Offshore IV

Another factor to consider is how much sunlight your line will see day-to-day. I've noticed that my line deteriorates toward the end of the season, mainly because my boat is always out in the sunlight/the elements even when not in use. Sunlight will kill your line strength quickly. It is best to cover the line from UV exposure when stored. I should take my own advice. 

I imagine my setup is a bit different than others, but I'll play. I run 20lb mono with 12lb flouro for a leader for my board rods. My dipsey rods (if i slide out to deeper water) have 20lb braid with 20lb mono leader from the dipsey to the bait. My downrigger rods all have 30lb big game mono with a 20lb mono leader. Have yet to break a fish off due to line weight being too light - largest is a 29lb salmon. Set your drag properly. There have been monster tuna caught on single digit pound test spider wire which proves that drag/rod/reel combo is more important than line weight. 

Good luck!

PM Sent for the remaining if they are still available. 

That’s great lol I grew up on the river and caught a bunch since they stock it. Used to hit them with the fly rod pretty hard, couldn’t keep em off. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks! The rows of teeth gave it away too. What’s the smallest Atlantic folks have caught? I’d like to know!

Went 5/7 off catfish creek. 41* water was highest we found. Nothing huge. All legal fish. I initially thought the fish below was an Atlantic but I’m not 100% sure. What do you guys think? I know it’s a hot topic... tail perfectly square tells me it’s a brown. 

46 is high compared to what I witnessed Wednesday at catfish creek. We saw 41 at the highest temp, nice catch and glad you guys missed each other! 

This is what I use, I run an 19’ aluminum boat so I can’t go out every time. 

https://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/viewer.shtml?-glwu-latest-hs-ontario-

Nice catch Legacy! Looks like a ton of fun!

Can you elaborate on how the rod/reel was lost? Could be a great lesson learned for us new guys! 

Saw you out there- nice boat! I was the older black Starcraft with a red stripe, 90 merc. We went 0/2 lol beautiful browns! See you around

Sorry man, they did seem picky. We had a double header at about 10 otherwise not much action! 

We ended up going 1/4, couple line breaks. It’s beautiful out there, good luck!!!

24-30’ right now, 15’ down LB.

Lake has 1’ chop to it. Reading 66* on surface, we are 0/1. All boats at mouth of the river. Minimal marks

Is that a Bronco??? Lol

I’m going out Saturday morning LB I can report what I see. 

What is your process for catching/releasing staging kings? Reason I ask is because most times once the king reaches the boat it is almost dead. I'm talking about the mature kings specifically. 

LB- Last friday we caught our 22" brown in 80 FOW 45' down. No idea what he was doing there. Off a rigger with FF, green setup. I know things change rapidly but if that's any information that is useful to you or anyone else, go for it. Accidentally caught him when fishing for kings. 

I am a little less traditional with my six rod setup- my planer board rods are actually set up for shallow kings, i use a size 2 tadpole with FF or Flasher spoon combo. I can usually get them down 25-30', so i figure it would be good for rainbow or browns. I haven't caught anything on them since July though. I feel wrong not having 6 rods out lol Next year they will be copper setups i think. 

Good luck!

I was surprised we caught a couple chrome Kings, but a couple in full dark staging color. Why is that? Does it mean the chrome fish are freshly in shallow?

Limited out today with 4 kings, a brown and a coho. Most down 60’, FF on riggers and dipseys. Seemed like everyone was catching fish!

Thanks! We are doing better than average for sure. So you know, on that track you can see my two rod pods. The one closest to the boat is a planer board rod (which i use a tadpole diver in conjunction with, getting me down ~30', the middle pod holds a dipsey rod on setting 2, then my riggers. I've not had any tangle problems. 

Good luck to you. 

My boat is very similar to yours and last year i had my riggers of the back, straight out. I hated it because it crowded the back of the boat when netting a fish. This year i moved them toward the front about 2', and have them angled at a 45 from directly back.

Here is my setup. You can see the old marine plywood where they used to be. Now they are on a track. Good luck!

Welcome Fishon, i'm around the river all the time if you need any news! Good luck!

Beautiful boat Walt, like many have said, thank you for your service. Your boat is about perfect size and i can see why you'd buy that brand new. Good luck to you!

Welcome- you've caught some beauties! Good luck to you.

Decoy - your boat name is absurd lol 

Both boats are beautiful!