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1mainiac

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  1. First off you should be able to run a 300 copper on the yellow Off Shore boards. That said there are tricks to make them work better. 1st move the rear release to the end of the board about 3/4 in up from the bottom. 2nd take the release off the arm and add a 1in split ring between arm and the release. 3rd move the weight further forward you need to take a dremel tool or something and remove the partition so you can slide the weight all the way forward. Use a OR16 on the rear and use whatever front release works best for you on the front. Moving the weight forward will make the board dive on short cores so only do a couple boards for long lines.

  2. Holy high gain Batman looks like we need to use depth charges LOL. That reminds me of a friend of mines fishfinder he had every gain maxed out. Plus he had fish ID on max and the thing rang like a monkey on a piano til I could no longer take it and reset it for him.

  3. Not to high jack the thread. But does anyone run their 300s on the next size down from the tx-44s.

    Off Shore and Walleye boards will pull a 300 just not very well mostly it kinda drags it off to the side a bit.

  4. Standard pump handle is a variety of similar setups all based around a drop ball bounced off the bottom. My favorite is a 3 way swivel with a 12 to 18in long leader and a 1lb ball then a 5 ft leader back to the dodger and a spin n glow I run it off a wire line right down the chute. It can be very effective on Lake Trout.

  5. Another great turnout 22 boats one DNF due to Towing in another boat. I thought Fishsniffer was our official towing service provider LOL. So we only had 21 weigh in which is still our best turnout ever. It was kinda tough fishing fish were scattered and tough to get going and we really never found much of a pattern other than we found a lot of lures that would not catch fish. What worked was a Panty Ho on a 2 color 2 Steelhead including our big fish a 16.45lb Steelhead. 200 copper with a flounder pounder took 2 fish a king and a Laker. Sprint Car UV took a king on a free slider rigger down 80. Met Blue Froggie on a 150 copper took a small king. White dodger with green Spin and Glo took 2 lakers.

  6. Don called me today and we made a minor rule change to rule 7. It now reads as follows.

    7.All boats will stage within ¼ mile of the pier head prior to the 6am start Event boundaries are in effect no boat shall fish south of 043.00.000

    or north of 043.30.000. With this change you may now fish from any port within our boundary area we will try to get port captains for each

    port to insure a fair start for all. There is no end of fishing time it is your responsibility to be on time to weigh in. You must start and finish from

    the same port. You cannot start in one port and finish in another if you trailer you may choose your port but must begin and end fishing from

    the same port.

  7. Still working on final version of the rules but we added another change so here goes.

    Because we now have a boundary rule in effect and anyone fishing outside of the boundary will be DQ'd we do not really care where you launch from. You must remain within 1/4 mile of the pier until the 6am start however you may use the pier of your choice as long as you fish within the rules and remain in our boundary area. What we would like however is to have a port captain if possible. That is something we will try and work out as we go along. So if you slip in Whitehall, Muskegon, Mona or Grand Haven you can enter and come to weigh in. Weigh in rules are simple be there ready to weigh by 1:30pm or your out. Don and I have not worked out the exact final wording of the rules for this year but this is the intent. Also keep in mind if we get over 20 boats we will pay down 4 places.

  8. Well the dates are set and we made a few changes. The big change is boundaries we now have a North and South line. The South line is 043.00.000 which is south of Grand Haven. The North line is 043.30.000 which is north of Whitehall a couple miles. This is plenty of water to fish in and brings us back to being a Muskegon event.

    Next up We are no longer charging the 10 dollar captains fee to cover expenses.

    Last on the list is a new rule on blocking the boat launch during weigh in. We have asked for some time not to tie up at the launch for weigh in now it is a rule and is enforceable as such. We are still working on the final wording on the new rule sheet but should have it done in the next couple weeks.

    dates are

    May 2nd

    May 24th

    Jun 27th

    July 18th

    Aug 8th

    Aug 23rd

    Sept 6th

    Note May 24th Aug 23rd and Sept 6th are all Sunday events.

  9. Most charters run more than 9 rods and often fish the captains and 1st mates limit as well. Like I said follow the rules and should be OK, we allow anyone in our events but none of my friends that charter want to limit themselves to 9 rods and our rules for a low entry fee event that has a small payout.

  10. Why not? We would have inexperienced people on the rods. Probaby leaving later the everyone and are on a time period where we possibly would have to be in earlier then everyone else.

    Only issue I see having charter captains in is keeping them to the rules. Iff they are fine with the rod limits and rules and want to play in a small event so be it.

  11. One of the reasons I stopped fishing this was all the weird rules. That and the low entry fee often meant even if I won it cost me more boat gas then the event paid but that is another issue. Trying to write new rules every year makes it hard to stay focused. 1st everyone needs to start at the same place and same time. Next use DNR rules on fishing 3 man limit weigh what you want we currently use 6 in our events. We are adding boundaries this year to keep it a local port event. Several years ago Don and I modified our MSCST rules to match the WMFL so we could compete with each other on a level field. We have changed nearly everything back except we still only weigh 6 fish. Honestly I often would like to return to weighing 10 fish but that has not been discussed. One issue not discussed with start times is the chance of a accident increases when you have a early start this is why most large events start after sunup as they could not afford the insurance to start in the dark. So my input is run it just like a TT event as far as rules and weigh what every you agree on. This way you have a fishing tournament with a low entry fee and it should work.

  12. I like it Terry make it more like a Pro Am style event without the large entry fee. I really like the port start to keep guys from being on the fish when the event starts. It makes everyone equal if you can see where they all run to in the morning. 10 points a fish is also the best way, fish are fish we tried the mixed points and it really did not work for us. Having consistent rules and scoring makes it much simpler to do challenge style events like the ones we planned in the past that never worked out. It would be fun to do a head to head at a neutral port like Grand Haven some time.

  13. My setup for this year will be a mix of OR 18 for front release and the Sams release also on fronts. I may still use a few of the orange releases as well all of my boards will have snaps at the rear and I will be running beads about 6ft in front of the lure to stop the board. I won't be running front and rear releases any more I am just tired of the expense and the hassle. I played with this setup several times over the years and am going to stick with it this year for all my boards it also allows me to run a flouro leader after the bead on every rod.

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