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spent the morning working 150-170 fow west of the creek. real good screen 40-60' down ,which was way out of temp, with good hooks and some bait. first fish of the day came on the 10 color leadcore w/ redheaded silverbullet , nice aerial steelie about 8#. we continued to work the same area (in circles) for the next couple of ours and boated a few more. we lost a screamer who took about 3/4 of the spool, in 1 run, off a downrigger rod before snapping off. needless to say, that sucked, he was a big guy. about 800 the fishing turned off till about 930 when it picked up again. ended the day 11 for 13 w/ 2 steelies and the rest were kings. kings 15-24# and the steelies 8-10#. it was nice to fight some quality fish in numbers finally. leadcore and jpug took 1 fish and green on white sd and fly 150' out went four times. the rest of the fish came on a mix of spoons off the riggers 35-77' down- stinger nbk, green glow nk, irish car bomb, super spook, chart/ purple nk

is there a loc summer derby ceremony?

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IA bowhunter, i hate to burst your bubble but by the looks of things, what you have is a big king. the black mouth and gum line give it away. a steelheads mouth and gum line are white. all in all a nice fish.

i tend to search out the coldest water also. i like to find that 39 degree water and setup from there.

(thats too funny)i would suggest reeling as fast as you can and make up that slack line.

so i decided to go with berts rod holders on the boat. it seemed noone had anything bad to say about them and i heard nothing but positive things about them.i ordered them from http://www.buyfishingstuff.com/berts.html. let me say if you guys need berts stuff this is the place to buy it. 3 days i had my order and the price is the best ive found. unfortunately ive only been able to use them once since i installed them

sounds like i missed a good day guys. i was trapped on cayuga without a boat. yankee, i think everyone at some point loses something to the bridge. maybe its a gift for the fish gods or just plain stupity but everyone pays eventually.

i would suggest looking at the results of your poll and i hope it answers your question.

your downspeed is what it is believe it. your gps and your downspeed will be different at most times but thats why we have down speed units to make the corrections to our speed. there is a point that extreme blow back causes your subtroll to start loosing speed (due to the cable angle). but it can be resolved by slowing down and allowing the subtroll to "catch up". i also own a subtroll and have found that my temp reads slower than other units (my guess is 1/2 mph slower). what you need to do is match speeds with someone. mimic trolling direction and gps speed, and then look at your downspeed and compare. you may find 2 different answers.

safe to assume king fishing? 2- downriggers (1 with a cheater 10-15' above the ball and the other deep w/ a free slider) and 2 wire dipsey rods. 4 rods but with 6 lures covering alot of water.

nice report brian

mmmmmm....spam

bananas nothing changes your luck like bananas.

just tie an overhand knot in your fly leader, push the loop through the swivel hole on the spin doctor, put the fly through the loop, and pull tight

sundays thunderstorm here in hamlin was probably the most intense thunderstorm ive been in. there was actually a point were it stop raining completely and hailed for about 5 mins straight. we had 1+" of accumulation and temperatures dropped to under 60 degrees. lots of damaged trees and crops. incredible storm.

im doing a little summer cleaning 3- XL type III life jackets 1- child small type II life jacket 4- walker "bullet" downrigger releases 4- daiwa sealine sl175h reels 3- 10# downrigger balls 1- 8# tru trac downrigger ball 1000 yds spool of 30# cortland fleaflicker only accepting interesting trades (beer, lures, etc) so make me an offer

billy, just another reason to have rick fight the fish on copper.

nice day on the water jax

rich, i typically just run an 8' leader between dipsey and the spoon. alot of the time its usally a spoon that has been firing on the riggers and usually higher in the water column.

short trip for us today. ended the day 1 for 6 (steelie). purple thunder 28, 180' on the wire. beautiful screen 80-100 fow just couldnt get them to go (but from what ive heard its been a decient evening spot). spent the next couple of hours on a NE troll to 360 fow. 4 of the fish came between 200-300'. including a double. purple seemed to bring in the most attention. lots of warm water and pretty uniform temp still. bumpy(well considering how its been lately) and lots of current out past 170'.

short trip this morning, Left the dock @ 5 And returned @ 10. Didnt see alot of boats out today (maybe 5 or so) and the radio was quiet also. after spending an hour or so in search mode, we fished a screen in 225 fow. (64 degree surface and 51 degrees down 99') pulled fished between 35' down and 99' down. hot spoon bite off the riggers and the wire but couldnt get bubba to fire. 45-55' down was the hot spot. nbk, icb, mixed veggie, no name purple mag all took fish. ended the day 8 for 14 steelie and kings w/ big fish of the day an 18# king. hoping to get back on sunday but well see what the weekend brings.

sounds like we need to flip a coin to get an answer around here. i use snubbers and in my eyes theyre just an insurance policy. i also crank my drags down and adjust the drag after the fish is on.

you wait your whole life for a chance to boat a walleye....just one walleye....then you get your chance.....you jump up and down at the first site of it.....and then you get it in the boat and you scream like a girl...... then in disbelieve you spend the next 5 minutes discussing (with yourself outloud), how you caught it and you cant believe that you finally caught one....and then you dont even smile for the pick.

thanks guys, the family really had fun. hey tank, i tried calling you when i got setup but you must not of had your radio on.