Gill-T

Yep, I have caught a few this year with short gill plates. Just tried to pull some info off the internet on this disorder. One cause that pops up is sedimentation of the water at hatcheries? I think there has been recent problems at Altmar with sediments getting into the tanks but there is very little information on the subject. I have seen this in years past but very rare.

Both! Find Steelhead water with one unit and King water with the other.

You don't have to go longer than 300 Cu. Just add a torpedo diver to the mix and you can turn a 300' Cu into a 600 by adding weight.

And you probably gave all your savings back in lost gas money looking to save a few bucks.

It is hard to imagine a fillet O'Laker tasting good when they are busy crapping all over your boat.

JJ, the rainbows up near the surface will not show on your graph

Rainbows are not structure orientating, they are pelagic. The best steelhead water in the great lakes exists out in the middle of the lakes. The fingers are no different.

You may want to just troll a spoon with some orange on it with just a couple of split shots in front of it. You may be fishing below the fish with the 3 color. Surface water is in the 50's so they are probably bugging near the surface.

Put them out esp. during the LOC derby for big steelhead. Use a heavier blank like an NK that is speed tolerant as the flasher will give additional action to the spoon. Run a long leader from the flasher say 4'-5'. You will catch kings on the rig too. Find that lower end temp for steelhead say 58 degrees right at the temp break and put them out on a dipsy at that level.

Ok, makes sense. I will usually run the stingray at 2 - 2.25 on the sub-troll as it is a lightweight blank. Steelhead like it spinning.....kings, browns and lakers not so much.

Skipper, is your video running at real time or is it edited faster? Do you run a down temp/speed unit? How fast do you think you were going? Videos are always educational thanks for posting.