BenLubbs

Ken knows what he's talking about here. After I lengthened my leads per his advice, I have started to catch more fish on my dipseys.

Here's a few pictures my Mom took as me and some friends were heading out on the 17th. I'm basically done working on the boat for the time being. The one thing I do want to change is getting some spreader lights to clamp on the top to shine out more toward the rods (the lights by the downriggers light up the water great but you can't see the rods all that great). I also want to add more rod holders to put unused rods in but that will probably wait till this coming winter. Other than that, I keep adjusting the boat setup slightly after each trip and each trip out keeps getting smoother. See you on the water P.S. Yes, I know the boarding ladder is down in the water. I didn't notice it until after we had run to 100 ft and went to set the downrigger

Thanks for the ride Mark. I don't know if I would count your first fish which would make us 7 for 11

Nice fish Jonas

Good job getting the Vets on some fish Mark

I have one but have yet to try it, I'm waiting for a day that I can get out in the afternoon when the fish arn't biting and try it. I know the temp works because I can blow and it and watch it change.

Definitely a tough night out there. Good Job.

That's how it was here Josh, I was out Thursday night and we went 7 for 14 but Friday I only got 2, 4 in the morning yesterday and 1 at night. It's crazy how quick it changed.

Sounds like I should have made my way further south last night. Good job Ryan.

That's for sure

That was a beauty of a fish Nick, nice meeting you last night too.

Thanks again for the ride Dave. How did you end up tonight?

I headed out with two friends three for my fourth trip in three days. Powered North of the peirs to 80 FOW and set up on a south troll. We weren't marking much so stared heading out a bit. We started marking them in the 100-110 FOW range and kept running south in about 106 FOW. While we were changing a few spoons on the lead, got a hit on a diver. Landed the only fish of the night, an 8 lb laker. Fish came on a blue bubble SD pulling a Big Weenie Homosezwhat XXXtreme UV fly running on a wire Walker 124 on 1, 115 Ft out. Kept heading South till we got the the sliders and then started heading north again. On the north troll, good a reeeeeally nice hit on the same wire diver, fought it for a couple of minutes, then it got into the 10 color and was gone. I'm pretty sure it was a 4 yo. king, but I never saw it. Here's the rig That was the end of our night, I tried everything I could to get more fish in the boat but with no rewards. Anyway, it was and AAAwsome night on the water, flat calm, perfect temperature, the only things that would have made it better would be more action and fewer little flies. Now I'm going to go crash after my fishing weekend, Tight Lines. Ben Ben'din Rods P.S. Nice seeing all of you guys at the dock and cleaning station, sorry I didn't stay longer and chat but my one fish didn't take too long to finish and I was ready for bed

Those Flounder Pounders have been killer for me this year. Good Job

That's crazy. I was out with Mark (Cassy II) that night and couldn't by a hit on the spoons you listed:confused: Moonshines were the ticket for us. We ended up 8 for 14.

Went out for a short trip with two friends and Javier from work. Base on my trip the previous night with Mark (Casey II) I ran out to 100 FOW South of the peirs. Got lines set by 7:30. Started working a south troll in 110 FOW marking fish the whole way. Didn't get any hits and heard some people doing some in 90 FOW so headed east south of the sliders. Got to 90 FOW and just as I was starting to turn back north got a big rip on the wire diver (124 walker on 1) 120 ft out with a glow back blue dolphin. Javier was closest to the pole and proceeded to land his 2nd mid teen King in two trips. By the time we go the fish in the boat we were in 65 FOW, shallower than I wanted to be but it was starting to get choppy and didn't want to head back out really. Landed a shaker on a wonderbread on a full core and then called it a night.

Just so everyone knows, there are DNR nets between Holland and Portsheldon in like 150 FOW. They are marked with orange bouys. I did not see them personally but I kept hearing about them on the radio.

Sign me up Ken, hopefully the weather cooperates this time

I was at the Outdoorsman in Jenison last night and he was saying that the fishing was horrible Monday and last night. Hopefully it improves for this weekend. As far as the flies, I had problems with them a couple of evening trips this year. Someone said to spray the floor/inside of the boat down with a 50/50 bleach mixture and it keeps them away, but I haven't tried it yet.

With the water warming and fish starting to move deeper in the water column I am starting to think about running some of the dive bombs that I picked up over the winter. My question is about running them with other lines off of boards. How close to the end of the line should they be run (I should mention that I am planning on using them on lead core in 2, 3, and 4 oz sizes)? Also, when setting lines on planerboards, with multiple boards per side, am I going to run into issues trying to get a line with a dive bomb out past a line with no dive bomb? (Say if I run a 4 oz bomb on a 3 color and want it out with a 10 color). Is the best way to do it to put the lines with dive bombs on the inside? Should I be putting dive bombs on all of my lines to move the entire presentation lower in the water column? Thanks for any help.

Good Job Ryan, looks like some nice fish. The Moonshine Flounder Pounders have been rocking this year

Nice Job out there, and good job helping out another boat in need. When I was heading out last Friday there was a group of fisherman from Saugy pulling a pleasure boat into the Holland boat launch. Anything that will make people think twice before they cut across my leadcore is a good thing.

A drivers license isn't required for every one, only if you are getting a resident fishing license. I if you don't have a driver's license, then you need to get a DNR sport card for identification along with the license ($1). As to Kevin, that is actually what I had in mind. We regularly have people from our international plants here on visits and I have fun bringing them out on the lake. Letting a guy from Mexico who's only been fishing once before (also on my boat) fight a 16lber on a full core is fun for everyone on the boat

I know on other forums I'm a member of they have had issues with some web browsers. I use firefox and have never had issues.

When I went Friday out of Holland all of the fish we caught had bait in them. Not surprising since we were marking bait the whole night. We caught at 16 lber that had 7 big fresh alwives stuffed into it.