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Jay, FANTASTIC:)

gj Ken. Keep hammering them.

I was just thinking the same thing. There are several places that you can wade across the river.

GJ Capt Drew.

WTG Jake. Congrats. It was the right thing to do, taking out the lame doe.

Jason, Thanks for posting these pics.

TOTs: We ran a lot of them also. The green and blue with chrome, and if they had a red bill, even better. I pulled some this year, but they never gave me the consistent action that the meat achieved. It's an ever changing game, and on any given day, some things will out produce others.

We are so fortunate to have this fishery in our back yards. Keep hammering them.

Thanks for the heads up Tray.

Adam, I only have the original version of the Pa's. You are dead on about the inlines and BB. Half the line out, and more direct to the fish. In the 80s we would have a couple of 8# fish most every trip. I seldom fish for hogs, just table fare. The fish are not fussy, and will hit anything that's put in their faces. Gotta Luv what we have going on the Saginaw Bay.

GJ Terry.

A warm welcome Mike. Those Penn 209s probably came as a combo pack with the Master rods. Those will work well on the riggers, with some 15-25 # mono.

Good job Matt. Nice buck.

Keep hammering them Jay.

Captain, Thanks for the Kzoo, and SJ report.

I most always have some ginger snaps ondboard, along with some ginger altoids.

Thanks Ken.

GJ Dan, Mark, and Shorty.

The Pa's are similar to an Erie Derie weight forward but they have a big lip that will take them down about 15-18 ft with 100 ft of line out. We used to run them with harnesses off the back of them.

GJ Steve.

By George, that's some good catchin.

Safe hunting to all.

Has anyone ever run a clean fly?? I never have because of the no action factor of the fly. I have heard of a few boats running clean flies at times, and taking some fish.

Adam's reply about the white bass, and his 12 rod spread on a charter boat, brought back some fond memories from the 80s. We used to run a lot of PAs with home tied harnesses behind them. PAs was just one of our tools we relied on back then. I think today we pinpoint depths more accurately with snap weights, inline weights, and bouncers. I do hear a few guys still running PAs, and I still have a few in my tot box. A lot of the things from the past will still work well today. We evolve with our presentation methods, and fine tune a program that works best for us and conditions. Everyone has their favorite toys, and the older toys collect dust. When we have a slow day I may pull a couple of PAs out.

Mike, I was thinking about saying something along them lines, but I got lambasted a few days ago for far less. Your timing is probably better than mine. Adam deserves a bravery metal just for mentioning white bass.