j1musser

Most certainly. People do it all day long. Everyone uses mono or braid as backer for copper anyways. No clipping to board(at least not me). Walleye fisherman and spring salmon use flatlines(mono) on big boards and inlines all the time. If u want to use a shallow rod for salmon u can use small dive bombs or snap weights to. If u meant divers (not sure) then yes also. Not as good of depth and tough to trip/release with the stretch of line. Hope this helps:D

Ended 7 for 8 in the Nee Hi with Fishwhisperer. Fished 730-1030ish. Fished 70-130fow. Marked a ton of fish in 85-130 on the way out top to bottom with no takers. Fished 9 color, 200, 250' 300'copper, braid and wire dipsy, and 1 rigger. Mostly fished flies and j plugs with one spoon out. Killer Dolphin on 250' took 2 fish. Laker and Brown. One small laker on 300' dragged awhile on a green/UV flasher (throw back:(). Rigger down 45' with mini MS Mongolian Beef was dead, dropped to 51' instant hit- king, dropped again- instant hit- jumped and shook it, dropped again- 1 minute- king, dropped again- 3 minutes- king, dropped again- 15 minutes- king. Slow start to a decent day. Good to get a brownie in the boat. 75fow was best later. Water laid down nicely. Surface temp 77 everywhere. Did collect a balloon and a new volleyball we named "Wilson":)

I have some of the older style and newer. I am a fan of both. I have one new style 8.5' rigged as my wire dipsy rod. Seems to work fine for that. Have another new style rigged with leadcore and works nicely also. I have used the older style for a few years for core and copper with much success.

Ended 7 for 9 in the Nee Hi with Fishwhisperer. 4 lakers and 3 kings. Fished 130-150fow after a nice swim on the beach. It was toasty!! JP Slammer Killer Pickle was hot lure and 1st time ever used a slammer:thumb:. This took 3 fish on a rigger down 142' as a fixed slider up 20'. The bottom of the rigger was a 11" Double Pearl Paddle with Blue Mist Siggs Rigg that took 2 fish. 400' copper with MS Flounder Pounder took 1. My wire rod took its 1st fish of the season 235' out on 2 with a Mag ring- double crush glow Lg size Spin Doctor with a Green Siggs Fly on its way out after switching up flies. Missed a fish on the 400' copper and 200' copper. Marked alot 60-70 down but caught all deeper. It was a day of 1st with my wire rod, JP Slammers, and big paddles/flashers. Surface at beach- 83, 130' surface- 77. The Nee Hi gets er done again on a beautiful day!!! Pics to come

1. Wonderbread/Mother of Pearl 2. Ghost Glow Love these on the deep coppers:thumb:

Spin Doctor Mountain Dew/ crush white glow on green blade with a No See Um fly. Seems to do best on sunny days for me. #2 SD Blue bubble with Dreamweaver Blue Bubble Fly for down DEEP.

Ended up 8 for 11 with Fishwhisperer in the Nee Hi. Set down in 80fow and trolled out to 145' and back in. Ended in 85'. Copper seemed to be best with 200', 250, and 300' taking the most hits. 2 on rigger 80' down and 60' down slider 10 up. Ran one wire dipsy with nothing. I believe 6 kings and 2 lakers. MS Flounder Pounder, MS Double Trouble, MS Mongolian Beef, Mag. DOC, Mag. Mixed Veggie, Mod. Blue Dolphin and NBK all took hits. Thought it might be a bit choppy but it was a gorgeous evening out there. Biggest fish was about 12-13#. The Nee Hi gotter done as usual:D

Well done Nic and Don. Way to tear em up:grin:

Nice job to you, Adam and crew. Sounds like a smoking session after all them lakers:p Good job on a rough day. I didnt even know u could catch fish off the Nee Hi:grin:

Thanks for the trip out. It was a great time, followed by a long day of work today. Weather turned out to be gorgeous and there were lots of laughs. Pretty terrible for June It was good fishing with some new great fisherman. Thanks Nick.

Fished the Nee Hi with Fishwhisperer(Randy) and my buddy Dustan. Dustan's 1st time ever on Lk Michigan was a little bumpier than the 1' or less but we managed. Ended up 5 for 7 with 3 kings and 2 lakers. One lost laker just behind boat. Biggest was 14# king on a 300' copper with a MS Flounder Pounder. Caught fish on 250' copper, 6 color, and 9 color and wire dipsy out 120. Variety of colors took fish. 120 to 150 fow was best. Rookie got to reel in the first two with his first being a 10+lb king and then another on the wire. He is hooked;) . A fun night as always on the Nee Hi.

TY for the report. That is HUGE!! Congrats to u and ur bro that is a bruiser. The whole boat should be proud of that

Just keep on keepin on. Seems like ya just gotta put more time in and keep changing things up. Don't lose ur confidence. Bring more beer:cheers:

What a change in fishing. Its definitely a June feel out there. Good to boat some fish and some beautiful weather. We had one fish that Im having a hard time ID'ing. U could grab it by the tail but the gums were pretty white.I didnt think the mouth looked like a king. I dont know but it will taste good.

I love my copper rods but lead definitely has its day. 150', 200' and 300' have been my best, but after last year I added a 250' w few fish so far. Last year the copper was hot for me in May and this year it has been more lead. Both are great in my opinion. I have a lot of confidene in my coppper but depends on time and person. Just my .02 BTW I prefer 45# but some love the 30# too

It was nice meeting you any many others out there. Your son was very excited and it was great to see a future fisherman for sure!! Congrats to FBD for the win. Thanks for the pics Nailer. Saw N II Deep on the road too. Hopefully see ya guys again soon.

Fished Port Sheldon sat morning and the fog was ridiculous. I was going pretty slow in the Nee Hi. We could here talking and Randy said he heard baitclickers of people setting lines that we couldnt see. One guy said he came upon a floating tree that he thankfully saw. That was pretty crazy at any speed.

Was a great weekend on the Nee Hi. Thanks for coming along Randy and thanks to the fish gods for playing nice! Im paying for it today with a wicked sunburn:mad:

Beautiful pics!! Thats a dandy steelie. You will hit em up next time:D

Welcome. Talking to the guys and gals on here will help your learning curve along with as much time on the water as possible. If ya need help or got questions let us know and you will get some advice. Good luck fishing!!

Supposed to fish the tourney in South Haven so therefore it will probably be 6-10 footers as is the usual history of this tourney. Hope weather goes well.

The Nee Hi will be fishing the buoy 43 miles out pretty soon. Whose coming with me????? I am launching early with these light winds the fish will be biting!!! Oh wait MI sucks:( The weekends have been POOP!!

Went out with 2Unreel and his dad for a short trip. The boat ran good which was excellent news to us all;). We ended up 2 for 3 with 2 lakers. 2 color w/ mini mixed veg missed a fish. Rigger 30 down w/ double orange crush SS took a laker. 5 color with Mongolian Beef Moonshine took a feisty laker in pic. Turned out to be nice day on the lake. Thank you Andy for taking me out on da lake. Had a great time:D All fish were released.

sat morn just sucked with the wind and waves and the catching. We were happy to kick the skunk. Things will be picking up soon:grin: