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This was taken just over a week ago ( march 28 08) North west of Harbor Springs.
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http://www.lotsa.org/Wire%20Line%20Knot.htm
Check that link. That's the knot we tie and have never had it fail. No crimps needed!
Thanks Bill, That is the knot that was on the rods. Tim, I like the tubing idea. Nick, I've been told the same thing.
I really look forward to using these poles.
Thanks all.
Ken.
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I've bought 2 Wire rigs for this year. It looks like the previous owner (A well known charter caption) used a surgeons end loop to connect the wire to the swivel. Is this what is typically used?
Thanks,
Ken.
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Well I finally did it, I went and got my Captains License.
And as my luck and planning go, the gas prices are on the rise.
Oh well hopefully with some good planning and hard work, I can break even.
Congrats, Bill. Lake Erie Walleye I'm guessing?
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I have a couple of good pics of My son and his Grand dad however were are expirencing difficulty finding our camera download cable as my 10yr old son has is own digital camera and insist on taking all the pictures. He does well, Hopefully we find the cable and I can share a couple of pics.
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Very nice. Sounds like a blast.
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I have never tried that but, one year up at Detour we had great luck during the slow drums of mid day running a glow squid behind a dippsey with no flasher.
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Sounds like a great time Storm.
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Nice Job Guys!
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Great vid. but they never did say what artificial bait they was using??
Great video!
It looked like he was taking a Storm WildEye Swim Shad and cutting it in half.
Those guys kept calling them fish small. They where hogs compared to Lake Michigan Fish.
Ken.
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It got ripped off the roof it was mounted on during a storm. Here is a link to another one, kind of cool, you can control the is one: http://www.ludingtondailynews.com/webcam/harbor.php
These new style cams are great. Heres a link to one on the Detroit River.
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Iboats is a great place to ask these questions.
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I know that we enjoyed some real fine catches of perch on our charters last season. Inquiries for perch trips are increasing, and with the gas prices I may have to push perchin trips a little harder this year. Plus the kids have a Blast when we're on a good school.
CaptLevi, What do the Perch hold to in Southern Lake Michigan? Many years ago we fished South of Sagatuct on the Rock Piles. Do the Rock Piles extend all the way down to St Joe?
Do the Rock Piles in Sagatuct still hold Perch?
Thanks,
Ken.
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My 9.9 Honda uses about 1 gallon per 4-5 hours of trolling on my 19 Chrestliner.
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I would think that if it was at the stern, it would be out in the sun and hard to read.
I put mine next to the locater on the dash.
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Ok so my Cannon troll temp finely came in. One question, Why does it have a wire sticking out its bottom? The cannon brand clips to the cable in it's front and has a safety wire on it, but it also has a third wire sticking out the bottom near the front.
Thanks,
Ken.
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Ryan, if you get a boat and can make it to the west side. The West Michigan Fishing League fun tourneys are a must!
http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=30
Enjoy,
Ken.
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Some very interesting Easter Trivia.
Early Easter Trivia
Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring
Equinox (which is March 20).
This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used
to identify Passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar.
Based on the above information, Easter can actually be one day earlier
(March 22) that is rare.
Here's the interesting information. This year is the earliest Easter any of
us will ever see the rest of our lives! And only the most elderly of our
population have ever seen it this early (95 years old or above). And none of
us have ever, or will ever, see it a day earlier! Here's the facts:
1) The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the year 2228
(220 years from now). The last time it was this early was 1913 (so if you're
95 or older, you are the only ones that were around for that!).
2) The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in the year
2285 (277 years from now). The last time it was on March 22 was 1818. So, no
one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year!
Interesting!
Frank, thats some interesting info.
God Bless all.
Ken.
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I ordered up a water pump kit w/housing back in January just for that safety sake. I have a OMC 115 and It's easer to chance than to take risks.
Now if it would just get warm!
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I have one of them and, yes they do work good. I bought mine from Cabelas 4 years ago. I looked for them at Cabelas web site but, could not find them. Good luck,
Ken.
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I picked it up on another board and have been using it for awhile now,works great.Tip for the Week Do-It-Yourself Engine Tip; A Simple and Cost Effective Way to De-Carbon an Outboard By Capt. Bob Dunkelberger [email protected] This works for Carbed, EFI, Ficht, HPDI, Opti-max and even 4-strokes... and should be administered after every 50-60 hours of use. First you need a separate small fuel tank. One of those 3-gallon red Tempos works well or an empty gallon milk jug in a pinch, but it might be a bit messier. I use Seafoam over the OEM (original equipment manufacturer) stuff like OMC Engine Tuner or Mercury Power Tune. Note: in the last few years they changed the formula and you have to let them sit up 12 hours. Who's got time for that? Seafoam does the job in 15 minutes and can be purchased from NAPA, Car Quest or other auto stores. You'll need 3/4 gallon of gasoline and one 16oz can of Seafoam for each engine. Don't forget to add 3oz of oil if you are pre-mixing in a carbed engine. Use a 3 ft piece of fuel hose off the small tank. Connect this tank to your engine by pulling off the main tank fuel hose from the intake side of your water separating fuel filter and plug the hose off the small tank onto that fitting. Or you can separate the fuel line on the tank side primer ball, so you can still use your primer. If your engine has a fuel plug then you will also need a fuel plug on the smaller tank's hose. Start the engine, let it warm up and start pulling the mix into the engine. You may have to increase the idle to keep it running once she gets loaded with the Seafoam. Run the engine 15 minutes at the dock or just cruising around under 2500 rpm's. Then shut it down and let it sit for another 15 minutes. Restart the engine; the smoke you see is the carbon burning off. Do the whole thing again and let her sit again for 15 more minutes. If she smokes after the second time do it again. I've never seen one still smoke after three doses. (I bought a Bronco two years ago that had 95,000 miles on it. When I used Seafoam on it I had the neighbors hanging out of their front doors looking for where the fire was after I started it the first time there so much smoke) The gallon mix should be just enough to do this 3 times. You don't need a wide-open throttle and you don't need to change the plugs. The plugs are cleaned at the same time as the combustion chambers. My suggestion is that every 50-60hrs is the optimal time to change plugs in most engines. I cleaned an antique Evinrude once that had a 1/4" of solid carbon on the exhaust chamber walls by running a 1/2 gal of the aforementioned mix through it. Seafoam, a great product, has been around since the 1930's and it's what they used when they were burning straight 4 stroke 40SAE oils in outboards. For you guys with the 4 stroke outboards? Those engines work 10 times as hard as any auto engine ever will and they too will carbon up. Too many are under the assumption that it's totally the 2 stroke oil that causes the carbon, Wrong... it's also the additives they put in the fuels today. The carbon inhibitors in 2-stroke oil are there for this reason also. Remember when gasoline used to smell like gasoline, today it smells more like bad cologne. For those guys that like to work the carbon treatment by spraying it down the carbs, Seafoam also comes in spray can called Deep Creep. It's the same stuff under pressure and notes on the can, "Oxygen Sensor Safe". After that, if your engine manufacturer recommends a daily additive treatment then do so. The tank and hose are a one-time purchase and the Seafoam is only costs $5-6.00 per can.
Last year I did this on my 115 omc and it really cut down the amount of smoke it put off at idle speed.
I hope it helps.
Ken
J Plug Basics
in Salmon Pro's Connection
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#4 is the most common for us , but I've landed many on the #5s. I used to run a #3 behind my Dipsey rig with good results (before flys/flasher where so common). They all work great in the late summer.