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Adam Bomb

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  1. I loved my Costas till i sat on them and busted em. Gotta get another pair. The cheapies suck! Just like buying a scope, the more you spend the better the quality. My costas were the best glasses i ever wore. No head ache from the sun, you can see in the water...good stuff.

  2. Fished Ludington over the weekend. Our trip started at 9 am on Friday morning leaving home. Got just past Chase and i see smoke rolling off the wheel on the trailer. Pull over and the bearing is toast. So, not knowing where to get any parts in that area i call a towing service. Anyhow, 4 hours later, and not the right stuff, but am on the road again. Check the bearing every 4 miles and regreased every 10. Made it the 40 miles to Ludington. Buddy obtained the right stuff in Kawkawlin and brought it over with his boat when he made the trip Friday night...Thanks Terry and Laura!

    So, anyhow, head out Saturday morning and went to the north in like 50' of water. Pretty much never left that area all day. Ended up 8 for 9 in there. Released a small coho, got a couple lakers and the rest were Kings from the mid teens up to 20.7#.

    Got our fish on 2,3,5 color lead, 200' of 32# Blood Run copper. Also riggers 25-35' down with long leads. Used standards, super slims and plugs. Green Dolphin, Raspberry Carbon, Silver Flounder, fireball w/earrings, steelie stomper, and an Ace Hi Green Splatter back. North troll was definitely best for us.

    Worked hard for our fish on Saturday, so we decided to change it up on Sunday morning. Started strait out. Stopped in 40' and there was fish and bait so we set up. Had a fish hit when i was letting out the 5 color, but it got off pretty quickly. Then nothing until about 60' when i lost a screamer on a 5 color and Raspberry Carbon. Right after we got a nice king on a 5 color with an Ace Hi Green Splatter back. Turned around and went back and the fish were gone. So, we pointed it west and made a troll out to about 150' Changed things up, putting out a spread of 32# Blood run in 200-300' segments and ran short core on the other side. Changed the riggers all over the place, fixed and free sliders, divers, high low and everywhere in between. Doesnt matter much though when you cant find any fish. Hit one steelhead on a free slider with a jawbreaker with the rigger set at 65' over 140' of water. Other than that, it was dead for us. Finished the morning 2 for 4 before heading home. The farther west we went the warmer the water got and the less fish we found. Probably didnt go far enough west...Ah well, thats fishing. Outside the wheel bearing, it was a beautiful weekend on the water and we got some real nice salmon. Cant wait to get back over to the gold coast!

    Didnt take many pics, but heres a few from our trip

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  3. Wow, I'm surprised I didn't hear about it up here. Was he on a charter/private? Boat name? Would love to track down the info on it, beacuse that's a pig!! I have been pulling low 20 pound fish consistantly here for some time now, and was just saying to my buddy the other night that there will be some 30#s taken out of this port this year. Sincere congrats to your friend, great fish!

    Chris

    Been a fair amount of mid to upper 20's taken as well.

  4. I spool my Daiwa SG47LC's with 30# 7 strand wire. It fills the spool completely. I put some tape on the reel arbor then some braid and do an albright to the wire and then spool up. The braid is just a few feet, then its all wire.

  5. No i would not. Too far of a lead between your release and your lure. Also, the slider woudl get hung on the not at the backer core connection. Also, with a fish yanking on it, itd probably break the lead and chaff the sheathing....no, i would not recommend it

  6. If you follow dirty dogs postings at all he is constantly taking fish on 150,200,250 32# blood run copper with various spoons. IMO, any of those would be a fine addition...As far as reel size, heres a few references. I put 200 yds of 40# power pro and 200' of 32# BL on a Daiwa 47 size reel. Fits about perfectly. I have a 250' on a Penn 330 with the same backer and then a 300' 32# on a 700 tekota. I have a 300' 45# on a 340 with 300 yds of 50# Power Pro.

  7. I run both church and offshores. I run offshore for walleye and the churches for salmon. That said, i have used both on big coppers and IMO, both work, but are really starting to get overtaken by those 300'+ 45# coppers as they lag back considerably. And i must not be the only one thats not liking that as since the popularity of copper and big coppers has increased youve seen larger boards come into the market place to tow them better. Z-Boards and now Church has come out with a bigger one to accommodate them . Im gonna get some of these larger boards just for these lines to hopefully counter act that lag back....besides, what another 4 or 6 when you already own close to 40...lol

  8. I can tell you if you use it primarily on Saginaw Bay do not get the Lakemaster Chip. Has lots of missing detail and some of the cartography is way off. The lakemaster version does not have the black hole, the break with all hte fingers west of the shipping channel, the catfish hole is off, the old river channel is off, doesnt show the gravel bar around the crib area. It does have allot of the other breaks, humps etc on it and worked pretty well, i just was shocked to see some of the stuff thats off and not there. It does however have 85 inland lakes with detail i believe. The map is a pretty good bang for your buck. I think i paid 100 for mine at reeds in minnesota purchasing online.

    Fishing Hot Spots is tough to beat for the bay itself, but im not sure if they offer one with other inland lakes. Garmin also has the Blue Charts and Blue Chart Vision Maps. You can look them up on their webite to see the kind of coverage along with examples of the lake.

  9. On tough days or when fish seem to be scattered, i think a good approach is to run a huge spread with baits high, low and everywhere in between. Kick the speed up and cover some ground to maximize your lures exposure to as many fish as possible. Sometimes, it dont matter what you do, its just not gonna happen.

  10. If the handle dont turn it sounds like you toasted some gears inside and its bound up in there. Id take it apart and see whats up. If your not comfortable doing that, then Tuna Tom is an bet.....I also agree with Nick, its tough to beat the Sealine series, but im not sure what your running.

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