bluedevil

I agree with all the info above, lead core is a good weapon to add to your arsenal. BUT...There are some negatives with it. One being a full core is 100 yards of lead plus you have a leader on that (I run about 50') plus the mono backing that is let out for the boards, so there is about 400' or more line hanging out the back of the boat. This is were you have to pay close attention to other boats out there. Some of those guys still don't know what lead core is and don't look to see if your running boards or not and will cut right in behind you and ZIP, there goes $50 worth of gear.. Second, lead core is not for the weak (young kids, elders, ect...). I am by no means a wuss but I have had 20+lb fish kick my but on leadcore..

Thanks for the feed back guys. I was leaning more on the Lake Master Maps and I think that is the way to go. With the Lake Master Maps do you get pretty good detail's on inland lakes such as Higgins and Saginaw Bay?

I am looking to upgrade my MMC card for my gps's. I have a Lowrance lms-240 gps on the boat and a Lowrance ifinder H2O handheld that are currently sharing a Freedom Maps MMC card. I would like to get something that has depth contour's for both inland and Great Lakes. I am leaning toward either Map Create 7 or Lake Master maps. Anyone use these. Pro's/Con's??

Thanks for all the help... I will let you all know how it turns out.

Yea I learned that one the hard way myself. When I first got into salmon fishing I spent mega bucks on gear and tackle and then bought cheap swivel's and line at first, that only lasted the first year.. Nick, Do you ever have problems with them tangling up with nearby riggers? I used to have this happen all the time so I quit running flashers of the riggers and then I had a buddy tell me he was running his 100' behind the ball so I tried that and it is most times my top producer. This is running the large white hoochie and red meat rigg. Most times this is my top producer and seems to hook up on bigger fish.

Thanks Jim. Learn something new everyday. So if I just added another 7ahr battery that would give me about 5hrs of run time then right?? If this is correct then math wise I would get over 30min longer run time with two 7a/hr battery's than just one 12a/hr battery??

How can one find out what the load is? On the back of the TV it just says 9" 12V DC 34.5 watts. Thanks for in info.

Are you tying your main line right to the big swivel on the flasher? I tie a regular swivel to my main line and attach that to the big swivel on the flasher and that seems to be the fix that works for me.

I am making a homemade underwater camera for ice fishing and I am not sure if I have large enough batteries? I have two 12 volt 7amp/hr batteries and one will be used for my fish finder. Will just one battery be enough to run a 9" color TV and camera for at least a half days fishing? I was thinking of getting another battery of the same size and doubling them up or I came across a 12 volt 12amp/hr battery for $29.95 plus s/h. http://www.batterymart.com/p-12v-12ah-sealed-lead-acid-battery.html Your thoughts??

How can 2 more fish per person NOT make a biological impact? I don't know the numbers but I would have to guess that this would increase the harvest per year dramatically. Look at it this way, on average us weekend warriors have 3 person's on board and during the peek of the season in august and September I have seen well over 300 boats in a port on a single day. Just crunching numbers here but lets say each boat has 3 person's on board. Thats 900 souls. If all 300 boats limit out with todays limits that is 2700 salmon, with the increase that would jump to 4500 salmon, a difference of 1800 fish. Granted there are alot of variables, like some boats would not get there limit, but you get my point. Don't get me wrong I love catching more fish but I think we would see the affects of this in a couple years. Besides I end up giving most of my fish away cause I can not consume my last limit before my next trip. Nick, May I ask were you got this information??

Mike, Is there a reason why people would hack into a site like this? I could see why a criminal would hack into a system like a bank or something but why a site like this? Just some geeky kid that likes to mess with people?

A few years ago I was fishing Rogers City and a buddy convinced me to buy this spoon... Of course I only bought one cause I said "that thing's not going to catch a cold." Well that evening we could not keep the fish of that spoon. I still have that spoon today but it has never been a "hot spoon" since that day. I have caught fish with it since then but I could run it all day and it might take a fish. I have also tried other spoons that are copper backed and yea I have caught fish with them but they are not my goto spoons. When fishing is slow they are usually the last thing to go in the water just before the kitchen sink..

Wow Mike, sorry to here about the missed opportunity. That is a heck of a buck. Glad someone you new got the deer though. Please invite me next time you do a deer drive, seems that you do a good job...

Congrats Nick on the win. Cant wait untill next year... 1 Beer-N-Stuff 21 15 W4 20,236 2 rdfishin 20 16 L1 19,815 3 Bad News #99 20 16 L2 19,568 4 Oreo 21 15 W1 19,332 5 Bluedevil#29 16 20 W2 19,042 6 kendric1 21 15 W5 18,731 7 JustEnough1 15 21 L5 18,401 8 GLF Racing 10 26 L6 17,225 On a side note I was in another league with a bunch of friend's and I came in second by a mere 10 points.

Nickgray, I am sorry but the fishfinder is no longer avilable, I forgot to reply to this ad with that information. Good luck, Matt

I bought one 3 years ago to try and, like others said, I cant say they out fished the unlighted or glow J's but I did catch fish with them. The battery in the first one I had lasted 2 season's. I have bought others since the first one but not seeing a big difference in catches I don't think they justify the cost so I will not be buying any more.

Looks like I finally got my 100 Robby Gordon points back so look out Bad News I'm coming for ya.... Only problem is that I think you're drivers are doing better than mine so far today...

Congrats Rich on your driver #99 on the win today...

I think the main reason Mike, was because R. Gordon was docked 100 points and he was one of my drivers which in turn droped me 100 points. Here is the explanation I got from the nascar website...... The harshest penalty went to Robby Gordon, who had an unapproved front bumper cover on his No. 7 Dodge during opening day inspection for the Daytona 500. The deduction of points drops him from ninth in the standings to 40th

Stupid Robby Gordon.... Congrats Mike...

Thanks Mike... Yea I was just trying to read through the rules to find out about if we can change drivers and I think you can during the draft. Only thing is I don't remember what time the draft was four our league. I know it was on Wed but cant remember what time. Any one know?? Sucks to cause I was home today and could have done some changes but I forgot..

Yep it was great to see Newman win but WOW he would have been one of the last drivers I would have picked to win it though... Did anyone else think that they are having more commercials than usual this year. Man it seemed like every 5 laps they would go to a commercial....

Yea i had some trouble getting started too... I will not be around during the draft but I am pretty sure I got everything set for Wed. If I don't i apologize.

Mike, I am trying to get signed up in your league but I can not find you under Great Lakes Fisherman. Maybe I am doing something wrong... Edit, Ok never mind, I figured it out...lol I am signed up under bluedevil#29.

I would love to see a repeat of last years winner.... Only problem with that is I dont think he has a car to do it this year. Other drivers I would like to see in victory lane are Clint Bowyer and Mark Martin.