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I run about 30' of Gamma 30# fluoro Carbon at the end of my mono for my rigger poles. I'm not sure what kind of mono I have though. Captain Chucks spooled the reels for me.
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St Joe, 4-16, 10a-2p
Mega Byte replied to Salmon Sniper's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
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Another one to think about: http://www.itroll.us/itroll.buy.html
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St Joe 4/10 - Hot
Mega Byte replied to dan agnello's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
Wow, the water has warmed a lot in just a few days. Temps were 40 - 41 in New Buffalo on Saturday. Sent from my LG-Q710AL using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App -
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
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Welcome to the forum. Here is class 1 of 7: Watch them all. Your spring will start with browns and then cohos. Kings ususlly follow the alewives near the ports in May. The guy in the video fishes the west side. Should be perfect for you. Sent from my LG-Q710AL using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
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I don't fish MC, but i would think browns would be near shore. Look for warm and chalky water if you can find it. 4 fow to 40 fow. No need for riggers with the browns. Sent from my LG-Q710AL using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
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Just noticed you said fish the tributaries. I always think offshore when it comes to steelhead so my prior post might not be relevant to you. Sent from my LG-Q710AL using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
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Trolling Setups - before I buy questions
Mega Byte replied to ThreeDogsDown's topic in Salmon Pro's Connection
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! -
You guys give up too easily. It's a great idea. Get the add-on license. The state gives you a sticker to throw on the bow of your boat by the MC number. No one has to stop your boat to count people and lines. Valid stickers can be checked at any time like they can be now. If you are happy fishing solo and want to do it with 3 lines, go for it. Many times last summer I wished we could throw another 3 lines into the water to try and figure out the fish. When you spend all the money on fuel and gear, you want to catch fish. This will help. This is a simple process, it's easily enforceable without boarding your boat and interrupting your day.
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I emailed Fishoak's suggestion to [email protected]. I'll reply here if/when I get some feedback.
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Holland 10/25
Mega Byte replied to Copilottruman's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
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Holland Harbor Sept 11
Mega Byte replied to 2MD's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
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I use the palomar knot for my terminal tackle (except for wire setups). I love gamma fluorocarbon. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
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Manistee 8/10 pm, 0-1
Mega Byte posted a topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
Some guys were getting fish. The 3 guys I talked to were 4-4, 2-2 and 1-1. (Kings) Just nothing working for us. We ran a meat heavy spread. But, my captain also decided to make a couple pretty tight turns. You know...the ones where your outside port board is on the starboard side of the boat. So we had some tangles to deal with. We were also in way too shallow at dark. We were way inside the other boats. I wanted to be around 120 fow and we were at 75. The fish we lost was a nice king that found his way into the tangle that we were working on and he got off. He hit on a green paddle and fly down 70 on a rigger...the only fly I was running. So a lot of tonight was on us. We are going out in the am. I will run a more diverse spread and I am driving tomorrow so we'll see what happens. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App -
Lack of reports
Mega Byte replied to fishbuster's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
I will be in Manistee this weekend and will provide updates. -
Muskegon Nets
Mega Byte replied to Pushing Limits's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout







