HB2

I heard the waves crashing  on the beach this morning from my cottage . 

There was a guy on here a,while back who suggested that there was a lot more Nat repro of kings on the south shore  than most thought . And as,I recall he got pretty beat up over it . 

Can't remember who that was . 

After talking with the guy at the show , magnums Metalz will be my choice if I go new . 

Fishing was as,good as I could hope it would be and continues to be good . 

Lots of kings which seem to be average size a little bigger . 

The last 3 years have been awesome ..

Those dying fish are put in the lake for the sole purpose to generate money for the region and tax dollars for the state .

We took a ride up that way to the hatchery last Fall and  could not believe the amount of cars / people all the,way up the river from Pulaski to Altmar . And no doubt dropping a lot of cash . And that area depends on it . 

So if you think they are going to shut it down , that ain't going to happen . 

Lovin me some Nat repro of kings 

Will assure we will always have at least some in the lake . 

Back out late afternoon Tues . Did my Small boat tactics j plug program . Wasn't out there 5 min and #3 glow green takes a nice hook jaw  king. I'm like yea , its going to be a good day . 

No more hits . 

Yes Dickey , I his the motor with a,hammer and it worked so I figure I'm all good . 

You guys are dreaming . 

Save the money and Get a speed probe / surface temp  add on for your depth finder . 40 to 70$ . It's not a fish hawk but will be a huge help. 

I love my buckets . Would not be without them . I attribute a,lot of my fish to them. And they are free. 

4 hours ago, jimski2 said:

Just troll downwind. Stop, clear your lines and run upwind and get back to trolling. Unless you have a good wheels person on the wheel continuously, your boat turns sideways too often.

That s crazy . A lot of ,in fact most of the hits I get are going into the wave .Mostly because I head west out of port and head to my fishing grounds which are farther than I drop lines . 

Learn how to do it . Without speed you should be using speed forgiving lures and turning a lot . 

SOG is pretty much worthless unless you note  the direction of troll on the hit and duplicate the direction . Even that is hit and miss because a few degrees either way can seriously  affect your down speed . 

Ditto on the buckets 

I use 1 on each side on my 21 trophy w/ 230 IO  for 35 years . 

I posted on here how to make them a while back 

Tie them to  mid ship cleat and adjust rope so they are about 4 ft from the transom running on the sides . 

They are as big a part of my equipment as anything on my boat and are in and out of the water all day to fine tune my speed . 

As far a trolling straight , that's on the driver . Driving the boat to get fish to bite is an art form IMO . I get as many hits or more trolling into waves,as going with them . 

I was lucky as a leprechaun both days . 

1 fish landed each morning and very happy I did that . 

We went to a meeting about him getting approvals . 

Apparently the channel issue has been straightened out . 

Guy seem like a nice guy and serious about it . 

I'd be surprised  If there are not boats  there this spring . 

With the forecast , I wasn't going out and was going to fish the creek but I saw lights on Coyote K boat so I went out behind him . 

Flatest seas I've seen in weeks . But the lake flipped and cold water . 

Made a few passes with no hits . 

Last ditch effort I flat lined across the mouth  my precious pearl white black dot #3 Northport nailer j plug and tagged a nice hen for eggs . 

Beat that spot up and that was it . 

Finally got out this,morning to easterly rollers . 

My normal  Small boat tactics J plugs program. Started close,and worked out to 40 ft . Really did not see  much so made a last pass in 20 ft . One rod went off bounced a few times and nothing there . As I was reeling it it the other hooked up to a nice hen which was released . 

#4 silver bullet took the fish and #3 green glo took the hit .  

Went back out for evening run . No hits .  

And I'm sure you are more than happy to donate the next 2 months of your salary or  pension to those that have had the the rug pulled out from under them for the greater good . 

You know , to share the burden . 

Walk a  mile in their shoes . 

Until then , your words don't mean much. 

Inconvenience and losing everything are two different things.  

There are risks in life . 

Americans use to be brave . What happened? 

Death from this are way down , or am I wrong ? 

A lot of the positives are asymptomatic , or am I wrong about that ? 

People get sick and die  every day . From a lot of stuff . 

I refuse to be afraid of it . 

Dont be get paid for 6 months , lose what you have worked for all you're life and then talk to me . 

From a strictly medical point of view maybe you are right to try and save everyone . From a practical point , it's time to go for it . 

19 minutes ago, Pa223 said:

Here here.
Just opening back up and “going for it” in actuality is the worst thing we could do.




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And thats your opinion . A lot of data and facts saying the other . 

What's the death toll by itself with no other contributing factor such as obesity etc? It's pretty low . 

Maybe we should be more diligent about banning fast food and Twinkies . If you stuff you face with this garbage , and wash  it down with a 6 pack and smoke a cigarette and  are unhealthy , it puts you at huge risk if you contract it . That's on you . 

I hear that there is a Bill in congress to slash all public employees pensions and health care workers pay and benefits by half  to fund the extra unemployment that is needed . I'm sure they will be all for it to pitch  in to share the burden . 

I'll take my chances , there are no guarantees in life . 

There are a lot of people going broke and will take a decade or more to financially recover from this.look at all the business going under .  

What gets me most is there are people who are working and getting paid telling people they can't work . If these same people were  faced with losing everything and bankruptcy, they might feel differently . 

So IMO , it time to open stuff up and go for it  . 

If you are young and in reasonably good health , you don't have much to worry about . And yes some people will die. 

And anyone who doesn't see this is a political football is blind , respectfully . 

There soon will be a cure . 

It's called the election . 

All fuel now unless specified at the pump has 10 % ethanol in it . 

The ethanol attracts water   . 

Worse than that it's caustic and will break down the rubber components of older engines and tanks not made to take it.  Anything that disintegrates , get dissolved and pushed thru the carb. It causes all kinds of problems . 

Look for stations that offer non ethanol gas .

You definitely want  to get out very early and late for staggers  . I find it slows way down after the first 2 hrs , USUALLY ,and just before dark they turn on . 

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Sometimes it's good all day ,especially if  it is choppy or cloudy and raining . 

J plugs are pretty much all I run now till the end of the season. But maybe not this year as I have testing to do .  

I have 30# and put 25 ft of 15 or 20# on . 

Tie direct to the j plug , no swivels . I use #3 ,#4 size . 

I have 2 riggers on my small boat and run 1 rod on each . That's it . All I need . 

First light in close 12 to 20 ft depth , setback both same of 50 to 75 ft . One Ball 10 ft off bottom on one  half way down on other . Ball may be just under surface . Deeper , setback of 35 ft . I know the plugs dive 7 ft in 35 ft . And the fish like to sit on the bottom when Sun comes up . Mid day I have run them back 150 ft to get a hit and it works sometime . 

Colors ... sliver bullet , w/ w/o red head , glow green florescent , white black dot ( first light killer ) watermelon ,  and there are others . 

It's a misnomer that they need to be run fast . I get fish going slow with them also so vary your speed and turn a lot . 

I have a 21 hardtop I/O . 

Very Seaworthy, comfortable boat .love the hardtop.

Great boat for 3 men , a little crowded 4 but good . 

No boat does everything well . That's why I have 3 . My wife says who has 3 boats ? I tell her I could have 3 girlfriends . 

I have seen a lot of nice 19 to 21 aluminum / outboards that look very fishable .But if it's strictly Salmon , it hard to beat the weight of fiberglass IMO.  

If you are going to keep it docked , a 24 is not to big . 

But again, stringer/ transom rot , lower unit/ engine rebuilds are not cheap , and it could nickle and dime you in that price range . 

Just be ready/ prepared for that . 

That is not a lot of money for a boat turn key and is sizable . Anything older than 15  years and you could have potential big money problems . That being said , good luck with it . 

There is a new Marina opening up some time in the future on Sandy . 

You could be my neighbor !