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  1. Ok , I just checked . In 2021 as I remember we had an awfully lot of rain in the fall . The kings that usually stack up in front of my cottage till they get a flow and run the creek got sucked up in the system . The skien fishing that year wasn't great so I went upstream fly fishing , because there was good flow and I don't go when there is low water . It was lights out and was all fall till mid Dec. I'm sure all the South shore streams experienced the same . And 3 years later we have great king fishing . Coincidence ?
  2. Very few skips ,which is a bad sign . If Lake Michigan kings have rebounded , it has to be bait . The optimism for next year may be suspect . Many years we have had great fishing , been excited for the following year and it was a dud . This has happened before . So enjoy what you have now .
  3. According to the correspondence I had with a high ranking DEC official who asked me not to post our back and forth on here for obvious reasons, Lake Michigan kings are the same as LO kings . We have all caught a bunch of kings this year . What I noticed about the 2 board king we caught were they had shoulders , girth , whatever you want to call it . A lot of the ones we catch look like Skamania steelhead . Long And skinny . Maybe it's just me .
  4. Don't complicate things . Proven spoons and flasher / fly or meat rigs. Watch Yankees reports and use what he does . If that doesn't work it your location or presentation
  5. I have learned , you really need to have patience .Sometimes the fish arnt hitting . If you put down proven go to / confidence lures a lot of times it's just a matter of adjustment . Doing wholesale changes is huge mistake IMO. You wind up with a mess no self respecting salmon would hit Look at Yankees reports . He uses the same 10 lures pretty much all year . And he is as good as it gets . If I'm marking and not hooking up I change 1 lure . I keep my provens down . I have one carbon 14 that has been down every minute I have been out there since early July . Location depth and speed .
  6. My depth finder was experiencing this same thing . Also my depth raider was squirrely also . I put a nose filter on my gas kicker and it all went away . Maybe you could put one on your negative an positive leads on you depth finder or trolling motor .
  7. Looks like they got her out and it's sitting on the trailer by Tommy's . And that's a good thing . Let's Hope it's not to big of a job drying it out and getting it back up and running .
  8. All joking aside , I feel for this guy I would hate this to happen to me
  9. Man , that's cosmic . Please don't ever step foot on my boat 😭 ⛵
  10. Boy it sure looks like it I see a boat with the name Shattered on the tramsom coming up the creek sometimes and I think of you
  11. Aw man , that sucks . Seen him drive by the cottage a bunch of times . Hopfully they can float her back up dry her out , and be back at it very soon . Good luck
  12. Not as good this morning as yesterday afternoon but really how could it. Still did very well from 100 to 190 down 60 to 95 ft . Spoons and flashers both worked . The D- rig managed another board king and I beat my son out by a few oz . Probably won't last till the end as fish get bigger every day .
  13. It's no longer fishing , it's catching . Out for 2 hrs . Boated 11 and lost a few more . Kings and a laker . Ended the day with a triple . Asked my brother if he had enough and he said yes , thankfully .
  14. I don't know how this will work but We will find out That's 4 coats I think . Takes seconds to do and no mixing . Do 5 at a time to be efficient
  15. Just a few days ago I was at my bench and had a meat rig I was messing with . I took the treble upside down and put a few drops of the clear finger nail polish I use on my jig heads on it where the hooks come together . It dries fast so I repeated it a few times . Looks good. And it's not bulky.
  16. The fishing is easy They seem to hit pretty much anything you put down .
  17. It's no secret the bite has been great. Really ,what more could you ask for? We have been going out mornings and doing well . Sone days better than others . 15 to 20 bites are common . With great screens . Our best lures have been Carbon 14 mag , black glo green and the like . Gary D rig has been very good also . 80 to 150 seems to be the best 50 to 90 down . Our best was a 24 # 8 oz board king ( which actually was 24 # 12 oz , but that's a story in itself ). Sat, I believe, we boated 4 Steelheads in the total . Yesterday afternoon I took my brother and niece out. Boated 7 salmon and lost some more in a few hrs . I wore her out . Hope things continue .
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  18. I feel your pain bro . And these ladderbacks and die cuts are not cheap anymore . And tackle shops don't carry them much anymore . At least the colors and styles I want .
  19. Go to Kell Outdoors and look at parts. You should find it easy
  20. So I have been having trouble with my depth raider , loosing signal , false readings etc. I did the wet towel thing and it helped. I thought maybe I had nicks in the coated cable coating . Then I get a new depth finder and see those tell take lines on the screen you know is interference . I reaserched a little and finally installed a noise filter on my kicker which apparently some are know to create interference . I have not lost signal once . My depth finder is clear as a bell . Got mine from Kell Outdoors where I got my Depth Raider . 40$ total . Very easy I stall.
  21. I read articles on this where some feel the warmer water is a contributing factor . But the salmon in LO seek out the water temp that is desirable to them . If 50 degree water is down 150 ft , that's where we fish . And where we see the fish on our depth finders . Seems like the only time they spend any amount of time in warm water is when they stage or run the streams So I wonder about that .
  22. My favorite treble hook is an Eagle Claw LS 374 . Bronze or Chrome. They were the original equipment on NKs and Pirates . 1/0 on 28 ,and 2/0 on Mags . They are 2 x strong . I see no need for 4 x . Never once have I straightened one out . The finer wire penetrates better IMO . Also lighter weight helps action of spoon . The beak style point is sharp and easy to touch up . And they are cheap enough to replace. I have used a lot of different trebles on my spoons and my rigs and always seem to come back to these . Ain't no way I am spending 2$ on a treble hook . They might be a little better but not much . If they are sharp and your release is tight , they hook themselves in the hit.
  23. I sure would like to know exactly what happened a few years back to give us the fishing we are now experiencing . There must have been a very successful natural reproduction season. Combined with the increase in stocking and bait. Maybe the stocking class was very strong that year . Because it sure is great . Kudos to DEC . Keep up the good work .
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  24. They are getting bigger by the day Packing on the #s
  25. That's 24 8. So I would guess 18.5 but it's hard to tell from a pic . Get a scale !!
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