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Mike is in the process of putting together a fish identification guide for the site.

I would venture to believe this is true. I stopped by the house next to the property and spoke with wife of the owner. I told her that I had saw a big buck out and that I would like permission to put my camera out there. Then she told me her husband is a big deer hunter Probably what happened

Would everyone like to have a title or image below or beside their username to signify that they are a supporting member? It would be an all or nothing deal. Meaning, everyone that is a supporting member gets it or no one gets it.

This big guy has disappeared

Anyone besides myself have a trail camera? I have a Cuddeback digital trail camera.

Have you ever run accross a customer that wants to bring a hand held GPS with them? Whats your policy on it?

I will help you guys out with the spelling. C-Ment!

Keep rubbing it in and I will find a way to make it this year

I would love to. Unfortunately I can not get away this year. I will keep this in mind for next year. Mike

You guys fishing Lake Ontario are blessed with those big beauties. How about we take a few of those big ones and dump them in Lake Michigan. Make sure one is attached to the end of the rod I am hanging on to

Who can tell me how long the lures that are in one of these black boxes lasts? I experimented with a black light(did not have it in a box like this) that I picked up from Gander Mountain. The glow was never very bright and it did not last longer than 20 minutes after being under the light for an hour. It sure would be nice if you could get one something that will charge the lures for over an hour. I have an idea. I am going to gather some things up and put something together. I will test it out and let everyone know my results.

It almost sounds too fantastic to be true: A 4-foot, 100-pound fish that is so aggressive it has been known to jump into boats, so ravenous it consumes up to 40 percent of its own body weight in plankton each day, so prolific that areas of the Illinois River near Chicago are literally teeming with them. Over the years, our beautiful Great Lakes have sustained the presence of unwanted species such as the zebra mussel, the round goby and the smelly alewives. But this monstrous Asian carp is something else. http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/columns-2/1153045708172160.xml&coll=7

Lake Superior Binational Program celebrates 15 years of lake protection and restoration Ashland - At the headwaters of the Great Lakes sprawls mighty Lake Superior, the cleanest and healthiest of the five lakes that make up 20 percent of the world's freshwater. Since 1991, citizens and organizations from around the lake's basin have collaborated through the Lake Superior Binational Program to make sure Lake Superior stays that way. Celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2006, the Program was established through an agreement among federal, state, provincial, and tribal governments that share access to Lake Superior. The program works to unify conservation efforts, keep the public informed on important issues, and advise lawmakers on how best to protect the lake. http://www.businessnorth.com/briefing.asp?RID=1443

After 20 years of environmental work, those striving to clean severely polluted rivers and harbors on the Great Lakes finally can claim a victory in the United States. The Oswego River, which empties into Lake Ontario in upstate New York, will be the first U.S. site removed from an international list of the Great Lakes' most polluted locations. But while the delisting represents a success, plenty of work remains on other waterways. http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1153038851164110.xml&coll=2

New Berlin request is new, but precedent is not Conservationists cheered this month after Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced that she would use her veto power to kill New Berlin's request to pipe Lake Michigan water outside the Great Lakes basin. The big fear is that saying yes at this point to the Milwaukee suburb will set a precedent that will make it legally difficult for Great Lakes governors to say no to the hundreds - if not thousands - of communities outside the Great Lakes basin that will be looking for a fresh source of drinking water in coming decades. http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=468757

Woo Doggie....Nice report Jim! What do you use for charging your baits? Camera flash, spot light, or other?

Here is my detailed report on the Port Sheldon tourney. Sorry Jim, we was not following you around like Tim said. It has been around 30 years since I fished out of Port Sheldon. I was around 9 at the time. So, I printed off a small nautical chart of the area. I drew lines in at 80, 90', and 100' Looking at the chart, I could see a point/shelf directly in front of the port. The game plan was to fish this shelf all day long. This is where we caught all of our fish. Our best troll was a South troll at 2.7 on the GPS. Team Dv8oR Nick, GLF, Dv8oR The day started off slow for us. We did not have a spot light nor a camera flash for charging the lures. Because of this, we did not get a hit until 6:30-7:00. I really think this hurt us by not being able to flash the glow in the dark baits and take advantage of the before light bite. There was a lot of radio chatter before sun up of people getting fish. We set down in 63 fow and started setting lines. We trolled due West. The first hit came on a full core with a Serial Killer :SerialKiller: We pulled the board up to the boat and it did not feel like there was anything on it. We let the board back out. After about 20 minutes and the boards still lagging behind, I decided to check it again. Yep...there was a king on there and we had been pulling it around for 20 minutes. I guess we should have pulled it the rest of the way in the first time Our next hit was on a fixed slider on a rigger set at 40 foot. This was on a magnum blue dolphin. We never hooked up with this fish. Matter of fact...we lost the bait on this one as well. It appears, someone only attached the leader line to the rubber band and not the line also. It had a black swivel and it was dark when we set lines. Right Tim???? Our next fish came on a green easter egg set at 50'. We had this one bait 50' behind the ball. The other rigger was set at 15' behind the ball. The thinking on this was that if a fish swam in and looked at our spread and dropped back, it would see this lone spoon and think it was a baitfish trying to catch up to the pack. It must have done something, because we caught two and missed another on it. Our next fish came on the full core and same bait :SerialKiller: We trolled around for a while before we picked up our 4th fish on the green easter egg again at 50' set 50' behind the ball. Our last fish came on a green and chrome spin doctor with a dreamweaver action fly, blue fairway in flavor. This was on a wire dipsey set on #3 and back 160' We had another rip on this spin doctor, and had a rip on a mountain due spin doctor with the same fly. We never hooked up on either of these. We also had one more rip on the green easter egg that we never hooked up with. I think that is correct. If so, that makes us 5 for 9. We had a couple of good tangles with the dipsey's and the lead core. I think the one full core is now a 7 or 8 color core. Chit happens After all said and done, we lost one spoon, the swivels on the slider and a couple of colors from the core. Not bad considering the tangles we had. This was the back of the boat. Left to Right, lead core, dipsey, rigger, rigger, dipsey, and lead core. I am pretty sure the tangles were my fault, and happend when I was trying to work the core around the dipseys while setting them. All in all, it was a really good day. Thanks for asking me to fill in Tim!

This the one? >>> :SisterSledge: I am considering taking up an offer to fish out of Ludington on Wednesday. Any word on how they are doing off the point?

Thats a nice steelhead! The line on your reel looks red. What brand are you using?

What a beauty!!! Wish we could get some of them over here.

Welcome to the site Lisa. If you need anything, just let out a shout. Mike

If you would like to include your contact info in a fishing report in the fishing reports section, it is OK. Here is an example of what is allowed. Good Salmon Fishing Returns to Saugatuck No live links.

This sounds exactly like a Steve Arend outing.

Looks like I did not get a picture of Team Dirty Dog either. Sorry Dirty Dog!

Congrats Team Sarah C! I am not sure what happened to my picture of team Satisfaction_Guaranteed. Sorry guys, I thought I got everyone