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Went out of Port Sheldon with Dv8or today. We fished from 5am till 11am. We ended up 5 for 9. Lots of people were getting fish before day light. Not us....We did not have a way to flash the glow baits I think our first fish came around 6:30 or 7:00am. All of our fish came in 80-90fow. We took two and missed one on a green easter egg on a rigger set at 50' We took two on a full core on a serial killer. :SerialKiller: We missed on on a fixed slider on a rigger set at 40'. Took one on a chrome and green spin doctor and fly, and had another rip on it and never hooked up. We had another hit on a mountain dew spin doctor and fly and never hooked up with it. The spin doctors were on wire line, set on #3, 160' back. There was a nice breeze on the lake so it did not seem to terribly hot, even though it was a scorching 90+. Our best troll was a South troll at 2.7 on the GPS.

These are photos from the Port Sheldon Tourney. Can you name the crew?

These are photos from the Port Sheldon Tourney. Can you name the crew?

These are photos from the Port Sheldon Tourney. Can you name the crew?

These are photos from the Port Sheldon Tourney. Can you name the crew?

These are photos from the Port Sheldon Tourney. Can you name the crew?

These are photos from the Port Sheldon Tourney. Can you name the crew?

These are photos from the Port Sheldon Tourney. Can you name the crew?

These are photos from the Port Sheldon Tourney. Can you name the crew?

These are photos from the Port Sheldon Tourney. Can you name the crew?

These are photos from the Port Sheldon Tourney. Can you name the crew?

Here is my detailed report on the Port Sheldon tourney. It has been around 20 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!

Morning "good luck" shout to those that are fishing.

If it was 19-8, we would round it up. 19-6 gets rounded down to 19 Nice fish Steve!

I went to Gander Mountain today. There is somethig about that store. Its like a giant magnet to me. Anyways...I had decided to purchase a bag of Whitetail Institute 30-06 plus protein mineral supplement. They had one 20lb bag and it had a tear in it with a piece of tape over it. I am not sure how much is missing out of it. I brought it up to the cash register and asked the cashier if there was a discount because of the tear and possible spilled product. She scanned it with the scanner and it came up as $ .97. She asked me what the price was and I said I did not know. There was not a price on it. She called another cashier over and they both looked at what rang up to make sure it was correct. It rang up as the 30-06 plus protein. The other cashier said that it was a clearance price. Then first cashier asked "Is that enough of a discount"? Normally I would have piped up and asked for some more, but I was kind of speech less. So, I paid for my stuff and left with a big smile Gotta love that store!

I have been seeing lots of reports of fish over 20lbs being caught to the North(Ludington up). Anyone get a 20lber yet this year?

OK....looks like they are taking some really nice fish here. Who has fished it?

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Fish populations at risk to invisible pathogens Everyone who cares about the Great Lakes is aware of the problems caused by visible exotic species like sea lampreys, alewives and zebra mussels. Even the tiny spiny water fleas become all too obvious when they ball up on fishing lines. What scares me more are things we can't see, pathogens that could decimate fish populations and which we are helpless to do much about. We saw that threat this spring when an outbreak of viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) killed huge numbers of freshwater drum (sheepshead) and yellow perch in the Ohio waters of Lake Erie, and may have been responsible for killing thousands of muskellunge in Lake St. Clair. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060713/SPORTS10/607130386/1066/SPORTS

When I got hunt here, I like to give the deer a chance during gun season. Here is a picture of the Beretta AL391 Urika Gold(Silver Receiver) that I use for deer hunting. You would not believe how well it throws a slug! I use Winchester x-2 slugs. I use the gold bead on the end of the field barrel for a site. If I am heading out west, I take my 270 WSM Browning A-Bolt with a 6x18 Leupold. I like to give them a chance

Friday SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS. Friday Night WEST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN MOSTLY CLEAR AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS. saturday West Winds Around 10 Knots. Mostly Sunny. Waves 1 Foot Or Less. saturday Night South Winds 5 To 15 Knots. Mostly Clear. Waves 1 Foot Or Less.

I picked up a Cub Cadet Oil filter for an oil change for my new tractor. Get ready for this...$12.00 After looking though a bunch of Fram filters and comparing them, I found that the Fram PH3614 is IDENTICAL to the Cub Cadet filter. OK....its orange instead of yellow. The price of the Fram filter....$3.87 The Cub Cadet filter was returned

The server went down again last night around 10:15pm EST for around 3 hours. There was a defective switch that the host replaced in the down time. To replace the switch, they had to removed everything from the rack. I have been very happy with the host up untill the last week or so. I am hoping this will be the end of the problems.

I have seen more deer wounded by a firearm than by bow. I have been to the shooting range sighting in and saw people who could not hit a 3'x3' target with a rifle at 50yds. There will be wounded deer no matter what weapon is used. Everyone knows what there limits are.

Is anyone having any problems with links in the navbaror, anything on the site not working? If you are, what are issues, and what browser are you using? Thanks, Mike