Mushy's Dad

Does anyone know if the Wisconson Seagrant is "on board" with the Michigan Seagrant's plan?

Are they the same group?

Tony,

Cool boat's name decal!

:ps-020:Awesome!!!

"There are no internationally recognized standards for hooks and thus size is somewhat inconsistent between manufacturers. However, within a manufacturer's range of hooks, hook sizes are consistent." ..... Wikipedia

Now that is just ducky!

So are we all talking about the same size hook?

I guess it is your preference on single or treble. I prefer the single hook set up. I tried a 3/0 single and I lost several fish right in a row after 30 seconds of fighting. The next trip out I had switched to a 5/0 tru turn and I did not miss a fish. I am not advocating the tru turn so much as the bigger size. That was the only style hook that F&F had in that size. Moral of the story, do not be afraid of going big with the hook.

One other trick is to add a bead ahead of the hook swivel, between the body and swivel. This keeps the body from binding up on the hook and swivel. It also helps stage the hook more rearward instead of being right tight to the body.

Hope this helps!

"Likely to find suitable habitat throughout Lake Erie and in all Great Lakes waters at depths less than 60 meters"

Source: Gobie fact sheet

Its an ok read, nothing that is new or riviting.

Ryan,

Nice post! This is for DC curcuits only.

Where did you aquire this chart? NEC?

Bill,

If you expect any kind of beer company endorsments, you will need to show the labels of the product.

Other than that keep up the good work.

I need to ship some blank spoons to your house.

ok but the girls were thinking of using fingernail polish on the eggs. No telling what they would come up with!

Is that a water melon?

in the upper left ....yup

Sweet ! GJ on the first trip(s)

R u retired ??

Not at all, but I could wish, I am only 43!

Mason (Mushy) my 8 year old, 2 of my daughters Sarah 20 and Crystal 18 came up with these. The eggs look much better than the picture. I cant believe they came up with a monkey puke egg, it is near perfect. Here is a little better shot of them. I tool out some of the pink hue. The picture still does not do the eggs justic.

Have a safe and Happy Easter !

My kids were dyeing the eggs this afternoon.

The 00 orange dodge egg is pulling a peanut fly that is barely visible under the GLF stamp.

Per trip. And absolutely no offense taken:thumb:

Ditto!

youll find thats the going rate anywhere..and when you add up fuel cost and operational cost,lost tackle,paying the mate and the captains time it doesnt end up being very lucrative.these charters arent making millions of dollars a year..many struggle to make ends meet..all in all when you add up all the costs of running a trip i dont see where it is out of line at all

Same price on this side of the pond.

Plus the tip too.

My cost for my 17.5' out of oshkosh was right at 100.00 per trip just in gas, ice and launch fee. No upkeep, no insurance, no boat payment, no advertising, no slip fee, no tackle, or storage. Kinda makes your head spin and the wallet thin just thinking about it.

The big boats can really eat the gas when they gotta go deep. I have never run one or booked one but IMHO I think those guys just love to share the fishing experience not money.

If you run that knot tight without lube, the floro will get really weak right at the knot. It must overheat the line. I broke a 30lb leader in my bare hands with little pressure, after I forgot to lube it. And no I am not a steelworker, I sit at a desk with a phone and a computer all day.

I feel stupid asking this, but that's never stopped me before. In the pic of the three rods on the side of the boat.....how do you keep the lines from getting all tangled? By the bend in the rods I assume they are running with some type of dumpster diver or something with weight on it?

No stupid questions here, we all learn for each other.

Take a close look at the three rods. The first (left) one is the dipsey diver. The second rod has 2 blue tie wraps on it and the third rod has 5 orange tie wraps on it (just above the foam rod handles). This is my way of coding the rods for lead core colors/lenght.

You should also be able to see the planer boards directly above the corner of the boat. That is the boards for the 2 and 5 colors lead cores. Again look at the slight angle differences (both horizontal and vertical) on the 2 and 5 color rods, this helps keeping the lines apart near the boat. Rod trees do the same basic thing but they dont take up as much room.

One last point. IF your boards are running true and the rods are set to the same basic angle. the boards will line up on a 45 degree angle off the back of the boat. If you let the inside boards line out, the two boards will track right into one another. Watching this angle is a really good way to tell if you are dragging something. garbage, weeds, a bag, a shaker, or the line is tangled.

Hope this helps!

I do a polomar, it can be difficult to cinch it up with 50lb though.

Agreed. That was the 3rd knot I taught to my cub scout den!

1 Keep the line lubed

2 Try to pull the knot in one fluid motion

3 Use a needle nosed pliers on the tag end of the line to finish the knot

This should help minimize the difficulties.

Not at all. The explanation from the biologist... sometime the salmon will skip a year or two, even a rare third year skip. So this guy would have been 5,6, or even 7 years old. The pacific strand is classified as the gigantic. And this one is Giganticer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gciFoEbOA8

2008 Biologist Doug Killam discovered this angler's dream during a survey of salmon that had recently spawned in Battle Creek, California. "I have counted tens of thousands of salmon during my career, and this is the biggest I have ever seen."

The biologist count the post spawn dead fish to estimate fish populations. From the article it was estimated at 85 lbs or so. Imagine the battle this one would have been!!!

I found this here scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/2008

Thanks.....I was about to buy a couple of Cannon's (today) so I could have a few on my boat. Not now !! I do have the RAMs on my boat....thought I needed an 'upgrade'.

I really like the ram tubes for the big pond. The ram rods are better suited for walleye trolling, they leave too much of the rod butt it the boat.

Dog,

I really apperciate the lures with the notes!

Keep up the good work!

John,

"Four electric Walker downriggers, things the previous owner called sideplaners, and what are possibly downplaners, up-planers and just plain planers. " NICE!! I was dang near in tears while I was reading this. LMBO

Like the Sherm said....You could really benifit with a visit with one of the other fisherman in your area. Either on his boat or yours, hell... both if you got the time. Another thing you may want to do is a ride along with someone on their rig then on yours too. Just be willing to share in the trip expenses if going on someone else rig, and visa versa.

You know you have a fairly good grasp on this stuff once you understand the SWR!! (and no I am not telling you yet)

Keep up the great sense of humor ! And I am looking forward to your first fishing report.

Best of luck to you!

Nice video !

Thanks Sherm

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