twohand

Yes, both cohos. Really cool to see some big ones again. It's been a while.


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We fished the south side of the flats between PS and GH.

Anybody seen results anywhere? I'm curious as to what the catch mix was? Any significant kings or all lakers and steel? No news seems to me to be bad news......anybody?

We had lots of kings Thursday and Friday. 20 fish on Thursday and 14 on Friday mostly kings. Saturday 4 of our 12 were kings, Sunday 5 of our 12 were kings. A buddy of mine fished 4 hours this am and had 6 fish,5kings

I would take Jeff up on his offer! Great guys on the Foundation.

Dustin

Fly Catcher fishing team.

I'll be helping out at the outdoorsman booth Saturday and Sunday,I'll swing by and say hi.

Paddle/oceana

Had the same thing in Muskegon Sunday am. Landed the first fish 20lbs. Lost the next 8, ended 7 for a lot more than 7. Makes for a stressful tourney morning.

The first issue sounds like a bad board we had the same issue. We finally had enough problems with them that we switched to Scotty.

I remember talking to you on the radio probably 15 years ago,used to talk to you almost every time out. Used to go by "fishy fingers"

Scotty

I can't believe no one has mentioned smith yet. The polarchromic copper lenses are awesome. The Maui Jim's with the titanium frames are nice and light but they let in a lot of reflection off the water.

Fillet then brine

I've had it happen a few times. Not sure how it happens???

This is not Kevin from WAH. This is his son who fishes tournaments with him. This is a very well run tournament. We have fished this going all the way back to '06. Fishing higher entry fee tournaments demands and brings competition. So my short, simple, honest opinion, is that the 333 part of this tournament has become more of a competition than the actual pro am. Catch 10 weigh 5 diminishes the competition for the guys who fish this tournament every year. My question is..Do u want to risk losing all the fisherman who have made this tournament what it is? I completely understand the sponsors make it what it is too. But for the guys who pay their money year after year to fish this should not have their input taken lightly. The best thing about tournaments is the competition. that is why we enter. I believe that if the current format is kept it will end up being regretted. So lets change it back to the way it was.

Well said.

Any news from the meeting?

We ran the 1000' for a field test. We also dropped a Fishhawk TD on it to check depth.. Right around 140ft.

It's definitely not a fun fishing tactic...We do now have one 1000 on the boat, and aaron at lakeshore can definitely hook you up with the correct reel for the job.

We used it because the kings we were getting were 120-150 down. It just happened to take a monster lake trout. We only ran it for around 10 minutes effectively, because after it took the first fish, in haste to get it back out, the fresh alewife we were running wasn't set on the meat rig correctly. Hope this helps!

Have you tried that fish hawk on any other coppers? Just wondering what depths you figured out?

I agree with a lot of what has been already said on here but I figured I'd put my opinion out there. I didn't notice much if any improvement in participant numbers with the weigh 5 format. I personally like a catch 15 weigh 12. Luck plays too much of a role in a weigh 5 tourney. If I get beat in a tourney I want to know it was because someone figured out how to get numbers AND big fish, not just lucked into a couple big ones. Like I said, this is just my opinion, I would like to see at least a 10 fish tourney.

Dustin Peck

Team Flycatcher

Thanks, but the auto stop works. We run plain stainless cable

Just wondering if anyone has an idea why 2 out of three of our cannons would have issues with the auto up? One works fine one sometimes comes up 5ft or so then stops and the auto up on the chute doesn't work at all. All three work if you hold the switch and the auto stops work fine?????

Uni knot. Makes a nice small knot.

I'm not loosing gear. I was pointing out that if there's no give in the rod something somewhere will give! Even with a snubber.

The Shimanos are great, the swivel tips are pricey. The Okuma rods arent bad but the rollers suck a buddy of mine replaced the tips on his blue diamonds with twillys and he says they work fine now. We switched to Diawas with swivel tips this year and they were great all year, and a lot cheaper than the Shimanos. P.S. You want a softer rod for wire. Fast rod plus no strech wire plus mag diver=a lot of lost fish and gear.

Pretty steady all morning. But it did slow down a little about then.

Fished Holland this morning. Ended at 11ish with 24 for somewhere around 35. Mostly kings 2-12lbs, a couple steelhead and lake trout. 120-160 was best. Paddles paddles and more paddles. Riggers at 90,100,120 wires at 200-300 and 350,400,500 coppers were best. Fun day!

Dustin

Team Flycatcher

i am sticking with this till somone buys the old gamma leader and puts it back on hte market.

It Is!