Priority1

White bass??????? I think I only took two this past year. When I released them, they promised to go back to Linwood. Good fishin 2 U 2 bomber. I seldom have less than 4 people onboard.

GJ Bomber.

Dayum, Skunks out as far as I'm concerned. GJ on the nice buck.

Our first boards out are always targeting the upper water column especially first thing in the morning. A lot of people think because I'm running bouncers, that they are dragging the bottom, and of course some are. The fish near the surface, fly under the radar unseen by sonar. If something gets HOT we may change everything to that depth, color, etc. It goes back to finding out what and where. Most of the time, walleye are not too particular how something gets put in their faces. Sometimes walleye are not spooky at all. SeaMac was with me last year when we had an un-baited harness hanging in the prop wash take a nice walleye, and this was in 12 or 13 FOW. That particular line was waiting to be baited, because of the flurry of action. Hit em high, or hit em low, we do anything to make em go. Gitter Done. I'll bet Ashley will be yelling FISHON. In the GLs area fishon should be one word, and taught that way in all the schools.

Don't knock that. It depends on the girl.

Tom a warm welcome to you. Holler if you need anything.

Robert, Your living proof there was not any discrimination. Your post is here.

We pulled 12 lines quite often through 2009. When conditions and crew were right, we let it all hang out. We most always had two rods over the side, with 3 oz bouncers, with crawler harnesses and the real deal. These rods were the first to be set and the last to come in. Ten Offshore 12s with Tattle Flags graced the sides of Priority1, to make up the 12 rod total. The rods with the boards, most often had 2 oz bouncers with harnesses and meat. I never thought that the 3 rod rule, for walleye fishing, would change things much for us, but it did. Having more lines in the water helped us zero in on color, depth, and type of bait. Zeroing in goes back to what I always say, "Find Out What They Want, and Give Em Lots Of It". When Trolling for eyes in 2010, the back of Priority1 will look slightly different. Our Out and Down riggers will be left in the garage. I never used riggers at all, for walleye, through 09. Don't be fooled by the last sentence, thinking, I will not run riggers in 2010. I'm removing the Out and Downs to open up both corners, to make it easier to net the fish. I'll have two Big Jon Multi Set Rod holders on the Out and Down Swivel Bases. To get # 13 and #14 rods in the water, we will be running spoons, slow running cranks, or even harnesses off the inside riggers. Most likely these will be run 50 back and close to the bottom, to keep them out of the way of incoming fish. Our boards have been our most productive method, hands down. The riggers will not go down until everything else is in the water. I hope we don't have time to get #13 and #14 in the water. There were times when we couldn't keep 6 rods in the water.

Randy, CONGRATS ^5s

Ken, Some dandy eyes.

VN pic from our on site Master Photographer.

You spelled his name wrong, but even Brent does not know how to pronounce it. Favre:D

They look grrr8 Kyle.

I have run spoons clean, and behind a dodger or flasher. There are NO set rules when it comes to fishing. Some times thinking outside the box, will Gitter Done.

Dan, VN Buck.

Semper fi

Well finally the SILK PURSE pic. She's lookin good.

White fish are fished mostly from the piers with long slender rods small teardrops with wax worms. They have small soft mouths, and are excellent table fare. GL Like always, if you know someone that fishes them, the learning curve can be reduced. Oh a lot of the fisherman use slip bobbers when conditions are right. GJ on the perch.

Steve, Nice buck.

Dan, Pressure treated wood is not good near aluminum. At the very least make sure it doesn't touch any aluminum boat parts, or the rotting fish dilemma will turn into the rotting boat.

GJ Randy. Nice buck.

Sounds like a bargain.

Mike, Congrats on the nice buck.

Dan, You're alive. My post was also made before I knew you tore the p#$$ out of your boat. Literally: All that for a stinking white bass?? I didn't realize that Best Buy sold plywood. You could have sold film rights for another "Grumpy Old Men" movie. I hope this is the worst thing that ever happens to you. I sure WASN'T kicking you when you were down. And yes, I have had worse days than that.

Old Mainistee lingo. Were in 100 FOW right off the onion. Were in 100 FOW just South of the two sisters. Ya gotta love the technology we have today, but the old names and ways still rings bells.