns or Kings a couple limits on Coho, and one Trip to Lake Michigan, hope to hit the water more in 2011 and more tournments, the one for 2010 was the Pro-King got nice Trout to finsh 2nd that was fun.

Come up to Michigan Mark; I can hook ya with a laker trough the Ice on 6#, alot fun and even get 5 walley for dinner if you don't keep a laker. On the bay

Yep, won't be long Robert; with the Saganaw bay waters @ 35 degrees, as long as we don't get a lot of wind and snow before we get hard water or it will be rough like last year.