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Thanks guys, I "most"-always try to help others no matter what the situation is, and these guys are doing just that, the airbrush guys are extremely talented, just like last year Les mads me his version of flys to run behind a dodger. Someone (hack,cough,spit) asked Brian what exactly are we getting, from my understanding it was just going to be the lure behind the cow bells. Well "one" guy not me this time asked if he could make the hole shyt mess, so he contacted someone and was able to make the bells so Brian has to match the flys to the colors of the bells to be fished at different depth. All this stuff is going on let's say behind closed doors, basically not noticed to most of the members and nonmember, so those guys that interact with the board knows what's going on and not all but a high percentage of guys have no idea how much time and patience and don't forget the money they lay out before 1 of their products is sold!! So get involved a little more than just lurking around, so we can keep these guys happy with (us) so they feel like they accomplished something to give them the incentive to keep us well stocked with the best of the best. Yes we will have to purchase our terminal tackle outside the box and that's ok! I'm pretty sure Blood Run carries quality swiveles and Duo locks. That's not taking bread or butter off our lure makers tables!! Keep up the great job by all those who partisapate in any form of lure making or anything that has to do with boat fishing or bank fishing.

Thanks for the kind words guys, I just thought that we as a group should give a big THANKS to the guys that went the extra mile to help us fisherman/ladies out. My way of thinking is. being in buisnes for myself for 22 years, we as a auto electric rebuilders try to keep the people from using the big box stores, so I have a pretty good idea what these guys are going through. Some of the guys are in this as a income for their family and some do it as a side job, some do it for fun either way, it's still benefits those that belong to LOU, and those guys deserve credit where credit is due. Just a for instance, got a PM that power dive's web will have his walleye spoons on line come Monday. I met shintimes for the first time today. I met him on his way home with a bag of Chaumont Bay perch fillets. To bad we didn't get to talk much as he needed to get his guys home. It's beer thirty on a Friday. I can't wait to make them. This is why this is the greatest site along with our brother site LEU.

I just want to take a minute to thank all those folks that make and sell there products right here on L.O.U. When I first joined LOU, I bought what I thought would work to catch fish on LakeO, yes Rapala lures will catch fish, along with Michigan Stingers but most will agree their paint is not top shelf to say the least, and there are other spoon company's that are good and the Charter guys have brought some light to those that are successful!! What I'm saying is the guys that went the extra mile to make lures that work on LakeO and will work most anywhere!!! I'm not going to mention names only because I don't want to miss someone and that just wouldn't be right. Over the years my tackle box has gone from big box store lures that I struggled with to lures that are made by Fisherman For Fisherman/ladies that have made a lot of us more productive fisherman. I would like to personally thank those guys for bringing their grandfathers old machines out of the corner and update them to produce products that just plain work, the airbrush guys that are just amazing, because they are fisherman so they know what works. We have folks on here that produce products from rigger weights to the tackle box. Let's not forget our Sponsors with their great line of products. So let's keep these guys busy so wether your a weekend fisherman or a tournament fisherman we all have the best products to work with, and keep the $$$ in the hands of those that care about our sport. Thanks guys for all your long hours and hard work to make this sport even more enjoyable if that's even possible!!! PAP

Same here Griz, although I do have a 12 3/4# walleye and its 33 5/8"s long, hanging on the wall, That was 30 years ago, I didn't even think about a replica, at that moment I just wanted a wet shirt to wrap it in and haul ass back to camp. I was 7 miles away from the camp, running wide open with a 15hp on a 14ft aluminum boat with dad and our gear. If I catch a 30# plus laker with Brian's gear he's making I will do a replica!! For sure. I hunt and eat wild game and I fish and eat fish but a 25-30 year old fish is ridiculous to kill just to say "luck what I found"!!!

I use a caller FoxPro, Justin is 100% correct about the wind, you always want to be up wind, I also use a mouth call along with the caller, once I see it or think I see it I shut the caller off and go strictly mouth call. I use 100% skunk urine for a cover scent a Qtip and a close pin pinned to a branch over my head, works for me. My favorite time it hunt them is an hour before the sun rise just so you can make things out and a hour before dark and then from 9pm till we've had enough. I don't hunt them with more than a 10mph wind. No sense educating them any more than they are already. They make squeakers that are thumb operated to start with easy to use, I like the reed type that is fully in the mouth like a turkey mouth call, simply because I like to have both hand available. Good luck