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  1. littleboat
    Congrats on your catch by the way. I have a 16 1/2 ' Crestliner sport angler and was wondering how well the smaller boats do in larger wave conditions. I realize it's all on how well you handle the boat, besides it size. Thanks for your input. LB Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Great Lakes Fisherman mobile app
  2. littleboat
    How big are the waves that you can handle with it? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Great Lakes Fisherman mobile app
  3. littleboat
    What size boat do you have? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Great Lakes Fisherman mobile app
  4. littleboat
    Is the launch area cleared of all the contraction now? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Great Lakes Fisherman mobile app
  5. littleboat
    Port Sanilac 7 - 11am 6-27 2 for 2 (lake trout) in 80'-90', SOG 2.6mph, 5 color with either pink panties or orange crush lure, figure 8 troll w-e waves were flat to 1', water was very clear. Temp at surface was 58-60. DRs, dipsys and 1 color took nothing. Changed lures often, SD and flys, even a spatter back j-plug. Fish were 3-3 1/2 # 22" LB Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Great Lakes Fisherman mobile app
  6. littleboat
    I mounted my X4D far away from the drive and just a couple of inches to the inside of the trim tabs. The readings are rock solid. As mentioned you have to use your GPS speed for the surface, since they used that display for the ball depth. The unit is great, no wires on a cable to deal with or wear out/replace. LB
  7. littleboat
    Added depth, speed and temp readings.We were on a SW-SE troll SW of harbor. LB
  8. littleboat
    picture of 1st mate, and fish most caught 50' range with the bottom being between 65-78'. temp was 48.7 and speed a ball was 2.5 with my new X4d (love it). We had gone out to 210' but wit no success. LB
  9. littleboat
    I was in 78' of water. Fish were caught in 50". I will send pics once I'm on a bigger computer. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Great Lakes Fisherman mobile app
  10. littleboat
    Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Great Lakes Fisherman mobile app
  11. littleboat
    Fished from 11am to 3:30pm. Fish all came at approx 1:30. Went 3 for 3 with 1 steelhead #9.61, 1 lake trout #6.5, and 1 king #4.68. 2 of the 3 caught with pink panties on 250 Copper 32# on board. 3 was on 250 copper 32#, but with bloody nose with black and white dots. No bites or shakers on anything else. LB Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Great Lakes Fisherman mobile app
  12. littleboat
    Sounds like a plan. I don't have to work (retired 2 years ago). I normally don't fish the weekend or holidays to give the working people their time to enjoy the activity, unless the weather has just been terrible during the week. LB
  13. littleboat
    Fished from 6:30am to 11 Friday at Port Sanilac. Lake was calm, went 4 for 4. Depth was 50-70'. Bites came between 7:30 and 9:20am, Stopped after that. 3 fish were between 4-5#, 1 was 3.5#. Only 3-5 boats out all morning. Had some good conversation on 68 with Second Chance. We helped each other work the area. DR down 48' out 60', Green flounder pounder (moonshine), lake trout 5C, high line lure (moonshine) on board , steel head 1C, monkey puke (silver streak) on board, steel head Mono line with blue dolphin (Deamweaver), on board with 4oz dive bomb, Lake trout sog was 2.3-2.6 gps, temp was 49-52, troll was zig-zag north to sound and s-n same Good Fishing to everyone, hope this helps everyone for the weekend. LB
  14. littleboat
    Good report. Heading over to GH this week. The higher speeds seem to bring on the bites. North or south of the harbor? LB
  15. littleboat
    Great looking fishing. Coming out to GH this week, for the rest of the summer. Good report. LB
  16. littleboat
    I certainly will be trying different combinations of things and see were the bite ends up. Thanks for the information. Stay in touch. LB
  17. littleboat
    The fish I have caught off Lexington this year all came off boards with a 70-100 leads in back of the board. They were in shallow water with crank baits (thinfish and raps). I have one manual down rigger, but it can hold up to a 20# ball. I have a 1-5 color adjustable lead core and a straight 5 color lead core. To get deeper without adding more rods with longer leads, I plan on adding dive bombs to them. I also have divers to use. I carry six rods, but only 3 can be in the water, but it lets me change faster and change lures when time permits. I usual fish alone in my small boat with my auto pilot as my silent partner. I have been watching the reports and now that the fish are going deeper, do most of your bites come on spoons, flies , cut bait or something else that I may have missed on the eastside? LB
  18. littleboat
    Are you finding more of your bites are coming off your boards than divers and riggers at the greater depths? Meaning that the fish seem to be higher in the water column. I have a small fish hawk that I drop with a 1oz weight with my casting rod off the back of the boat to check the water temp thru the column and then I target that zone. Do you use more cut bait rigs over here to help the bite? LB
  19. littleboat
    I enjoy the off shore program better also. I really have to pick the days I can get far in such a small boat. What range of depth are you finding the off shore fishing best on the east side off Sanilac and HB? I'm use to fishing on the west side in a bigger boat. LB
  20. littleboat
    I agree. The water was still very cold in the depths I was fishing.It did surprise me though. I had allot of 44-48 surface temps in 20'. Thanks for the infor. I guess I will be moving on up or out farther in Sanilac. Congrats on your catch! LB
  21. littleboat
    Went out of Lexington today. Quite a bit of wind. 15-33' north and south of harbor. Not even a nibble. Crank baits and spoons, boards, DR, kitchen sink, old tires, mattresses...etc ..etc. 10-3pm. I guess I will move up to Sanilac next. LB
  22. littleboat
    I was surprised when I bought my X4D and realized that the wheel on the xducer couldn't be used for surface speed, because they traded it for probe depth. They should have reworked the display. Now the wheel on the xducer is worthless. Unless you have an autopilot you might have more variations in speed than you thought for the surface when adjusting for sea conditions. I guess you will just have to keep your eye on the ball speed which you want to anyway. LB
  23. littleboat
    The autopilot works the main motor. It's like having a silent fishing partner. The weather looks good to fish. Good Luck. LB
  24. littleboat
    I didn't use any dark spoons, so I can't confirm what you asked. I have an I-pilot also, but only use it trolling in the river or a small lake.When you have 2ft waves you might be limited with an I-pilot for control. The autopilot(Raymarine) I would run at 2.3mph, but I can run it as fast or as slow as the boat will go if I want. I also have a trolling plate which lets me get down to a crawl .1mph should I choose. It has some automatic fish patterns built in also, should I want to use them. It makes fishing allot easier and solo fishing much easier to do. I'm going to head out Monday out of Lexington weather permitting. LB
  25. littleboat
    I think more fish tend to bite early in the AM. I didn't get there until 10am and fished to 2pm. I went 1 for 3 during those hours, with the fish biting more between 1-2pm. LB
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