tunglnguyen

Thanks. It’s a 2020 Lund 189 Tyee GL. 

It was a great morning to be on the water. I got started late at 9:00 and fished until 1:00 pm. Ended up 4 for 4, mixed bag with 2 lakers, a steelhead, and a king. Fished 200-235 with hits in 220-230 fow. The fish were deep (100+) with exception to the steelhead that hit a 200 steel. The water at 100 feet down was 52 degrees. 
 

This was my first trolling trip with the new to me boat and I couldn’t be happier with how it fishes. 

Really old thread, but I’m looking for a pair. Let me know if you still have them. 

Just getting back into it after taking a little time away.  

Took a mid day trip out of Soha. Trolled 50-90 fow. Picked up a few lakers and a nice king in 50 fow. SOG was 2.3. Ended up going 9 for 10 with a small throw back coho. Moonshine half moons and RV were the ticket on divers and riggers. Long lines were pretty much dormant. 

Sorry for the bloody fish photo. I should have washed them off before taking a picture. 

Sold this morning. 

I have 2 triple horizontal rod trees from Traxstech/Pursuit. Selling because I bought the vertical tree style and no longer need these. 

Both trees slide into Cannon, Bert’s, Traxstech, Cisco track systems. The track is 18 in long and tree riser is approximately 5 in. The trees are in great cosmetic and functioning condition. $500 for both. These retail for close to $700 plus tax.

Thanks for doing the recon work Bob. I am planning on taking my boat out for it’s maiden voyage this Sunday, but was unsure of where to launch. This information helps. 

Decided to sell my boat this year. Does anyone need a crew member? I will gladly pitch in for gas.

Nice job Bob. How were Orville's arms after reeling in those pigs?

Darrin,

All the advice given so far has been great. The best advice I can give you is to go on other people's boats. I've used this as both a learning experience and to network with other fisherman. It helps to be able to pick up your phone and call others when you are struggling. Just be willing to share information when asked.

Nice job Tung.

I saw you at the fish cleaning station on Saturday. You borrowed Dirty Dogs scale to weight you fish. I had the yellow and black hat on.

It was nice meeting you Mike. My friend from Chicago was adamant about weighing the fish, thank goodness Terry had a scale.

Congrats on the fish Tung. That head should make your Dad a good pot of soup.

Reel Therapy

Good point Clyde. I almost always forget to save the heads while cleaning until Jeff mentioned he saves the heads for a friend that uses them to make fish stock.

22lb female caught in 100 FOW on a downrigger 90 down using a white flasher with pearl tape and artic blast fly.

28.5 male caught in 85 FOW on 200 copper using a yellow ladder back Lyman plug.

The 22 pounder caught on Saturday was my personal best until today .

Thanks to Jeff on Veni Vidi Fishi for helping me break a day old record with a 28.5 pound hog!

Nice work Jarod.

Nice report Ben and congrats on the on the monster fish.

Ok, I just want to make sure you know there's a nice fish cleaning station in Holland. It beats having all the blood and guts at the house.

Thanks for the report Aaron. Sounds like you showed your riders a good time with rods going off 26 times!

Nice job Vyju. Are you cleaning those fish at your house?

Nice job. Did you mark an fish in close?

Robert,

If you can't get your friends to buck up, post on the riders section on here. You shouldn't have any issues finding crew members.

I have a 2010 model year Minn Kota 65 pound thrust, 24 volt Power Drive that I would like to trade for something with ipilot or autopilot. I would be willing to add cash. Please PM me if you are interested.

Jon,

Dave is made of money. He paid the professionals to do the work.

Friday-

Went 9 - 14 in 90-110 FOW on a north troll straight out from the pier heads. 2.7-2.9 SOG.

Saturday-

Went 5 - 10 in 90-120 FOW on north and south trolls. 2.4-3.2 SOG.

I don't recall all the exact details since I was preoccupied resetting lines, but here is a brief recap of set ups that took multiple fish.

Rigger 90 down - white paddle with pearl tape, arctic blast fly. (ON FIRE)

Dipsy 225 ft out - green and white spin doctor w/ hammered back, green headed meat rig.

Copper 300 ft w/ 2 oz dive bomb - green spatter j plug

Copper 300 ft (32lb) - Mountain Dew flasher, Mountain Dew fly.

That was me that went 3 for 7. Yesterday morning I was on a solo run, so missing the 4 fish MUST be excused.

I heard a lot of people talking about catching lakers and some big kings in 80-100 FOW, but I couldn't get anything to go, so I headed out to 120-140 FOW, fishing down 80-90 feet.

Despite a real nice comfortable SW troll going with the 1-3 footers, I couldn't get action even though there were lots of good marks. As soon as I turned NNE *into* the waves, I started getting hits. Early hits came on whites & greens, after 8:30 AM, blues were best.

Since I was solo, I only had my two downriggers and a meat rig on a dipsy. Big White/Chrome 11" paddles with Poofster flies took the early hits, while Blue/White NBK Pro-Troll w/ Mirage fly and a Blue/White meat rig hit later.

Interesting trying to solo reel in and net a feisty 18-pound King coming in on a dipsy rig. I finally gave up on the juggling act and just yanked him in through the transom door.

Thanks for the detailed reply. 3 for 7 is a good day especially for a solo trip.