danthebuilder

This thread is hilarious. Thanks for the laugh. Its a small world.

The white house opened a new website where you can create petitions & if you get 5,000 votes the president/administration will reply/respond/look at it.

I think this is a perfect opportunity to bring up closing the locks & stop putting at risk a $7 billion industry in Michigan alone. I am just not very well spoken. I am sure there are a couple of you out there that care & would be game to help out me out on this?

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions

I am sure if someone put something up we could spread it in email, facebook & other forums(*gasp*) and easily get 5,000 people behind this.

can someone send the memo to these guys...

http://forecast.weather.gov/shmrn.php?mz=lmz845

Mine lasted until this season. The wood rotted on the mount & it fell in the lake. It was a 2 stroke acquired in the late 80s. Always started. Never had any issues. I wouldn't touch it until something beaks.

FCC is requiring further testing to make sure that lightsquare doesn't kill GPS.

http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/fcc-requiring-additional-testing-lightsquared-network-134850

I'd love to... but whether I really would or not is another issue.

Where is the deer lick? Thanks

South of south haven a couple miles. There is a red house built down next to the lake. Its really the only house not built on the bluff. Deer lick is right next to it.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=49090&hl=en&ll=42.372226,-86.291975&spn=0.00753,0.01148&client=firefox-a&gl=us&t=h&z=17&vpsrc=6

buy 2 not 4.

river kings are here now btw

I was in Allegan last week and drove by the dam. I watched from the car about 10 minutes and saw a couple fish caught. I drove over to the other side and they said it was steelhead. They also said they've been catching them there for a week and a half. I also saw a king & lake trout caught in south haven off the pier last week then the water warmed back up.

I put the pro troll on my last boat and i didnt see a difference in numbers of fish after i installed it..

did you test your voltage before & after?

I'm interested. I found this. Don't know how true it is.

http://www.protroll.com/books/?id=5&p_id=5

I drove by the Allegan dam today. I saw several fish in a 10 minute period. I asked what they were catching and they said it was all steelhead. They said they've been there for about a week. That totally doesn't answer your offshore question tho.

What a yahoo. Even going slow he cant figure out whats goin on.

I think i get just as upset at non fishermen as well. Just no commonsense/respect. So whats the penalty if i buy a paintball gun and put it to use?

You're required to carry flares for emergencies. Isn't it an emergency when someone is about to 'crash' into you?

Well, here is my take on the matter. If the fishing licenses completely cover the costs of stocking the fish & pay for all the other DNR related stuff to fishing. I am 100% against law makers getting involved. If it doesn't cover it and and the Michigan tax payer subsidizes it. I am okay with the holiday weekend thing. They pay. Why not let them play... The people who fish 3x a year are not cleaning out the fishery.

Now the fip's... They need to pay to play.

I go through the fishing reports & have an extra browser window open up google images and type the names everyone posts. Add spoon or fly to the end of the search. Another thing is don't be afraid to go into the bait shop & ask em 'I heard X was hot... can you show me what this is?' They love when you ask them that because they know you're going to spend $5 more than if you didn't ask that question.

My understanding is they're trying to build up the alewives population so the salmon industry is less prone to a crash/stronger. The less salmon planted means more food for the fish that are around so that's why they're getting bigger. I believe Huron ran out of alewives which caused the salmon to leave/die.

I lost my kicker tonight. Heard a loud crack. Slowed down looked back and couldn't figure out what it was. I thought a weight was loose & went flying into something. Finally got out to 100 fow turned around and said "where is the motor?". The mount it was on was 2inch thick laminated wood. I remember looking at it earlier in the year and it looked fine. It obviously wasn't. Been mounted there and fine since the early 90s. I guess letting the kicker bounce around isn't the best thing in the world to do after all. BUT!!! After a few trips of heavy skunk smell its finally out of the boat!! Spin Doctors & mountain dew flies to the rescue.

We run 4 all the time on a smaller boat. When we use flasher flies. we always put it on the outside & shut down the rigger next to it. There is no other way.

Isnt this like closing the gate now the horse is out ?

Thanks, I had a good laugh.

Would be nice if they included how much it would cost to convert and how much cheaper/more expensive would it be before/after. Money talks.

Ok, I see why it's easier to get around shorter rods, but I've always thought it's easier to control fish with longer rods? Maybe this is just from me being mostly a river fisherman over the years. I wanna upgrade my rigger rods this winter and on our smaller boat it was nice to be able to steer the fish around lines at the back of the boat this past Saturday with our 8'6" rods. Do you think I could still do this with 7 footers?

Most people here net fish out the back of their boat. The down riggers are on the back corners. No lines out the back. So the 7 foot rod is closest to the back. The other rods can easily go over it. The 7 foot rod never needs to go over any other rod. That's why the 7 foot makes sense. In your case... Probably not.

You need to tell Murphy to take his law & go pick on someone else for a while.

Ball park 9 to Holland 12 to grand haven.

You need a battery, a switch for that battery, and start looking for a kicker. I would never go out on that lake with less than 2 motors...