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fishing reports

First smallie of the season on Sep 1. Wow is that lame to have to admit! New job, new puppy, no time. But dang, that was fun! Got a bunch on poppers the other night.
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Bill are you working with Jerry Beckhold with hootchies?
 
Bill that's a very interesting rig and action. I am curious if he is making a smaller version for fresh water? Any chance I could set up a call with him?
 
Bill have you looked into something like a slide diver with oversize ring and weight on it? Also another rig I enjoy is a 45 pound Cooper line that I spool up to 400 feet of cooper and run it behind planer boards or off the side of the boat up to 400 feet back? Another possibility for you would be to use a jettison tripper plastic holder with pin pull out to drop the lead ball on a strike. I have used 2 pound balls to drop.
 
matinc said:
Bill are you working with Jerry Beckhold with hootchies?
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No he's a local tackle shop here. The one I was pulling is the smallest. He lost his supplier and is experimenting with some different versions. The prototypes I'm dragging I can't post yet. I'll look into a slide diver.
 
Bill look into a jettison tripper if you need a way drop a weight but get something deeper as well.
 
matinc said:
Bill look into a jettison tripper if you need a way drop a weight but get something deeper as well.
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We use planner boards to get lures deep. They hold up to high speed trolling.

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And directional side trackers with movable rudders to make a spread not get tangled when surface fishing. They out riggers help with this. But with side trackers you don’t even need outriggers.

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Bill went perch and bluegill fishing tonight. We probably caught over a 100. Kept some Gills and perch. Watched a bald eagle swoop down and grab a crappie. He came back three tines during the night
 
Tele where did the lake trout come from. I'm fishing out of Whitehall tomorrow
 
Manitoulin Island. Didn't manage any salmon or rainbows this year, but got a lot of bass and lakers. It's unseasonally warm this week, so the spawning runs will probably be late.
 
We fished Whitehall today. Caught and threw back a small lake trout. Watched a coho break 30 pound and jump 6 times behind the boat. Quite acrobatic
 
Just wanted to show you my Oregon and Michigan hootchie. Of course I didn't get a nibble on it today.
 

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Caught a little bit of everything yesterday off my dock in Mn…
Bass, walleye, Northern, crappie & this ugly drum (sheepshead local term)… fun IMG_9041.jpegIMG_9036.jpeg
 
Dang! Thats a monster
 
I’d put that on the scale again. Pic looks much bigger than 81 lbs.
 
holy cow that's a giant. What do you do with a catfish that size?
 
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