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On my rigs I have experimented with everything . I liked the atomic trebels but I always come back to the Eagle claw LS 374 . They hook well . Caught many fish with the treble down a kings throat . They also penetrate the boney mouth well and hold well . Sometimes they hook so well I break the hook getting it out . I use a 1/ O . I feel the trebles with the hook bent back in to the shank ( like the atomics ) hold better after the fish is hooked but miss hits . And they are cheap . Perfect size for size 28 spoon replacement, 2/0 for mags .

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I think a lot of the success of the original Pirates and NKs we the blanks and the plating .

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The question was trolling with or into the wind . Wind causes waves and current . So I feel the better question is with or into the waves . If there is breeze with a small chop , you can troll any way you want and direction relative to wind and current is probably most important . But if it gets a little snotty or gets to the point of you are ready to pull lines and head in , having a stable fishing platform able to get a stable speed is probably most important . So with or into are my best options . Trolling sideways to waves pretty much sucks . And you are going have to fish into it at least sometime , so master it and make the best of it . Also IMO , fish , especially lake fish , kings and steelhead in particular , use current to there advantage probably more than we know . They have no problem maintaining and holding position in water of there choosing that has nutrients and baitfish plentifully . This is historically proven. . Most springs , most kings are west . Summers they are midlake , and fall ( at least after they stopped raising kings at Calidonia) most are east . If they just got pushed around by the prevailing west to east current , the best king fishing would be on the east end and we know that's not the case. A lot of guys ask what spoon or flasher or dipseys or whatever . But presentation as stated above is the most important thing . And that comes a mostly from boat control .

There is a difference between a light breeze and a 3 ft chop . I see it as either going with the waves or against . Trolling sideways to the waves is uncomfortable and unsafe . I speed up on turns to get back in line. If there is a west wind and I hookup and turn around to get back to my waypoint , it can take what's seems forever . Then I get past my spot and turn around and fly back past it in half or less the time it took to get back. while maintaining my down speed . You can be a mile or more past the waypoint by the time you land the fish To be good at this salmon trolling thing , you need to be able to catch fish going into the wind . On a good chop , I drive . You sometimes have to kick the speed up to maintain a heading and keep your lines straight . Mt dipseys seem to shine on those days . When I drive I turn around and watch to make sure they are behind the boat .

I use to catch most of my fish trolling with the wind . Untill. I learned how to fish into the waves . A lot of days I catch more going into the waves . Down speed is a big help for this . And a limited spread is also important . But the most important thing is a good driver , which is pretty much everything .And out of frustration , it's usually me . The boat can't be wagging back and forth . Your lines have to be tight to get the right speed at your baits , especially your dipseys. And I would guess your coppers ,etc. On days there is a heavy current your SOG could be 5 mph . If you trolled with it all morning you could start at Sandy and wind up in Rochester . So you have to troll into it more than half the time . So learn how to do it .

I ran the numbers as best I could and I figured Bruce was breaking even or it was costing him money to run the place when he had it . I don't know how many of you run your own businesses , but the cost of doing business has skyrocketed the last few years .

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Should be no problem getting in and out as far as depth is concerned . Probably needs an afternoons work with a pole saw to clear out the overhanging limbs which really aren't to bad . He has done a fair amount of work over there on and off the last few months . The bigger area has been cleared of all the old falling down docks . He has a barge in there to work off of . Still a lot of work to be done but it's a good start .