greenhornet73

This was my modified Icicle that I had colored last night. It worked and I am calling it the Hurly Bird…My other 3 producers are on the deck pic.

Took the morning off to try again and was met with swells big enough to make me hurl. Dirty water didn’t produce for me even when the water temp went up 2 degrees besides 1 hit and run. Was getting discouraged but sucked it up and changed up colors and hit some fish in clear water mid-morning around 10:30. Started off working in 5-10’ with a Smithwick, rapala and a modified Icicle. Icicle on my rigger down 4’ hit first and snapped my leader on the strike. Too choppy to retie so I tossed out my 1 color core with a Sodus Buckeye. No more hits for 2 hours. Moved out to clear water but still under 10’ and hit a pod of fish. Every rod went off within 5 minutes and had to net 2 at once. Third one hit as I was untangling hooks. Decided to put two lines back out as I was packing up to leave and the leadcore went off again, this time was a noticeable heavier fish. The drag on that Okuma goes from weak to locked without much in between. Had to tighten it to gain on it and of course it turns and snapped me off at the leader. 10# leader lost me 2 spoons today but great to land some quality fish.

Awesome day, congrats. Heading out solo on Thursday, what was your surface temp out there?

Mine just touches the ground but sometimes have to dig a little trench when it gets muddy and the trailer tires settle a little too much. You can also leave it up and double bag it with garbage bags and tie it down with some twine to keep the snow and rain out.

I have a question? Are you running the 5 diver or smaller and is it on a braid main line? My 5’s are all on wire rods that would take the fight out of a brown.

Those are tanks

I trailer mine with the kicker down and 2 ratchet straps because of stories I’ve heard of it popping off. Trailered it all last year without a problem.

That’s awesome, we saw you out a little deeper than where we started then slid out on our way back. We were completely blind, figuratively and literally between the fog and no electronics. Good to know there were fish around. The water color looked great but couldn’t get anything to go.

That is correct about not installing those in an enclosed area, good point.

Yes, I did this last year and it worked out great. The only thing to remember is after you shut off one motor, firm up the fuel line bulb before firing up the other motor because the fuel gets drawn out of that line. Very easy to install and only takes 10 minutes. Make sure you install the water separator high enough so you can point the bulb up while priming it.

Well done. It’s definitely not easy doing it alone. Congrats on a good trip.

Anyone else fish out of Fair Haven today? Got to the launch at 7am and the fog was so thick you couldn’t see shore from 200’ away. My Hummingbird blew a fuse over winter and didn’t have a replacement on board so had zero navigation, depth, temp, fish finding capability. Relied on phone navionics for gps location/speed and gave it hell for 4 hours without a hit running 4 planers, 1 dipsey and 1 weight rod in roughly 6-18 fow (Didn’t know for sure obviously). Hard to believe no fish in that beautiful mud line running out from the pond channel but threw many options at them including sticks and spoons. Same thing in the green water everywhere else. Shakedown was successful besides the graph that is now fixed and no fish to clean but will try again next available chance.

Great, thanks again for the report. I am shocked the water was clear. Heading out tomorrow a little further west and hoping for at least half the number of bites you got today. Plan 1 is that everything works as it should after sitting for 4 months 🤞

Awesome! Good sized fish too. Can’t wait get out sunday