The Hot Rod

Ken-- You mentioned the fish that you donated back to the Lake Gods but forgot to mention my rod that you dumped overboard in the same transaction! (We did get it back, guys, thanks to the holding power of Walker releases.) Bruce and I do appreciate the copper wire lesson and it was great having you guys on the boat. For the rest of the forum member, however, I would suggest that we are a little more sophisticated than being "old school guys with 4 downriggers and little else". Even us yayhoos up in Pentwater regularly fish high divers, low divers, full cores, half and 3 color as well as core and a half in addition to our riggers. We loved your copper rigs, though, and will be adding them to the arsenal next season. It's a little late this year to rig up a bunch of new stuff for that part of the season that remains. As to the currents, they were wild on Sunday and as one of the two guys who WAS driving the boat, I have to note that down north of the Point, the current was from the south, not the north, which was why my probe was reading so slow on the initial north troll. Once I noticed that, and once I kicked up the speed, your copper rig and dipsey fired right up within about 5 seconds, as I recall. Thanks for fishing with us and for your tips on the copper. I just wanted to clarify that while we may be a bit old school, we ain't exactly candidates for the short school bus. Good fishing to you and the rest of the forum members. Bill (a.k.a. Ali Baba)