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Back when cut bait was brand new on the lake I talked to charter guy from Pulaski on an early fly fishing run . He asked if I was running cut bait yet and no I wasn't . He told me what to get and how to run it . He told me when he ran cut bait he ran 3 rods on 3 riggers spread out and that was it . He said he had a 36 ft boat with 5 riggers 12 ft beam . He said if the kings are down there , they will see the flashers . So I did what he told me and ran 1 flasher each on 2 of my 4 riggers and it worked. Don't crowd the zone This was before I ran dipsys . Was like 1989 I still kind of fish that way . I agree with Gambler . To much can scare the fish away . And furthermore , a bad setup can also .

I went thru this a few years ago I finally , by accident , found that the silicone tubing used on spinner bait trailer hooks was the same thing. Got a 5 pack of hooks and tube for 2$ at Walmart

Everybody has bad days . You are not alone . I know I have had more than I would like to admit . Some days , they don't hit .

I park my probe rigger at 50 deg , usually a flasher . Temp is all over the place some days . On my other rigger I stack 2 rods 20 ft apart , both spoons . And run that 10 ft deeper than the probe. So I have 20 ft of what I consider prime target zone . Then I let my dipsys or slide divers so one is on the lower end and one on the higher end. I don't use junk lines . Seems to work for me . But if I'm marking deeper fish I lower the stacker down 25 ft lower to check it out . There are a lot of fish out of temp . Past month I got kings in 60 deg and 44 deg water . I think temp is overrated . But it's a starting point . And as Aug progresses , temp becomes less important

I don't care how sharp your hooks are , some days they just don't take it well , like they nip at it . I go thru this jigging all ways . Whether it's light line long rod jigging , or bass and pike . Trolling there are days you can't keep them on. And some days you catch all the hits .

My goal was to fish the Summer LOC as much as possible this year . We fished a lot but not as much as I would have liked. I really could go every day for a while lake permitting. From beginning to end the fishing was great . Some days better than others . I think we only had one bad day and that was 3 fish . 15 to 20 hit mornings were common . I did a few afternoons and a couple I could not keep rods in the water at times . We managed 2 LOC board kings that both got pushed off the board . Mine Friday . We fished 70 to 180 ft . Never went out past that . Did not need to . Fish were from 40 to 110 down. Riggers and dipsys with my slide divers the star a lot of days . Best lure hands down was a Carbon 14 mag .I have one that's landed 30 fish conservatively . Also the same with a silver ladderback. Stingray NBK , copper NK 42 second and others . Some days it didn't matter . The first flasher I ever bought maybe 30 years ago or more was the best . A Blue Angel with a carbon 14 pattern Gary D rig . Other Spin Dr and 8 " pro trolls worked well with glo Gary D s . The secret was to find fish. Seems like the kings are starting to migrate east a little . It is pretty much Aug so that's no surprise . Best king fishing I've ever seen summer wise . It was fun .

Could it be electrical interference from you main motor or kicker ?

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I have learned , you really need to have patience .Sometimes the fish arnt hitting . If you put down proven go to / confidence lures a lot of times it's just a matter of adjustment . Doing wholesale changes is huge mistake IMO. You wind up with a mess no self respecting salmon would hit Look at Yankees reports . He uses the same 10 lures pretty much all year . And he is as good as it gets . If I'm marking and not hooking up I change 1 lure . I keep my provens down . I have one carbon 14 that has been down every minute I have been out there since early July . Location depth and speed .

Not as good this morning as yesterday afternoon but really how could it. Still did very well from 100 to 190 down 60 to 95 ft . Spoons and flashers both worked . The D- rig managed another board king and I beat my son out by a few oz . Probably won't last till the end as fish get bigger every day .

It's no longer fishing , it's catching . Out for 2 hrs . Boated 11 and lost a few more . Kings and a laker . Ended the day with a triple . Asked my brother if he had enough and he said yes , thankfully .