Traveling Circus

What system are you using? Depth Raider? Subtroll? Does the TD cable seem to work better with one than the other? I'm using a Depth Raider, and had poor performance with the TD Cable over the weekend, but then after reading posts here I realized that I hadn't stripped the copper like in "step 7"..... fixed that last night, but have yet to try it on the lake.....

NIce work Chris ...... and great post.

Just wanted to post a + note for Torpedo Divers support...... I'd ordered a 200 ft spool of speed and temp cable, and while installing it found a twisted/broken stainless strand about 50 ft into the cable..... Emailed TD with a couple of pictures of the defect on Monday, asked for a replacement by the weekend..... and sure enough..... got the replacement spool on Thursday.....good deal.

Just a reminder, Shirt orders will be taken through July 5......

The good news is that the King unit is a great unit....... The bad news is that I think they stopped transmitting loran signals (radio) about two years ago........

Sandy Creek Shootout T-shirts will be available to anyone interested in purchasing them…… The shirts will have the words “Sandy Creek Shootout – July 28, 2012†and a Salmon on the front, and sponsors names and/or logos on the back…. Color will be some shade of green (Keith prefers mint green, but we’ve talked him out of it)….. Cost will be determined by the volume but expect someplace around $10-12/ shirt…… 2XL and larger will be $1.50 more than smaller sizes…… payment will be due at the weigh-in….. and perhaps at a pre-event beverage consumption and trash-talking session (at Nut’s Corners on Friday)…. SHIRTS MUST BE PREORDERED. NO SHIRTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE EVENT. ORDERS MUST BE IN BY JULY 5. You can reserve a shirt by replying to this thread with the number of shirts you want and sizes for each, or by sending me a PM with that information…. Title the PM “shirt orderâ€â€¦â€¦. Please be prepared to pay at the event…… deadbeats will be treated with “extreme prejudiceâ€â€¦â€¦ something involving a rusty treble hook, a nutsack, and being dragged screaming from the harbor to 200 FOW like a trolling-bag……. Let me know if you're interested! Thanks, Mike E......

my experience is all from patterning tungsten for fox/coyotes.... but, mostly with goose loads....Pick a shell, and then start patterning it on paper with a standard you will stick to and use for comparison....... for example, 40 yards in a 30" circle, or whatever you're looking to accomplish..........count hits and compare chokes....... I've patterned several different guns and have come to really like Remington HD BB's. It's a 3" load, 1 1/2 oz..... but what you will find is with tungsten, tighter isn't alway better..... some of my better patterns are shot through Improved Mod to Full...... and what one gun/choke combo likes, another won't.... another thing is that shot size in tungsten will influence pattern characteristics...... tighter chokes seem to work better with smaller shot......for me anyway.... I've done some limited patterning with tungsten 4's and 6's.... if you don't like what you see, pick another shell see how it compares to the first..... Remington has discontinued their HD shotshells....... I've got enough for another season or 2, and then the process will start all over for me..... just when you get comfortable with something, it changes....... The best option is to roll you're own if you've got the equipment/ time/ and disposition....... If you want some of my pattern data, pm me...... I'd be happy to send it along Mike

Savant's NBK.......

For kings, the holo green herring in "Crusher" or "Savant" sizes are very reliable spoons.......... followed closely by Natural Born Killer and Holo Blue Herring...... you won't be dissapointed.....

looking forward to the event and hoping for good weather......

I've got plenty to go around if you want any.....!!!

I've got a pair of Mag10A's purchased new in 1988...... still working fine. Slow but steady.........

both kings came on spoons.......Last hookup of the day came on flasher/fly, but that fish was lost and most likely a laker..... 60 - 120 fow, 45 to 65 down.......

We fished yesterday out of Wilson 12:30 – 5:30. It was pretty rough early in the trip, so we spent most of the day with planer boards and stickbaits in 8 – 12 fow. We took 4 browns, 1 coho, and a huge smallmouth in there…. Then about 3:30 the lake started laying down and we went out to 60 fow and zig zagged from 80 – 120 fow for the rest of the trip. Once we found some Niagara river water we started marking more fish, and we landed 2 kings out there……. One real nice one…… maybe 23 lbs…The other maybe 13 lbs… the color on them was just beautiful…… that purpleish, blue silver…… man I love spring kings…..

cool footage..... thanks

It's called plasti-dip or plasti-cote...... and you can get it from HomeD or Lowes..... They look great, but the coating is kind of fragile and if you store the torpedos between outings or fish for lakers in the mud they get shiny again......

Nice job and congrats......... in the blink of an eye.....they're in college.....

If you want loose singles from salmon skeins, take a hunk of the skein and place it into hot water that's between 110 and 115 F. Agitate the skein with your fingers to seperate the eggs from the membrane.... the membrane coagulates at this temperature, and the eggs can be messaged out...... as soon as their loose, get them out of the hot water and into some cold water....... then, once their cool, drain and treat them with any of the purchased cures, or one of the home recipes you can find on the web...... seperating singles from the skein is easy and effective using this method.

Saw a pike doing this today at Oak Orchard Creek...... He was totally oblivious to us, and within nettin' distance of the boat while under way......

Nice Report Skipper..... the boat looks battle ready! rod holders everywhere!

Tank ..... it was a great night to be out..... didn't see you down there..... we spent most of the night pretty much in front...... 28+ is a great fish. bigger than anywe've done this year........ so far..... We're getting down to the end. Looking at the board, maybe we should be fishing for lakers!!! Not that there's anything wrong with that....

Fished with gokudl3 tonight from 5 til 7:45....... All spoons, we never fished SDs/flys or meat........ 2 kings around 20, 2 browns, 1 atlantic, 1 steelie, 2 shakers..... The thermocline was a very narrow band, about 50 down over 60 to 90..... we never fished deeper than 90 fow...... best picture was 70 - 80 fow.... a little W to E current, but not unmanagable... spoons that took fish were gobie patterns, coyotes, & frogs........ down speed about 2.2...... wire divers at 135 to 150, and riggers from 40 - 67 all took hits.... nice night.... tons of bait on the graph, but not many fish were marked..... but they were there.....

Very nice...... congratulations! Now, tell us the story!

Wire divers were slow for us yesterday too Matt ........ We got a couple hits after making the diver leads crazy long..... made me wish I was familiar with running slide divers..... Nice Report, thanks....

Fished with Doug (gokudl3) this weekend.....We fished inside last night and this morning........ Friday night, 2 matures (26 and 27 lbs), 1 shaker, 2 browns.... The kings took a SD/Fly off a wire diver & rubbermeat behind a chrome dodger 95 down. Saturday morning produced 10 browns (to 12 lbs), one really dark king (18 lbs), and 2 steelhead. One steelhead on rubbermeat, and everything else on a variety of spoons (gobies / coyotes / gators were good)........... We spent the majority of the time inside 100 fow, and were never deeper than 150..... The NNE wind was kicking in as we were leaving in the early afternoon today...... Lets hope we don't get too much of it and end up with a scrambled lake come monday......