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All joking aside , I feel for this guy I would hate this to happen to me

Man , that's cosmic . Please don't ever step foot on my boat 😭 ⛵

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

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

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

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.

The fishing is easy They seem to hit pretty much anything you put down .

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 .

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 .

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.

They are getting bigger by the day Packing on the #s

That's 24 8. So I would guess 18.5 but it's hard to tell from a pic . Get a scale !!

I don't know what kind of depth finder you have but some you can get an after market paddle type surface speed add on . They work well . Granted it's surface and won't take deep currents but I loved mine . Usually about 50 $

I trolled for many years without one and caught my share of fish but I must admit , downspeed sure helps. I had a surface speed paddle on my depth finder . It sure did help . It didn't account for down currents but it was something I could use . When I got a hit I would see the speed and note the direction of troll to duplicate it. . Watch you cable angle . That will help . Also do not troll straight , all ways be turning a little so you are going the right speed at least sometime. Dipsys are less dependent on speed as they are far behind the boat and any slight turn will slow or speed them up . Which IMO is part of the attractiveness. Also speed tolerant spoons . Better to go to fast than to slow.

It's probably smart they don't participate in this **** show . There is a lot of stuff on here guys with no clue , me being one of them , throw around as fact and hearsay . And they will be opening themselves up to some disparaging remarks by some , and you know who you are , most likely .

The big king in the Spring LOC was 25# . We were told years ago , I'm not sure how accurate this is , that the kings gain a pound a week till late Aug . So that should mean that king would be 35 # give or take when it runs the stream . That's not to bad . So let's see what happens come Fall LOC . We used to pound the small mouth at Fair Haven . 200 fish days for 4 or 5 guys were not uncommon A 20 " fish was a trophy . Then came zebras, gobies , VHS . Now, a 20"fish is very common but there are less of them . Why ? Because of change of diet . They eat the gobies . So don't discount the fact that what the kings eat may be the reason or at least part of it .

There a a lot of guys making a lot of assumptions on this. Nobody knows for sure what the reasons are why this is happening . I feel if there is more Nat repro than originally thought , these fish would have to acclimate to their environment . That's mother nature. Also this is not your father's LO . It doesn't have the nutrients it once has. When the zebras showed up and the bait biomass fell off we were told the bait was not as hearty and was stressed . And there is not nearly as much as what there was . Sure ,cit might have rebounded from what it was a few years ago but it's not nearly what it was early 90s . It might be a combination of things, who knows . But I would like to see them get some new eggs , mark them , and see what happens.

The bait biomass is up but it isn't nearly what it was years ago . I don't even think it is 50 % of what it was . Mich cut stocking way down to let the self inflicted over stocking that crashed the bait there rebound and now they are getting bigger kings .After many years of dinks . And according to DEC , those Mich kings are the same stocks as LO has . And DEC , after my correspondence with them , are sure that size is directly related to amount of available bait . If it is truly genetics , which I don't totally disagree with, then at least some of the fish of a certain age should be bigger . The fishing is great , so I'm happy. A 20# king is a nice fish .