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Dusty

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  1. You will love that blind!

    My favorite tree and most others in the woods are dead enough for me. Bummer love my climber too.

    Anybody use a portable carry in and out tripod?


    Sent from my iPad using Lake Ontario United

    I have a muddy tripod for the same reason. I love it. Very comfortable and stable. It’s not “portable”, but you could definitely fashion a set of wheels on the one end to help make it a one man job.
  2. Wet day out of Braddocks today! Went 4 for 8 or 9? (booo!) One medium king and 3 smaller ones. One double header. The current was crazy, all fish were hooked going E to W - trying to go the other way you had to go like 7mph to get a 2.5 down speed.
    30-50' down was the magic temp, everything caught on spoons, FF didn't fire once.
    Lost a nice king on the dipsy, it popped the 20# flouro and took my spoon. Tied another swivel on, 5 min later - same thing. At this time I'm thinking my brother is completely incompetent and can't figure out how to fight a fish, so I set the rod and drag, after tying on another spoon (Palomar knot) and 5 min later I hook up, same dipsy, super light drag - fish runs for 75' or so, I feel a head shake or two and then pop. Spoon #3 gone.
    I'm beyond irritated at this point and take off the 20# flouro and put 40# on ( all I had above 20 on me) - and at that point didn't get another hookup on the dipsy.
    Did manage one more hookup on the remaining downrigger that was working (2nd one shorted out on/off switch) - must have been a small steelie or something, jumped a few times and spit the hook.
    Most action was in 150-175 FOW, 40' down.

    I’ve had the same problem with 20# line. I’ve committed that stuff to brown’s and walleye rods. 30# for salmon work.
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