jimcr

Okuma will replace the rod , but I can t' get them on the phone right now. Already have the new probe.

No Gps numbers do have the trails though, we were in 120-130ft.

glad your safe , weather out there can come up in a hurry

I like the fish on the far left, someone get hungery?

Got washed out Saturday Morning so I told my son that we would go out on sunday rain or shine. It did both . The rain was short lived and cleared out before we launched but not the fog. Had to stop in the rest room before launching and when I walked out the whole marina was in a shroud of fog and the temp had dropped by 10 degrees. By the time we launched the fog let up some and headed out and set lines in 40 feet heading north east. I figured that the fish would be in shallow with all the cold water , wrong not even bait would show up so we pulled lines and headed north, just passed the filter in 90 feet . Marked a couple or fish so we tried there for a while. Nothing ,no more marks ,no bait. We had so much bait the last few weeks it was everywhere. Now couldn't find any . So we played roller coaster in the swells for a couple of hours and then headed out to deeper pastures . Changed up the spread some and put in the wire diver. after a while it looked like there was a fish on the pole and it didn't' trip. So I grabbed it and checked it yup there is something there , and in one quick jerk as I set the hook? the pole snapped in two. Not only did the pole snap but when it did it broke the line . Check out the picture it didn't break at the tip.It broke just above the splice . And yes the line was free I had just reel down to check for slack. So far no fish and over a 100.00 in the hole . Grab the other wire rod and set it up get it in and it wouldn't make and noise the rest of the trip. After that I hoped that we would have better luck, well sore of anyway. Port rigger fires and its a drive by . Not long after that the port rigger fires again as I grab it the other rigger fires so I hand off the rod to my son thought we had a double but no dice port rigger was empty , we did bring in one laker off the other. we turned south for a while and decided to head in , just then 5 color fires and it turns out to be another greaser. Not 5 minutes later 8 color fires but no one is home. We pull rods last one being the one with the Depth probe on it . The sound will stick in my mind for a long time, as I grabbed the probe to pull it in it slips , 12lbs under that . you know what happens. Thats right a trip to the local fishing establishment . One depth raider probe please. *&^%. Cannon ball I have spares. Should have taken out a charter today. Would have been cheaper. Ended the day 2 for 3 with 2 drive byes. Had to be one of the most expensive days on the water to date. Have you ever had one of those days? Tight Lines Jim

I know , don't get near any grear with sunscreen , bug spray, etc, blood and fish guts is ok.

yea and they seem to target the lower legs, little suckers are trying to take you down, somthing with deet should do it.

melted it ? RJ I have 2 27lc and 2 47s they work great , may be its just seen better days .

nice glad to hear that

I have run 11" paddles on my Wire dipsys with out a problem , in fact the coho loved it this spring.

is this on Lake Superior , or Lake Michigan?

Was out on saturday evening , hot spot flasher [mnt dew]and a what looks like green and gold fly , on a rigger that took at least 10 hits . Had a similar fly on opposite rigger , they only drove by that one once. See ya on the water.

Nice Adam , think I saw you out there ,wasn't sure though . Saturday the boat traffic was unreel. We stayed out of the pack to the east and north . where the fish weren't . Going to have to get there early and stick out my elbows to get the good spots.

When the copper fired It got handed off to my wife's friend , and this was here 2nd fish ever and first Coho. Yea I was laughing my butt off when the copper fired. She didn't' care , She just wanted to fish. There was some complaining the next day about a sore arm. I had to stand there and hold up the pole for her. In the first Picture the pole is resting on my shoulder. As for the boat it works out well , the trees were the last add and most Important. Makes for running a great spread.

Yea they are nice , wish I would have put them on right away. Leaves room for the wire divers . I would recommend them highly.

Went out of town for the weekend and dragged the boat along to fish, mistake. the fish were so tight lipped didn't get any , until we were back at home. Took My Wife and Son out with on of my wife's friends Sarah. Lucky Sarah She got the first fish , it came on 325 copper. She said her arm was sore the next day . Ended up 6 for 12? . had a lot of misses that didnt' hook up. 2 Coho 2 Kings and 2 Rainbow. Lake was flatter than a pancake. Nice Sunset too. Was even able to take the time to show my wife how to set poles.

Vacuum sealer, after work today my wife took some salmon out of the freezer to cook for lunch , she thawed it in 20-25 min in warm water. Grilled it to take to work for her and the girls. So its the vacuum sealer all the way, even seal up the smoked fish ,makes for a convenience package. Best think is you control how much is in the bag before you seal it. We use it on much more than fish , hamberger, cheese, pork , amost anything you would buy in bulk.

I will get back to you after the 4th

great job , thanks for sharing .

Nice job on the 333

Should have let me know you were up here, could have met you down at the doc to get the pictures of the back of the boat. oh well , maybe a side trip down by you after the 4th.

I haven't been at this too long but I will try , you will get some warmer water up on the top and then some colder water down low, and in the middle the thermocline , a large difference in water temp. above the thermocline 56, below some thing like 42-46 degrees. up til now its been fairly consistent top to bottom, lets say with in 7-8 degrees.

thats one large silver bullet ,Nice

It should get better once you have a thermocline , We are having similar problems here, the lake is still setting up, shouldn't be long.

Made it out on Saturday figured I would try for kings . went 1 for 1 with 1 drive by, thought the drive by was going to be a giant king for my son from the way the wire dipsy took off. But I guess he was just testing the line for us and left. Sunday we changed up a bit and did some perch fishing , 5 nice ones . No hogs but 2 that were over 12. Hope the lake finishes up and sets up soon . Couple of more days like the last 2 and maybe by the end of the week. Tight Lines Jim