Killin' It

She wont be so happy when I put her to work in the spring:) Someone needs to reel in those 400 coppers. I know it is not going to be me!

The bottom two are going to be the hardest.

I never do a resolution, but I do write a list of things that I want to get done for the year. Some are easy, some are life changing. Here is a list of the things I want to try to accomplish this year. As a point of reference, I left out work type stuff as it was not relevant.

Fishing:

Hold the 2nd annual Wooden Shoe Carp Classic

Carp fish two times a week

Catch the biggest carp I can on the lightest line

Fish and catch a 20 pound carp at 10 different venues

Catch a 30 pound carp

Learn how to troll Pike on some of the smaller local lakes

Fish Salmon more with my wife

Fish the DW charity event.

Catch and mount a 15 pound plus steelhead or a 15 pound plus brown or 25 plus pound king.

Catch a sturgeon

Catch a shark of the beach

Home:

Replace the deck

Fix the back privacy fence

Make the wife’s garden bigger

Redo the garage; add a ceiling and insulation to all the walls.

Insulation added to the attic

Get the side portion of the yard to grow grass.

Health:

No more soda (unless mixed with rum)

No fast food (Sluggo’s pizza once and a while does not count)

No energy drinks

Do pushups and sit ups every day.

Lose 30 pounds (Down from 205 to 175 by the New Years next year)

Find a hobby that is good for me.

Adopt a child

Finish my last year of College for my 4 year.

If you ever want to fish during the week around Holland, I fish most mornings here. Your more than welcome to ride along if you have the desire.

Welcome to the site.

Enjoy your stay:)

I have been working on this over the winter. I will have it done and into the agent before the boat hits the water.

I have this done on my Euro carp gear as each rod and reel set up is in the ballpark of 500-700 dollars. Take that times 8 or set ups.. and all of a sudden that takes a huge chunk out of my homeowners if something was to happen.

Count me in for a table...

I love this event btw. It is the kick off to the salmon season..

Bob do you have pictures of your old boat?

I understand the idea.... Just can't catch fish doing it.

I have tried..

Speaking of... going up river did not produce well for me this weekend either:(

Took some hits, but my crew lost them. Oh well.

That back trolling thing is a complete mystery to me still....

Fishing at 6th street....

Mean you have bigger nuts then I do...

Nice fish...

I will have to try that rig with waxies.. never have tried it before.

I use there 100% floro by berkley in 6 and 8 pound.... works like a champ.. Vanish SUCKS!!

For heavier I use Blood run.

She is going to learn how to do that this summer;)

True story.....

Unlike FBD... I live and die by the copper!!!

6-8 rods of it on most trips.

It is nice to run on a smaller boat because you can spread it out and not have as many issues at the back of the boat...

Now when trolling trout.... riggers divers thats it

I agree...

If it is of size... it goes in the box... no matter the speices of the fish

Exeptions to this rule is very small kings caught near shore early season..This is fish caught in the top 20 feet on highlines. IF THE WATER IS COLD And they are not hooked.

Steelhead in the winter in the river also can be released...

There are no rocks on the south side of holland:)

Just hookin... some small boats run lots of lines too:)

Rule of the road...just pay attention... you cant avoid each other, but try not to cut each other off as others have said.

150 to 210

I had the pleasure of fishing both mornings this weekend (Been busy with work).

Saturday...

Fished with Ben Lubbs... he can type all that fun out:)

Sunday am

It was def. better then a couple days ago when we got skunked!!

ended up 5-10 or so. (I could have swore we had 6 in the cooler, but I think the skunk ate the first one....

What worked...

10" Blue/Chrome SD with a BLL Blue Dolphin Teaser rig down 100

8" UV clear SD with a BLL Red Devil Teaser rig down 120

8" UV clear SD with a BLL Patirot teser rig 190 back on the rigger

8" Chrome SD with a Purple Mirage fly with Purple beads back 250 on diver.

Moonshine Blue flounder on the 270 45 copper.

Worked mostly into the current at 1.7 to 1.9 SOG while going SW

Going North 3.1-3.3 SOG

All other copper dead

All fish had bait in them of differnt sizes. and we did mark alot of bait...

Dave

Don't get down.. we went 0-2 last night.. . we fishe deep and marked fish, could not get them to go

Cooler full of blood... every trip....

even worse.. I was the only one to loose fish.... Nice night on the lake too:)

2 riggers 2 divers 15 out on 3 and 2 mono lines with body baits if its not packed.. if it is... just divers and riggers.

Tangle moster is an understatement...

Fished Holland last night from 5 till 10.

4-14... with one dang big mess at the end.

What was working even though the fish did not make it to the boat...

BLL Green Kato 250 copper

BLL Scooby Snack (Prototype) Similar to a green dolphin 300 32 pound

8 inch white UV pro troll with a BLLliquid sunshine fly rigger down 90

11 inch fishcale pro troll with BLL Mountian dew fly

8 in SD with BLL MTD teaser rig

BLL glow dolphin mag spoon 300 45.

Divers dead....

Trolled 120 to 210 and back to 125 from Holland to Douglas point....