Priority1

My sincere condolences. I lost a younger brother about 5 years ago. He was our helmsman also.

Bruce, A warm welcome to you.

Josh, VN work.

Tony, That is great. There is no better way than to advertise a product than pleasing a customer that has a problem.

Tom, A great way to spend some time with Mushy.

Dave GJ.

Charlie, GJ out of GH.

Dave, GJ and welcome to the site.

Duane, GJ and thanks for the report.

We boxed 11 eyes from barely legal to 24 inches with a lot of throw backs. Water temp came up about 4 degrees since Friday to 58F. Same program bouncers and meat @ 0.8 to 1.2 MPH. 28-32 FOW. How sloooooow can you go. I may try the inner bay next trip. Au Gres is my closest port and I haven't boated a trash fish yet this year. A little warmer water and the outer bay will shine.

Frank, yesterdays surface temp on Thomas Reef was 63 degrees.

About 5 degrees warmer than Au Gres. Thanks.

Gregg, Welcome to the site.

GJ Capt. Dick.

Luke what are the surface temps off Qsee??

GJ Rick. What was the surface temp??

Glad to hear your back at it ! Not the same without you.

Mark, Did you ever find the boat you lost a couple of years ago?? I'm just glad you and crew made it in safely.

There are only a few battery manufacturers in this country. As long as the ratings are the same there isn't much difference. I just replaced my 7 yo Wally World battery with a new one from there this Spring. $90 and change including the governors tip.

Putting a trickle charger on them once a month through the off season helps with the longevity. My boat is always in the garage and stays above freezing all Winter.

I have a charger but it seldom gets used. I just wave the the glow stuff in font of the spreader lights. Like mentioned above you don't want a nuclear glow on them.

I like the inside riggers the deepest. It's been called the V pattern. It kinda goes along with the whole program with the shallow stuff out far and the deep stuff closest to the boat.

I know others that like to run the inverted V pattern with the deepest riggers being the out and downs.

Way to smack em Duane.

Dave, Gj.

Ryan, You are getting tuned in. VN catch. That little guy in the pic a keeper also.

Gj out of Holland.

Erik, Good fishing.

Gotta love it Jimmy.

I spent most of the day Wed & Thursday getting Priority1 ready to rock. Friday the over the hill gang hit the water to check out the boat and set some lines. The boat ran flawlessly. I only had it in the water 5 times last year because of a shoulder injury. I hope to get back to my regular game this year. My shoulder is doing fine and the time on the water gives me my needed exercise.

All of us were a little rusty but we wore most of that off. We did manage to box 11 eyes and had a quite a few throw backs and fish that just didn't hook up good. The throw backs are unusual for Au Gres this time of year. The little guys are our future. We tried some lines high for a while but the down and dirty was where it was at. Bouncers and meat run at .9 to 1.2 was what seemed to work. Glow chartreuse, Copper, silver red white, and silver purple. We set up near Pt. Au Gres and trolled N. We tried water depths from 22 to 32 but the 30+ was where it was at. The water temps are a bit cold at 54F on the surface. The fish are somewhat lethargic and at the sloooooooooow speeds don't hook up well. Sharp hooks are a must and the slow speed is so important. When it comes to speed don't think close enough will be ok. Sorry no pics.

Thanks to Mike Veine (aka Trophy Specialist) for his excellent and honest reports. We were able to zero in quicker with his information.