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2009 Teams signed up so far: 1. Tgafish 2. Sixshooter 3. Catfishhoge 4. Tad Pole 5. 1Maniac 6. Trout Tracker 7. Far Beyond Driven 8. Severus 9. Tunedown 10. Rat City Hooker 11. Fishsniffer

Great Don! I talked with the guys last night to confirm and it will not be more so I'll add you to the list.

Not yet. We have a meeting next week to get those sorts of things worked out. I can almost guarantee it won't be anymore than last year;)

2009 Teams signed up so far: 1. Tgafish 2. Sixshooter 3. Catfishhoge 4. Tad Pole 5. 1Maniac 6. Trout Tracker 7. Severus 8. Far Beyond Driven

Six Teams already so far:) 1. Tgafish 2. Sixshooter 3. Catfishhoge 4. Tad Pole 5. 1Maniac 6. Trout Tracker We're shooting for 60 teams this year. The B4K guys will be handling the raffle ticket sales at the event so things are fast and easy

Here's the thread with pics of last years granted wish. http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11313

Once again the WMFL presents the Dreamweaver Challenge. In it's 5th year last year Rich Meade(Caznik) had the great idea to turn everybody's favorite event into a charity event and the Charity Fun Fishing Tournament was born. The generosity of the teams was amazing and we raised $4800 for Benefit 4 Kids. Benefit 4 Kids is a 100% volunteer organization granting outdoor wishes to kids with life threating or life limiting conditions. They are very excited to be part of our group again this year after the great success in 2008. So here we go guys:yahoo: Same setup as the past with all teams using the same lure package supplied by Shane at Dreamweaver. We're still working on updating the rules, times, prizes, and such but I'll have it up soon. Sign up and join in on the fun!! Thanks!!

The WMFL currently does not have anyone to run it so as of now it will not happen. If anyone wants to pick up the ball and run with it you could call Rich and see what he thinks. When it first started it was just some guys throwing money in a hat. No sponsors no prizes but it still was a blast and probably still could be. The Dreamweaver charity tourney benefiting B4K was picked up by myself and a few other WMFL regulars with Rich's blessing. I'll be posting a sign up page this week. I'll have the particulars (costs, rules, etc.) up in a couple weeks. Look forward to seeing everyone again in July or earlier:)

Guys there will be a charity event for the benefit of B4K this year again:beerchug: July 25 at Fisherman's Landing Muskegon. Same basic setup as years past. I will be posting updates as soon as I can:)

One of the GR steelheaders told me a trick last year. Sneak a couple 2 egg spawn bags on the hook. They go nuts! Kids couldn't keep the trout off:cool:

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Leave the heads at a WNW heading out to 175 fow. In the spring season those kings are schooled up and I want to be able to pick away at a group of active fish. With a six rod spread like that I can work a way point pretty good until it drys up with out getting tangles but I like to be away from others so I can make my turns. Pre light Riggers start with moonshine and a blue whale 45-60 down Dispeys on 3 with 8inch flasher glow fly 95 out and 11 inch flasher glow squid 150 out 5 color has a glow j-plug 10 color has a mag moonshine Daylight riggers move down as bite slows. Colors are Blues, blacks, and purples 1 dipsey stays in the 95 to 125 range all day and might get a spoon. The other goes farther until it gets bit. Always has a fly/spinny. Might let out the other if a certain length gets hot. 5 color has a grey ghost J or steelie spoon 10 color gets a dbl orange crush/dolphin/ or a yellow tail

2 9 11 18 23 will be in the water at some time every time I am on the water. jamacian sunrise is a killer 50-100 feet down Glow screwball is a constant low light producer any depth glow frog is one of my top steelie producers

use the search function. It willl give you countless pieces of info. Also helps pass the time til spring!

I bought a powerwinch from cabelas. I've had no issue's with it in 3 years using it 35-40 times. But my rig is probably less than 1/2 the weight of yours. It comes with a remote control and a light. I've never used either. I suppose the remote would be handy if you were by yourself in a bad wind or launch with current

I have a power winch for my Islander. It works real well for pulling the boat on and saves me time while loading for sure. Negatives: The winch is only used for pulling the boat on. It will not secure it like a manual ratcheting winch so you will need a ratchet strap to hold the nose tight to the roller. It is designed to hook up straight to your truck. So if for any reason you need to pull with a different truck the winch won't work. I solved this by permenantly attaching a battery to the trailer. The battery is charged by the truck when I attach my trailer cables. The cable sometimes burys itself which takes a good amount of yanking to get it free. I have bunks so I always detach before backing in. If you're using rollers which I would guess with that heavy boat I think this will not be an issue for you. Backing the boat in a little with the cable still attached will free it for sure. Enjoy the jealous on-lookers:D

I use varying levels of light on the glows. I've never used the blacklight though. What's funny is the last light night bite has never been a problem with me and I'm running the same program usually. I'll keep playing with the light levels though. Maybe try lighting them up bright on the no wake out to the lake and then leave them alone.

I don't see anyone putting slide divers or thumper rigs in here. These are 2 presentations I'm going to try in 2009. I don't think they are going to make the difference between limits or not but ya never know. If things aren't popping I like to change presentations more than colors. I still need to find a program for the prelight bite. I have a plethora of varied glow stuff down I just don't seem to get bit hard until 30-45 minutes after it gets light. Gets frustarting hearing my buddies with 2-4 fish in the boat before I get my first one going:confused:

Copper has been my most productive over the past 3 years. My riggers take the most fish but I run twice as many of them. After that it's riggers, core, and then dipseys. When I first started fishing I used mono dipseys and caught most of my fish on them. Ever since I moved to braid and wire they have not done as well for some reason. Maybe because my other presentations have gotten better? My spread is usually: 4 riggers 2 dipseys 2 copper 1 30 lb 1 45lb The rest are filled with cores I will not run highdivers with copper. I can't keep them from tangling

You beat me to it Nick. Got the same e-mail. I was happy to see it pass. I'd rather give us a chance to control the population than have mother nature do it like she did in Huron:help:

Off season topic to calm my nerves by at least talking about fishing:D I have never really seen an advantage to copper backing when fishing for coho's or kings. I'm wondering if anyone has had days where in your opinion copper backs made a difference in your catch? I'm also interested to see if you have difficulties finding copper backed spoons. Thanks!

Great News Rich!!

Ended up with a 2.5yo 6 point opening afternoon. Took it with a .35 Rem Contender owned by a late friend of mine. Made it very special along with another great time with my old man

You're singing my song brother:good: