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Good going on the fish, had planned to hook up w/ Jim (1fish2fish) and chase those same browns around but punted because of the forecast! Should be back up next week! -Andy

Good job on getting back into the game, some real nice ones there! Hey, did ya get the kicker project done? -Andy

Couple of slammers there! WTG -Andy

Good to hear you splashed the rig & all is well -Andy

I'm thinking I'll try & fish on Fri if anybody else want's to get out let me know. -Andy

Nice work, great looking perch boat!

Hey Scott, I actually did get one big, nasty laker out of the sweet spot but most of em out there were still hibernating. In your honor I named the smoker brine I used on both batchs after you, calling it 'Rusty's Rap'. Hope you get better soon! -Andy

Chowder & Elliot - Sat night -boat's there now- Venison spiedies pm/ Venison sausage am

Good to see the new rig is working out! -Andy

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name: ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):4/10 Time on Water: not enough Weather/Temp:cloudy Wind Speed/Direction:south 5-8 Waves: 1' or less Surface Temp: 42-45 Location:Just east of Port Bay LAT/LONG (GPS Cords ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS ==================== According to others Sat was really awesome (of course I was working ). We fished Sun and the water was mostly clear w/ a few pockets of color. Black & silver Yozuri stix off the big boards back 100'+ seemed to be the ticket & we took a limit of browns w/ 2 exciting doubles by working a very small area of colored water. 2.8+ worked best for us. First trip up for the season & ready to get back at em asap! Thanks Hank at L&M for getting the boat ready!

If you got those @ Bass Pro you want to sharpen the hooks! 3/4 oz heads are good in 60 FOW but can be tough out much deeper, especially if wind is up and boat control w/ the bow mount becomes difficult. You want to be vertically aligned w/ the jig so you don't lose contact w/ it. -Andy

Oh Yar, I'm in on the spring fish festival. Had a good day up there today. Your ride is ready & waiting and so are the browns! -Andy

Vic, I really need to put in a big laker haul for the smoker, finishing the 2cd batch now- that's why I went to the N.end. I'm heading up to Hanks in the am to get in some brown action which I gotta believe is gonna be a better bet up there than the FLX. Give me a shout if you want to go up this week, my Islander will be in a slip.

Good going on that Nice brown! -Andy

Lots of inactive lakers still locked up over bait down 150-250+. I got out late (crack o' noon) Active fish fish were in 90-120 FOW. Yesterday was overcast & bloody death/crazy b*tch were very, very hot w/ non stop action in a few small pockets @ 2.2. There is a lot of empty water up there too. Ran into a couple cookie cutters on short cores too but no real pattern to those hookups. Water was 37-38 out in 100FOW. -Andy

I wound up alone up there so I buzzed down in front of the Rat's and trolled around till my port rigger snagged one of his fish cages, undoing the hasp that secured the top cover. Boxed out pretty quick on the other lines as I circled around the cage still tethered by rigger cable. In all seriousness the laker action on the wires was pretty fast & furious north of LP but I only ran into 2 browns up there on core seemingly by accident. Temp was still 37-38. Good to hear the boats going in! -Andy P.S. when did they pass a law limiting a guy to 3 rods

Thank you Hank.

You want a heavy enough jig head that encourages you to make lots of drops -only bounce 2-3 times without losing contact w/ the jig and then retrieve and repeat- don't bounce,bounce,bounce,etc,etc- you want to trigger an instinctive, reaction strike.

I'm contemplating a mellow outing w/ the 16' out of Long Point (Cayuga) tomorrow. I can't get over there till mid morning but I'm looking forward to having my lunch on the water. Shoot me a pm if interested. -Andy

You don't want the fish to get much of a good look at the jig any way so those may well work fine as long as the hook is very sharp. If you want the jig heads that a lot of people use check out http://terrystackle.com/cart/index.php? ... 20a&page=7 You want the Gamma Ball jig 4/0 BN 1oz. I get my 1.5oz heads from a guy up on Oneida but I don't use em unless I'm in 90FOW. Always use the lightest jig head you can b/c you will feel the strike (often a faint 'tick') much better. Also lot's of plastics will work, your Zoom supers are good & so is an inexpensive plastic from Gander that is a light siver w/ black, it has a nice alewife profile. I've also had some success using modified Gold Star glow squid bodies from Yama****a. Overall I think technique and location are the most important aspects of deep water jigging. -Andy

Looky here King, I started this post because juvenile LLs are being targeted largely by inexperienced, non trollers, who see a 15" fish and it looks big to them. The people you are pointing your finger at are the last guys that need to be looked at! If you have a problem with charter captains in particular and or trolling in general, I would respectfully suggest that this is probably not the best forum for your interests. -Andy

Pretty good advice right there. Another way to think about this is that when a spoon bite is 'on' the relatively short lead between a regular diver & the spoon can spook less aggressive flasher shy fish. If I run spoons w/ divers it's behind long leads on a Slide Diver http://www.slidediver.com/cart/home.php

Thanks Scott! I'll plan on launching there this week instead of going around to Treman.

The shallow flat line on boards approach is fine when it's working but the better fish will move out & down quickly under pressure. You will really find it to be worth your while to rig up some combos that will get you down 20-50' and don't be afraid to run these rigs out in much deeper water 50-200+. As I've said in other posts, right now the water is very close to the same temp from top to bottom and the browns & LLs are often widely scattered after the sun gets very high in the sky. The skippers will hold in tight all day but the good ones didn't get bigger by getting caught by every Tom ,Dick, & Harry thrashing the shallows. P.S. Try these guys for the Maxima http://www.alltackle.com/maxima_line.htm I got a service spool from them last year.

One thing about even the Off Shore reg size inlines is that they do put a fair amount of strain on your line. Ideally I think the Off Shore boards are better suited to a little heavier line & rod than I use for my flat lines which is the Eagle Claw light 7'6" w/ 8lb test. I did lose a heavier fish on Ontario once when my line broke between the strain of the fish and the board going under but never on the FLX. I do like the Off Shore regular size b/c it will pull short cores too. I think the mini board was introduced w/ light spinning type tackle in mind, not sure if they will pull a short core or not but it seems like they probably would - maybe somebody will chime in on this.