Charlie P

7/15 Got on the water about 6:00 set up in about 60 ft and picked up a small brown before we had every thing down. Worked 100 - 140 for a few hours lot of marks but couldn't get any thing to .fire except lakers got three around 12 lbs Put out a 10 inch chrome two face on wire on a 1 setting 220 out and it fired and came unhooked with a hammer fly 36 inch leader. Got set back up and decided to troll out a little got out to 180 and the two face fires again 23 pound king. Had very little action on spoons and a bunch of fish came unhooked on flasher flies. Put the black spinny that Bob Songin mentioned in video from the day before and it fired with in 5 minutes and broke off and I didn't have another. broke two brand new leaders 40lb big game 8 inches down from my knot and didn't even release the dipsey? I checked both of them for nicks before I put them down and they both broke away from the knot and the release on the dipsey wasn't overly tight. Ended up using some 50 lb Gamma I use to tie fly leaders with put I don't know what happened. 7/16 Got on the water about 5:45 and set up in 100 ft and started our troll. Started a west troll in 130 and anther boat comes in from around 170 ft and angles right at me I won't post the name of the boat but he got to about 100 ft from me and was still coming directly at me. I yelled "Hey what the F### are we doing here" he replies "I'm sorry" and finally turns back out. 6 guys on their boat and they had to see what was happening. I was on my line for 40 minutes and he was literally going to run me over. Little later the Two chrome takes a nasty hit and screams out, after a great fight Daughter in law land a 18.5 king.Picked up another king on a black and white spinny and a 42 nd flie down 90 on a rigger, Land a brown off a spoon and a laker and decide to head deep. Hit 400 and chili willi spoon stacked at 60 fires with a steelie third jump it comes off. Get it back down and another steelie takes it about 9 lbs, The chrome two face on the 1 dipsey fires again 16 lb king. We don't get it back down and the other dipsey on a 3 setting with the same set up fires and gets off. Circled back through nothing. The learning curve continues. Had to come back home for a couple days be back Wednesday - Sunday at the Oak.

Fished I fished out of the oak today. Blow yesterday really warmed the inside. Went 4 for 8 150 - 170. Trolled out 350 didn't move a rod. Spoon bite bite for us. Nbk and wonder bread uv did best. Every 10-15 minutes flea detail really sucks. Lost a mid 20's fish thanks to the fleas.

We have been dealing with the cotton wood for weeks, I wasn't there but he knows what the fleas are, hope your right.

I've caught three this year with the gill plate missing. No humpbacks that is weird.

My son was out of Braddocks today and he said there here. It was nice while it lasted, hate em.

I was out a few weeks ago solo and it settled in couldn't see 70 yards. weird feeling.

I did a search yesterday on scottys, here is a couple that didn't show sold.

Nice. U get those fish in shallow to fire?

Very enjoyable trip started off a little rough, motor wouldn't start out 3 miles out on Braddock's Bay 6/10 came in on the kicker, so we got two new batteries , new winch that had the handle brake the first time I used it, had a window come loose in the hard top, new starter Friday morning, but then it was on!!! Found the fish at 2:30 Friday afternoon and we stayed on them until Sunday at 830 am. Batteries $$$ winch $$$$ Tools $$$$ Starter $$$$ all the normal stuff $$$$ Tripling up with your son on Fathers day Morning priceless.

Wire gets u deeper and very soon when the fleas get here it will nearly impossible to to run mono on your dipsey divers. It came up about 11 degrees inside after the blow. Got two in 350 129 and 100 down and about a 23lber in 450 on meat out 280. Fishing at the Oak.

Just wondered what are some of your favorite meat rigs?