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Bill welcome to the site. Sorry if I offended you:( The old school is more of a reference to the rod holder and rigger set up on the boat. NOT on your ability. The new school set up on a boat tends to look more like this. High and low diver rods laying flat, and core/copper lines run from rod trees, and corner riggers. Regardless it was fun kicking fish tail. If you run your poles in this way, you never have to move, or tread poles when fish hit.

Great advice Tim.

I think all 4 of mine are as different as the diver there on. They all get fish though.

Impressive first post Dan. Thanks. Any pics of the boat and catch?

I bet that thing had enough slime to fill a coffee can! heck of a pike there Jonas.

Welcome frank.

Mike, I was not driving ether boat, so I wasn't paying attention to the graph. (both days I fished it was not on my boat), nor did I check there contents. There where fish there, so that's all that matters. 80-90 fow fishing from 65-85 down. A lot of funny current up there. when we started, the current was ripping offshore, but at the dunes it was coming from the north. We kept a good heavy bend in the diver rods to judge our speed. Fwiw, Saturday the divers where going very good. I was running a high and low (both targeting 70-80 feet down). The inside diver had a white paddle, and the out had a Mountain Dew flasher. Sunday, the boat I was on only had 1 diver holder, so I ran the high dive with the Mountain dew set. It took a few hits, but no fish. When I switch over to the White paddle It hooked up twice. I think the mountain Dew flasher shines better when the white Paddle is run inside it? One more shot just before the diver went.

Still on my bucket list. Thanks for sharing John.

Nice day Terry. Tom, the 32 pound supper from Blood Run is very user friendly. It comes off the reel much, much better than the 45 pound. The sink rate is about 3/2 (200' of copper will sink the same as 300 core) The best part is 1000' for $60.

One other to do when pulling long cores or copper lines is; move the weight on the bottom of the board forward to +1 or +1.5. this helps to offset the weight of the line on the back. The only thing I do to my boards is; tighten down the release a bit. I splice a pc of 40 pound mono between my copper and backer to hook the board to.

Go North to Holland or Grand Haven. Reservations can be made online at Municipal marinas here

Nice trip nick.

I'm with Mark. In pentwater this weekend the diver took 3 or 4 hit without even releasing. they may have been coho, or kings hitting the flasher.

Nice fish Joe. When the fish are getting ready to run, they are less caring of water temp.

Now drive over to the West side and get ready to be hooked.

Very nice Mark.

Welcome aboard. Stick with the two riggers, and add 2 diver poles, and 2 core/copper poles. Do you have any friends that fish the big lake that can take you out?

I like a man who has his priorities in order. Nice job Josh.

Fish are there regardless of temp in 85-115 fow. Fish the lower 20'. A south troll will usually produce you best catches. The entire area from Grand Haven to Saugatuck holds fish. Flasher/fly in the Mountain Dew, or White paddle with an Oceania fly work very well. Silver Hord ace Hi plugs in the Blue or green Splatter Back on long coppers will also get mid morning fish. Moonshine spoon in the low light are killer.

Grant, don't pay attention to the water temp. It was warm top to bottom. We fished the lower 20'. The predawn bit was mostly Moonshine spoons that glow blue, and the diver/flasher/fly. When the sun got higher, the Ace Hi blue plugs (blue splatter or blue lightning) where going. We targeted 65-80 feet down, in 80-95 fow. White paddle with the Oceania fly was great also. The entire stretch from 2 miles South of port to past the dunes held fish. Both South and North trolls produced fish. Don't let the boat traffic push you out too deep. There where guys getting fish in 150-200, but they where smaller fish. Good luck.

Bass in 60 fow, Wow! Too bad for the rough weather last week.

Good luck Joe.

I have never noticed a lot of heat coming off my charger, and think it would be ok in an enclosed area. Buy the best one you can afford, it will save you money in the long run. I have the Minn kota Mk345 3 bank charger and it is the best investment I've made.

The colors on those fish are fantastic. Thanks for sharing Mark.

Nice job Jim. Mike did a tutorial on loading pics here.