jimcr

You may be too close to your balls , I run min of 2 riggers and I run my baits 35 and 45 feet back . If I am running a third it will be 50-60 feet back. Morning bite I am lucky if I can get more than 3 rods in , most of the time the riggers are firing before I can get the divers in the water.

Yeah ruined too many shirts this year cleaning fish , for less than 10.00 bucks get a water proof apron. Plus your dry when you are done!

Been there , came back to the Launch after a morning of fishing and this guy has his cigarette boat on the launch and wiping it down, he's there for what seems like an hour. We cleaned our fish and put away and secured our boat. he pulls in front of the entrance to the parking lot and continues to tie down and finish securing his motors . we watched disbelieving that this person that has so much could be such an a(*)(*986. This boat had to be 40ft plus his truck. Do you really think all that money should allow you to be a real knob. There is a sign at the guard shack that says rig you boat before launching. I am sure its not his first time to the marina. Some people don't think about others , I have seen many idiots at the launch or on it. Some more visible than others , like the guy that posts all kinds of videos yet thinks its ok to park at the stop sign and rig his boat forcing everybody else to drive around him.You can tell the guys that have the respect of others , they pull, into the lot rig there boats then take all of 2 minutes to launch .

I am with Jim on this , I have been on both sides of the fence. More so on the lighter side than limiting out though. It can be a lot of serching for the correct lures to use with your boat , colors , plugs , FF . When to run spoons or J plugs. This has been my best year yet , no skunk this year! but there have been days that came close. I have found that my boat fishes best with 2 riggers , 2 dipsys and 2 high boards. the riggers and dipsys run Flashers and flies. 29" lead to the fly. the high lines run spoons or plugs . Sometimes those high lines are 300 coppers , and after the morning bite the riggers go quite and the long lines get action. You mentioned that your speed was 3.0 SOG. you need to know what your lures are doing . the current can really screw things up. Last week Sunday heading north all you had to due was have your kicker in gear. But heading south you really had to lay into it just to get the baits going, and the riggers and dipsys looked like you were going 30mph just to hit 1.9 on my Depth raider. there are ways to run without a probe also. hope this helped.

Dave here on the Wisconsin side we have a group GLSF and we have 4 fish ins each summer. And we have a on going contest through out the fishing year. Check out our website. http://www.glsfclub.com

Jim I am sure there are many charter boats that continue to fish in later October. We fish up here in Milwaukee and keep the boat ready until some time in November. Weather can be a big factor in the later part of October , It can get stormy and it can get down right nice. On the 9th of October last year we were out in shorts and t-shirts fishing in 120 feet of water. I can also remember seeing snow so it can go both ways. As far as is it the wrong time of year? something is always biting , you just have to find them.

welcome Dave!

Blue Diamon Wire Line Trolling Rods are only available in 8'6" and 10' .

I have a 150, 185, 250 2-300 and a 400 on a high speed reel, the high speed reel brings in the 400 faster than a full core / 300. only had to use it once this year and it took a fish. runs 80 - 90 feet down.

If your fly fishing I would try down in Racine on the Root river, the DNR collects eggs from Coho down there , some Kings run up that river too. Thats the only place I know of to shore fish. I have on my you tube page some video from the root river . http://www.youtube.com/user/Woofnfish?feature=mhee

Ok So I Put on an I pilot on my trolling motor , it makes a great autopilot / cruise control. Set the kicker just a tad low and turn on the I pilot just enough to bring up the last .1 mph. I can get 4-5 hours out of the battery (12 volt system) and my thought is to put another battery in parallel to boost the trolling time and power. I can not change it to 24 volts. Is it going to help or will I not notice any improvement?

That depends on the year, last year they were early. I hope some are early this year too because it looks like its going to be rough this weekend. I have seen as early as August and as late as the end of october. Last year we took three dark ones the 4th of September.

My first season out on the big pond , my son and I had to fish in the harbor because it was too rough . We started setting lines at the south gap heading north , let out 75 ft of line with a spoon, before I can grab the line to put in the release a 12 lb Brown grabs the spoon and takes off. My son looks at me and as if to say What the Heck? Fish On!!! Its a lot of fun when the fish grab a long line on the way out .

While fishing Sunday I had a guy wonder towards me , on my port side . so I figure I would speed things up a bit and cross behind him. I saw him rush to pull in his long lines, but now he is on my Starboard side and still continues to come towards me just on the other side. It seems some people use others as there compass or route. It has become very apparent since I put autopilot on my boat. I keep an eye out for all the different idiots, especially the ones that are by them self's and fighting a fish and going in circles. My long lines are expensive and replacing coppers is not one of my favorite things to do.

I just stared fishing out on Lake Michigan in 2010, now in my 3rd season I would hate to see what happened in Lake Huron happen here but also I hope that these guys are not just hoping they will get it right. I asked them at one of the meetings at WI Sea grant , what they are doing to address the real problem , and the fisheries DNR rep laughed . Said there is not anything they could do about the invasive species problem. (muscles) Its kind of like whats happening with the Asian carp, nothing right now, but if they get in they will find all kinds of money to through at the problem. I love fishing the big pond , and hope they dont' get it wrong because if they do our boats and gear won't be good for any but door stops.

last couple of days it has got tougher. We fished out in 240 and came back in and fished 110 yesterday, 5 for 8 all kings. Today[sunday] 5 for 9 . And marked the exact spot of the carferry. Left a few lures and a cannon ball on it. Fish on and thought we were far enough away. Hot setup today was a wire running 200-225 . did find a temp break around 90 down in 100 fow. My riggers shut down after 8am . Only 1 copper fired today. 400 copper [Glad its on a high speed reel!] Out in 240 temp break was 85 down. We really need some west winds!!

one of the slides that Brad discussed with us at the meeting , Also how can Michigan take a 66.8 % cut and Wisconsin Take a 38.7 % cut . The numbers don't work out . Look at page 18 . http://dnr.wi.gov/fish/lakemich/WisconsinSalmonidWorkshoPresentationWorkshop6.pdf Now this is not the Final but its what recommended. the 42% total may be what Us here in Milwaukee are going to lose.

very nice , what kind of camera

Now chew on this , the feds want to increase Lake trout , The Indians need more for there rituals. The stocking cuts for wisconsin are at 42 % if they stay with what the DNR told us Last week. Ill and Indiana are not taking cuts.

if you get the right lead it shouldn't affect anything else. you have to get just the timer out of the loop. it may take some trial and error , to get the right lead.

Ali if you have a targa check under the dash and make sure no wires are touching where they shouldn't be. its very crowded under there. the control is on the back of the switch. I would check there first. then check the switch to make sure it has not shorted out. A little water where it doesnt' belong could be the problem . If nothing else pull the fuse for a few days , then try it again , it may be moisture too.

A 124 on a 1.5 setting will go down 1 for every 2 out on wire. might be close to that with braid . The 124 dives more than the 107. I use the 107s early in the year when we might be fishing coho. We were fishing in 200 feet of water targeting 100 ft . took 215 feet on a #2 setting to reach that on wire. The 124s are heaver than 107s . So it would depend on what you targeted depth would be , but I would go with the 124s myself.

nice job , what program do you use for the editing?

This report is for my wife and the girls she took the charter with , The charter was with Capt Russ Adrenalin . The count was something like 18 for 23 ? Being it was a mid day charter we had a blast. I was along only because I had to fill in for one of the girls. and to help make sure non of the girls got pulled in Mainly Sarah. Shes in the first picture. Thanks Russ the girls all had a good time!

I would tell your boyfriend to get you a 32# 300ft copper setup . Fishes deeper than a full core , tracks better. By far the hottest rod , and you can check my posts has been my 300 copper (32# Blood Run) It has not let me down this year, every trip its out and produces fish. Okuma makes a very nice rod to put it on too. paired up with your favorite reel . A 300 setup of 32 # will fit nicely on a 45 series reel . If you go to 45 # you will have to go to a 55 series.