BRsnow

Will these work on lighter line like 12lb big game

What braid brand are you all using?

55 minutes ago, Shorthanded said:

Where are you located? Best price?

Colorado , $200 shipped in US

16 minutes ago, Shorthanded said:

Availability?

 

Yes, they are available. Thanks

It is good to see discussion and a general consensus the fishery needs a change to get back to more balance of high numbers with large fish mixed in.

I will add if space is short, the form factor of garmin is a bit smaller

You are really buying a system now. I went with Garmin because I use a lot of it and I can even run some of it from my watch. I would guess they are all good now 

10 hours ago, Nick Tousi said:

Hi BRsnow, I'm interested, would you ship in Canada?

Thanks, but shipping in US only.

Deeper breaks drifting a crawler and split shot will put you on larger fish. That lake is fun.

Lake Oahe in SD is starting to produce 20lb kings currently after a couple down years, so I personally think much of this is cyclical. 

On 8/8/2024 at 3:09 PM, lakercandy said:

Great tips! Thanks for the heads up to avoid stacking as that was my original plan. I will now pivot to running 2 down riggers and then 2 dipsy rods to start. 
 

angling, you mention using a Jplug, would mid August be too early to use one (as I have some)? 

I run a j plug all year from lake o, to Lake Michigan to lake Oahe, tends to produce the bigger fish all season 

1 hour ago, HB2 said:

This year the amount of fish was about as good as it has ever been. That's not normal . 

 

Cut the catch rate by 1/2 or 2/3 to normal  and see how happy most would be . 

 

Nothing wrong with 20 # kings . 

 

Absolutely great fishery this year . 

 

Always some that whine . Appreciate what you have.  

 

 

Three years of constant high amounts of bait and let's see . 

They are called kings for a reason. If you are catching smaller fish, steelhead are more fun and coho taste better.

Wouldn’t it be nice to catch a fish heavier than the lb test line you use?

If I wanted quantity I would perch fish.  Charters can typically provide numbers regardless if big kings aren’t the goal. 1 30lb king is way better than a bunch of 10-20lb. Part is the fight, the other is the memories. 
 

I do think you can have both, time will tell.

Zach are these ratchet?

Ttt

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I am pretty optimistic for next year.

2 hours ago, whaler1 said:

Or is it that they are 2 or 3 year old kings and not many are hanging out till they’re 4?

Maybe next year will be epic with all the 2-3 being 3-4 next year.

KD tournament in WI I believe the top 10 were all 30lb and up. In MI a one day tournament this weekend, biggest king was 34lb I believe. They are also have the quantity like lake O this year. Not too long ago kings were small and limited in number. Might be worth looking at their approach as of late

53 minutes ago, 13owhunter said:

 

You can catch fish pulling a plug behind anything or flatlining one but there are better methods that will out fish plugs almost all of the time in the summer.  HB2 has good advice.  Most of us are using proven techniques and do not run plugs until the fish are staging.

I think you catch bigger fish on plugs year around from my experience. I think it depends on quantity vs quality but I have a plug out most of them time year round. I took a couple decades off salmon to pursue Muskie and having come back to salmon I am still finding they like big baits.

Our largest king, 42lbs came on a larger plug behind a dipsey, but has been awhile. We also took our largest Lake Michigan kings on j plugs behind dodgers, sometimes being a bit different gets you difficult fish. 
 

Heck they use spin n glow for kings in Alaska.

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The system is $1479, additional probes $599. This is from FB, so who knows if accurate.

Open to offers. Thanks