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Are the lexa’s line counters?

Great fish….nice job on the release. Will be thinking about him when the bobber drops this fall.

Still no left retrieve option 😟

Was on the beach at Lewis point the night of July 4th….it def wasn’t over that night.

I like running the meat rigs behind 10” spin dr’s on my wire divers because they seem to have less drag than the 11” paddles.

Shortbus makes the triangle rotary flashers but they also make 11” paddles, check out their website. Big paddle flashers are a staple out on the west coast/Columbia river and also the ocean fishery with cut herring behind them. I run meat rigs behind the 11”ers. Behind the triangle rotary flashers u can run pretty much whatever u want (I like to run meat with no teasers). If u walleye fish try running the small rotary flasher directly off ur bottom bouncer rig with a worm harness or gambler rig behind it.

If you’re running meat (you should be) def get some of the kingfisher/fish n chip style flashers as well. I’ve also got some west coast shortbus 11” paddles that have been very effective (no echip). Got a new Gibbs flasher I can’t wait to get in the water….these flasher are not as speed forgiving as spin doctors (seem to take more fish at a little slower speed) and 11+” flashers have more drag and can make fish act weird when u get them near the boat….but man are they effective for chinook.

Unreal….Wanna guess how the fishing is on onieda right now? wife likes coming up here for the week of Fourth of July but every summer I end up trying to fish in top of this mayfly hatch. Good thing my freezer doesn’t need anymore walleye.

I run longest setback and shallowest running lure the outside, with shorter setbacks and deeper running lures as you get toward the boat….avoiding line tangles is all about the line angle coming off those boards. I do not run 3 leadcore lines off each side….I think for leadcore you want your shortest core on the outside with your longer deeper cores off the inside. Warning tho that big walleyes can break your spread no matter how good your spacing is. This 11lber ate the outside board and stayed deep (as big ones will do), and got under my middle snap weight. Some slick work by the net man got him in the boat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAJjdA6b4Ts thought this was a cool video. Gives some insight into why all our lures are green and chartreuse.

Stealth can matter a little bit too when the sun gets high and a lot of boat traffic gets on the water. Having a little more line in the water isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I find that some of those bluebird days around 10 am ish my leadcore lines start out producing my shorter snap weighted lines. Strictly talking about walleye fishing here.

Ive run the suffix advanced for two years now. I touched down in 45’ last year with a #9 shad rap on a 5 color going 1.8....was pretty impressed with that. Gotta use a uni knot to connect though the sheath is very thin and u can’t use a Willis knot. Fits on my 200 size convectors so that’s why I went with the small diameter/high sink rate. Had a teener sheepie eat a crankbait and pull my board under and everything held. Pretty happy with it, this year I’m gonna try out the 12lb....even smaller diameter.

Damn those are hot....wish I saw this an hour ago.

Yeah pretty impressive that fish is still out chasing down spoons. Those wounds look like they’re from gravel, but handling fish with gloves on in the creek can remove slime and make them susceptible to infections.

I gotta put in another pitch for the targa. I think tracker has kinda a bad name for whatever reason, but really all these aluminum boats are cheapish build quality when u really get poking around in them. My buddies 18’ targa is much wider and much heavier than my 17.5 alumacraft and much nicer to fish out of IMO. I don’t love the huge casting platform in the back but if you do more casting/jigging than trolling you probably will. I think the price point on them is quite a bit lower too than a new Lund/alumacraft. Storage and live wells are awesome and again much better than my 17.5 dominator.

Flew over Lake Erie on the way to Detroit on a clear day Wednesday. Very spotty/little ice all the way past presque isle. Only the far western edge of Erie is really “locked up”. It’ll be another early spring with regards to Erie and Ontario.