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Fished the FHC today with friends from camp. We were greeted with solid 3-5 foot waves as we cleared the chute this morning. That quickly changed my game plan of running offshore. With a huge pack of boat to the East I decided to run a touch west and work the inside waters. I set down in 85 feet and ran a simple 5 rod spread consisting of 2 riggers, 2 dipsies, and a chute copper. Screen was solid in 100-120 FOW and it didn’t take long before we moved some rods. It turned into a slow grind for the rest of the day as the fish were just plain stubborn. We averaged one fish every 45 minutes to an hour. Our first 4 fish were all meat fish and then things went silent. I changed out the meat for flys and we started moving rods again. With 5 decent fish in our box we needed one more 20+ to add if we were going to be in contention. At 12:45 I started to pick up lines and while bringing in the copper our Port side dipsy fires and knew it was a solid fish. Once we scooped into the net I felt confident we had a decent box of 6 fish to make a good showing. We ended up in 6th place out of 59 teams with a little over 119 pounds. Tom Allen and Stephanie took the win with just over a 131 pound box ‘Bout Time Mike

Fish are spread from 100-500 right now. If you can find the pockets you will do well. Saturday we fished from 6am - 11am and ended 10-14. We started to set lines in 150 and took our first fish around 220. We hit fish all the way to 500 before turning around. Multiple doubles. Out of the 14 bites 10 were on meat. Mix of riggers, dipsies, and coppers all taking fish. ‘Bout Time Mike

Went 10 - 14 today. All fish came from 48* or colder water for me. Mostly meat bite for me with only 4 being flys ‘Bout Time Mike

A great day on the water. Started slow but the midday bite was insane. Worked waters from 130-220, 75-90 down on riggers and dipsys out 240-280 plus a 400 copper. Meat and fly bite for us. Ended 13 for 17. Biggest fish was just over 27. ‘Bout Time Mike

Had a very similar issue last year. Mine turned out to be “crud” that was stuck in the pickup tube of my gas tank. I got a bad tank full of fuel (probably right after it was delivered) ‘Bout Time Mike

Have a team looking to possibly join (last minute) wheres the best options for a dock ? ‘Bout Time Mike

Had another great day with the Wounded Warrior fishing event out of Fair Haven. Just about everyone was able to get fish for their veterans. Some did better than others. For myself I worked waters 100-160 straight out of the chute. No real temp was setup and fish were spread out. Marked Very little bait and just a few hooks. We were able to put 5 in the box for my two Vets. Green Jean spoon off 85 rigger was good for 2 fish, UV 2 Face paddle / Stud meat took biggest king for us off 98 rigger. 290 dipsy pulling custom paddle / meat rig was Good for another nice king. Custom Blue/purple NK spoon (free slider on 95 rigger) took our last fish of the day. Another great experience and the weather and the lake cooperated for us just long enough for these men and women to enjoy the day. ‘Bout Time Mike

Bought this off amazon for $175- and literally ran it for 3 minutes. It did not help my boat ( I’m playing the prop game) This is complete with the Hub, Spline insert, Key, Nut, and unused Washer. This is “ used “ but as new as it could be. Just trying to recoup some of my money. $120 shipped or $100 picked up around Syracuse or Fair Haven ‘Bout Time Mike

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I must commend you. This is one of the most honest and open descriptions I’ve seen. Good luck with your sale. ‘Bout Time Mike

Browns are there, they are in skinny water (shoreline to 15’) with kings around most everyone wants in that action so they running deeper programs for silvers. Limits of Browns are easily doable still with double digit days. ‘Bout Time Mike

One day east and the next west. Water depths from 8-15’. Ran 1 and 2 color lead off the boards with spoons as well as flatlines pulling sticks. Riggers down 6-8’ with spoons. Fish really came off everything and not really one “hot” bait for us. ‘Bout Time Mike

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Move the tow eye back towards the rear of the board more, even just an inch or two, and maybe higher by an inch or two as well. Also drill some small holes in the bottom of the boards towards the rear and fill them with lead. I used old sinkers. Then epoxy over the lead to seal the holes. This will make the boards sit lower in the water and “bite” more adding them to pull harder and better ‘Bout Time Mike

Water levels are up due to the IJC , spring runoff, and rain. They are not releasing anymore water until the water in Canada starts residing. It has risen nearly 8-10” last week and going up more. Not predicting as bad as 2017 but a close second ‘Bout Time Mike

I have a total of 8 cannon dual axis. 6 are mounted inside Traxstech tracks and the other 2 are mounted into a Berts track. As stated above all interchangeable ‘Bout Time Mike

Run a 8 gauge wire directly from your motor to the battery ground. Depending what side battery is on the easiest place to run a jumper is circled below. I had the same issue and replaced the starter and solenoid and is still was doing it. I didn’t see (think) any of my grounds looked bad. I added a “jumper” from the exhaust riser post to my negative battery post and it has worked ever since. Easier to try this before you try to access your starter ‘Bout Time Mike

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Stainless Steel Taylor Made Triple Fender Holder. Holds 3 fenders up to 9” in diameter. Retails for over $200 Asking $75 or BO Pick up around Syracuse or Fair Haven ‘Bout Time Mike