jay d

i have a few of them,we run them mostly on midnight madness trips.had a night 2 years ago where we boated 11 nice kings on 2 of them with nothing on glow plugs and 2 fish on spoons.like jason said they have there time and place

had lots of actoin today in the 5 1/2 hours we fished,16 for 33.14 steel head and 2 co ho.1,2,3 and 5 colors,riggers 65,45,31 and 21 dwn.pink panties,agent orange,steelie stomper,smokin hot glow mixed veggies,mini silver screw ball,fire ball,modifed juicy fruit and bumbl bee all caught fish.we fished 100 to 250 fow with 140 to 170 fow being the best.we fished from the 15's to the 20's.hope the ice hold off into dec again this year:grin:

i have 2 bass pro shops xps series boxes that are two sided and about the same size as the standard plano boxes that holds 30 of the 4 1/2 inch aces high plugs a piece.i think they are for crank baits.they have 5 v shaped rows on each side.all my plugs have 4 ft leaders on them all rigged and ready to go.

shure was fun trying to figure out which line they were on.going to give it another try sun or mon.

met up with j wheeler this morning and headed to manistee,ended up 18 for 27,16 steel head ,1 coho and a king,we fished 80 to 250 fow with 100 to 130 fow being the best.1,2,3,5 colors and riggers at 75,60,and 45 dwn.bumblbee,pink panties, fire ball,agent orange,orange tranny,mixed veggies,smokin hot mixed veggies,and a silver screwball did the damage.things started off a little bumpy with 3 to 5s but droped off throughout the day to 1 footers when we were running in.the fish were pretty lively today,we noticed most of the fish were on by them jumping out of the water before the board would go ripping back.turned out to be a great day on the water,thanks for riding along jason.

they could pu me on the list for a bigger off shore board for copper:grin:

just a little one.its not a big numbers fishery but trophy fish are there,we have boated 2 19#s one 17#s and a hand full over 10#s out of there over the years.lots of lake trout.back over to manistee in the morning for some more steel.

we fished tawas this morning 2 for 2,1 eye and a brown.brown trout challenger minnow 100 bk on a board and a fire tiger reef runner on 1 color.both fish were caught out by buoy 6.lots of loose weed floating around and the water was pretty stirred up.as soon as you got one side set you had to clear the weeds of the other side and repeat.

i agree, if i am taking fish steady i wont pull the dead rods.have seen it kill a spread more than one time

must be i have 4 of them in my box with the tape about chewed off.send it to me i will give it a good testing:grin:the fish in my avatar was caught on a fireball with earings last fall.

i switched from the church boards to off shore boards with the snapper release,i think they run more uniform than the church boards.i run up too 300 ft of 45# copper off them.

personaly i use a lot of different spoons from stinger and dream weaver ,to silver streak and moonshine, also fishlanders, nails, and prokings. i have no faverate brand, but have favorite spoons in certain brands. but streaks are a very good choise.

went back out this morning,22 hits 18 fish to the boat 1 laker and 3 small kings thrown back 5 steelies and 9 kings in the box,missed our limit by 1 fish:eek: 3 and 5 colors,200 ft of copper,riggers 75,60,45 and 32 dwn.pink panties,ultra glow nbk,fire ball,martini,steelie stomper,mixed veggies and orange tranny all took fish.we started out front and fished north to portage lake with 7 kings in the box,pulled lines due to 4+ footers in 300 fow.ran in tight to shore where it was 1 footers and ran 16 miles south,set back up and put 5 steelies and 2 more kings in the box and called it a day.it was a bit bummpy today but the fishing was good:grin:

maybe 10 boats

fishing was pretty good today,we had over 40 hits,24 fish to the boat,18 were keepers,2 were lakers and 4 throw back kings.only 6 steelhead today.3 and 5 colors,32,45,60 and 75 on the riggers.pink panties,ulta glow nbk,bad toad fire ball with earings,craked orange ice with earings,nuked veggies and steelie stomper did the damage.we fished 150 to 300 fow out front.

we will be out of frankfort or manistee in the morning,what channel you guys on?

i will be in manistee or tawas bay depending on the weather,preferably manistee.

i sent you a message

we will be out there till the ice starts floatin around, this is my favorite time of the year on the big pond.we fished into dec. last year. hardest thing about fishing this time of year is getting someone to fish with,every body is deer hunting.

i have never run braid for riggers.i prefer 20#cajun red line with a 30 ft floro leader.the cajun line is tuff and you can see the red line,helps a lot when weaving lines in and out of each other.i use my rigger rods for crank baits and stick baits in the early spring and late fall.

fished manistee today with the wife 13 for 19,7 keepers 4 steelhead 2 browns and a nice coho.2,3,5,7 colors and 65 and 32 0n the riggers.fire ball,bumblebee,steelie stomper,pink panties,mixed veggies and orange craked ice.we fished 40 to 75 fow out front

you will love the big jon trees,i put a set on last year.only a few more tekotas for me.all ready have 27 rod holders on the boat:grin:

nice catch.we are headed up to manistee this weekend,weather permiting.

nothing big,lost one that about dunked the board when it hit the 200 ft copper rig.

we fished manistee yesterday,14 for 20.7 steelies,5 kings and 2 lakers.we fished 4o to 50 fow and took a couple then moved out to 200 to 230 fow.most of our fish came out of a stretch of water 1/2 mile long and 200 yards wide.1,3,5 colors, 200 ft of copper and riggers 65 and 85 dwn.fire ball,steelie stomper,nucked veggies,juicy fruit,v neck and agent orange did the damage.not much boat traffic:grin: i love the fall:grin:first limit of steel for the fall