picman

I have heard of them being used down south but not on the Great Lakes

No, you are not allowed to do that. The Bay of Green Bay and Lake Michigan are NOT considered boundary waters.

When we grill, we punch holes in the skin with a knife. It helps to release some of the fat. Be sure the grill grate is hot-don't oil it. Drop the fillet skin side down and leave it until done. Take a spatula and run it between the skin and fillet as mentioned above. You can scrap off what ever grey is left easily enough. the skin will come right off the grate when cool. If you like skinless fillets, trim the "red" from the fillet then freeze or cook as usual.

A second for coastal night lights. I have 2 of the double 6". Might be a bit of overkill but works for us. Depending on water clarity, should light up at least 15-20 feet back with the colored light. Having 2 doubles gives me illumination out to the sides also. They also make LED strip lights that work well to light the cockpit area. We run red for those.

We have some old spoons (no idea what brand) that I got with my old boat. They are a painted blank with white on the underside and colored tape on the colored side. Yellow with orange or white tape works well. MS Burnt Toast always seems to put a couple in the box too.

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They are on while trolling (and I know that someone will give me grief about it too). Not sure what to attribute the increased hits to. It could be pure coincidence. All I know is that my only setup change from last year (June) to this year (June) is the lights. I will say the morning bite on LM off Kewaunee this year has been very short. About an hour after sun up and most considered the bite over. We started getting out sooner than normal. That might also have something to do with it. Will know more next year. All I know is that the lights definitely made it easier to get fish into the net versus using just a headlamp to see the fish. And I do have a fairly bright one. Perhaps getting the line back into the water faster.........

We have 2 Coastal night lights (DS style) on our boat in blue light. They are awesome!! We can see the fish when it is about 30-35 feet out. Might be a bit of overkill but it works for us. What you see on the web site IS what you should have after install with the DS version. You could probably get away with using only one but having two lets you see across the entire width of the transom and an additional area out to the side. This helps when/if you get your fish to the boat and it still a bit green. We have not had a fish get into a rigger cable since we put them on this year. Just to note: our rigger hits this year in the dark was off the charts. They out produced the divers about 4 to 1 when fishing them above 40-45 feet. Might just be coincidence or all the good advice received on this forum. Who knows? My financial advisor thought they were a good purchase. All that really matters to me. LOL

Not sure what else to do. I can get hits on strips at times.

Damn. I've been seeing/reading 1-2 per second......no wonder I can't catch anything on whole bait!!!!!!

A cuff with a pump?? Awesome. The wife only had a cuff that got filled with ice water from basically a Bubba keg. It had to be filled/drained manually. If you got 24 hrs from the nerve block that was great. Wife had about 11 hours. And when it wore off, it was gone!!