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Here's my theories and my experiences with all three scenarios: 1.) Fish on Dipsy - wire rod pulsates like crazy from fish trying to shake off. It does not simply peel off wire line at a constant rate 2.) Dipsy hitting bottom - the Dipsy releases, line peels out at a steady pace at the speed of the boat similar to letting out line. Usually some zebras on the hook. You just sit there with the drag releasing and feel helpless...... 3.) Dipsy tripped from hitting sub-surface debris like a log (this scenario seems most likely to me) - same as #1, but when I've hit logs and subsurface debris it always seems to straighten out my hooks for some reason Sounds like you may have hit a log which rode down the line and tripped it. Good luck - we'll probably never know what really happened, Chris

I run free sliders all the time - and yes they tangle all the time when I pop and bring up a rod too quickly, or when we net a king hooked on the mainline, etc, etc. However, I have between 10-12 tied at any one time ready to go, so when one tangles you simply cut it out, save the swivels for tying during the week for your next trip, and just use a new one from your leader holder for that day. You're out about 5 cents of fluoro and maybe 15 seconds of time cutting it out. I caught a 26# king solo a few years back on a free slider and they catch all kinds of other fish year 'round for me. For the extra fish you catch, they are well worth it. I use a 6-7' leader, small 30-45# swivel on the spoon end, and a 100# swivel on the slider end. Good luck, Chris

Awesome report captain Tight lines, chris

Lmao buddy!!!!!

Agree 100% - it's the difference between 1 or 2 fish or 15 when you look at the little things. Great job boys, Chris

Sweetness buddy, Tight lines, Chris

Yes - I saw you as well. Rochester really has some great fishing....we are blessed to have such a great port. Tight lines, Chris

I fished with my buddy Barry today and we had a very decent bite, although interestingly we feasted on mainly lake trout today. My day started off with me dropping my Gopro camera and it slid across my driveway at 3:45 AM, only to scratch the lens. The videos are still reasonable, yet will forever have a cloudy area right in the middle. The noise of the crickets and tree frogs were interrupted by my serenade of 20 different permutations using the f-word. Next up, was me falling down the stairs coming out of the **** house at Mayer's Marina and spraining my right ankle at 4 :15 AM, as someone left a rock on the second step and I took a tumble.....yep, more f bombs........ The third snafu, was me getting a spoon caught between my BJ rigger spool and the frame of the rigger and it blew apart the plastic reel and the line counter.......... And finally, was half of my day being without my Subtroll, after I also somehow managed to destroy the extension RCA cable from the antenna to the dash unit. That being said, we still managed a good bite, and it started fast and furious with the very first rod taking a hit 10 seconds into our day as we were setting up in 100 fow. Next a laker took a hit right out of my hand, and then the 400' copper pulling meat started screaming followed by the initial rigger going off which concluded with us catching 4 fish in the first 45 minutes. The bite slowed considerably for us after the sun came up and it was a pick of a fish here and there as we drifted out deeper. After it slowed, we motored back into 140-150' and pulled cowbells for some more gorgeous lake trout. We finished the day 11/12 with all lake trout except one king. The best depth for us was 110-150' north and east of I-Bay. The following all took fish today: Cowbells/Spin n' Glo both in yellow and yellow with red dots' 400' pulling naked cut bait (glow head) MVP #1 42 second spoon on the rigger MVP #2 Good luck to all, Chris

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Nice job boys!

Awesome job gentlemen!!

We fished a three man crew - my buddies Jason and Chris, for a just a few hours on Saturday until it became a bit nasty and we pulled rods around 9 AM. We fished north and east of the Bay mouth, and deeper (i.e. 300 fow +) was best. All of our action came in a volley between 7:00 and 8:00 AM, other than our last knock off pulling rods in 140' around 9. We fished a top water program with two riggers at 50 and 55' with free sliders, two slide divers out 40 and 45', and junk lines including 300' copper, lead cores and a keel weighted spoon. That being said, all of our action came on the riggers and free sliders and one slide diver. The junk lines were cold. We had 7 bites, but only managed to boat three given the wavy conditions and one break off. The following all caught fish: Fuller new Pink Chameleon (I think that's what it's called) cheated Fuller Wonderbread on the slide diver Fuller Mixed Veggie slider NK standard 42 sec. I attached a small video clip of a slide diver bite and simultaneous rigger bite that we failed to notice while fighting the steelhead. The rigger bite wound up breaking off (I remember deploying it and it seemed "funny" going down like it went limp for a second or two) and my guess is it was tangled in the probe or release. The salmon jumps out of the water about a dozen times (look in the distance on the starboard side in the video) and followed our boat for a few minutes trying to shake the hook. Moral of the story is don't be lazy like me - if something doesn't seem right when deploying a rod, pull it and start over. https://youtu.be/LjDx7fCqZJc Good luck, Chris