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They had a nice box on Saturday.... rumor has it Sunday they had 1 fish. I bet they burned 150 gallons of gas each day. Crazy!

Try pressing the dome override button 3 times in a row. It shuts off the automatic lights and makes the switch work.

Yes, Tuesday night Holland Steelheaders league. Go to www.hollandsteelheaders.org for more info. If you're out Saturday or Sunday morning you'll see twice the boats going out for the Big Red Classic... www.bigredclassic.com. Weighin is at the Yatch Basin Marina at 2:00pm Saturday and Sunday if you want to come check it out.

Nice work Ben. We ended up with 4 in 140-150 on a SE troll. It was a rough slow morning for us too.

Observer needed for the Big Red Classic, Saturday Aug 3rd - Sunday August 4th. Must be at the Captains Meeting on Friday night as well. Willing to pay $100 bucks. Call Jim at 616-240-0132 if interested. Thanks

Come to Holland and check out the Steelheaders tournament this weekend. Even if you don't sign up you can check out the weigh on Saturday at 1:30pm at the DNR launch on the north side of Lake Mac. http://www.hollandsteelheaders.org

Heavier mono works well too... I switched everything over to 30lb big game 4-5 years ago. It helps big time with break offs, and the thicker diameter makes it much more difficult for the fleas to attach. My worst rods for fleas are the thinnest lines--which are the power pro dipsys. Thin mono is just as bad. An alternative to flea flicker is heavier mono. I have never been a fan of the flea flicker line. Just a personal opinion.

Amen! I can say from previous experience, changing brands/sizes of lures during a tough bite is much more successfull than changing colors of the same brand. They all run different. That said, I have a few hot lures that never leave the water, even if they don't get a bump some nights. A buddy has a paddle/fly we've caught 100+ fish on. It's going to be a sad day if we ever lose that thing. I have way too much tackle.

Nice work Jimmy-- we worked the deeper water (180-200) and ended up with 4 little kings. The graph was lit up all night, just not alot of takers.

Yes they have a max.... In the past my high divers have been the walker 107's on setting 3. I've always figured they had a max depth of 50 ft no matter how much line you had out (300 being my max). This year I took the weights of the 107's and put them on a 124 disc. I think I get a bit more depth out of them... not exactly sure how much yet, but they definately dig way deeper. The 124's with the big weight on them had no problem hitting 120+ ft down. It depends on your speed. Set on 1 I figure a 2:1 ratio. I have caught fish on them 300+ back when the fish are deep. The last 3-4 years dipseys have been our hottest setups. If we can get them dialed in, its typically a great trip.

I've been using this buoy for lake conditions this year. Another feature is if you are not around a computer and don't have a smartphone and want to know the details just send the text message 45029 (which is the buoy number) to the phone number 734-418-7299 and it will text you back in like 15 seconds with the current data from the buoy. I have a smartphone and still tend to use the text feature because its faster.

Might as well bite the bullet and just start running 3 boards per side... :grin:

Congrats mark!

That time of year... the northern ports may have an advantage. The fish seem to run bigger up there...

So after Profishent's tests this spring... I'm a believer that 35lb copper is better than the 45lb. Where do you draw the line and bump up to 60lb? I'm thinking top 50 fow for 35lb and then anything below that would be 60lb. I have 1000' ft of 45lb to use up before I have to purchase more, but I don't think I'll be buying the 45lb anymore. Another thought on this whole copper/depth thing. If you know the fish are deeper than what your copper can get, it could be beneficial to just slow down so it sinks more and get the hits. Vice versa.... if you know the fish are above where your copper sets are at, speed up and the lures might get into the strike area. Based on where the fish are at in the water column a particular speed might work well, not because of the action, but because its putting your baits in the target area.

I got the radio streaming again today. I installed a few tools to aid in keeping it up remotely. Feel free to PM me if it goes down. I will try to keep it going all summer long. http://www.bigredclassic.com/radio.htm

Nice Ben! Congrats!

MI City Anglers I have a $100 gift certificate for Labor at Starboard Choice Marine I won at the Coho Classic. I am an out of town boat and will not be able to use it. First person to PM me their mailing address will get it. We had a great time at the Classic, ended up 2nd place in the 24U Division.

flat lines - 20lb mono trilene big game rigger - 30lb mono trilene big game copper/lead leaders - 30lb fluoro triple fish dipseys - 30lb fluoro triple fish flys - 50lb fluoro triple fish

Way to go Jimmy, nice to see the kings are showing up!

Maybe transducer? You're getting the same results with 2 head units... chances of 2 bad head units is pretty slim.

Nice Dave! Thanks for the report

I think the coho's have not fired up down south because of the lack of bugs. They're generally on the surface feeding on all the black bugs in the waters. It's just been too cool of a spring for any type of insect hatch. Once there is food up on the surface they will come to it. With the warm up currently and this coming week, it should start firing up.

Almost sounds like entrapment!

Nice work Jimmy.