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Sounds like a good time, good luck and keep us posted.

Awesome, congrats!

Looks wide and like he has good brows, you got the cam to close to the bait

Yup on a 4lb leader I have a 6 on another rod but I like the feel as long as you don't horse them up from the deep you will be good to go. I wouldn't jig deeper than 100 either there should be a need, the active fish should be 60-80 regardless of depth. At least that what I have found. Tight Lines gang!

Nice!

What a pig of a waldo! Congrats on all of the great catches

Great looking bucks good luck this fall

It was great fun and icing on the cake to haul that pig over the boat. Pretty damn tasty off the smoker too! Thanks for the good time FLXT!

Awesome thats a beauty bow!

Awesome

What a PIG congrats

Well we got back out Saturday afternoon and this time rigged with braided line and a 4' 4# leader. Lots of lookers and then bam got the strike and landed a nice 20" laker from the deep. Little by little starting to learn but the braided line helped a ton to watch on the drop for strikes. Tight lines!

Awesome, the Brown is a football

Now that's what we are all here for, thansk for all the great info gang hopefully we can all meet up someday on the pond!

Now that's awesome!

Now Now Boys its really the fish and there entrance into our boats that's important here. Focus! Seriuosly thanks for any tips or informations its all a huge help and only feeds the addiction. Tight Lines!

Thanks bro, now that's great information and why sites like this are great! It will be a huge help. My buddy and I have already experience alot of this only we haven't been able to consistantly get the hook-ups or bite from chasers/lookers etc. I will give a few of the tips a try. Thanks again.

No doubt I'm not saying we shouldn't do experience it from the pros but with all the money already invested in boats, gear, tackle etc. it's helps to get tips and info that don't cost you even more dough. I'm sure many of guys on here are hunters and they don't go with a expensive outfitter to learn all the tactics for taking a basket 8 point. Sites like this are for learning from fellow outdoorsman and was my reason for asking advice. Obviously I know if I go out with a paid charter I will learn more but that isn't what i'm lloking for I'm just looking for some tips from guys who have been out there and had good luck. Will I go out with someone at somepoint to get a better understanding, yes, will I do it tomorrow, probably not, I would like to take a few lumps first out of my own boat. That being said I'm looking for simple tips on just line and reel recommendations which help improve success while jigging lakers not your grandmothers secret chocolate chip cookie recipe. Geesh didn't want to start a great debate here I know Charters are hard workers too and its a good thing they are out there passing along their expertise.

Thanks for the info. i would book with John but to me the fun of fishing is learning it. There are enough guys out there doing it and having success that we shouldn't have to pay even more than we already do for gear, boats etc. to go out and enjoy catching fish that most of us realease fro another day anyway. Sites like this are just for that reason to learn from fellow outdoorsman. Thanks again for the bit of info every little piece of the puzzle helps out and congrats on the great fish I saw your post.

What reel and line setups do you recommend for jigging deep lakers? We have been using regular spinning combos with mono but notice we are missing a majority of the strikes and suspect it is the line stretch getting us.

Nice and wide thats for sure

Yah why not post for everyone that is what this site is for I have been trying to jig up lakers for weeks and only have one 13+/- incher t show for it. Any advice is huge help that is what this site is for.

Most guys think everything gets shot but the truth is alot get shot but not all, I have hunted ground before that guys say that same thing, then I got "LUCKY" and shot a big mature buck. You can not and I repeat can not shoot a great buck if you shoot a good buck. Shoot what you want but know this almost every piece of ground will hold a mature buck or two that is that way for a reason, he is hard to hunt, but not impossible to hunt. That's why now and again you or your neighbor will get lucky and shoot a big one you think was just roaming through when the truth is he was proabb;y there all along he just made a mistake and had you let his younger brother walk by earlier inthe season you would have been out there and had a crack at him. No doubt some ground does get pressured and overhunted therfore big bucks don't stick around but if you can get a few guys to change their ways you can see quick results in just a few years and that will result in much bigger smiles and photos. Well enough on that I'm just passionate about hunting mature bucks down and hope to spread a bit out and se some guys score some mature deer too. Double R you got some great looking bucks, that ground looks pretty good to me good luck this fall I expect to see some good pics!

Agree with most of what you said but not the comment "VERY few make it to 5.5 years old in New York" Well managed ground only take 4 good years I have seen it time and time again, If you want to you can get mature animals consistantly on a piece of ground.

First off, great looking bucks, I'm shocked at the body size. Based on the mass and character of the antlers I would put those buck in that 2 1/2 range, the split brow buck maybe 3 1/2 but all look extremely undernourished although they have racks that look like the opposite. That nice 8 in the last pick closest to the cam looks like a good 3 1/2 decent antler and body mass. Good pics but you will need 2 or 3 of those scronny body bucks to fill the freezer Good Luck!