Reel Doc

Very nice. What port are you fishing out of? That middle fish has quite the plump belly!!

Even though we are friends, the lack of spoon versatility was going to cost 1 star off your Google rating....Except, every time I suggested a spoon color change, a rod fired, so your 5 star rating was intact.....Until, no rag to wipe hands which was a nuisance as kept wiping on my pant legs so 1/2 star off....Until, I stopped at Country Sweet on the way home to pick up Wings, (best around IMO), and they almost tossed me from the store before giving me some wings as they claimed the potent fish smell on me was bad for Chicken wing sales so another half star off.....Sorry Andy. I'll promise to pack some rags for the next trip

Ditto the beautiful day and good times getting together. Catching fish is icing on the cake. As always, thanks for having me.

Couldn't agree more about battling Lakers in the shallows. A load of fun, though after a few you can start to wear down.....well I do anyway.

The boat next to the dock in the photo is 24 feet and the lake continues to rise so no worries.

Great pics! Fish in the boat is always a great thing!

Very Nice! I bet that 1 took a minute or 2 to bring boatside.

A couple nice looking fish. Sorry to hear about the rigger. Any idea how it fell off?

She loves to swim and really attentive to birds but her master is only accurate with a bow. I haven't taught her about waterfowl as with my poor shooting she would never get a retrieve!

You remember when we launched at Deans in January only the bow was next to the dock! Lake is up a foot and a half since then.

A busy working weekend but had a couple hours free this afternoon. Very fortunate to live a short drive from Deans Cove. First launch there since mid-January with the low Winter lake levels. The new dock is great.....fingers crossed it holds up through the busy Summer season. Set the flat lines on the boards first to give the shallow water a try. Nothing doing so slipped out a little and found hungry and fiesty Lakers willing to hit spoons on the riggers. 40-60 fow was the busiest depth. Worked out to 120, but nothing much out there. Was pulling lines when the dipsey carrying a flasher/fly fired for the only time but with the largest fish. Water surface temps ranged from 44-46, speeds of 2.2-2.4 were most popular. A great time made it easy to forget about the rain and fog.

For sure. Possibly next weekend if the weather and winds cooperate!!

Glad to hear you found some shallow fish. We covered a large area of water and temps never varyed from 40 degrees. Never saw any colored water, just the opposite. Could read a newspaper on the bottom in 20 fow or less.

Really nice morning to be out on the water. Started on the East side working shallow with flatlines. A few boats around but no fish so decided to go to the West side. Dropped the rigger deep and set a dipsey for the troll across and Bam, Bam a double of lake trout. Back to work with the big board in shallow but once again, no takers, and this time couldn't blame the boat traffic as just one kayak in the area. Sun was getting higher and what chop was on the water earlier was fading so slid out deeper. An hour later still nothing. Decided to cross over again and out in the middle another laker nailed the dipsey fly. So stayed out over 300 fow working back to the launch and kept catching lakers on the dipsey while other rods stayed quiet. It all added up to a relaxing morning and a great dinner of grilled lemon pepper lake trout. Happy Easter everyone.

Just about anyone could launch there now. Lake is a foot higher than January when Fishstix and I last went out of Deans in the 24 foot Wellcraft. There is essentially no drop off at the end of the concrete pad so time to go fishing.....

Bet that was a fun little battle!!

Fasten your seatbelt. South wind in the forecast means a bumpy ride. With the lake warming fish could be anywhere. I havent been out in a few weeks but back then some silvers and lakers in the shallows. All Winter you could find lake trout in 80 feet or deeper and if you found them they tended to favor flies over spoons. Good luck and tell us how you do for better or worse. Reports have been scarce lately

My mast is up front as well. Did you mount it with a backer plate? As for boards, any can work. I started with these SuperSkis and graduated to the Amish Outfitter boards as they track better in rougher seas. Some use Otter boards and some guys have homemade. Whichever you choose the snubbers are a good idea to take torque off the mast if its a little rougher water.

Post a pic of your mast and all can see what we have to help you out. I have a pair of Super Ski boards that would work if the mast is good.