Just1skipper2

Lures in the water by 10am, bright day so used hot greens and alewife patterns. Marked millions of fish 40 fow, 20-30 down. Ran 3 lines on rigger 1 dipsy. Never caught a thing. Please advise success path. How far off ball, how much height when stacking lines. Proper color selection of Michigan stingers and proper size. Also, should we use our planer boards and if so, how best to rig them. Thank you in advance.

Thank you all for your posts and answers. I wonder if I need to use lighter gear than the summer setups we have now. Can you please advise this rookie. TYVM

So, as the Salmon stage I believe they are relatively shallow in the am then move deeper as day continues. My Question is upon going deeper do they look for the 40 degree band or the 50- 58 degree band as the thermocline allows. Also, should you fish the bottom where Temps are favorable. Thanks in advance for your input.

Thank you for great feedback. Had better luck with releases last night. Thanks again.

Spent the day on Ontario found all the Temps and tried to fish there but my scotty's released before I got to depth approx 130'. How tight do these need to be ? Also once at depth tightening the line became a problem, never got rod tips down before premature release. Any help would be greatly appreciated and YES I am a novice. Thanks.

Thanks for such great information. I'm a novice and don't know what I don't know. Much appreciated to all that responded.

thanks Ecto2 I believe that's correct.

When looking at water temp profiles in depth (meters) of water and you expand or zoom in close. What are the numbers representing along the thin lines in the graphic. seems like it starts at 22 & goes to 6 at the deepest blue