GLF

I am looking for someone who would be willing to help out the day of the Great Lakes Fisherman Salmon Clinic at the church. I am looking for someone who will be there the whole day. If you would be willing to lend a hand, give me a shout.

Do you dive in Lake Michigan Aaron?

Do you eat sturgeon? What do you do with a 212 lb sturgeon?

The lake has been down for some many years, people have built up in the low lying areas. Last I new when you build at water line or below, you are asking for trouble. Just look at New Orleans. Myself...I would love to see the lake come up a 1' or 2'.

Would be nice if his would work on a netbook.

Nice idea Jon. I use a hand held voice recorder to record my catch information.

I am not sure. But now that someone mentioned flares....I need to check the expiration dates on mine.

Looks delicious Erik!

Nice looking rig Paul!

I will have something in the mail to you on Monday.

I saw a bunch of them yesterday morning on the way to work.

Nice shot Bob!

At least I dont have to worry about the Lake Express running over my full core. Thats an inside joke if you have ever fished Muskegon and listen to the radio, you will know what I am talking about.

All we did was fish!

I may do a little perch jerking while in South Haven this year. When does everyone start fishing for perch in South Haven?

I will be slipped in South Haven this year. Last year I hauled GLF to South Haven 4-18, 4-26, and 5-1. I am planning on having the boat in South Haven around 1 April. Hows the brown trout fishing in South Haven around 1 April?

My original deal fell through. I had to find another slip, and signed a lease agreement today. I will be slipped at Boat Yard Basin this year! Wooo Hooo!!!! Is it spring yet?

^^^What he said!

The main advantage of leadcore is stealth. It puts your baits in the strike zone a long ways away from the boat. I dont disagree with the leadcore "snaking" through the water. The snake affect is in the turns. However, everyone is running a 50-100' leader between the leadcore and the spoon anyways.....right? With a 50-100' leader, how much of an affect does the lead core snaking through the water really have on the bait? When making turns, the outside lines with a dive bomb on do not follow around like a leadcore line without one. Depending on the turn, it pulls more towards the center of the turn because of the extra drag. On the turns, it seems like my rods that have the dive bombs are usually the ones that fire. Maybe its the weight being closer to the bait causing it to drop faster on an inside turn, or it making a sharper turn on the outside line because it is making a shaper turn instead of following the boat around. I am not sure....but it works for me. The only time I do not run the dive bomb next to the leader is when I am running multiple dive bombs on the same side. When I am running multiple dive bombs on the same side, I keep the dive bomb the same distance from the boards.

Nice shot Bob.

Stinger recommends running the Dive Bomb in the middle of the lead core. To get the max depth, they need to have lots of line out. This is why I attach them right after the leader when sending them out. Having a 50-70' leader between the spoon and lead core gives plenty of room to remove the dive bomb without having issues at the back of the boat.

When you say "front" are you talking closest to the spoon, or closest to the rod?

He sure is getting big fast.

I do not have a swivel base on the center rigger. One less thing to monkey around with.

Nice job Mike. I want to catch a dolphin! After my sons are a few years older, I would like to take them fishing in Florida.