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  1. chowder
    My arms are dead...
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    Oak 8/22 Got to my waypoints from yesterday and the place looked a ghost town. After wandering around a bit I found a band of water between 325-370 that held fish so I did a an east/west troll in this band. At first it seemed like a spoon bite (two faced mag) but then it went back to FF deal from yesterday (morning wood and 2 face w/ stud fly and an ITO lemon-lime mag fly. Like yesterday had to sort thru the juveys, but there are some real quality fish out there too Just ran 3 riggers. Got pretty dam rough working my way in. She's building up for real now.
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    Nice Steelie! I hit some good fish today 8/21 in 300-500. The inside screen didn't look very good to me so I went out.
  4. chowder
    Matures & big steelhead. Released a lot of 2 yr olds right behind the boat.
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    Oak 8/21 Just crushed em today. Fished 350-500. Went 18 for 19 Solo, mostly FF. Morning Wood/ lemon lime ITO mag fly on the 95' rigger was literally non stop, every time I got it back out. Ridiculous fishing.
  6. chowder
    ttt
  7. chowder
    Got some great grilling material there and you're arms aren't killing you from an epic battle with a major on the copper that all you can do with is smoke or bake- you're all set for a good night, enjoy!!
  8. chowder
    Nice report, thanks!
  9. chowder
    Never had a problem with Cold Water at all but I do really like Captain Chucks (affiliated with Tuna's reel repair who also can't be beat) https://capt-chuck.com/
  10. chowder
    Bingo!
  11. chowder
    Sometimes lead will outfish copper and vice versa but unless I was sure the core was the better choice I'd run the short copper. Another thing: Unless you got a bunch of guys fishing I'd run that junk line out on a big board if possible or a walleye board if not. If you are bound and determined to run it down the chute spool it onto an Okuma 55 LS (super high speed ) so you can clear the middle of the stern quick if you get a big,hot king tearing around the back of the boat, it's bad enough dodging the wires without another thing that cuts mono in the middle too.
  12. chowder
    Open seat- Oak 8/22-8/26 Looking like I will probably fishing solo at the Oak on good days from 8/22-8/26. PM me if you are looking to get out.
  13. chowder
    Nice job, wtg!
  14. chowder
    We fillet em as we fish into Ziplock bags (skin on). Can get away with a much smaller cooler which we keep cold with reusable ice packs piled into a Walmart plastic bag -no water to deal with.
  15. chowder
    Hang in there. Determination is a wonderful thing. Prayers for all!
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    Oak 8/6&8/7 Got out late on Sunday afternoon, found a great screen + fish in 250-350 temp was 120+ down, mostly 2 year olds & steelhead all on spoons. Monday am started in 250 but kept going to 550 and found matures in the deeper water - did not mark much bait. On Sunday the bite started with spoons, then changed to FFs on the wires and then after 11:00 it was meat on the 150 rigger only.
  17. chowder
    DW smelled ok and had nice shine but tough as hell- didn't like it. Prefer Familiar Bite & has worked better than DW seemed to.
  18. chowder
    Never had much attention from the fish when running the MC stuff, sold it all...
  19. chowder
    Don't confuse whole bait ( typically alewives) with cutbait (typically fillets of sliced of herring). You usually have to fish whole bait with a bait head that has a single hook in front of the treble to pull the whole bait into a slight curve to get the right rolling action. Cut bait is usually fished with a bait head that has only a treble and the bait head itself is designed to give the rig the right roll. You mix and match these setups but it's a good idea to have the differences in mind before you start getting creative.
  20. chowder
    Hope like heck to get out Sunday afternoon!
  21. chowder
    It seems like we are tired of the language we used to speak. A woman I work with the other day said she "really likes to office at home". 'Office at home',- what does this mean?
  22. chowder
    Not trying to start WW III but I would have to say that overall I've dealt with bone headed moves made by weekend warriors way, way more often than charters. The simple fact is that most charter captains have far more skill and experience in both finding fish and boat control than the average joe.
  23. chowder
    These are just rough generalizations but, there are different sonic signatures between braid and wire. Feeding fish will typically respond to wire presentations aggressively. Braid can be more effective with spoons and long leads (Slide diver) when the bite is tough.
  24. chowder
    JUST PICKED UP A TIDBIT. Thanks!
  25. chowder
    lol
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