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These are the color of Lake Superior Lakers, leans are the orange, fats are less orange. Think one small brown in there also.

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Some have lots of fat between skin and meat, take it off.

Lake trout makes some of the best Poor man's lobster. So Easy and soooooo good.

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All my laker are coming from Lake Superior, but You still have to get the ALL the fat off. I also rinse my fillets in bowl or sink until the water no longer clouds up. Put in fridge overnight and rinse again eat or freeze. Our redfin's are almost as orange as salmon.

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Exactly what King said. I had Trolling board first year, Knew right away I did the wrong thing. Much nicer with back open and mine is set up very similar to above.

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Just got these, look up Big Al's Lure Holders, Rick is on here, stand up guy with a great product. A styrofoam cooler would last about five seconds on my boat, about as long as they last when you use them for drinks.

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If they are factory installed should be fine. Berts will fit all other track systems and vice versa. Usually all the risers are made to fit the various Downriggers. Or can use Cannon risers, they will slide into tracks also.

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Track systems are the way to go, as long as the tracks are installed with backing plates under gunnel you will be fine. You will like having the back of the boat open, in stead of Trolling bar, at least I did. . get some risers that slide into tracks for your riggers. Takes literally a couple minutes to take all the Trolling stuff off if you fish other ways.

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I have caught them in 190+ ft. Jigging and you should see size of the air bubbles they start letting up. Usually if they aren't bleeding they will release well where other fish would have their stomachs coming out of their mouths.

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Never heard of venting a laker. They are one of the only fish that can let air out of their air bladder

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Seen them in walleyes and bass, absolutely nothing to worry about. You are not eating the digestive track.

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If Fish lips backs out, I will take them off your hands.

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Like I said it crazy, you can pile it up, throw the pile around, and still reel it in without tangles, also comes off the reel way smoother than any copper ever will.

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Got a 300, and a 200 ready to try, stuff is crazy, you can't make it tangle up.

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Minnows are best for trout. Worms are good when they are slowly swimming in the water. A glob of worms jammed on a hook is unnatural but works for bull heads and sunfish. The minnow should also be swimming except for perch where a minnow laying on the bottom in the mud is best.

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Just ordered couple of the big ones, can't wait to get them. Free up some room .

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We usually just smoke a fatty, I know we can't be the only ones......

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Here we go.

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We have a boat full of these. I love the versatility of them. Only thing to watch out for is the roll pins. Other than that they are very reliable. I've had Bert's and used traxtech. These are smooth and all a one hand operation. I wish I could get them in black. Good luck

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Just saw a show In Depth Outdoors where they were doing just that on Lake MI. Find the warm, dirtier water . Were using shadow raps, Rippin raps, reg #9 orange gold was best bait.

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Plastic and Diver rods don't mix. Sure people do it, and the above gimbal mounts are definitely not for diver rods, look at the angle. Rods should be way more parallel to H20.

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