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Well said D, Or in some cases for that 30 minutes. Have had them shut down like the switch was turmed off, change and back in business. Find what spread works on your boat, and make it your go to program. But if the fish shut down, start changing. Good Luck. Rich

Chris, You are welcome, glad to see you were able to get the newbie a couple of fish. The fish were there that is for sure, just wish the water was a tad nicer.Good Luck. Rich

I believe they changed the date for the open to be the Thursday before due to the weather issues, but I would check with Dave on that. I think I had an email that stated that. Rich

You should not have a problem doing that Chris. I have done it before with no issues. When it comes time to get new cable, get the longer length, so when your cable starts to loose the covering, you can just cut it and retie. JMHO. Rich

Way to go chris, glad to see you got into a few. You will like the mag 10s for sure. Won't be long and things will be much better. Rich

It has been pretty slow. It is the transition period, so it is a tough time for catching. If you want lakers, I am sure you can run towards HH, go out from Sandy Pond, and look for the fish to laying on the bottom from 1oo' on out and drag the bottom with cow bells if you have them. If not then the old flashers with flys right on the bottom will work also. Will you have puter access when you get up here? Rich

Anyone have the results for the open divison, or how it went atleast. Just curious to see how well it was accepted. Thanks. Rich

Tom, If you had enough response form both sides you could do one for each level. Just a thought. Rich

I agree with George, the launch at Mexico is much better than the one at Pine grove. If it is kings head towards the plant and get into 100+ fow and start looking. As far as the BT's, the only word I can say is EARLY. We were out Monday, got a late start to due to kids having to get on the bus. We had our first skunk since last spring, so we were due, but it still hurt. Marked ungodly amounts of bait, with some fish right on the bottom any where from 35-75 fow. Hopefully they will change their eating habits for this weekend, but it is that time of year for some poor boxes. Good Luck. Rich

Chris, Like was posted earlier the Heartland rod is a great rod for the Thumper rig. Cheap, and you can use it as a back up dipsey rod also. Yes to the twilli tip for wire. As far as getting tangled in the riggers, it won't happen unless you have motor problems and get swung around real tight. Rememebr you will be oout behind the boat 75-150' and down of course. By then you are running your rigger leads short, 10-20' max ususally. I have run it off my boat, 8.5' beam no problem, and have taken fish. It is just another tool to have in the arsenal. Do you need it, no. With the DR you have a good idea what the speeds are doing down there. If you want to add another rod, then I would save the $$$ and get a copper setup. Look for a used Tek 800 on ebay, or the Okuma 55l and get a 400-600' foot copper setup. These you can put out to the side on the boards. JMHO. If we get together this weekend, I will show you my setups. Good Luck. Rich

Way to go guys, glad to see the east guys take control out there.

Dave, If you are interested in the controllking shoot me a pm I can give you a better price than off the website. I just put one on my boat and it is incredible. So much easier to really dial in the speed, I am able to go up .1mph with just a turn of the dial. I like the ability to go to FT and then back down to where you were with a flip of the switch, can't wait to try this on kings this fall. Simply to install on the Yamaha also. Good Luck, worth the $$$$ IMHO. Rich

Chris, I will call you tomorrow, I just got your message. Sorry have been working nights. If you do not like those FB's I will take for you, would hate to see them clog your boat up with wasted space. lol Rich

Happy Bday Timmy, hope the fish gods smiled on you. Rich

ok Pete, no problem, I will see you this summer. Rich

Way to go Pete, sweet report, hope those silvers stick around this year. Rich

Nice report Billy, glad to see the kings are still willing to play. Rich

Great report Pete, glad to see you had fun with the silvers. That atlantic is sweet. Will be out this weekend. Are you fishing the BT derby at Jon's? Way to go Frank and Patty, some pretty tough competition over there for that derby. Rich

Rod, Yea we were docked in #2, right next to Lonewolf. One of the kings I cleaned last week had 6 full grown adult alewives in its belly, and still wanted more. Good to hear the bait is alive and well. HOpe to be out again next year. Good Luck this year in the ProAms. Rich

DB, The pin is a Center Pin reel on a float rod we use for fishing steelies in the rivers. The reel has no drag, just a clicker, so I use one of my small rubber bands to hold the reel in place until the release, then just rip it off the handles. It is a blast, just you and the fish, I think the reason it was so successful was the lighter line that was on the reel. I was using 12lb suffix, which will give better action than the heavier lines. We stayed inside most of the boats, and found the fish were there and willing to play, not sure if they are still in that skinnier water or not. Good Luck. Rich

We rolled into town on Saturday, meet with west winds and waves building so we put the boat at the dock and got it all rigged. Sunday was worse than Saturday, WNW winds with waves 6-8' so we sat at the dock again. Monday I knew it was game on, light west winds, and sun. Left the dock a little late, I have dad, his older brother, and we had to wait for my friend Mac to get here. I set the first rod, which was my probe rigger, and attached to that was the Pin. Down 50', set the rubber band on the handles, turned around, and I hear fish fish fish. We are locked into our first king of the trip. Mac was allowed to put the first king of the season, and on the pin in the SEADUCKTION for the year. A nice teenager. Put the fish in the box, set the rigger again, did not have the second rod riggered and the pin fires again. This time it is my turn on the pin, it was game on. After a good battle we netted a sweet high teens KING. I would est. it weighed 19 or 20lbs. Took a pic and let that big boy go, hope to see him in our end of the lake in a few weeks. We after that we settled in, took fish off the riggers and the dipseys. NBK Mag, Spin dr., or echip all pulling ATOMMIK flies. We ended the day going 8 for 10, with 4 for 5 on the pin. We will be heading out tomorrow, so will have another report toorrow. If you want a little fun, put that pin in the rigger for kings. Good Luck, till tomorrow. ok here are a few of the pics: First king on the pin. Mac with another king taken on the dipsey with an echip ATOMMIK fly. Unlce Bob with his first spring king. A pic of the cooler, we kept 5 for the freezer, I let the biggest one go, hope see that brute this fall. 5-19 Ok we got a little earlier start this morning, heard the winds were supposrd to kick up. We set up the same area, straight out, at our marks the fish were down on the bottom unlike yetserday. Did not run the pin today, wanted dad and my uncle to have fun. Took a little bit to figure out what they wanted but we were able to bring a few aboard. ended the morning going 5 for 7 with all of them being 19-22lbs. All fish came on White echips or Spin Drs pulling ATOMMIK flies, I will tell you those new live action flies really produce. I will have to loook up the name and post it. Our last 2 came as a double with waves approaching 4-5foot, so we called it after getting the last in the boat. I took some video, and pics, which I will post when I got home, forgot my camera wire. I will say we are looking good for kings the size we had last fall. All of our fish today we were released. The dipseys were the ticket out 275 on a 2.5 setting. Hope to get out this afternoon. May 20, Well the wind was supposed to pick up again so we headed out early again. It was just the 3 of us again, so I set a 6 rod spread with 3 riggers, 2 wire dipseys, and one 2 color core with 3 oz of weight off the board. We started slow, but it picked up real fast. The pin was back in the rigger again, and again it took fish. We ended the day going 9 for 14, with one triple, and one Quad plus one. Yup we had 5 rods go, talk about fire drill. We got 3 out of the 5. Could have used a few extra hands that morning. Same program with the NBK mag on pin parked at 50'. White echips pulling the ATOMMIK net pen flies, proam flies, or the new double color fly, not sure of the name. These fish were not quite as big, but we did get a couple that were tipping the scales at 18-20lbs. We fished straight out of port, from 85-125 fow. Riggers were parked at 50,69,85. Dipseys were out 225 and 300. This one came on the new Savant Crusher spoon. Every wonder what it is like to fish with the REAL Grumpy Old Men, well I can tell you. lol May 21 Ok last day of our trip, we fished for 3.5 hours, and it was one to remember. I had my buddy Chris with us this am. He was out with his family in their boat for the same days we were there. With his boat on the trailer, and the kids wanting to go back to the falls, he was free to join us for our short trip. It was on from the word go. Same program, 6 rods, the fish wanted the wires bad that day. We ended up going 7 for 9 in 3.5 hours, with 6 of the hits coming off the wire. We got a couple small fish, but we also had a couple in the mid teens, and one pushing the 20lb mark. This was Chris's last trip for kings before heading back to Iraq for another couple of months, so I was happy that he was able to leave Wilson with sore arms on his last day. Thanks Chris for what you guys/girls do for us over there, and get your as s back here safe, we have chromers to catch this fall. IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/SEADUCKTION/P5210065.jpg[/img] I have more pics and video to post, so keep your eyes open. Enjoy. The ATOMMIK live series fly in the net pen pattern were smoking behind the White/glow Spinny or echip. The Stinger NBK Mag took its share of fish also. The Savant Crusher in the diehard pattern (called NBK by the company) was coming on strong the last 2 days. Rich

Glad you were able to head west with us Chris. Now get your butt back home safely in Sept, and we will head out again next spring. You are welcome aboard any time. I will have video of this trip up soon. Rich

Edd you could add the controllking for your throttle control. here is the web site, I put on my boat this year, and WOW. I have remote throttle controls, but this kicks those right in the arse. You can increase your speed by tenths of mph. http://www.controllking.com/ Shoot me a pm if you want more info. Rich

Great job Frank on getting them on the fish. man if I did not know better, it looks like he is a little cold. lmao when that wind picked up it chilly. Good Luck in the SLderby Rich

Way to go chris, glad to see you are enjoying the new boat, and your time home from your job. Can't wait to get out west. hearing good things. Come on saturday, see ya then. Rich