FBD

Where are you located?

I think we're in the same area, let me know if you ever want to see one.

Order direct from Eppinger, hammered silver Jr flutter devles. Then put a 1/8" stripe down the edge with black sharpie. This doesn't hold up well, so it will tell you if you're dragging bottom. Then bend them into a lazy s shape if not so applied at the company. I've had them come bent and come flat. I add a sticker eye to the front, my friend, the only other guy I know who runs them, switches out the hook for a small siwash. The mongoose, and sparkly blue tape versons from the factory have their days too.

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Back in black, edge hammered silver Met Syonker at his old stomping grounds before he moved inland, and gave it a try this morning. Plume was colder than the lake so that didn't work. Then we found a log or wreck that cost him all three spoons on his side. Then we missed the first hit. Finally cracked the nut, silver black edge flutterdevle on a one color out deeper where there was chop instead of in close. Those took seven hits, the same in mongoose took the first, shad raps took two, and a Jr streak in perch took a coho. Ended up with eight browns and a coho, of course the two browns we let go at the end were the biggest. How powerful was the flutterdevle today? I pulled one of my rods and put one out just messing around as we had a limit of browns hoping for something else, and mine got hit in five minutes. Great trip, great company, great snacks. That's why we do this.

What's the brand on that monkey puke? That's a killer brown spoon but the Stingers only hold up for a couple fish before the paint is gone. Nice king.

Went south for browns, too dirty. Went north, good looking water but full of junk with lures constantly fouled. Slid out to 40 and trolled back to the pier heads washing the bow lights every couple waves in the 14' and having to fire the pump more than once. Waves got to be 3' and that wasn't a big deal, then they settled down some but the wind bunched them up so tightly that we could not get the bow up in time. No hits. Guess it can only get beetter, sure am glad we didn't try to reach those coho.

Who's going to help me find things (talk fishing) at Menard's?

Nephew got into them Saturday but had to slide out to 40' later in the day. Thanks for the details.

From the pictures I'm not 100% sure myself. The poster is new to this and has caught very few browns, and struggled with fish ID in the past. Browns also come in lots of strains with different shapes and coloring, then throw in the river runners that color up as well. The little salmon I got Wednesday I'm not even sure it was a king or coho and really didn't even bother to try to figure out before throwing it back, trolling head long into chop that close to shore.