Losin Lures

We took out a buddies 14' aluminium boat for the first time after it had sat behind his house for years. We set out for the bubbler for a few perch and started fishing. All of a sudden I hear him start screaming like a little girl. I look over and there was a mouse sitting on his leg. I picked it up and threw it into the lake and it swam away. He was pure white like this little bitty mouse was gonna kick his 6' 2 butt. I mean frozen in place scared. Probably a lot funnier for me than you reading this but hey....

I will not be able to join in the chat on wednesday night (opener of bow) but I am interested in the learning more about your ideas. Can you put the transcript into a topic?

Big Weenie Poof(s)ter.

2.0 to 2.2 on the Depth Raider to start.

We also slayed them prefishing and then Sunday comes along and the fish were gone. They must have been south because all the boats I talked to that struggled went north. We ended up with 3 kings and 2 steelies for a whopping 19.4 lbs of fish. Oh well, at least I won one of the stainless steel props they gave away. oh yeah...anyone want to buy a stainless stel prop lol.

wtg Jim.

FWIW...that saturday maybe (has been in the past) the Gold Coast tournament. It could lesson participation for your event. Otherwise I think moving the tournamnets to saturday would not only increase participation after the tourny but may very well increase it altogether. I know a lot of people who will NOT fish Sunday's at all. I totally understood with Caz's work situation why he wanted these to take place on Sunday though.

Fishing was great as we got our limit of kings by 7:45. 90-100 foot of water on a south troll. Best lures were a green dolphin glow big weenie fly on wire back 200 and green w/ black ladder black plug down 50 ft. Make sure to get out early as the bite had definitely slowed by 7.

That is a truely awesome day.

Nice lookin catch

Way to go Jimmy. We ended up 6 for 7. We had the first 5 in the boat by 7 and made the mistake of continuing to troll on a ssw pattern. When we finished we were south of the ball in Saugatuck. I think if we had stayed near the sliders we would have had better results.

Sweet! Always nice to get out there and bang 'em.

wtg jim. Those wire divers are becoming a better and better deal for you every trip. You planning on being out this weekend? Mike

Found this article through americantackle.com's website and thought it would be good to pass along. http://www.ludingtondailynews.com/news.php?story_id=40747

Good Job. I can't wait to get up there fishin in August.

Set the 3 color first attached to a board. Run this way out to the side. Set the 5 color second attched to a board set to run opposite the 3 color. Run this way out to the side. Set the 7 color next and run it to the same side as the 3 color. Run it a little more than half way to the 3 color board. Set the 10 color to run the same as the 7 color only on the 5 color side. When you reel in a fish on the 3 color or 5 color take the rod to the other side of the boat that the board is on. This will aid in clearing the 7 and 10 color boards. You can also have someone reel the 7 or 10 color closer to the boat as well. When you reset the 3 or the 7 color make sure you have the board far enough behind the boat before you engage the drag that you can clear the 7 or 10 color boards. also, make sure your 7 and 10 colors are far enough away from the boat that if your dipsies pop/take a fish that it doesn't come up into the core. Probably made this sound harder than it really is.

Just hope you didn't fillet them..... nice cooler of fish

It's Bike weekend that weekend so the campground is gonna be pretty full. Make your reservations sooner rather than later.

Good job capt Jimmy. Must have been a fun hour.

After the just married post GLF made a week or so ago....I would protect your "booty" Caz....

Surface temps where 63 if I remember correctly. And yes the last hour was interesting.

Fished 70 to 145 with 80-90 good at first light and then finished in the 135-145 range. Lines in at 6 and out at 10:30. We went from 7:15 to 9:00 without a bump and then pulled them at 10:30 with a 7 for 13 tally. Both the NBK Stinger and Moonshine Blue Flounder where good. 30-40 down on the riggers and fullcores were the ticket. Depth raider decided not to turn on this morning so i have no idea about downspeed but surface was only 2.4.

favorite Lure: Garage Sale Favorite Port: Frankfort Favorite person to fish with: Rozy

6 a.m. to 10:30 or so

www.bigweeniebrand.com sells flashers like that. I think it's an 11" oki. Different color flashers and tape to choose from. Mix and match. Say anything you want to on it.