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Fish was caught as a 1 year old and when it was unhooked they destroyed its mouth. 

Cameras are blowing up this morning!!!

Blood Run all the way!

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My first decent buck on the new cell cam

Spent the majority of the day in the deer woods yesterday. Checking stands, clearing shot lanes, moved one set, and most importantly hanging cameras. IOt hasnt been 24 hours yet and Im already addicted to these cell cams!

So I bit the bullet and bought a pile of Tactacam Reveal XPros. Who's using them? Any tricks of the trade that I should know?

Lets get this thread started!!! The 2023 season is just around the corner. As always I'm looking forward to returning back into the deer woods. Lets see some of those trail cam pics!

Last season's gun buck story as posted in the 2022 thread

November 19 am
28 degrees
SW wind 10-15 mph
Cloudy

Opening day gun season

Well my archery season wasn't what I had hope for. Damn work got in the way of hunting. The last two days I was hesitant of hunting because of the wind. A steady light wind works for where I wanted to be but not a heavy gusty wind so I stayed out. And I'm glad I did.

I got in stand about 610 or so and slowly got settled in with hundred layers. Before I even got my jacket on I had a buck sneak past me about 30 yards. It was too dark to tell which buck it was but of course I was convinced it was one of my target bucks. Ill admit... it screwed with my head a bit.
Gun shots started ringing out about 639ish from every direction. Then about 715 I noticed movement cutting down the same spot cruising bucks have been using for 2 weeks. Things happen fast. It doesn't take long to realize he's a shooter. I stand turn to my right. Rest the gun on the tree. The deer just happens to stop at 30 yards and I pull the trigger. He dropped in his tracks but I got hit high. 9x scope at 30 yards I guess I should have held down on him. I had to finish him off with a second shot. If only the guy shooting was as good as the gun. [emoji38].

To my surprise i have no history with this deer. Big thick wide 9pt with split g2. I'll be patiently waiting on the late season to start!

November 19 am
28 degrees
SW wind 10-15 mph
Cloudy

Opening day gun season

Well my archery season wasn't what I had hope for. Damn work got in the way of hunting. The last two days I was hesitant of hunting because of the wind. A steady light wind works for where I wanted to be but not a heavy gusty wind so I stayed out. And I'm glad I did.

I got in stand about 610 or so and slowly got settled in with hundred layers. Before I even got my jacket on I had a buck sneak past me about 30 yards. It was too dark to tell which buck it was but of course I was convinced it was one of my target bucks. Ill admit... it screwed with my head a bit.
Gun shots started ringing out about 639ish from every direction. Then about 715 I noticed movement cutting down the same spot cruising bucks have been using for 2 weeks. Things happen fast. It doesn't take long to realize he's a shooter. I stand turn to my right. Rest the gun on the tree. The deer just happens to stop at 30 yards and I pull the trigger. He dropped in his tracks but I got hit high. 9x scope at 30 yards I guess I should have held down on him. I had to finish him off with a second shot. If only the guy shooting was as good as the gun. [emoji38].

To my surprise i have no history with this deer. Big thick wide 9pt with split g2. I'll be patiently waiting on the late season to start!

16 hours ago, tenatureboy said:

You have to fish when you can…. But when the north wind blows in the warm water……. Sleep in!

 

Surface 70 degrees

 

From surface down to 130 over 150-230fow = 70 degrees!!  I though my probe was malfunctioning!

 

best marks in 160ish fow 140-160 down!  

Found out I only have ~170’ of cable wire on my riggers!!

 

NEVER have I even seen the temp so deep! 

good luck to those that venture out later!

 

When we have a wind episode like that (east or a west) the fish seek stable water offshore. East wind earlier in the week piled the warm water into the western basin and the canadian south shore. A few days later that pounding west wind blew it all onto the US south shore giving us an extreme amount of warm water. 165-180 of cable to reach upper 40s all the way out to the 28.5 n line. Kinda crazy. 

Fish and bait want stable water so the offshore fishery is a no brainer on days like this. We fished 30-35 N on Sunday and had an insane amount of King bites out there. 

9 hours ago, SmilinEd1 said:

Is the weather/wind going to let us fish tmrw..?

Yes all good. Good luck!

17 minutes ago, Bustersit said:

It looks like a low west wind in the am Monday morning. The last couple days have been gusting pretty good. Do you think it will be a go in the am or still to rough? 

The forecast is good for tomorrow morning. Light variable winds for the am.

17 minutes ago, BRsnow said:

Seems both have their pros and cons, but ultimately which one has more blow back all else being equal? Thanks

Depth raider because it requires coated cable

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On 7/12/2023 at 10:32 AM, Jeff Mick said:

What is the DEC doing currently about the sea lamprey issue? Do they target the lamprey on their spawning runs in order to try and control their numbers?

The Great Lakes Fishery Commision is the lead agency on lamprey control and they handle all of the treatments on the great lakes including canadian water. Here is some good reading... http://www.glfc.org/control.php

On 7/4/2023 at 4:04 PM, Odie 1 said:

Hello...Looking for some advice on Fishhawk for 1st time using it.  

Do you lower probe and look for temps or do you lower probe with downrigger rod and let out dipseys etc and then look for good temps as you fish?  Then adjust how much line you have out based on Fishhawk readings?  Wasn't really sure how to begin each day.  Hope that isn't too confusing.

 

Thanks for any advice.  

The probe rigger is always the first in for me and it is always my deepest rigger. It helps me find speed, current, temp all while dropping other things in the water. Once we get settled in we may make adjustments from there. 

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16 hours ago, BRsnow said:

Was curious if fish have hit during this process. Back in the day I recall  jplugs getting bit before line went into the release. Work be no fun to have finger wrapped in 30lb line when a king hits:-)

I have had this happen with both steelhead and cohos. No worries i still have all my fingers afterwards.

10 hours ago, Chinook Chaser said:

I have a Diawa Saltist 50lch on my diver rod. A 1000ft spool of wire doesn't fill up the spool so the line counter is not accurate. I need to know what I type of backing I should use, how much to use and how to attach it to the wire. 

250-300' of 20# mono would be good. Connect the two with an albright knot.

On 6/17/2023 at 12:04 AM, BRsnow said:

Curious on this. I fish alone much if the time. I can use slide divers, but curious if a 6 foot leader is really detrimental to success.

I fish 12' minimum on my diver leaders. it has greatly increased the success of them. I will admit that short leads for spoons can have their days but short leads on flashers can hinder their action. The long leads means that we are forced to handline them to the net.