Adam Bomb

Good work Eric.

I would switch up to braid or wire instead of mono. Mono is extremely stretchY and makes releasing them much more difficult. Youll also want to bump up your line # as well as the later you get in the year with bigger fish you will be losing gear. Id run at least 30# braid and even on up to 50# wouldnt hurt. Its thin, and still gets plenty deep. And if you go with wire, then 30# is what you want. If you decide to go to braid or wire, id recommend a snubber and a fluoro leader of 30#(more so later in the summer when the fish are big) so your not busting gear off as these lines have no stretch.

In reguards to the dipseys. Be sure you have them set properly. And if your set backs were short,which i assume they are fishing for coho right now, they will not track out to the sides much at all. When you start getting the longer leads like you run mid summer to late fall a dispey on 3 will track far to the side of the boat. Infact, if you dont have your boards with lead core or copper out far enough the dipsey will come up underneath the core. So, yes, they do track way out....Dipsey diameter will also play a big factor in how far they plane to the side. Small disks wont travel as far as large disks.

I hope this answers some questions for you and thank you for the report.

Nice work..Id take that shakedown all day long...outside the rigger snafu...ugh.

Much better trip than last time Dave. Thanks for the detailed report.

Well done...Hope your luck continues!

Thats awesome, we have Walleye for Warriors on Saginaw Bay this summer. I think theres 90 boats and 175 vets signed up. I know im looking forward to getting these fine folks out on the water for a day of fun.

Nicely done...Been some real nice Kings caught the last few days....Im not rushing, but i cant wait for a big August King!!!

Nice job Paul.

Great report and well done on the fish..Way to whack em!

Great work boys...Keep bangin em!

Well done some great quality to those fish!!!

Glad to hear all ended well for you. Dealing with insurance companies can definitely raise your blood pressure!!! The boat is looking good.

Nicely done.

Good luck to you Matt. I hope everything goes well for you.

Nicely done. Kids look really happy with their catch and thats great!

You definitely want to keep tension on wire at all times otherwise itll wann coil up on ya and that leads to kinking. Also, if and when you spool up, be certain that you spool it up as tightly as you can. You dont want wire spooled loosely as the wire on the very top of the spool leading to your lure will cut down into the wire on the spool and get stuck if its not spooled tightly. I like to take a small mini disk or a drop weight and hook it on and let the wire out and then reel it in when i do my initial set up.

In reguard to the tube, id just use about an inch.

Good work man. Without that it may have been several weeks!

I dont know anything about it, but im sure its probably a good line. I really havent found a braid that wasnt super strong.

I got a good deal on some PP a few years back....750 yds at Meijer for...sit down...$16 SCORE!!!

Good deal. Im looking forward to hearing about your adventures this summer. I know youll like the charter gig. You meet allot of great folks and will have allot of fun along the way....ecspecially when you have children on board and they catch theyre first etc. Good stuff...enjoy buddy.

What an awesome trip....Got to have a great time with the kids and then the mixed bag. Any other time of the year and we'd be asking where the brown was for the slam and not the King...LOL

8'6" Shakespear Wolverine Charter Edition rods for me w/Daiwa SG47LCA and 20# mono....With spoons at 4-8 dollar a pop and a buck a swivel im not into losing them with any regularity.

Spring browns we use the walleye gear with 10-12# line. But for the most part, thats board fishing for us.

So your hooked in parallel then.

I like to put a short section of surgical tube between the beed and the rod tip on the wire as well. That acts like a shock and keeps the line really taunt when you reel i to the tip.

Big boards are easy Matt. I ran them a ton in my early years of big water fishing as well as during my chartering days. If you set the spool tension on the reel just right so that its not too tight and too loose the bait can pull the release out and down the line while you run another out. Kinda like letting a dipsey creep out with the drag.

Also, some tips on strikes. Watch the planer board line where the release is. Youll see the release pull out on the planer line making a more pronounced "V" if it gets fowled up, has a shaker or just a solid bite. Gives you that added response time compared to watching the rod tips. Just a little jump to get up, get on the rod and get that slack out.

Youll catch on quick.

JayD has it as well and really likes it. If he sees this im sure he'll chime in