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  1. You need to get a couple go pro's and mount them on your kid's cars.

    If you're married. I'd buy a cannon DSLR because they're cheaper and are fine. Give it to the wife & take her to barnes & noble and buy her a book. Tell her she isn't allowed to do any friends wedding photos. The stress isn't worth it. 1 blury pic and they're pissed at you for life. Once you own a DSLR people will come out of the woodworks asking you to do it.

  2. I don't want to seem offensive but, if somebody doesn't know where to get ahold of a good chart for their particular body of water, maybe one should take a boaters safety coarse. It would probably benefit you for both safety and knowledge. Again, I don't want this to be taken offensively, I'm just an advocate for marine knowledge and safety. The big lake can be VERY unforgiving. Best of luck to you. P.s. NOAA offers great marine charts and can be purchased in waterproof form or downloaded for free.

    I am so guilty. When are they?

  3. LOL-- If you go there in november the number one thing you will hear people up and down the channel say is: "Oh its hooked RIGHT in the mouth!" ... as the dump it in their cooler. :no::no::no:

    I just busted out laughing reading the "Oh its hooked RIGHT in the mouth!". I'm surprised the DNR hasn't shut it down yet. I don't know if its the budget concerns of because they're making $ off of writing tickets & or they're worried about the lack of license sales.

    If i was in charge of things at the DNR. I'd put 2 guys in muskegon during the month of November & work them all night. Michigan would have so much $$$ from tickets they could get rid of the state sales tax.

    I would also install some signs at the allegan dam. Warning everyone to the rules. Tell them how much a fine is. Then I would have an officer in plain clothes show up & balance any shortfalls in the state budget.

  4. The time to catch them is now. Starts in November and goes until it warms up.

    You want to make up a bunch of leaders(4-6 pound test). Wrap them around something. Make them difference lengths. 18 inches to 24 inches. One end have a single egg hook. the other end have a size 10 swivel(small). You also want to add a 2nd hook in the middle/more towards the end. Its cold outside retying anything takes 500x longer. You will tangle them the leaders. When they tangle its easier to cut them off & put a new one on then deal with it. Fish also swallow the line. Its easy to just clip on a new leader & keep on trucking. I like to have at least 3 per rod.

    As for the main line. 6 pound test. Through the end of a size 10 swivel so the swivel slides freely. That's where you put a pyramid sinker. Buy a few of different sizes 1-3oz's. You want to use the smallest possible but when its wavy you'll need bigger ones. Now after the swivel that slides freely. Put a bead on the line so the swivel doesn't hit the knot. Now tie on a size 10 or so figure 8 swivel on. That's where you connect your leader.

    As for the rod. You'll want a longer steelhead 10-12 foot noodle rod. I have used shorter rods that I use for perch and they get the job done. You'll also want to make sure you got a net that can reach the water from the pier. So a 10-12 foot handle.

    You can buy single salmon eggs from any bait shop. Get a small separate container(like a chew container) that you can put a few eggs in & garlic scent/mix whatever its called. put 2-3 on a hook.

    You can google & read about the whitefish runs in muskegon in november. That's just snaging. Anyone tell you otherwise is stretching the truth. Somehow they think if you snag out of 10 in the mouth instead of by its tail its somehow legit. You can fish from the piers from mid november all winter longer. As long as there isn't ice blocking your line from entering the water & catch whitefish.

    Early morning bite is best. Show up an hr or so before sunrise. Busy ports you will need to show up earlier than that to get a spot on the pier. Don't be afraid to fish a port that isn't well known. They come to the piers in schools. If you put 3 rods out(which you should) don't get all excited when you get a triple header & screw up and only get one fish. Its going to happen.

    Some piers don't have holes drilled into them. Make sure you know what you need. Some ports you'll need a 5 gallon bucket w/ PVC/rod holders bolted to it. Fill it full of water to weight it down. You'll want to fish towards the ends of the piers. Not near the beach. If you're there first. Look for blood w/ your uv flashlight.

    The limit is 12 fish. Any other questions?

  5. Mr. Barker must not of ever slipped a boat in either of the marinas in ludington. I have had a boat in both marinas and get to see the effects of the fly ash the Badger releases on a daily basis. I don't wish to see the badger discontinue service but it seems this issue has been going on for ages and every time a deadline nears the owners who are well connected politically manage to donate sums of money to these congressional represenatives and magically the Badger gets another exempetion.

    If the owners of the Badger were true businessmen why can't they find a solution or even purchase new vessels such as what was done in Muskegon ?

    Instead they continue to pollute the lake and surronding communities were the dock, what right do they have to destroy everyones personal property.

    It is the same as your neighbors large dog being allowed to use your yard everyday for its own bathroom without recourse.

    I really appreciate the local knowledge on this matter. What does this ash do? I imagine it would raise mercury levels in the fish. How does it hurt your dock? I imagine it just gets everything super super dirty. Probably need the muskegon guy to claim he will buy a boat & put it in ludington. It doesn't make financial sense to buy a new boat when you can bribe i'm sorry "donate" a couple hundred thousand to the politicians & get out of spending millions on a new boat.

  6. I use 8 pound balls on big jon manuals. My body says that's enough for me. If i need to go faster & get it out deeper i'll just let out more line. Cable length i'd put on 300-400. Due to removing kinks & break offs and not having to worry about it for a long time. Cable size. I don't have a clue. I think its 150 pound test.

    Welcome to GLF.

  7. 3 of the 7 fatalities this year were new riders and alcohol was not sudpected in thfe accident. 1 woman was dismounted at 30 & hit by another in here group. This year with the later snow the weekends are more crowded than usual.

    We're supposed to blame alcohol for all our problems and you and your facts aren't helping! :grin:

  8. We definitely take our source of freshwater for granted. We have 20% of the world's fresh water. We should do everything in our power to protect it. One third of the pollution in that lake is from coal plants. Regulation was passed to cut the pollution drastically. That's a huge win. Many of our local political friends are rallying against this. This is a huge mistake.

    Everyone saw the news this past year of the extreme droughts in Texas. So what do we do? We propose to build a pipeline to area to use our oil refineries to turn tar sands into oil. Its a very polluting process. Worse than coal plants. This type of activity leads to pollution in our lakes. When I say pollution I'm talking about toxins & PCB's & high mercury levels.That's not really the part I really worry about. The main problem is it takes an insane amount of water to get one barrel of oil. Lots of areas in our country have water shortages or are the verge of having very drastic water shortages. Why should we encourage our refineries to waste water? The oil will not be used in american cars. It will be refined & shipped to china. If we encourage others to waste water in this manner. Guess what? We're soon going to be talking about another pipeline being built. Its going to be the pipeline that empties water from the great lakes. Everyone knows the proposals in the past for people to take water out of the great lakes that has been shot down time & time again. You just wait until people are truly out of water and we'll have a hard time keeping Indiana/Chicago from draining our great lakes. I am so mad at Fred Upton for leading the republicans in the charge to build this pipeline. I live in his district. I see NO WAY IN HELL it will help anyone from our district. I only see the bad consequences.

    Another thing that stinks to high heavens about the pipeline. Non-pollution wise. Just general observation. In 2008 we were paying $4 a gallon and one of the main reasons we were told was because we haven't built a refinery since the 1970s. Last time I checked no new refineries have been built due to the tough EPA rules. It seems like all these tar sands do actually have the real chance of running up our refining capacity & raising our gas prices. Why should our refineries be used up to help china? I don't trust these oil companies one bit.

    As for the sewage running into our lakes. Yes, its a problem. Especially when you lose tourism dollars. Many people came to our town last year and 2 separate ocassions the beaches were closed. People see that visiting for the first time & never come back. Its also an expensive problem to fix. Its going to require 2 separate systems being build under our roads. 1 to collect waste. 1 to collect rainwater. I think the best way to solve this is that every time you tear up a road. You separate the systems. Over time the problem will be fixed. If there are few areas which gets insane amounts of rain. Maybe those places are attacked more aggressively.

  9. I actually used one as my main cooler for 3 or 4 years, helped with space on my smallish boat until I redid the seats this year. mine is a smith, i think 22" by 66" or something like that, i'm north of zeeland if you want to give it a try, it didn't leave the garage this year with my new seat arrangement/120 qt cooler

    I think they are around 125 bucks

    Can you upload pics?

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