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Mark, I don't know if you have seen the DEC video of the water below the peace bridge, but it is LOADED with walleye. Scary water with rocks waiting to wreck your prop. The Detroit River is a fairly smooth bottom. Below the Peace Bridge you have huge jagged slag boulders. The area above the bridge is a more even shale bottom, but tough to find an anchor hold.

Tournament out of St. Catherines this weekend so the bar will be VERY crowded.

Call Big Jon, maybe they will service you by getting you some new boards. Never hurts to ask. I also use the amish outfitters spectra......no problems.

Looks like they are heading for the rivers. Tim, the spoons are in.

Consider King Starboard.

Try the evening bite in close.

Had a day back a decade ago where we landed three kings in one day with the hooks buried somewhere under the chin or belly. My thought was these fish were rocketing up through the downrigger spread of spoons from below trying to stun the bait? I have seen other species esp. in the ocean perform the move. I also think there is something to the hardening kype mouth not holding hooks, plus fish have seen baits all year and are more likely to nip than rip.

Yes, no problem. You want the dipsy closer to center to stay out of the coppers so you can loose the ring and put them on a 1 setting. Mag dipsys will dive even steeper with less troubles (mag dipsys NOT a size# 1 dipsy with a mag-ring).

Paul, I would love to hear the story behind the fish. Looks foggy, so fishing inside? Give us the goods!! Congrats

Make no bones about it.........if the locals say they are getting fish with a red eye sticker on the back of a spoon.......I am going to put a red eye on the back of the spoon!!!! I will never believe that a fish with a brain the size of a pea actually "thinks" about the eye thing before biting. The moment of the strike is a reaction that happens in a flash. The eye in the back of the spoon is more of a color thing than anything. As Ray says speed and LOCATION are more important than what color or where you place the eye sticker. There should be no hurt feelings in a healthy discussion about fishing......it is just fishing.

Mark, when it is foggy inshore, usually a good sign of upwelling. Head out until you see the surface temp change. Usually, that means setting down past 350' out of Olcott and trolling north from there.

Happy B-day Ray, you were right about the air conditioner capacitor. Now get out there with your reverse-eye spoons and catch some fish

Here is my Lake O three- spoon value pack for all species 1). Michigan Stinger in Black Widow or Black Wiggler for Brown Trout 2). Dreamweaver SS or regular in Steelhead Candy for Steelhead 3). Michigan Stinger in Stingray or Mag size - NBK-green for Kings

Yes Ray they swim around my baits and bite the swivel . What a load of crap that theory is. Now the Spot-tailed shiner has a dot on it's tail, so maybe that is why inshore Brown fishermen esp. at the Oak swear by putting the eye on rear. I have never seen underwater footage of ANY species of fish swimming around a bait to hit it head first. Bait is always fleeing. Caught from behind and then swallowed head first IMO.

Get a green pattern, an orange pattern, and a black on white pattern. Hard to go wrong with NK's, Michigan Stingers, Dreamweaver SS, Northport Nailers, Silver streaks

Will see water next weekend. I probably put 150 hours into this project.

NiiiCCCEEEE! You are loving that bath water lately.

That was because you were making your own "bubbling" sounds. Too much coffee I guess.

If you see underwater footage of Kings striking a flasher/fly you could see how easily it is to loose a fish. I believe the strikevision underwater downrigger camera site has some footage you can watch. Drag tightness with wire or braid divers is crutial to success and changes during the fight. From underwater footage you can see that after a king hits a fly and turns, the hook gets stuck usually in the corner of the mouth. Once the fish feels the hook it's next response is usually universal.....the fish will backpedal while shaking it's head in an attempt the throw the hook. This initial head shaking is denoted by the diver rod violently bouncing up and down and is usually the time the "hit and miss" crap happens. At this point I am pulling the diver rod out of the holder, walking back towards the transom while LOOSENING the drag slightly. During that initial head shake phase I want "give" in the line to keep the fish from tearing out the hooks. Then next response from the fish once it realizes it can't free itself is to RUN. That wonderful, beautiful initial run we all love. Let them go. Let them tire while slowly centering themselves to the rear of the boat away from all other junk lines. I will slowly start to tighten the drag again if I feel I can gain on the fish. When the fish is close to netting you need to be ready to loosen the drag again if you see them turn quick with a tail slap. With the tight connection and no-stretch line, hooks can pull or straighten easily at the end of the battle.

Last year while at Wilson.....in my slip, someone during the spring ESLO derby took my nice canister-type fuel filter and replaced it with a dented cheapo. Could have been dangerous if I had not noticed the swap and if the filter was not put on tight-gas leak. Well this past Niagara Pro/Am "Jason" from LOU was sleeping on my boat and noticed an airbuble sound coming from the hull. This bothered me because there was more than usual water pouring out of the plug hole after I pulled the boat at the end of the tournament. With the nagging question of the water in the hull, and my month-long hardtop project coming to an end, yesterday I started inspecting the hull for possible leaks. When I inspected the transom.......there it was, a screw missing from the bracket on my shallow water transducer! What is disturbing about this discovery is that the screw HAD to removed by someone with ill intent. This spring I reset all my transom screws with 3M 5200. The new screw I install was plenty tight on the threads so I could not have pulled out on its own. Considering Jason who was sleeping on my slowly sinking boat, could have drown. Considering my family will be using the boat. Considering everything bad that could have happened.......this was a CRIMINAL ACT. Luckily my bilge was able to keep up with the weeping hole water influx. Please remember to check all fittings, screws etc. etc. before heading out. Don't assume everything is OK. The boat was drydocked at Boat Doctors this spring so if anyone has info about people messing with boats in Niagara county please PM me. Thank you.

I can't believe I misspelled disciplinarian....Ray you were on my boat.....is your misspelling disease contagious?

Could be a lost antler due to rough-housing. A patient of mine helps to run a deer rehabilitation center in WNY for injured deer. Seeing penned deer interact is facinating. Deer gender tendancies are very similar to human tendancies. Does are the cranky disciplinarians that teach fawns survival, and the bucks just love to play. Bucks love messing/playing with fawns especially.

Wilson Boat Yard or Sunset Bay Marina would be your two choices.

I would start with putting a hook on the rear of the bait!!! Browns are nippers.

Carb problem, water in the gas ......lots of reasons.