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5/4 Water temp was 47. it was blowing pretty good. There was a cold window blowing from the NE off the 38 degree Lake Huron water. Waves were 3 - 4s with an occasional 5. Not something we wanted to fish in, but their direction allowed us to head N nice and easy into the waves. We fished the southern side of Point Lookout which was protected from the wind. No hits and we didn't mark much. The waves died down by 8:00 and we made it back to port with no issues. 5/5 Water temp was 48. It was a lot calmer at the started of the day. Built to 2 footers by evening. We finished with 6 nice walleye and one pike. The walleye were 18" to 22". Fish were hard to come by. We tried 4 different locations. We caught fish in 18 fow, 14 fow and 7 fow. Based on the people we talked to, we did better than most out of Au Gres on Saturday. 5/6 0 for 1. Water temp was 49 - 50. Couldn't find them. We only fished half the day. I wanted to run south but we didn't have the time for it. We tried water from 8 feet to 30 feet. Only a couple of marks. The other guys I talked to were skunked as well. It seems like we're a week or two behind from last year. Still had a good time though.

Another vote for White Lake Canvas. Ask for Marc.

Nice catch. That's a busy morning!

Nice job. Those kings were a great surprise. What was your surface temp?

We were 5 for 9 Friday afternoon. 1 for 3 on a N troll. Everything else came on a south troll. 20 fow was best. We came off the lake early because the kids wanted to swim in the pool. Orange 00 dodger or a 6" orange UV spin doctor with a 1" marti gras fly took 5 hits. Got 1 on a blue/silver thin fin, one on a 6" orange spin doctor with a orange fly, one on a silver smithwick. Can't recall the others. Baits were presented 5 to 12 feet down. The SWR (50' Cu) behind a board took 3. I also used dive bombs on plain mono setups. SOG was 2.7 going south. Played with 1.8 - 2.7 going north. Seemed a little fast to me for this time of year and our baits, but we got hits so I didn't change anything until the bites stopped when we spun back north. I didn't break out the fishhawk to check currents. We fished south for an hour or so and then back north and then went to the pool. 2 of the North bound hits happened right out in front of the river mouth. We'll be back out today after a breakfast run and another trip to the pool. Sent from my LG-Q710AL using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Beautiful fish! Sent from my LG-Q710AL using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

I don't run dipsys off the trees. Typically you want your dipsy rod tips closer to the water. I use the trees for my planer board lines. I use the TX-44 for my 200 coppers and up. For something smaller than that you can use a smaller planer board. You can run dipsys off a large planer board, but I'm not sure what the point of that is. The purpose of the board is to get the bait away from the boat. The dipsy does that anyway. I suppose you could set the dipsy on a zero setting so it doesn't dive to the side and run it behind a board to get your bait down (as opposed to using copper or lead core), but I would be afraid of what might happen if you get into some unique underwater currents. It may cause some tangles. I suppose you could do that, but I never have. (Doesn't mean it won't work though.) I haven't used the Big Jon gear so I can't comment on that. You can also consider https://www.traxstech.com/, but by the sounds of it, the Lund Sport Track is pretty similar. What a fun project you are starting on!

At some point, your isinglass was probably cleaned with windex, detergent soap, dish soap, fantastic, simple green or something similar. These chemicals break down the plasticizers and UV inhibitors that prevent yellowing, hazing and cracking.

Wow! Great job.