gmfishon

wow I am amazed that they are even closed for a minute let alone having to explain what your doing and when. Must be different up north. I know guys who have fished the pier from Ludington north at all times of night. Other than ice or waves crashing over what reasons do they have to keep is off ? Typical government the drug dealers and meth heads will be going crazy but the cops will be seeing who is on the pier.

what were the water temps, and any bait around ? That's a great shallow water catch. Wondering if some slow to horrible reports are because they went too deep.

done in fbd fashion. Cool !

are you calling silver steelhead ?

hey I hear ya and it can't hurt. Good luck.

I used to try and keep a log thinking yea on a slow day maybe going over it might show what worked or didn't in a similar situation. Over the years I found it really didn't. With the what seems like ever evolving fishery and lake I wont bother to try again.

I have never used a chameberlin release but have heard all good about them but if this happens no thanks

I have a pair of double MADS trees for $75 plus shipping. Painted gold.

nice fish !

another point I forgot is if you fish in any real rough water that makes the board do crazy stuff the outriggers are ready and able. And if its rough distance from boat is not as much of a concern.

then u have your answer! Enjoy !

I think most would like the fact that a board gets farther from the boat so everyone uses them instead of outriggers. I have used them it is cool when a fish pull that release off. If it was me it would come down to 2 things. Do you run all inline boards, if so maybe keep the outriggers for a heavy copper setup or similar rod. Do you think you can get enough off e bay to make it worthwhile. Whoever pays shipping is gonna have a steep bill even if they collapse down to 6 or 8 ft. If you don't want to mess with Ebay put em on your boat. They look cool and can fly a flag at very least.

Nice trip. Too cold for me so I just tell myself Michigan is already better than what everyone thought. It does seem teams have our defense figured out.

Good last trip. Come on spring!

If you would to learn more about walleye fishing and more checkout the Downriver Walleye Federation.We have over 400 member's you do not have to have a boat.We have many things to offer.

The post is from 2012 he probably has it figured out. Nonetheless I would encourage anyone near you to join and anyone looking for help in any type of fishing to join a like organization.

Nice late season trip, thanks for the report.

Where is ur boat ,located

His add said south bend Indiana.

Well I think in Michigan it's gonna be the same or worse for kings.

Torch lake has a great population of Atlantic salmon. To my knowledge no alewife in torch. Maybe just time to change species. Perch and walleye ? Forget it and anyone interested in them have lots of places to fish them.

I think some of you guys are taking this alewife population a bit far. I saw many reports of folks saying they had bail all over. More Lakers and such wont help because even though they eat other things they still eat a lot of alewifes.

well i think we have a whole lot of other issues but this could be a good experiment. ANOTHER thought i read on john kings website close season. . MANY SPECIES have closed season during spawning but not salmon. if the dnr is selling this natural reproduction line shouldn't spawning females be protected just like many other fish ?

I have saw a couple boats with omc systems that seemed like a great deal. Having heard some negative talk about them I have stayed away. This post reinforces that. Good luck.

Ok about the standard answer I thought I would get and yea probably many guys still dont run meat. I would think it would be to your advantage to educate them and get them running meat versus getting into other baits. Wish you luck nonetheless and if you wanna ship some freebies to a skeptic I'm ready to try them out

Bw you have any response to the why run plugs if meat works so well question ?

Stick with what your doing no plug! Years of first mate duty running meat along side other baits showed it not producing overall any more than flys, spoons, or plugs. Must be all the meat guys know this as they are all getting into spoons and plugs. Even given the above for my own boat the only tackle I will be buying would be meat related or replace a lost hot reliable spoon or plug. Have way to many of both that never see the water.