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This is a 1994 Jayco J-Series 10 Ft camper with Storage compartment at the front. It is very clean, no rips or tears, and everything works.

-Air Conditioning & Furnace.

-King size bed on one side and a Queen on the other plus table folds into a bed.

-Lots of storage

-Ice Box & Sink with 5 gallons of water

-Indoor table

-Outdoor table

-12X12 awning & Screen Room

-Indoor / Outdoor Stove

-Weight is only 1505 pounds

Price $2450

Call Dave at 517-282-8989 or e-mail to [email protected]

price reduced to $74,900

Dave

I am with Steve. Cores go out first. I get them started and they take themselves out. I can have 2 riggers set by the time the first is out, another 2 while the 2nd goes out and in 5 minutes I have 6 rods set. I go from there depending on the day and how many guys on board it might be dipsys, drop balls, more cores, highlines, etc.

Dave

Welcome Kayle. I am very familar with your name from some previous order. Great to have you on the site.

Dave

How about sharing some pics from the camera? That would be neat to see updates.

Dave

I have never had a mount done but plan on getting a couple this summer. I am not looking for huge fish but beautiful ones. I want a fish of each species that are just really good specimens good colors and really healthy good looking are what I am looking for.

Dave

I will take quality anyday. I think that comes with time and numbers of fish caught over time. I do like to stay busy but I would rather catch 5 good fish in a day versus 15 little ones.

Dave

I am worried enough already that we are having Wayne with us. Just the banana color of his boat may travel with him. If anyone brings any sort of banana anything from fruit, to bread, to muffins, to gum or candy will result in an immediate removal from Team Fish Dog for the weekend!

Dave

I am paying huge for inside storage...I bought a new house with an extra garage. I would never tell my wife but the extra 1/2 car garage on top the normal 2 car..thats why we really moved! Its my little getaway with my boat and toys. I have since installed cable and mounted speakers into the ceiling out there. In February I was able to go out there sit in my boat with a basketball game on.....aaaaahhhhh!

The color is nice, that said I dont think it helps you see any more than b/w. The advantage of color is additional definition in what you are already seeing. The technology is such that even the lower priced units have such great pixel counts that they blow away the older units.

Dual frequency is a must for Great Lakes fishing. The 50 is great for depths of less than 40ft and then I switch to the dual. I still like to see the 50 because it shows me my downrigger balls, the 200 shows me alot more fish.

If you have not looked at the new electronics and made a serious consideration to upgrade, you should. The most reasonable units on the market today are 5 and 10 times better than what they wil be replacing.

Dave

Many of you have seen my dog around a boat launch or riding on the front of my boat at some point. She is an 8 year old Chocolate Lab named Fisher. The actual name for our company came from her. My friend Pete always called her Fish Dog, people started to call me by the name and now its the name for our company. She is the real dog you see in our logo.

Dave

She even takes care of answering alot of the e-mail we get! Here she is at work in our old office.

4.29 Acres on Private Lake in Holt.

Close to Schools: 1 Mile to Holt High School, Easy Highway Access: 2 Miles to I-96 or US127. Can be spilt one time.

Lot Features

Private Lake Access: Only 4 people have access

4.29 Acres: 535’ wide X 330’ deep

Well: New in 2003

Partial owner financing available

Can be split one time

$86,900

This is For Sale By Owner and there is a possibility I would be willing to finance part of the purchase for the right buyer.

PM, E-Mail or Call me with any questions or to schedule to see.

Dave

[email protected]

517-282-8989

12# round balls on the inside riggers.

10# fish shaped weights on the outdowns. I have bent the tail on each side so they pull to the outside a little to keep a cleaner spread.

Dave

Big baits for body baits. My favorite is the 5" Bomber Long A's, the new ones are worthless though. The old ones are totally different.

Spoons are standards with Stingers being my favorite Spring spoon.

Never really fish flies in the Spring. I have never used the small "popcorn" flies as I try and not target the Coho's. They will come anyway no matter what you run. Those things are so agressive in the Spring you can flip a rubber worm and catch them.

Dave

I carry 6 core rods: Full Core(10 colors), Half Core(5 colors), and 2 Core(2 colors)

I run the Full Cores with Okuma Convector CV45's and the others on Okuma Convector CV 30's. These reels have served me very well and I would recommend them to anyone.

Dave

Steve & I run meat very similar and have successfully fished it together many times.

I think that just like with a fly, leader length has alot to do with the action your looking for. The longer the leader, the slower the action with a fly or cut head. This also has alot to do with flasher size. The 11" flashers on a long lead can turn in a 5-6' circle! Thats alot of whipping around! A short leader will have that bait really spinning! I start my 3 fly teaser rigs at about 66" and than trim back as needed.

There is no exact leader length that is best. Its the action your looking for and then adjust the leader to make the bait do what you want.

Dave

I have a black light and have played with it in the garage but never on the boat. I have not been impressed with the glow or duration or it versus the the spotlight. I did just get a 10 million candle power spot light and that sucker can glow anything in about 30 seconds!

Dave

I use a 3 - 4 oz weight on my half cores when I want to get them down.

Dave

Tom,

The Moonshine spoons have a glow that will last up to 8 hours. Ofcourse, they do become more dim with time. The glow will last plenty long enough to not have to pull them up and recharge. Different colors glow with different intensity. The Green and yellow glows the brightest. The blue, purple, and orange are not as bright. Different colors seem to produce on different days, just as with everything. These are my goto for early pre-light fishing. I will have them on every rod until 7am or so. After that I will begin to start switching out the higher lines as light begins to pentration the water.

I have a Cannon speed and temp with a light intensity monitor. You would be amazed at how bright it can be yet still have very low light levels at depth of only 30 ft down. I have seem days with a bright sun at 10am and there is only 20% light intensity at 40ft! I got this unit last season and it taught me alot about light and keeping my glows out a little longer than I used to.

These glows are just one more tool in the arsenal.

Dave

Levi,

I do not have a 1/2 pound mold but I will buy one and mold for you if you hook me up with lead! I can never find enough lead. I have 1#, 2#, and all the snapweight molds.

Dave

My friend Wayne....Welcome. I have been expecting you.

Check out this thread on downriggers which has turned toward dropweights. Was talking about a rig we were running together last Summer.

http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89

Hope to see you soon.

Dave

Early Morning(5a-7a): Moonshine

Mid Morning(7a-10a): Cut Bait on riggers OR Drop Rig with Blue Fishcatcher/Any Blue Fly

Full Hot Sun: Leadcore with a LemonLover

Dan,

I use the Luhr Jensen drop weight release shown below.

It's basically a metal cylindar with a hole in the side and a rod through the middle on a spring. You tie a short piece of mono on the lead ball, pull the spring pin back, slide in the mono around the pin. When a fish pulls out the rear, it pulls the pin, and releases the ball. If you dont get a hit, you just reel in the ball. I have tried others and this is the one I like best.

Wayne(Midway) has fished with me a few times last summer using these and can attest some of the damage this rig did last year for me.

It takes a little getting used to how much line to have out but once you get it down, its very easy to run and catchs alot of fish.

Dave

Levi,

I am dropping. I mold my own which keep costs down.

Dave

For me this is not an either or...BOTH.

I prefer the big boards in the spring for Browns and in lines later for pulling high lines and cores.

I think I have more turning control with the big boards. I like to really pound the beach and I can work them in and around the cuts in the shore with a little practice. I think you have a little more stelth with them as well since the line does not actually run right behind the board.

The InLines cant be beat for pulling anything out deep and in bigger waves where they can actually be jumping waves and still pulling beutifully.

Dave