Treblemaker

Welcome aboard.

Most folks troll in the mud and south out of the piers. Put the boat in 10 FOW and run high lines unweighted with spoons and body baits on planer boards. Jointed rapalas J-9 and J-11 in orange/gold, black/gold, blue/white, clown are very good. Thinfins, thinfish, rapalas, X-raps, and other body baits work well too. Play with speed a bit, but 2-3 mph works good. Good luck and let us know how you do.

NB - New Buffalo

Hamilton Reef

Just south of the Muskegon Channel

30'

Cement rubble

N 43 12.990

W 86 20.499 Also known as "The Rock Pile", the Hamilton Reef is an artificial reef of cement rubble in a snake formation.

The reef provides habitat for fish, making it an interesting dive.

BTW my sources say it sounds like there was floating ice as of a couple days ago in IN waters and the milky water has limited action for a minute until the water clears.

http://www.thenewsdispatch.com/articles/2010/03/12/sports/doc4b99c30d7ae78973728469.txt

Massive trout

A 27.29-pound brown trout was reportedly caught on Monday at Burns Ditch.

“A guy got it casting an orange/gold K.O. (Wobbler spoon) from shore,†Eddy McCain of Mik Lurch Tackle in Hammond, said. “He had it weighed (on certified scales) at Town & Country (Market).â€

The Indiana state record, caught in 2006, stands at 29.03 pounds.

Congrats Ken, wanna go fishing tonight after work?

If I had to pick just a couple...

Nothing wrong with shorter coppers. 75-225' rigs rock, add a snap weight, dive bomb, or torpedo weight if you want to go deeper. The 450-600' coppers are a pain, but do work. It just seems for as much as you invest in them they don't see too much action compared to the shorter segments.

The Okuma Convector GL copper/leadcore series has the large stainless eyes and works great on a modest budget. The Shimanos are really nice too.

Shows up pretty good looking into the sun.

It handles a bit nicer, darn stuff still tangles though.

Glad you had fun. There were some great deals and some very knowledgeable folks there for sure. We had at least 4 charter captains and many tournament fishermen in attendance. Sounds like someone nabbed 6 dipsey divers new in package from one table. Sad to hear.

When: Saturday, February 6, 2010 from 10 am to 2 pm. No Early Birds Please!

Where: Homefront Church, just off 196 near the Rivertown Crossings Mall at 6265 8th Ave SW Grandville, MI 49418

We're back!

The Saturday before Superbowl XLIV is the date for this years swap meet so mark your calendars.

Location has been set at Homefront Church, just off 196 near the Rivertown Crossings Mall. The address is 6265 8th Ave SW Grandville, MI 49418. We will have full run of the place with plenty of tables, chairs, and room to spread out in this facility. Here is a google map to the location, please DO NOT call the facility directly since this is a private event, contact myself with any questions or issues.

Map

There is shopping and plenty of great restaurants nearby, so bring the family out for a day of fun, fishing, and good friends.

Doors open at 10am and this year we plan to admit vendors only until this time.

There will be VIP admittance available before 10am for a $ 5 donation.

Downriggers, rods, reels, lures all at a fraction of the cost of new! Mostly big lake gear, but freshwater and ice fishing gear as well.

We will be serving refreshments, snacks, and accepting donations for the youth group retreat, and admission is free after 10am so bring the while family out. Hot dogs and chili dogs available at noon. Please help them out with their fundraiser.

25 tables + of fishing gear at a fraction of the cost of new.

Rods, reels, lures, downriggers, everything you need, cash and carry, come on out!

Hope to see you there and tell some friends. Road trip!

Think small, try 2-3 salmon egg spawn bags when rivers are cold, clear, and low.

Whoppers! Nicely done !

Keep your wire divers set to 1 or 1.5 and you will probably be ok in most situations. Running high divers set to 2-3 over 100' back you are just begging to get into the copper if you get a decent fish that comes up into your copper rigs.

The best defense is a good offense. When a fish hits a diver in that situation reel the affected copper reel like mad to raise it up in the water column so that the diver will clear underneath it. We usually reel all the way to the board and hang it off that side until the diver line is clear and behind the boat.

Love me some wings! Bring it!

Congrats Terry, sweet rig. Having the Swap meet Feb 6 in case you need a table to sell some stuff.

That would be cool, we could always use my church where we have the swap meets every Saturday before the Superbowl, for a small donation to the church. It is located just off 196 in Grandville by Rivertown Crossings Mall. I have access to wireless mic's for the speakers and seating for 200.

Here is a 22 lb king from 2009 fishing out of Muskegon, but caught just south of Pentwater.

I also have a 2 season old Depth Raider available in case someone is looking for one under $300 pm me.

A quad set adjustable tree

A new probe

Some new short core and copper reels, and we need to find a new tournament scale. Any recommendations on a good 30# scale?

LOL that is my buddy Paul.