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Gonna try bouncin bottom in shallow, then head out deep. Good call...I'm with ya!..high sun deep feed kings [ Post made via Android ]

http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/ ... 3.250m.jpg Looks like what little color there is extends out to near 300 ...350 fow ..are you down towards the red can Nick? Or out front of port? [ Post made via Android ]

Trolling with you Nick...all the way from Chattanooga, Tn.,,,,this internet stuff is cool [ Post made via Android ]

I think there are a lot of lakers in that 70 to 120 fow, and with troll speeds at 3 mph they were probably the short hitters. I had the same result weeks ago when I sped things up to get away from the mud chickens. Short hits and just a couple coho. I think the big guys are to be found in the deep. Feeding deep possibly. You said the 107 rigger fired on a steelhead...gotta be there for food cause they don't really like that frigid water much. Maybe 240 fow on out could show some bigger class kings on these sunny days down deep over 100?...wish I could get out there and play with the puzzle...I miss having a challenge, but dread the skunk Mark [ Post made via Android ]

Sounds like early transition. The surface temp is rising quickly from most reports I'm reading. Fish are sorta scattered in the water column. Equation sounds like that of a impending flip....what do you think? Mark [ Post made via Android ]

I think it is this parasite that is found among salmonids...not transferable to humans...WHIRLING DISEASE. HOPE IT'S OUT OF THE WATER...GUESS IT ACTS AS A RESERVOIR AND AFTER IT DIES IT RELEASES THE PATHOGEN. I didn't know this but I won't put them back in the water if I get one. Myxobolus cerebralis is a myxosporean parasite of salmonids (salmon, trout, and their allies) that causes whirling disease in farmed salmon and trout and also in wild fish populations. It was first described in rainbow trout in Germany a century ago, but its range has spread and it has appeared in most of Europe (including Russia), the United States, South Africa [1] and other countries. In the 1980s, M. cerebralis was found to require a tubificid oligochaete (a kind of segmented worm) to complete its life cycle. [2] The parasite infects its hosts with its cells after piercing them with polar filaments ejected from nematocyst-like capsules. Whirling disease afflicts juvenile fish (fingerlings and fry) and causes skeletal deformation and neurological damage. Fish "whirl" forward in an awkward, corkscrew-like pattern instead of swimming normally, find feeding difficult, and are more vulnerable to predators. The mortality rate is high for fingerlings, up to 90% of infected populations, and those that do survive are deformed by the parasites residing in their cartilage and bone. They act as a reservoir for the parasite, which is released into water following the fish's death. M. cerebralis is one of the most economically important myxozoans in fish, as well as one of the most pathogenic. It was the first myxosporean whose pathology and symptoms were described scientifically. [3] The parasite is not transmissible to humans. [ Post made via Android ]

"#1 fishing tool - your brain - use it!!" Hey ...Ray....HEY!....my brain....I need it back! I share mine with Ray..oh wait he did give it back but now It's at the lab..(plumber putty on it)..maybe they will call today.... [ Post made via Android ]

I wouldn't worry too much right now long as it runs smooth and the smoke disappears quickly... It is probably steam more than anything from the cooling. Sometimes mine does that with the cold water and the warm air combo..specialy if it is kind of humid out. Check your oil when ya get done just to make sure its full and not getting whitish color. If it doesn't smell like burning oil I would not say it is doing something bad. Mark [ Post made via Android ]

Not sure Nick...looks slightly blue?...does it linger on the water and drift or disapate rather quickly. If it seems to disappear quickly it is steam...blueish could be oil if it drifts or you can smell it. [ Post made via Android ]

Is it smoke or steam?...is the water surface cold and air warm?..if it is running smooth I would not be concerned. Any color to the smoke or smell if you notice? [ Post made via Android ]

I know you want to keep things on the least expensive route, but would seriously recommend 30 lb braid on your reels for divers. If you are just fishing Hemlock or most any lake besides lake O. You will be able to achieve much greater depth and be able to trip the dipsy much easier for retrieval. Mono is a pain for dipsy. Also, with the heartlands you got, don't use snubbers the rods are very flexible and take the hit no problem. You get better hookup. You will know the hit when it comes. Pole thrashes and if drag is set right...it sings FISH ON with the clicker on.. Mark [ Post made via Android ]

I'm ready to fish vicarious through you today Nick......got into my pilot house and all fired up for trolling. image upload ..too bad its the wrong helm this morn. Trolling with you will be my imagined tightines. Go get em [ Post made via Android ]

Yeah, what Stan said.....the good old California ag inspectors at the state line....."Hey driver....ya got any fruit flies buzzin around in there with ya? ....gypsy moth and stuff like that? [ Post made via Android ]

If you were a couple hours later ya coulda drafted behind the big 18 wheeler. Saved some gas Nick!...passing Rome right now...hey!....was that a cooler I just passed that said Ruff Rider?........nope....false alarm...was a Yeti with a bear sitting on it. Good luck Nick Mark [ Post made via Android ]

Given what ya got for today, Safety would be #1 with a small boat and motor. You can go on the big lake but be very mindful of the weather. I would say if you watch the weather patterns very carefully and chose the right time when a predictable pattern has set up for a few days with little or no wind no impending fronts of any kind, and you would be safe to go a couple miles from shore. Be sure to get at least a handheld VHF radio so if you need assistance there will be a couple boats nearby usually to help. Keep in mind the 9.9 is not a speedy motor so keep an eye on the horizon for bad weather. Even some large boat wakes can get a little exciting. Also you mentioned that you are using spinning equipment. You can use spinning reels but they are not designed well for deep water trolling. I have used those reels for dipsey diver presentations but you are limited to using mono fishing line only, and the drags are a little funky for the use of hard pulling divers. next is the rod should be stiff enough to pull the divers. You would be best to upgrade to diver rods and a level wind WITH A COUNTER for the lake and use the dipsy divers for the most economical deep water salmon fishing setup. Get some good clamp on rod holders and use wire on the level winds to keep fleas off. you could use braid but when the fleas are out then it is useless. Early morning forays are best with the small boat. Wind usually low and lake flat, sun low and the fish are quite often in close UNDER 150 FT OF WATER....(FISH FINDER DEPTH FINDER CRITICAL IF YOU WANT T BE ACURATE WITH THE DIPSY) first thing of the morning. If you change your rod setups to pull dipsey and get the rod holders, you will be all set and as cheap as it can get to get started for the big fish. Can't stress enough about the safety of the first few lines of this post though, and you should be able to have some chance at the salmon. Mark

I bet they come in stinky feet.....look like bonito...no..TUNA...HOT TUNA FEET! [ Post made via Android ]

Look up Stan, the Cali man, he is only a couple hours north of there. He should be able to hook you up in Lake Shasta. Better to get on the Pacific though cause I think Shasta has baby salmon .Rod...you sure you wanna join the land of fruits and nuts? Hope it works for you guys, big change, should be exciting. Mark [ Post made via Android ]

Good job Tom!....no gas?..you mean it's a ...BLOW boat! ..musta went covert, clandestine with his Wayfarers on No paparazzi can figure out Tom The FISHINMAN! [ Post made via Android ]

Well, ya did good ...fish caught....boat ran...tackle worked...just remember to forget the net, or the cooler....I don't know any body who does that... ..........oops Mark [ Post made via Android ]

Ok, so It's not electrical....a priming issue. Check intake screen and fittings....O rings get dry. Put some tranny fluid on them and reinstall or get new if not pliable, out of shape....gotta look for suction leaks pull the intake off and dump some water in the pump. Put your thumb over the intake and feel for suction. Could be dry diaphragm in pump. [ Post made via Android ]

Leave switch on and feel the motor...if hot or warm...it is the motor trying to work. If not it is wiring circuits, switch, or dead spot in the motor. Brushes get sticky, need a thump sometimes. [ Post made via Android ]

Nice pics Rob, those evening Trolls are so relaxing!....I feel better now just looking at those pics....ahhhhh.... shock top sunset Mark [ Post made via Android ]

I troll copper off 15 foot taco outriggers on the T top. It gives me about 35 feet of separation. I have just run the 600 copper out over the clip release at any length I want and it gave me some control over the length to change it if needed by simply letting more copper out and not having to release the clip. The drawback to that was having to set the drag tighter to keep line from dragging out and caused some pretty violent slack tension on a hit. almost rips off the rod holder. The copper seemed to wear ok being run over the clip but I would use a copper of the length you want to deploy and loop the backing around the release clip, run the copper to the knot at the water. I set my outriggers up and back a little to provide some clearance for other sets of out downs and dipsy wires. I am going to borrow a method from saltwater tourny fishing by using a "tag line" and see if that will reduce the angle of the rod line to the end of the rigger, thereby reducing the slack takeup on a hit and get a more solid hookup. It is a cord with a release clip on one end and a heavy metal ring like a carabiner on the other. The cord is about 4 feet in length and drops the copper back a little more behind the boat reducing the angle to the rod. It also has the advantage of being able to ride on the halyards of the riggers by simply clipping the metal ring around the halyard and then sliding out to the end of the rigger with the pull from the copper and lure in the water while trolling. This eliminates the need to "clothesline" the release back and forth on the halyards. When a fish strikes, the tag line will release the copper and then slide back down the halyard to the boat, ready to be employed again in the same manner very quickly. The only thing I'm concerned about with the tag line idea is what it will do when the tension suddenly snaps the tag line back on a release from a hit. I think it might slingshot and possibly get tangled on the rigger pole. Not sure but worth a try. one thing about useing dipsy with those coppers is that they should be set less than #2 plane and kept under 200 feet, other wise risk of tangles become greater on wide and long dipsey sets. Mark

Nice action, faster trolls been the best for me when the lakers were all over stuff. Mark

Nice report, thanks for sharing