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Martingale system [ Post made via Android ]

I have been on the boat with Nick...I choose lures, I had input on strategy, I celebrated in the catch, I helped diagnose engine problems, I went on wine tours and got fat eating virtual wings and ice cream, ......and to top it off my Hands smell like fish after handling my smartphone connected to his Mark [ Post made via Android ]

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Ha ha...there for a while I thought you went back to the slippery for those spinny and fly combos [ Post made via Android ]

picture hosting Mtn dew nuke and the crinkle glow :razz: yeah yeah yeah....wimper wimper..ruff..dog likes it too! [ Post made via Android ]

Nuclear green dot on white 11 inch pro and hammer fly...or Mountain dew green dot SD with crinkle glow ATOMIK fly [ Post made via Android ]

Great tour..very nice, and informing post... Thanks for taking us along Nick [ Post made via Android ]

I don't know why there is no answer it is a great looking boat and seems reasonably priced for a lightly used boat ready to fish.....economy? ..just not many folks with money to spend anymore and the banks are not so willing these days either. Price is right. [ Post made via Android ]

Looks like a really good day today...sorry the 42 second spoon didn't do much...hey the fish Gods are playful and so they are laughing at the way they directed the good fishing to the other offerings......hey how does your smartphone smell now after all this? [ Post made via Android ]

Whew ...I been swimming around fast as I can go and just caught up and climbed on board...how's the 42 second hitting? Where are we ...off the red can somewhere? [ Post made via Android ]

Braid seldom needs retieing. The flouro is tough but prone to nicks and can break there. I test my knots by pulling them and actually try to break the knot up to a good hard pull and Sharp tug. You can use 30 lb mono for backing on your braid so you don't need to fill the spool all the way up with braid. I use an albright knot for the connection of braid to mono. As long as you are fishing Hemlock and similar lakes and not trying to catch 30 lb kings on lake O then you will be fine with about 500 FEET of braid on top of mono backing. In most cases you will never see the backing going out on a fish from Hemlock, and the knot will stay on the reel. Lake O however is a whole lot different. Mark Also, if tieing braid to a ring on a swivel be sure you use good ONE PIECE rings not spiral type. The braid can work out of the spirals. [ Post made via Android ]

For a different connection I use a no knot connection for backing to copper and copper to flouro leader. Absolutely seamless transition from one to the other. Stronger than any knot in wire to backing or leader. Cortland makes a hollow braid called c16 in 80 lb, and it eliminates a knot connection. It's a little bit tedious to complete the connections but well worth the time for a truely nice unit of line through all the guides and reel guide. I started useing this last year and have had great success with it. It does require a one time purchase of a threading daho needle, and you can also use a needle hook to form a loop connection off the end of the hollow braid, but I just tie a perfection loop knot for the backing and leader. Still very smooth. The end of the hollow braid is served, and I use the 30 lb power pro braid for that. It keeps the braid solidly attached to the copper and keeps it from fraying apart. I have never had a failure so far on all three of my copper setups. Two 45 lb and one 30 lb. Rigged this way....only draw back is if it breaks, which I believe is rare, is that it would be hard to do another hollow braid connection while trolling in the boat unless you have a nice cabin to sit down in and work on it. The serving is the hard part without a jig. I do it without and haven't used a bobin to do the serving of the power pro yet but that would be very useful and much easier than winding the serving by hand like I do. Fat Nancy's in Pulaski has the kits and the braid. Mark [ Post made via Android ]

4.99 for a......NK 42 SECOND SPOON!....what a deal!..the fish God is pleased. Also picked one of these for Theresa as she doesnt like how the rod pokes her and leaves black marks all the time. I'll let everyone how they work once we remember how to catch fish.... Hmmmm....chastity belt....love God maybe not so pleased... [ Post made via Android ]

Thanks for takin me fishin, and letting me pick a lure Nick. As close as it can get while I'm gone Mark [ Post made via Android ]

I use seguar flourocarbon leader material from the dipsy to lure and a good snap swivel on lure...virtually invisible...15 lb is plenty for Hemlock, but it does need to be tough to handle the shock of hit on a dipsey....you keep this up and your gonna need a new credit card...this is a sickness you know right? PS..use good knots recommended for the braid because the material is very slippery and knots can slip. The package usually illustrates the recommended ones to use . What brand of braid did you get? Mark [ Post made via Android ]

Holy crap! That first fish was in diapers ....FISH ON!..or fishy on ...I like the Ho...smell my fishyfingers. This is fun! [ Post made via Android ]

Cool...nbk is close or ladder back on some form of dark green...wow, I get to go virtual FISH ON! thanks Nick Mark [ Post made via Android ]

Yeah, its the transition coming early, the Niagara flow should give you a little more consistency....Hey, you got spoon I can try?...how bout a NK Mag 42 second [ Post made via Android ]

In the last image from modis, there looks like good color way off shore out from Olcott east to near Point Breeze. Hmmmmm. [ Post made via Android ]

http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/ ... 3.250m.jpg color plume looks like it is packed down near the bar out deep from the red can. Hardly any color east of there now. Maybe a couple miles east of the red can will be a more fertile color and hold some bait?...keep tryin Nick [ Post made via Android ]

Not a salmonid, but could be whirling disease [ Post made via Android ]

They are bad. Stinkers squish all over the deck and love dark sunbrella. Hard to remove too if gooshed on for too long. Biting flies come later summer...the ones that like ankle meat. [ Post made via Android ]

Man I wish I was on that lake today....looks nice...sitting here in a warehouse parking lot in Atlanta...95 degrees [ Post made via Android ]

Nick has gone deep out off Wilson, and hit a good king at 110 over 280 just a little while ago. High sun deep fish. I would go for it. Mark [ Post made via Android ]

That's where they are!...nice king, way to go [ Post made via Android ]