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Fished Wed with Dave F in the inland sea. Fished all day without seeing a boat, water was bumpy to start but calmed by 10am nicely. We ran lead core and long lines of otter boards and picked away at the salmon. The fight today seemed better with multiple salmon jumping during the fight… picked up a ...

Those pics are precious. Memories for a lifetime right there.

Thanks for sharing!!

Yeah, I'll have to find something like that for an iPad. I've seen them with rubber clamps ... I think that would work. I'm planning on revamping my electronics this year. I've got a nice fishfinder that has been relegated to GPS/mapping duties and am using an old crappy fishfinder as the actual ff...

Some links from last year….

http://www.lakechamplainunited.com/foru ... &hilit=DYP

http://www.lakechamplainunited.com/foru ... &hilit=DYP

It’s that time of year again when we try to mix up the fleet a little and hold the annual DRAW YOUR PARTNER derby…. This year we have Country Angler, Greenhorn, AveJoe, Homewrecker and myself working the project so we hope to have some really cool prizes and BBQ fair at the end… If anyone has any id...

Happy birthday Pat!! Hope your washing a Crazy Ivan or 2 today!!

I think I am right when I say that the Great Lakes salmonid fishery came about when salmonids (salmon, brown trout, and steelhead) were introduced to predate the alewives that had arrived via the St. Lawrence Seaway. Now the estimation of the alewife population drives the stocking plan for salmonid...

Those look very interesting… I would also like to know if anyone uses these? I seldom have issues with the beads. But this looks totally foolproof..

Thanks for sharing!

It ain’t too early I have heard of big eyes in the nets already:)

Had to good fortune to be invited in Esad’s newly setup trolling platform. He has a Blue Smokercraft that he has been rigging up over the last year. sonar, gps map, auto pilot, troll control, otter boards were all used and all worked great today:) we launched as 2nd boat on lake at 1st light and see...

Ps. If you Don’t get enough friction with a Willis knot you can double it with 2 square knots about a half inch apart. I call It a double Willis knot… The mono inside the nylon sheath seems Like a hard thing to do but it slides Right in as long as you have a clean cut in the Mono… Hope this helps… M...

Lead core is usually sold in what is called a “full core” which is 10 colors of lead. Each color is 10 yards long and will sink about 5 ft at trolling speeds. Currently I am running 2 color rods which are backed by florocarbon or mono put on the reel 1st. I usually put 1-200 yards of line in 1st, th...

:o Cowboy, DA and myself launched early In The dark outta a launch on the northern part of the lake. There was 1/4”ice at the launch, and all 4 miles to our fishing grounds where the ice increased to a half inch in some spots. https://youtube.com/shorts/OnxGtukoCys?si=TMt5q4vpkYepfjEE We put about 8...

Thanks for updating this Ron. I checked my trailer and pointed this out to a couple other boats out that day and still no owner found.

Wallyandre (Andre) wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:43 pm Like he said,just tigh up the screw under the cover

The screw works loose after a few miles. Probably due to the rigger being over 20 years old and the screw hole is worn some.