Killin' It

I am going to try the exact some program in the morning my Father in law wants to go fishing, we shall see how it works out.

Holland Pipper took that picture, I left my camera in the truck... opps.

Top 5 and Big fish

Rank Team Name Big Fish Weight Total Points

1 Dirty Dog 14.70 52.85 77.85

2 Dave Ash 17.15 42.60 77.60

3 Littlebuck DNW 28.80 63.80

4 Doggy style 8.60 38.45 63.45

5 Financial Aid 8.80 37.80 62.80

6 Sixshooter 10.20 31.20 56.20

7 Fishhound 5.70 18.00 38.00

8 Severus 8.15 22.15 37.15

9 Second Sucks 4.80 14.50 29.50

10 Nailer 6.20 6.20 11.20

11 Worm Dunker 1.20 1.20 6.20

Total weight caught on spoons provided by Silver streak spoons (By team)

http://www.catchmorefish.com/

Dirty Dog 52.85

Financial Aid 24.6

Doggy style 8.6

Little buck 1

Weight and Big fish caught on spoons provided by http://www.galeforcetackle.com/

total weight big fish

Severus 3.4 3.4

Sixshooter 12.65 7.45

Fishhound 4.8 4.8

www.greatlakesfisherman.com also handed out some awsome flashers to the top 5 teams as well:)

Once I clean up the files I will post the files. I am tired and going to bed. Thanks again to everyone that fished!!

Got up this morning with high hopes!!

I met up with Hollandpipper and a good friend and launched the boat from the state part and made my way to the big lake. For once we were running ahead of sched. and powered down the boat in 40 FOW. I check the graph to find PILES OF FISH!!! We sat and waited for the clock to switch to 6 am and started to set lines and went on a West troll twards a mark I had in the GPS from the night before. A half hour later and alot of action we started working a temp break that we picked up a few fish from. by 9 am we had 9 fish in the box. One being a 17.10 pound king that came on a 10 " Blue/Chrome SD with a Bush Lite Big Weenie Fly.(This was my top day time flasher fly combo last year)

We managed 1 more fish before noon and snuck back inside looking for one more bonus point steelhead, We marked alot, but could not get them to go so we pulled lines and went in.

We met everyone at the fish cleaning stations to share stories and have a few soda pops:)

Hot lures:

Small Confusion stinger 55 down on rigger (3 fish)

DW SS Blue Dolphin 77 down on a rigger (3 fish)

Mixed Veggie standard on 250 copper (2 fish)

Blue/Chrome SD with Blue chrome fly (1 fish)

Copper/pink thin fin on a mono line 150 back from the board on a high line (1 fish)

All in all 10 for 10

Fished out of Holland tonight with the wife.

I just wanted to get out for a quick trip and get back in so I could get the boat ready for the WMFL.

Went 2-3 tonight. All on the mag monica that I had painted at Big Lake Lures on a 250 copper.

I did however finaly catch something on a BLUE DOLPHIN ... well the downrigger did... an 8 foot log that I dragged up from 80 feet!!! I should have took pictures, but I never even thought to grab the camera.

I also managed 2 plastic bags, 1 on the 250 copper and 1 on the 300.

This was the type of night it was!!

As I said came in at 9 pm ordered a pizza and am going to try and plan for the morning.

4 pound laker on a 250 copper

6 pound laker on a 250 copper

10 pound king came off 15 feet from the back of the boat (Would have been my wifes first king on the big lake)

All in all a good day.

Anyone else see a bunch of CRAP floating around??

I also have a small craft.

1-2 sounds better then 2-4 IMO

Just Hook'n,

I am in the same boat as you...

The only chance I have is to hit up the steelies.... I wonder if they would hit shrimp in 200 fow;)

I like Blood run because it is much easier to work with then other copper.

less crimps, messes ect.

For the details on the reasons why, someone else can chip in:)

needs a monica pattern

I agree with eveything above. I do like the smaller spoons for fishing the top 30 for steelhead.

Stingrays work well on the core/copper

Just run one of every Flounder on the rods and a double trouble on the rigger you will be happy with the results:)

I have heard good things about area 51 and bought one, sadly it is still in the package. I will have to change that.

Moonshines on every pole, thats cheating ken;)

I had to many run ins with vanish breaking, I am glad someone found a good batch of it:)

As with all fishing everyone has personal preferance.

The spoons look nice.

I will look around:)

Brad's cut plugs;)

Nice Job Jimmy!

How many of you change out all the hooks on your spoons when they come out of the package?

I have lost a handfull of fish this year, because the hooks did not get a good hold.

Anyone have them?

\I know Mark R. book has them in it, but I would rather spend 40 bucks in lures, if someone wanted to share their book.

I was building a dive chart in word for everyone as I have nothing better to do here on the couch.

I know the back of the package has a chart but that does not count for braid.

Dave

Summer Night bite ( I am a pro at this one being a former full time pier guy)

With the boat, I try to get out by 6 or 7 pm. if I am fishing with other non dedicated fishers. If I am fishing with one of my full time crew I try to get out by 5 pm to avoid the hastle at the launch.

Now to the nitty gritty. Getting out at 7 I tend to head past the area I want to fish at dark. If I want to be in 70 FOW at sunset I will run out to 120 or so and fish deep working my way back to the water I want. I will start with my normal day program, with not alot of super glows.

Examples would be:

250 copper Watermelon J plug/ Bloody nose mag DW

300 copper MS Silver Flounder

350 copper

DW Green Yellow Target tip

10" Blue silver spin doctor with a BW bushlight fly

8" (Name hot flasher fly combo of the week)

Rigger Double Trouble Moonshine

Rigger Flinstone Monica

5 color Mixed veggie

8 color green dolphin/ Blue Dolphin

About an hour before the sun goes down, out come the moonshines/glow spoons/flashers

250 copper MJ glow MAG

300 Flounder Pounder

350 Blue Flounder

Diver glow/black spin doctor with black/silver glow fly

10" Blue silver spin doctor with a BW bushlight fly

Rigger Double trouble

Rigger DW glow w/ pink dots

5 color Nitro stinger blue berry muffin

8 color Bloody nose DW

Generally you can get the fish the first hour or 2 of dark then I have noticed they will shut off till around midnight.

After midnight the same spread as right before dark. Don't run all glow in the dark they can see just fine;)

This year I will be running Brads cut plugs in the spread as well, they have half glow on the bottom or full glow.

Being a second shifter I take my time getting out of work go home load up the boat and get on the water about 2:30 or 3 and you can clobber them some days.

When fishing kings off the pier our best time use to be from Midnight till 3 am. It was nice to be walking off the pier at 4 with a limit beforeanyone showed up:)

Basic advice out of this ramble is:

The higher the sun is UP the farther DOWN you want to fish.

As the sun goes down your lures should come UP

I will have that project list done by tonight.

I will be back on the water in a week. I may not be fighting fish, but I will be driving and watching people catch fish:)

My .02 is that floro is no joke.

I know a few years back when I went to 100% floro for fishing bait in the surf and rivers my hit rate when up.

I would fish it next to my father in law who said I was full of a bunch of #$% and would outfish him 2-1 using the same spawn and set ups - the floro.

Needless to say he uses the floro now.

I use the 100% floro from Berkley I also have some leaders tied in Gamma that buddy tied for me because he swears by the stuff.

Floro I like

100% Floro by berkley- it comes in the gold box 300 feet for 20 bucks

Gamma - It seems to work, but not worth the price

Floro I don't like

P-line- I could not get good knots or strenght out of it. I know some guys love it.. .not me

Vanish by berkley .... is just garbage.

Has anyone used the Cabalas brand lines or Vicious

http://www.vicious-fishing.com/vicious-fishing-line/pro-elite-fluorocarbon-fishing-line.html

Went under the knife yesterday!!!

I am home safe and doing well.... sore, but well!

I might as well get something done the next few days to make my next trip on the lake a great one

So here is my list of projects:

-Change out the hooks on all my spoons to Owners

-Finish tying leaders for my Brad's cut plugs in 20 pound floro for riggers and 30 pound for in back of paddels and spinnies

-Name the boat

-Design a way to keep all my brads cut plugs w/ leaders

- Add more pictures to my Trophy room

- Set up my 300 and 350 copper

-Tie 50 hair rigs for fishing carp. (If anyone ever wants to get out and hook up with the golden ghost let me know. The bite is starting to turn on, I had a buddy land a 27 and a 28 pound fish yesterday. He also caught many other 10# plus fish. If your looking to get a kid onto some fish this is a great way to do so, and its alot of fun, If you loose one you loose one... oh well.

- More to come....

I will be adding some pictures as well, this is my way of keeping my sanity during this down time.

Does anyone use it?

If so how do you connect it.

I used small ball berring swivels this spring for browns/steelies and then 8-9 foot of floro then a torpedo snap.

I was thinking of running the same set up as this spring witha torpedo ball berring snap.

9-10 feet of 100% floro by Berkley, I LOVE THIS STUFF BTW!!!

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