Beagler

Inflation....

I have caught quite a few kings on 30 lb braid dipsies. I have since moved to 40 and 50 pound. I like mono for riggers. Berkley big game is cheap. Just wind the braid onto another reel til you are done. I have had good luck with the same spoons that work for walleye. In my limited experience, I have had better luck with meat rigs than flies.

Due to covid, the week long trip turned into 3 days.... but at least the weather was nice.... Wednesday evening headed out to about 400 and fished into about 250. Caught 2 coho, then headed in to 55-60 to look for browns with no luck. Thursday morning went to about 250 a bit west and trolled with the wind on a big one way. 250-280 had lots of fish willing to bite. Unfortunately, few that were willing to stay hooked up. We ended up with 4 steelhead, a coho and a king about 5 pounds out of at least 20 bites. We were running spoons on riggers between 77 and 95 down. Wire dipsies with spoons 150-200 back on 1.5, a 300 copper with a meat rig, and a mag spoon on a 10 color. All produced plenty of action. Friday we ran the same program and once again we had trouble keeping them pinned and broke off 2. We ended up with 3 steelhead and 3 decent kings out of 15 plus bites by 10am and headed in. Top lures were a Moonshine standard size in Carbon 14 (little to no luck on the mag) and a black NK 28 in black with white belly. All in all, it was a fun few days to spend with the wife without kids. We enjoyed our stay at Captain's Cove. The boat ride to the lake is a little long, but a good value and a clean room. Thanks to the members here for suggestions on lodging and providing fishing reports.

I stopped by the one at the park yesterday after lunch. It was closed. The hours were 4 to 8. We drove by around 6 and the gate was open.

A station to do it myself or a shop that does it..... Thanks. Brian

I would be interested in the trash can color if you have any....

Thanks. How close to the bottom would you fish?

My wife and I will be fishing out of the oak late next week. We would like to catch a few browns. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Brian

Where are you located? If you are near Erie PA, I have a 9.5' Wilderness I would give you.

I have a pre bluetooth one I may consider letting go if the price is right.

40 to 50 lb for me. I'm currently running suffix.

Anyone running one? Your thoughts?

Arrived at first light for my first time at the oak. Trolled 30 to 70 fow until 9:45 with only 2 lakers. Decided to try skinny water for browns. Ran 7-14 fow with shallow sticks and spoons. We ended up with a laker, a brown, and a king about 15 pounds. The king was quite the fight on 10 pound line. Out of the spread, an F7 Rapala in firetiger accounted for all fish landed. Thanks to benfolkhero from LOU for sharing information with me. Guys like him are what this site is about.

Usually, later in the year I'm running 2.5 to 2.9 mph. What speed have you found is best for spoons this early? Thanks. Brian