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45 miles up a dirt road to get to a 100 yd long paved launch? Probably time to replace the bearings on that side anyway...and the axle...and the fender...and the lights... Tom B. (LongLine)

What happened???? Did this thread die? Tom B. (LongLine)

FF - Yes. Trolling 2.5 (GPS) into a 2.5 mph down current will give you a down reading of 5 mph. If you're trolling with the current, your down speed will go to zero. That is why you'll generally find guys trolling faster (GPS) going down stream than up stream. Also, that's how you tell if you're traveling with, against or across a current. IE different downspeed readings with a constant GPS speed. Ray -That's what started the flasher craze. Someone tied their shivies to the cable using stacked offshore releases. or...maybe...that was "buffy" fishing? Chris - Thanx. Vaseline might work. Any idea how long before it washes off? Tom B. (LongLine)

Einstein said it best: "It's all relative." (But what his brother-in-law had to do with it is still being debated.) From the perspective of someone standing on the shore, both boat & probe are going the same speed and direction. The probe neither gets in closer nor further away from the boat. The paddle wheel on the down probe spins faster or slower (into or with the current) than a paddle wheel on the surface. Picture this: you're driving your car down the road at 20 mph holding a flag inside the car with your windows rolled up. The flag doesn't flap around. (just like holding a lure in the boat...no action) Now hold the flag out of the window. It flaps like a "sun of a gun" behind the car. (dragging the lure behind the boat...it has lots of action) Now imagine this: you're riding the brakes to only go 20 mph with a 50 mph tailwind & you hold the flag out the window. The flag flaps ahead of the car. If there's only a 20 mph tailwind, then the flag won't flap at all. If there happens to be a crosswind then the flag will flap across the car. In all these cases your car and the flag are traveling down the highway in the same direction and speed, especially to the cop watching you and trying to figure out if you're drunk or just enjoying the summer festival, however the flag is flapping at different speeds & directions relative to your wrist which is probably real sore from holding the flag out the window. The trick is to find which "flap speed" attracts the fish best. HIH Tom B. (LongLine) ps maybe a better example would be to watch the pennant flying from your boat in different wind conditions (tail wind, headwind etc)...however it's getting a little late to retype this whole thing.....

Nice pics. That 4th one a cat? Tom B. (LongLine)

In the middle of the night or during a solar eclipse? Tom B. (LongLine)

rooky - Welcome to the board. Check out the article section for what I did. (Use a good straight dry 2 x 8" then paint the heck out of it) Tom B. (LongLine)

Try the open lake buoys. They give the hourly readings. (scroll down the page) http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=45012 Tom B. (LongLine)

. For anyone who doesn’t recognize it, the statue in front of the LOU Hq bldg is ReelJerks Happy B’Day Mark Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome aboard. Would like to see the video. So how do you catch them out there? Tom B. (LongLine)

Hello Jordan, welcome aboard. Tom B. (LongLine)

Happy B'day Hank. Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome aboard Ken. (That's a walleye, not a pickerel...nice fish) Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome Paul. Plenty of things with gills & fins on Big-O. Don't worry about the wifey-money thing....just hide the receipts, buy her some flowers, trade her in for a bigger boat . (hope mine doesn't see what I just wrote... ) Tom B. (LongLine) p.s. just playing with the wifey thing

Welcome Jason. Looks like you're all ready to "haul" some kings onboard. Please let us know how it's going in the NW. Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome aboard Dennis. You'll definitely have experiences on Big-O. Gheck out the threads and Good Luck. Tom B. (LongLine)

Penn has a GT-321 that is the left handed version of the GT-320. (like $220 at Cambell's) I use 320's & think they're great. Tom B. (LongLine)

FB7 – Go to a site like this for your area and find the nearshore temp: (bottom of page) http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/fmtbltn ... loz043.txt Then go to this site and click on the different times shown (backward) to get an idea what is happening. Also go to forecasts & check out what they think is going to be happening. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/glc ... pe=N&hr=00 It’s usually not a matter of the lake flipping but rather local upwellings Tom B. (LongLine)

Watch what/who you're grabing there matey, arggh Tom B. (LongLine) That was great Ray

WTG Jack. Love the solo stuff. Tom B. (LongLine)

OT - Now that is a dream job. Do you actually get paid for doing that? (I'm jealous.) Taking the canal or the Seaway? Tom B. (LongLine)

How come I can select up to 4 options? (...ooops) Tom B. (LongLine)

Temp not important for stagging kings. For the non-matures, hang around the thermocline. Water currents stir the water. It's not uncommon to find all kinds of "goofy" temps. This time of year, water near shore will all be one temp from top to bottom. As you go out, you'll generally find an area where they go completely "goofy", then as you go out more, it stabilizes. Tom B. (LongLine)

WTG Tank. That little guy looks tired out, but quite happy. Tom B. (LongLine)

Hans - Must have been nice out there. Knew I should of gone out this weekend. Did you notice if the shakers were AD clipped? Tom B. (LongLine)