FBD

Not even sure I'll run the Four Winns this year, but it would have blocked the wind and laughed at that chop yesterday.

Still got it, Wednesday PM Took my 13 year old out in the row boat after her ortho consultation. As I told her, we would gave to agree on what she wanted as it is my money but her teeth. Set up in ugly 2' chop but I'll take that over the dead calm east winds that were forecast. Water also had nice color and was above 40. We lost a nice brown to start the year, then cleaned off one side of the 14' in about 20 seconds landing a triple, all 3-4# browns. Trolled for 15 more minutes, turned around and hit a small 17" king and another brown. Kept the biggest brown for a coworker and let the rest go as they were not deeply hooked. Off the water by seven thoroughly cold and then she asked to stop for ice cream. Weird, but hey, my 13 year old said yes to fish in conditions most adults would not, then went 4/5 in conditikns where standing was a challenge.

Pistols are easy, the hand held ones are a trick though. Glad I tried those before I had to learn while floating.

Thanks to all who put this together, sold, and more importantly bought. I actually found both things I had to have and some stuff I didn't know I needed until I saw it, and still grossed over $150 after covering my tables. Maybe next year I'll be down to a table. Need to get my daughter and her kayak back to the river as someone cleaned out her experienced corkie stock.

Actually liquidating about 50% of my spoons and a lot of plugs. I don't enjoy the maintenance any more, the effort it takes to network to stay on top of fish, the poor results. I had several trips last year where I realized I did not want to be out there. In good weather. Even catching a few fish.

Kevin and Far Beyond Driven are one in the same.

Ice piled up beyond the pier heads. Ice stuck to the bottom. A couple days of fifty won't do squat. Need a big east wind to move that ice. Not that it matters, things don't kick off in close at Holland until early April. Trust me, I was the first guy out there for ten years.

Too much ice around Holland. West winds lately have piled it up and anchored it well.

She didn't need an epidural for the trout. There was an east wind and she could not sleep that night so I offered to take her out and as usual ten minutes on the water and she was out. Dead calm gin clear water I was pointed out to change over for Lakers when she came out of the cabin just as the last rod out took off. 10' noodle rod with 8# test. I put the boat in N and kept reaching around her to tweak the drag until we realized the rod bucking was not the fish or drag but our daughter kicking the butt of the rod. I was just hoping to have an excuse to come up the river chine walking at 50 mph...

Wife still does not find humor in "going to Benton Harbor to pick up some 'hos"

We fished the morning of my wedding. My wife caught a 14# brown five hours before going to the hospital to have our first daughter. Early am weddings, you might be starting a trend here. They should take you up on that and appreciate your fore sight.

I've taken a 9#, 10#, and 10.4# walleye trolling for kings in close on j plugs. All on different colors. Also taken two just under 10 on j-13 firetiger rapalas.

That's pretty cool, except sharing the part about brown trout fishing in close. We used to fish there in the 14' as none if the big boats would go in that close and those fish weren't getting pounded. I have 0.3 and 0.5 color cores for fishing in less than 5'...

Are we talking coho or browns in close, scum line steel, pier head steel, deep kings, harbor kings, or mixed bag late season shallow fishing?

I got a couple 3.0 and 3.5 just in time to have the rivers blow out. 3.0's seem small. Interested in burning them through scum lines as they're supposed to handle 4 mph plus, which the only plugs I've pulled that fast are jointed raps and fast tracs.

I'm in for a table or two. Date doesn't matter. Always a good time.

Right until ice up if you can find them. But if you do, it's usually game on as seen above.