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Legacy

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  1. Welcome to LOU!
  2. Welcome to LOU!
  3. i tried the shallower water both saturday and sunday mornings. we set up around 50 fow both days and trolled northeast out of it and never moved a rod inside of 90'.
  4. That clear water makes for tough Brown fishing! Long leads and fluorocarbon leaders will help. Cold, clean, clear water = tough day inside.
  5. Saturday... With the complete lack of colored water to chase Browns right out the front door, we decided to make the move off of shore for the first time this year looking for anything silver. In the hopes of finding Kings, we set up in 50fow and trolled Northeast with an aggressive set featuring almost all flasher/ flies. Once we hit 96 fow, our day got started with a triple on Lake Trout. From there the stage was set and Silvers would some how avoid the boat for the entire day. It was like an all you could eat chicken festival at Sandy Creek. Great year class of fat Lakers with the majority of fish over 12# and our big fish of the day at 20#. We looked at water from 60'- 220' only to find more and more Lakers. By mornings end we would end up with over 3 dozen fish on. Our producers todat were... Capt Valium Spin Doctors off the Blood Run 300' coppers, Green/ white crush Spin doctors off the Blood Run wire divers, 72 Monte SD off the deep rigger, and Mt dew Spin Doctor off the 65' rigger would be all we needed in the water for the day. Insane flasher/ fly bite on those 6 rods as the other 3 rods only did 2 bites with spoons all day. Needless to say my kid was extremely tired by the end of the trip! Hunter with a personal best 17#+ Lake Trout Mikey With a personal best 20# Lake Trout Sunday... Knowing where the Lakers were, we headed father east looking for water. Same spread as yesterday but with 3 high DW SS spoons in the set looking for Steel and Coho. Once again we picked away at Lakers all through the water column as we headed east. When we reached Wautoma, we made the decision to run to Braddocks point. We were looking for some different water and a day and a half in and still not a silver on board. By mornings end though, we would finally be rewarded with 3 Kings in the boat. Mixed bag for us today with over 25 bites filled with a smaller class of Lakers, Steelhead, and Kings. Once again, Capt Valium Spin Doctors off the Blood Run 300' coppers, Green/ white crush Spin doctors off the Blood Run wire divers, 72 Monte off the deep rigger, and Mt dew Spin Doctor off the 65' rigger would be all we needed in the water for the day. Only 1 spoon bite the entire day for us. We covered alot of water today (50'-260') from Sandy to Braddocks point only to find it virtually all looks the same with only a slight temp difference to make it any different. Lots of cold (mid 40s), green, and clean water out there. 23# King
  6. Just a update on on the Sandy Creek project. The Steelhead were released last night with the help of our project volunteers. A huge thanks to them! Without volunteers these projects simply would not exist. The water temperature in the creek reached 67.1 degrees and forced us to release them a week earlier then planned. Good news is they did hit their target weight and size for the 2 weeks they did spend with us. They were nothing short of vicious predators! Due to cold water at the hatchery (which has hindered growth), the pen reared Chinooks have been behind schedule all season. The pen sites finally started recieving fish this week and Sandy was slated to recieve Chinooks today at 130 pm. Unfortunately, due to our high water temperature, we will not be able to pen rear our Chinook Salmon this year. The plan is they will remain at the hatchery for a couple more weeks (which will help growth) and then stocked at the public launch along with our direct stocked Chinooks. Follow the project on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SandyCreekPenRearingProject
  7. No. Most of the diver specific rods these days have guides that will put up with the punishment of stainless wire but Twili tips protect against wire fatigue. read this... "Twili Tip Wire Line Guide FJR Industries manufactures a Fishing Rod Tip for use with wire trolling line. The use of wire line for deep water trolling has become very popular, particularly in the Great Lakes region. The coil wire tip, sold under the trademark TWILI-TIP, features a stainless steel spring to resist corrosion and a bright yellow body to improve tip visibility. Designed to fit most popular rod sizes; six inserts, sizes #5 through #16, are packaged with each tip. Installation is simple requiring only Super-Glueâ„¢. The use of wire line for deep water trolling dates back to the early 1940's. The earliest metallic lines were made from copper and quickly broke due to cold working of the metal resulting from wire fatigue at the rod tip. Although the wire trolling line used today is much improved over the earlier copper wire, the problems of resistance to reeling and the wire fatigue, both caused by the rod guide tip, still exist. Early on several different rod tip ideas were used to minimize the above noted problems. A roller guide was effective in reducing the resistance to reeling, however the radius of the roller is quite small and offers little improvement to reducing wire fatigue and care must also be taken to make certain the wire remains on the roller. The idea that proved to be the most effective solution was the addition of a coil spring to the rod tip. The spring, acting as a strain relief, provides a large arc at the rod tip and effectively reduces both wire fatigue and resistance to reeling. The effectiveness of the spring is unaffected by the orientation of the rod tip."
  8. Welcome to LOU!
  9. for spoons theres nothing like special mate boxes to keep you organized but they do take up space. As for flies... clear plano boxes for unrigged, fly tubes for rigged, and the ones in use i just keep attached to the flashers
  10. i didnt see the log this morning...
  11. A spro #3 heavy swivel or an albright knot will work
  12. Is fluorocarbon a must? No but it will make the difference in boating more fish. Especially in clear water or when the fish are just finicky. No matter what my mainline is, I leader them up. 10-12# typically. I use a Spro #3 barrel swivel to connect mainline to about 12' leader of fluorocarbon and a duo lock snap at the business end.
  13. Willis knot is the way to go with leadcore! http://www.netknots.com/fishing_knots/willis-knot
  14. A 300' copper is a great place to start. Okuma Clarion 553LS or Okuma Convector 55L with a Okuma Classic Pro GLT copper rod make for a great copper combo.
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