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  1. On 3/13/2024 at 8:00 AM, Scalloper 1 said:

    Scam demic.....what a bunch of BS, and to think 90% fell for it. No stab, not a sniffle and not 1 test.......

    15 million world wide died from Covid. My brother, sister-in-law, and best friend became extremely sick from it. How is that BS?

  2. Started 4pm in 140ft after meeting nice guy at launch who told me where he and his son had success. 42 degrees down around 85. Marked a lot of bait and fish 30-40 feet down. Had a rigger with spoon and a cheater down about 70. 18lb came on the cheater. Could not get meat on downrigger or spoon on copper to work so put out a 10 color core with NBK spoon and caught 22lb salmon on that along with a smaller one. Ended 5-6. Quit fishing at 7:30

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  3. Solo afternoon trip. Headed out and wasted a lot of time fishing 200 to 350. Was a desert so trolled towards shallower water. Caught a dink on a free slider but then caught decent fish on bottom spoon on DR set at 70 feet. My DR meat rig did nothing so replaced it with 325 copper with Mag seasick spoon. As soon as I put rod in holder planer board started to go backwards and landed another nice salmon. Lost one on spoon on DR set at 100. Felt decent till it spit the spoon. 

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  4. Started fishing around 6am. Saw plenty of boats which I took as a good sign. Based on info decided to slip past most of the fleet and headed out to deeper water. Took our first hit on meat rig off downrigger 90 feet down. Always good to get that first fish when you’re taking other people out. Little while later took our second fish on the other rigger 70 feet down- a small king. The third fish came on a hit to our diver rod with FF. Last fish of day came on 10 color with spoon mag NBK, nice bow. Ended day around 9:30. My friend, and his father who came over to visit his son from S.Korea had a blast. Fleas were worst I’ve seen on Lake O. Had about a ten inch long strand of them on my wire dipsy rods. Thanks to the guys who offered info. Much appreciated!

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  5. Taking a friend and his elderly father out early tomorrow morning. We won't have a ton of time due to other commitments to find fish. Wondering if I should start out 100-120 feet or go out deeper. Plan is to fish one DR with meat rig, other with a spoon, two wire divers- one with FF and other with spoon, one 325 copper and one 10 color core both with spoons.

    Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

  6. 5 hours ago, Ray4852 said:

    I agree but its only part of our problem. the real problem is our government. they took god away from the people. people morals and values declined. government got control of our media, education, and the crap they watch on TV. this crap has been going on now for the last 70 years. I agree the parents have gotten lazy with their kids. our society changed when the woman went out to work. this destroyed the family life in our country. its the man that was meant to go out and work and take care of the family and the woman who stayed home and raised the kids. today the woman raise her kids and goes out to work. where is the father. our educational system today is raising our children. that why a lot of them have problems.  what did hitler do to his society. he took children from the family's and made robots out of them. its sounds like we are repeating our history don't it. you want to here something funny. the last time I was schedule to have a medical test. they had to ask me, if I ever had a baby, that means a man. my reply to them. what galaxy are you from. a man now can have a baby. lol. we are living in a sick time of human history. the world is not sick. its the people that are sick.   like I said when we take god away from the people everything falls apart. 

    My mom had to go to work to support us as my father’s business closed. Sending women back to the kitchen is not the answer, and it was their work in the factories that helped our country win WW II. Also they have a right to a career just like a man. Part of the problem is it is very difficult to make ends meet on one salary. Yes, you are right that society has changed and not always in a good way, a subject we could discuss for days. As far as bringing god back this is still a very religious country compared to other western countries like Canada, England, etc. And as far as violence, there is plenty of that in the bible.

  7. Strange, no one has mentioned sailboats yet. Those are the guys that get to me.  They seem to purposely cut in front of you when you're trolling even when you and them are the only boats around for miles.

    But I think Whaler got it right. Most just don't know any better........ as they run past you and wave......:headbang:

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  8. Also fished Sandy at first light. While setting up my dispy rod salmon hit and took a lot of line out. On its second run hook came out, which didn't surprise me as he hit while the drag was loose to let line out so I could get my other rods in the water. Thought is was going to be a good day but could only manage one other small salmon. Very frustrating day. Fished from 120 to 300. Don't know if I should have stayed shallow or gone off shore.

  9. Started fishing around 6am and set up in 125ft. Ran two riggers one with f and one with mag spoon. Ran two dipsy with ff. Mag dipsy took first couple of hits; lost first one but second was a nice 18lb king. Things slowed so put out two coppers with spoons and started seeing action again. Two small kings and a small brown. Broke off two kings when they got tangled in the wire dipsy. I’ve tried a meat rig with no success last three times out but willing to try again with a mussel head rig with blue powder SD on a rigger set at 85. 10 minutes later it goes off and peels line. This one also got tangle in the dipsy but we managed to net it. 24lb king. Ended up 5 for 8. Most fish had one or two eels attached. They were given burial at sea honors.AAB4AC23-72C4-47DD-8EA7-47C6C009A32D.thumb.jpeg.57ab69a1c7d139d0d833d99e2c078f63.jpeg

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  10. Hi Woody. You won't regret your purchase of a fish hawk! It will really help with the learning curve. Now the bad news. It's not as easy as finding this or that temperature and parking your rigger there. It will depend on many factors such as time of day, season, bait fish, where you are marking fish, is cold water on the top or all through the water column, mood of fish etc. Other guys who know a lot more than me can chime in, but if you are looking for generalities, find out where the thermocline is  and fish in and below as a starting point and down to as low as 42 degree water. For spoons and flies I would say 2 to 2.5, But some spoons can run at higher or lower speeds. Check their action by the boat. For flies I've found 2.2 works but it will also depend on the length of your fly leader. And if you aren't getting hit, speed up and slow down, make turns until you find the right combination. Lot of trial and error. These are just things that have worked for me.

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  11. After ready Gator’s report had second thoughts about going out but I had to do  some bunk work on the trailer and have been having issues with the kicker, so decided to go. Launched and headed west in about 200ft. Put a meat rig down about 150 and mag spoon down 120. Marked fish deep so put riggers there. Kicker conked out after half an hour so used the big motor. Put out a dipsy on 2 setting out 275 with FF and shortly after got hit with a coho. Set it out again and same thing. This time could tell it was a better fish. Got tangled in my downrigger but able to net it. Always an adventure netting salmon on your own. Fished 3 hours total. Nice night to be out

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  12. 9 hours ago, paprman said:

    Another thing to keep in mind is the 2 modes of autopilot, legacy and advanced autopilot. They are different. For trolling I use the legacy mode. With the advanced mode the motor tries to correct for cross wind and current which can slow the boat way down. The legacy mode will just keep going towards a given heading. 

    I did that right away after reading someone else's post about legacy vs advanced. Good to know my motor is working same as others.

     

    seeyawader, I used to clean my fish in the kitchen but finally had to put a sink in the basement so I could clean them there. Now everybody is happy

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