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Here goes this is my rod setup 2 wire divers 2 rigger poles with 30lb Ande 2 rigger poles with 25lb maxum 2 rods setup SWR with 2 colors can run of riggers or behind boards alone or with dive bombs. 2 5 color rods 1 full core and one 7 color 2 copper rods 2 power pro braid poles. That is 16 rods and if I put the dive bombs on the copper and ran as a SWR could probably hit bottom in 300ft but sure can hit any depth from 200 up. I would suggest a SWR setup for the spare rod as you can use it a lot of differant ways. Tight Lines Jim

I just noticed the post about the ties and you said we get them when we pay I pre paid for all the league events when I signed up, and was not planning on launching from fishermans landing anyone gonna be around Sat so I can pick up the ties or can I just use my own? I guess I could just sort and install the ties prior to weigh in. Second question is there going to be 2 big fish awards or just a winner take all since this is actually 2 events? Tight Lines Jim

1 MAINIAC will be there may be short handed but will be fishing.

I crimp all of my wire but you have to make sure you use the right crimp for the wire and get a good crimp or it will fail. Being that i am somewhat anal about doing things corectly and using the right tool for the job i allways match the crimp to the wire and the crimper. Also i am going to put thimbles on mine next time as i don't care what anyone says no wire likes to be bent or tied.

great job way to many idiots out there today had 2 differant boats completely circle me just out of sinker throwing range. Kept hearing someone complaining that he was running double cores in the pack and wanting more room. Was in the pack just south in 80 fow looked around and nearly every boat was going in a differant direction what a mess headed west and left them to run each other's lines over. Tight Lines Jim

well that explains where they went. 3 for 6 this morning fished north and south 80 to 130 we lost another screamer on a Gold Mirage Siggs was 130bk in 85 fow never stoped it or turned it hook came back with fish chunks so may have been hooked on outside of jaw was still razer sharp. We refished the same area as yesterday where we went 3 for 11 made sure all the hooks were sharp. Fish were not there water temp was a little warmer than yesterday so we moved out found colder water but still no decent fish numbers. Pointed back in at 9 am trolled in to 70ft and pulled lines guess we should have fished in further but when we moved the probe up 8 ft to stay off the bottom the temp jumped 6 deg up saw all the boats north of pier perch fishing and figured the water was just gonna get warmer so gave up costs to much to drive around looking for fish. Out 3 times this weekend ended up 8 for 18 spent 200 bucks on boat gas lost or wrecked 80 bucks in gear. Might need a cheaper hobby sure starting to miss my little boat wish the wife would go out on it with me but at least she is having a blast catching big fish and for the first time in years not complaining about how much I spend fishing. Tight Lines Jim

Out this morn with my youngest brother and went 3 for 11found out my brother can't catch fish. Actually was mostly knock off's but had to give him some crap. Caught on fish on a Moonglow Jacksmelt 50 dn in 85FOW straight out had 6 other knock off's on the riggers then they went dead. Rest of morn was all fly bite second fish was on a dipsey 150 bk in 90 ft blue killer spinner with a blue hyponist fly. While my brother was fighting that one second dipsey went off 160 bk glow coyote spinner with Siggs gold mirage fly my wife got that one. Reset the poles and the Siggs pole went off again my turn grabed the rod and had a screamer started working it in when it made another run and the cheap snubber let go sending the fish and my fav fly combo on their way. Had a couple more hit and spit the flies trolled back around for a bit but bite was gone so headed in at 8:30 so my brother could get home. Darn good day could use less miss's but still beats not finding fish at least we kept busy. Will be back out this evening and see if they are still hungry. Tight Lines Jim

Going out tonight will try similar program planning on setting lines at 90 ft about 7:30 and heading sw tight lines jim

3 for 3 tonight fished between 90 and 120 mostly straight out. First fish was a laker 110 dn on rigger green spoon did not see which one. Second fish was a small king on 4 colors with a 3 oz dive bomb in the middle area 51 nitro spoon was setting it out had just attached the board and letting it back when it hit. 3rd fish was a nice king that grabbed a high nrg spoon set as free slider on rigger set at 80 dn. Have to work in morn or might still be out there. Tight lines jim

Nice job glf gonna try port sheldon tonight

Have to agree with billy never saw a need for less bait action i like them working fast.

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Cold water every where Thermo is 30 down guys are catching fish inside the arms. Still not getting skunked but not doing very good either not sure spending 20g to get a bigger boat and better gear was worth it. Fri morn out with co worker and his family ran north to the nets and fished south between 90 and 110 went one for two nice king on rigger with high nrg spoon 110 down. Since 2 of the kids were chumming over the side we gave up. Sat night followed advice of a friend and went deep marked tons of fish only neted a laker headed back in and picked up a 19lb 2oz king in 55ft 28 down on rigger Siggs Blue Green Glow stinger flasher. Out for a bit tonight stayed right out front but had to pull and get home wife was pulling lines when rigger went off in 40 fow 28 down green glow ghost spoon 7lb king listened to every one yelling about how great the bite was out front as I ran in. gonna try and get back out Tue night Tight Lines Jim

nice job we were out last night as well not as lucky went out to 140 and trolled S marked a million fish none very hungry all down deep 120 or deeper finally got a 8lb laker and headed in. kept reseting and moving up ended up watching my wife get the best fish of the year in 50 FOW tight lines Jim

Great read Caz I have a big bag of glow heads I bought on Ebay to make my own with. Just finished building a bunch of Siggs Rigs I bought gonna try and get some photos in for the month if I find some fish Fri morn. I don't buy pre made flies anymore since I retie them anyhow. I spend way to much on this sport but love catching big fish. Tight Lines Jim

Thanks to all was a great time will look forward to next year.

I had a couple of snubbers come apart on me last year so I added a 14 in section of 30# wire along side the snubber for a while. It didn't seem to help or hurt anything so I stopped doing it but do inspect my stuff more often and throw away anything questionable. I know guys who cut off and retie after every fish I did this most of last year and this year however I found out Sunday I no longer had enough braid left on my port diver pole to get deep as I was having to send out the backer. So I put on 300 yds of fresh Power Pro and will be a little less zealus about cutting it off in such big chunks that stuff is not cheap. Anyhow had a great time Sunday wish I had caught more fish but at least lost no gear and ended 2 for 2 looking forward to the next one will be out of Muskegon Fri morn with a friend and his dad so if anyone has a good idea sure would like to find some better fishin. Tight Lines Jim

here is the list as of now. 1MAINIAC CAZNIK JOEL SANDERS DEADWATER TADPOLE JUST IN TIME This is cool lets get some more and hope one of us wins so we help the charity some more. Tight Lines Jim

I agrre with Frank GPS is a low orbit satelite (actuall a bunch of them ). However the freq used is highly directional and totally line of sight. This means if the antenna cannot see the satelite it will lose signal depending on the quality of the fix it is often no problem as the new systems can track as many as 12 satelites so losing one only reduces the accuracy slightly. However a fix of 3 satelites which was considered good a few years ago losing one can move you several miles on the chart. As a rule of thumb we use 24deg as a reference on mobile satelites and this should be close for GPS systems as well. How we do it is simple set up a 24 deg angle from the antenna location and rotate it around the antenna anything in or above the 24 deg angle can block your signal. I have a Lowrance 525C DF on the dash with a remote antenna mounted on the roof of the cabin I also have a GPS76 handheld mounted on the dash by the windshield this is wired to my radio and is part of my distress beacon if I ever have to push the red button. The Lowrance is much more accurate and will be wired to my autopilot when and if it ever arrives from Raymarine ( another sore subject ). If you want accurate GPS first get the remote antenna second spend the extra bucks and get the better antenna and finally mount it as high and clear of the boat as possible. Call it whatever you want GPS is a radio receiver this means it has to receive via a antenna. And when it comes to antennas bigger is usually better and height is mite a walkie talkie on top of the sears tower will out preform the biggest cb you can build in a truck on the ground. I am a Extra Class Ham operator I know a little about antennas. Tight Lines Jim

Tadpole makes 5 so we are at a 10% donation if one of us wins. Thanks guys lets make this a great charity event which will insure more sponsers for more tournaments in the future. Tight Lines Jim

Ok Deadwater is in that makes 4 boats come on guys this is a charity event Tight Lines Jim

I am planning on going out for a couple hours tommorrow night if I can get home from work at a decent hour. Got a spot I haven't fished yet this year about time to see if it is as good as it was last year. Last year I averaged 6 fish a night out of this spot mostly 10lbs and up several times could not keep a lure in the water fish were hitting so fast. Will look forward to seeing everyone this weekend. Tight Lines Jim

Opps should read the rest of the posts and look at the dates sorry for the late comments

find a older Ford f 250 diesel with the 7.3 they run forever and get decent mileage I average close to 19 with just the truck and around 17 towing the 26ft boat. A friend of mine has the chip kit and ram air on his he gets 21 mpg and will smoke the tires if he wants to play. Have had mine 7 years now and have put on over 90k miles with no problems other than tires and brakes and batteries no repairs at all. Best part is they are getting cheaper every day as people trade em in for econo cars. With the cost of fuel all mine does anymore is pull the boat and haul stuff but it is paid for itself several times over so I am fine with it. Nice boat Tight Lines

No it really is copper stripped it off glad I did really poor setup only had about 30yds of backer would have really sucked to get a big fish on that. Installed 150yds of dacron backer and 600ft of 30lb wire did not realize I had just 2 small spools of wire left so had to splice them together pretty sure it will hold. Now if the weather and my scheduale will just cooperate will try and get some test fishing in with new setups. Moved my front down riggers all the way back even tough I liked the setup at first will fish much smoother without the wierd rod configurations.