RD9

Yes. Go to Olcott or Wilson. You can stay in both ports pretty cheap. Wilson is definetly nicer there is some really nice places to stay and eat. It shouldn't be hard to catch lakers and if the weather cooperates you could just follow the charters. Two dipsey divers and two riggers you should be able to catch a few kings.

P10's for Salmon Heard of some of the Erie guys coming up and running a segmented lead core program teamed with P10 smithwicks for early season kings. Just wondering if any one else has had success with kings running the P10's.

I personally run a lot of coppers or leadcores not on boards for walleyed on Erie and Ontario kings. If the depth chart is correct and using the 200 steel with the wire backing can get you down to 80ft that is awesome. Is that the case? Does it really get down that deep? I would love to replace my coppers with two steel wire setups.

Yankee, On the Salmon Slam can you wiegh in fish caught the night before or do they have to be weighed the same day?

In clear water for browns we have great success with a blue and silver rapala f11. When I started fishing with my grandfather in spring and into summer. A crystalina black and silver stick was always on a middle rigger with a long lead way behind the other 3 downriggers most likely all with spoons and short leads. That bait took lots of salmon and many steel head. We run a lot sticks on Erie and the steel head definitely prefer a fire tiger Rynowsky. That bait catches more trout then any other stick/spoon on Erie on our boat.

If they back out let me know.

This new app which has pro member on the top makes me feel real important after chiming in. FYI I have only one sponsor/pro staff affiliation "Wild Blossom Hollow". It's my sisters wedding bouquet company. We still have to pay for our own tournament shirts.

I believe the number one factor on why people struggle to catch browns especially when others are catching in the same area is the lb test of there leader. Everyone wants to catch browns in tight, not everyone wants to use/buy a light lb test flouro leader and a small snap swivel or rapala knot. Most folks concentrate so hard on color choices and brand of lures and then connect it to a rod with 20lb test and a big swivel. I have buddies whom will buy $100 upon $100 worth of new baits and then buy cheap swivels that are over kill and buy one spool of 25 lb flour carbon to use on everything during the year. Understanding how you're main line effects you're baits is really important (heavier line = higher in the water column). Keeping all you're rods the same is really important on duplicating a pattern. That should include the baits to a certain extent, they all dive at different depths.

Green Bay Whitefish Has anybody been on a guided trip up to Green Bay to ice fish for Whitefish. Seems like fishing for them is good and by looking online sleeper and cabin rentals on the ice are fairly reasonable. Especially for the table fair you could come home with. Any recommendations please share along with you're fishing experience. My sons are getting to the age were I would like to do a trip like this.

Love Stealth Core. I'm a lead line Lake Erie junky and used almost every lead core brand you could think off. I now only use stealth core and am really happy.

Okuma convectors are a fine reel.

Left Dock around 845 turn left out of the Harbor with a four pole spread. Best bite was 2 miles west of harbor in 10ft. Browns were good size with many 5 to 7 lb fish. Best lure was a fire tiger storm stick bait. Any green stick worked good. What a great day to be out on the lake.