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After boat issues , work issues, party issues , decided to go out this morning with my wife and son for a few hrs . Been wanting to R&D my Gary D rig more so I put all my eggs in one basket and put 4 out . 2 riggers 2 dipsy Got about 14 hits all told and landed 6 . Could not keep them on . Switched from a treble to a single 3/0 or 5/0 owner octopus . Swims better but I think it cost me fish . But the ones I bring in are hooked rock solid . Also broke off another 2 bait heads this time to 25# Seagaur STS . I tested it by hooking it on to a chair and ranking on it and it would not break . I wonder if they are bite offs . Anyway 80 to 120 , 70 to 100 ft down . Big white flashers were best . Mix of Lakers , a nice 10# steelhead , and biggest king maybe 18# Off the water by 830 . .

The Gary D rig is still in R&D With boat issues that have been rectified, busy at work , trip to ADKs , and planning a executing a party yesterday , there has been no time to fish . More reports soon .

If that is a question , I don't , but you can . Flasher with a fly , or cut bait or I use my Gary D rig. Leads of 25 ft for me . Sometimes I run the spoons back farther .

Hope you don't regret switching .

I pull and go but that's just me If it's that bad in I will pick up and go out to 350 or so or untill I see greener water and drop and head north . If the lake flipped I go north till I hit 60 deg and head north . Maybe I'm passing over fish but that's the chance you take . I also feel it gives you a fresh start .

My setup is 5 rods Put a flasher down below bait and 2 spoons , one 10 ft above and one 10 ft below for starts on the riggers and adjust from there . If the flasher is hot , put out another on the rigger and run one deepest and one shallowest and the spoon between but keep them 10 ft apart . When I get ready to change I will drop thAt rod deep for a bit before popping it . Sometimes it works . But don't put everything at one depth , it scares the fish . Dipsys , one flasher and one spoon and you have it covered.

It was great fishing for me and from most reports I saw from the South shore from Sandy west till mid June . The water was as green as I remember it being 30 years ago and that was a huge factor IMO. Late June and early July typically is the worst time to fish ,at least for me as the lake is stratifying and fish are scattered . I feel it is starting get better with the consistent warm weather and west and southerly winds.

I loved my Mag 10 s . Smooth , fast enough,auto stop, not huge . I used mine a lot . They just wore out . I would think auto stop would be a standard feature now days on all brands . I look at the new,ones and they are 50% bigger . I don't want them so fast they bounce when they stop.and break the cable . I know guys this,has,happened to .Or drop so fast you can't control them . Why do they need to be so fast? I wish I could find a new set in the box . I'm leaning toward Big Jon .

You guys can give Yamamoto your money ,but I use the Bass pro Stiko in 3 and 4" and sometimes 5" . Also Yum dinger or Big bite Baits . Bass pro make a 31/2" forktail also . Goto colors are green pumpkin , Houdini and my best the last month ,sprayed grass . I have been Ned rigging before Ned rigging was invented . I fish in water up to 12 ft so I don't need a heavy jighead. I have found jighead weight is CRITICAL ! I use 1/32 or 1/16 . Sometimes an 1/8 or 1/4 if it's windy with the bigger baits . Problem was you can't get a jighead that lite with a big enough hook and I got sick of paying 1$ each for the Z man Mushroom heads . So I bought a mold and had my machines buddy alter the mold to take a 1,2 or 4 hook . The last few days I have taken a 1/8 oz tungsten worm weight with a sinker stop behind as a stop and Snell tie a #4 or 2 octopus hook . Worm weight not fixed . Basically Carolina rig . 16 to 24" lead . Been great for finicky fish . Can't weight to try a Craw pappy this weekend at Saranac .