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Thanks Dave we are always looking for a better Knife edge maintaining system. Will ck these out.

This is a method of having tastier filets and it really works. West Coast fishermen have been bleeding Silvers and Kings forever.

The best rod holders for inline boards all are angled at 45degrees, and usually stacked vertically 3 or 4 high, U run the rods at that angle to keep the board from dragging your line too much, when a strike occurs the board slides back and u lower the rod tip and retrieve the board then fight the fish from there. We have learned that deeper presentations are run closest to the boat, ie we run 450 copper then 300 copper then a full core or 10 color of 36# leadcore and then our short cores from there. Lake michigan angler towers really work well and are very inexpensive compared to some other brands. Don't be afraid to run light drags with clickers on to alert you to strikes, and good luck.

Count me in for at least $50.00 bucks a year, this info is really good for the sportfisherman, hope u can get the Cook Plant buoy deployed again in 2013. Where do I send the check?

Welcome to GLF Charlie, lots of info here, and u can plug your business too. Don't be afraid to post your reports and ck out the guys in your area for info u may have missed.

An invaluable tool for the sportfisherman, I used the St Joseph buoy all summer and garnered a huge amount of information from it, especially the temp string.

19 strand wire really works well and it takes the knots well. I have fewer kink problems and like others haven't lost a dipsy since I went to it. Tie on at least a #5 crosslock or coast lock swivel and have fun, I personally use the twill tips and have no problems with them, but that is personal.

Went over to pull the boat out and get it winterized on Tuesday, couldn't resist going out to try for some fish, should have just pulled the boat out. Trolled from the piers to 100 FOW and really didnt mark any fish and had no takers at all. Water temp is right but there is a lot of silt in the water out to 90FOW where it started to clear up. Too much trash around the piers to try trolling there, but the guys on the piers said they only got a couple of Whitefish for a mornings fishing. Will post reports when we launch again next spring.

That is where I would go with $100.00, if u have all that u need in the other areas. I can never have enough variety in presentations, I have wire dipsy rigs and power pro rigs too. In spring run small dipseys on mono along with all my rigger and long line presentations. The wire rods I use are just standard hard aluminum oxide guide Okuma dipsy rods with twill tips and good line counter reels with really good drags.

What Ryan said.

I first read this back in July and was glad all were rescued. However having been fishing lake Michigan since the 1970's I have seen all kinds of weather and have mega respect for that body of water. Really appreciate the honesty that u presented the facts and the description of the boat sinking really hits home for me. I have fished out of So Haven in my 14' Lil Tramp, and anything over 2' sent me running for home. Glad u made it to tell the story. My big question is what boat manufacturer fails to put positive floatation in their boats?

Man I hope it lays down for Sunday.

Man I hope we get a few more days of fishing this fall, but if not we will pull the boat out in 3 weeks. The Full moon is usually a killer for us we never seem to be able to get anything going at that time, but the biggest is the constant wind changes and warm water. Hope it will cool off soon.

U might want to run over to Hamilton and ck the Rabbit below the Hamilton Dam, In years past I have had a lot of fun there. Usually a lot of fish in the pool below the dam.

Slip 111 Brians Marina right next to Denny Neidlinger. Hope the Sunday forecast changes, I hate fishing 2 to 4,s at the piers, cause its gonna be 5 to 6 out deep.

Where r u slipped?

Joe do u have a marine radio? If u do call the MC squared on channel 68 and we will help u all we can. That is what this website is all about.

Thanks for the info and welcome to the site Dave.

The MC2 will be fishing out of St Joe Sunday weather permitting, hope the water temp has stratified some or gotten colder close in. Will be starting at the pier heads. Channel 68.

I have found that the kinks happen when people fail to keep tension on the wire when storing rods. U don't want to just take your dipsey off and let the wire hang, I like to store my rods with the wire attached to a swivel and then hooking the swivel to the hook holder at the base of the rod. I use 8'6" Okuma dipsey rods for low divers and 10 ' Okuma dipsey rods for my high divers. 2 per side works great and both high and low divers catch fish, I have found that my low divers with Spin Doctors and meat rigs are my most productive meat presentation.

Wire on the dipsey rods will get you a little deeper than Power Pro, but both are better than Mono. I use both on the MC2, I use the wire for deep divers and Power Pro on the high divers. The biggest thing is these are only dipsey presentations, my riggers are all mono and I use Lead core and copper line rigs for my wide spreads, Lead down to 45 ft and copper to 90 ft depending on length of the line, I also have been known to add a dive bomb to my rigs to get more depth.

Its what u get when u own a boat, Break Out Another Thousland, or better yet its a hole in the water u pour money into. This season we had no major breakdowns, other than our Graph finally gave up on us. Not a huge deal. However we are looking at a $3K rebuild of the engine either this winter or next. Don't know if the boat is worth it.

The Ball Baby is a tried and true way of taking care of round ball weights the ball hook that vector used to make works for the pancake style weights very well and u can make your own if u r a little creative. I use 12# round balls and they ball babies are the way to go there. we have 4 walker riggers and 2 are short 2' staight out the back corners, the other 2 are 4' arms and we just swivel them in and drop the ball in the cradle. Hope u get it figured out.

I agree have used them often for rigger rods. The only time i really use a counter is for my dipsy rods. The 209 is a great all round reel.

I have experienced Power pro rigger setups, and the Spiny Water fleas are a huge problem, I ran for 1 trip with the power pro 3 years ago and came in and replaced the power pro with 150# cable. The power pro 200# will work great until the fleas show up, then forget about it.