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The live stream is up for 2014. I invested in new hardware this year so hopefully it is a bit more reliable.

Feel free to PM me if you observe any issues.

http://www.bigredclassic.com/radio.htm

This might help...

http://raymarine.ning.com/forum/topics/lowrance-hds-10-to-raymarine-autopilot?commentId=6492755%3AComment%3A18296&xg_source=activity

Since your're connecting two different brands you might not find an all in one cable to just plug in.

You will need to look up the pin out definitions and connect the positive to positive and the negative to negative. Some wires are 'in' some are 'out'. You need to connect the ins to the outs. It's not too bad once you figure out what is what.

When we fish tournaments, everything has a brand new owner on it... They make a difference. Every fish counts. Flys and spoons both. The only thing I won't touch are brand new big weenie flys. Even those get retied with a new hook after a year. I will say... When we are out prospecting, its not as important and we'll try a lot of other lures with whatever hook they have on them. If it ends up being hot-- it might get a new hook.

How about this for a breakdown---

Last year we fished Michigan City 24U division in the Pro\AM 2 day tournament. We fished in an 18’ Lund with 3 guys so gas was cheap. Total cost for the tournament was $600 bucks. This is just gas, lodging, tournament fees—split 3 ways so we each paid $200. (so not including food and entertainment)

Entry Fee was $100

We got 2nd place and only netted $300 in winnings. We did ok in relation to the entry fee but it didn’t come close to covering the costs. Covering the costs would have been very nice.

Would I fish it again? Yes.

Will we pony up for AM division next time? Yes—better chance to cover costs.

Am I fishing it this year? No, baby #3 is due the same weekend.

It's the fine details that help you fill the box.

You can mark fish all day long and not catch a thing. Dialing in on the specifics helps to get more bites. Some days speed is everything. If you can get a pattern on fish hitting at a certain speed, the Fish Hawk will help you reproduce that everytime. Also temp... If you figured out the fish are only biting in 50 degree water, you can move you baits there and get more hookups. Maybe you graph is loaded wish fish, but you figure out that the active feeding fish are in 50 degree water. Your graph can't tell you that.

Another big one is autopilot. On tough days a certain direction will be key. Sometimes to the degree (Example: 200 degrees on the compass). If you waver from that 200 degrees you don't get bites, but whenever you get on that 200 heading it seems to work.

It's all about the fine details... Some days its easy and everyone catches fish. Other days.... not so much. The Fish Hawk will allow you to focus on the fine details.

Not looking good... Hope they're wrong and we have a good season next year. The winds were not very favorable to set the lake up either.

Just put 5 gallons in your truck at a time, it'll burn fine!

Pretty warm for hunting, we need a nice cold snap.

Pretty easy to do it yourself too. You can buy the parts from Tuna Tom's website. Full schematics of all okuma reels are availible online.

30lb Triplefish fluoro

Photoshop for sure!

In my opinion that is a bit much. I might stretch it out on a slow day but 9 times out of 10 I run them 15-30ft behind the ball.

I set it up and manage it. The hardware is broke and needs to be fixed. I fund it myself and it hasn't been on the top of my list financially and also the time to get it back up. I have plans to make it more stable. It will be up next year for sure, I'm not sure if I'll have it up this year again.

Sorry

They were getting them in Holland this past week in 25-35 feet of water.

Minnows work... l know alot of guys use spikes so I don't see why mousies wouldn't work either.

I would start with a 1 oz sinker, depending on the waves/depth you might go up to a 3oz.

Stop into Gold Coast tackle shop on butternut to get your bait. I'm sure they'll point you in the right direction.

If you've never been there it's worth it to take a ride up to the point and see how fast the depth drops off. Way different than Holland! You'll have a great time... fun fishing up there. It's been too long for me.

A buddy was 3 for 7 this morning in 130-140 straight out of Holland.

That Laguna is a sweet boat... good deal too! I bet it flys! Has to do 60-70 don't you think??

They had a nice box on Saturday.... rumor has it Sunday they had 1 fish. I bet they burned 150 gallons of gas each day. Crazy!

Try pressing the dome override button 3 times in a row. It shuts off the automatic lights and makes the switch work.

Yes, Tuesday night Holland Steelheaders league. Go to www.hollandsteelheaders.org for more info.

If you're out Saturday or Sunday morning you'll see twice the boats going out for the Big Red Classic... www.bigredclassic.com. Weighin is at the Yatch Basin Marina at 2:00pm Saturday and Sunday if you want to come check it out.

Nice work Ben. We ended up with 4 in 140-150 on a SE troll. It was a rough slow morning for us too.

Observer needed for the Big Red Classic, Saturday Aug 3rd - Sunday August 4th. Must be at the Captains Meeting on Friday night as well. Willing to pay $100 bucks.

Call Jim at 616-240-0132 if interested.

Thanks

Come to Holland and check out the Steelheaders tournament this weekend. Even if you don't sign up you can check out the weigh on Saturday at 1:30pm at the DNR launch on the north side of Lake Mac. http://www.hollandsteelheaders.org

Heavier mono works well too... I switched everything over to 30lb big game 4-5 years ago. It helps big time with break offs, and the thicker diameter makes it much more difficult for the fleas to attach. My worst rods for fleas are the thinnest lines--which are the power pro dipsys. Thin mono is just as bad.

An alternative to flea flicker is heavier mono. I have never been a fan of the flea flicker line. Just a personal opinion.