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MFF US Midwest => Michigan => Topic started by: 3300 on Mar 31, 2015, 10:11 PM
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only place i know people are fishing are rivers.
any boats out yet? hows the fishing going if your getting out?
don't forget your 2015 fishing license. times up tonight!
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been trying to get out but i may hit the river in the morning will see... heard the ice flows are avoidable for walleye fishing on the st clair river and the detroit river this last week don't know how it is now... wind changes and pushes ice down the river all the time kind of got to dodge ice burgs and fish at the same time... check the dnr report see what they say?
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Hit the open water last night in a boat hammered them lots of sorting but had a great first outing can't wait to get out again.
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got 6 trout in the early morning sorry no pictures this was in the research area for proud lake rec area got out there at 6 a.m. and by 9 a.m. i went home... just got done tying some flies a dozen to be exact... 3 trout about 24 inches long and three just under 18 inches long any how there fishing going on now just got to find the good spots...
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I am seeing a lot of flat bottoms out. I am waiting a couple weeks yet for it to warm up and then prep like the world is coming to an end and then hit the soft water....... Can't wait!!
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Been out 2 times boat fishing , went yesterday water temp 50 to 54 degrees marked fish in 5 ft. of water down 2 ft. but no takers not even on minnows ,can't figure out why their not doing anything?
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Too early I am thinking charmer. :unsure: I got out last year several times about this time of year and could not buy a bite, henceforth I am waiting for a little warmer weather. I think the stories about "Ice out" being great fishing is just that, STORIES. :whistling:
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just checked a local crappie haunt there is no ice on the water but instead two ice burgs floating in the middle of the lake melting with the rain! three days ago there was ice two inches thick on this lake today none seen some of my buddies fishing out there already and were not catching any thing except a couple dink bass from shore still a tad too cold! i am south of Lansing michigan on this lake about 2-3 miles more south then Lansing is located in the state! it is located 45 minutes west of okemos mi approx ... so ice should be free up in grand rapids in a week or two best of luck those up there....
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Maumee usual mess lot of fish and fun to watch!! Just can't take it to serious.
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3 time is a charm got out tonight to same lake , water temp was cooler 45 to 47 degrees got 7 fish lost 6 or 7 at the boat 2 nice gills and 5 crappies 2 are 12 inches full of eggs . Will try again after easter.
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hay fishcharmmer you need to use thumb nails or resize the picture so we don't have to scroll right or left to view the thread. it kind of a pain in the rump having to scroll right and left when trying to read the post just a helpful tip i am giving so hope no hard feelings from this. i can write down were to find it the add thumb nails links is under your profile at photo bucket...
here is some i took today 4/3/15 from shore just got back i threw these back but used the fish basket to keep them alive so i could take the pictures...just a taste of whats comeing for 2015 pictures!
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I put my little pontoon in today. Saw a fish jump this morning. (Do they hit their heads jumping in the winter? ;D) Will get license tomorrow and hope for nice weather!
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I put my little pontoon in today. Saw a fish jump this morning. (Do they hit their heads jumping in the winter? ;D) Will get license tomorrow and hope for nice weather!
I've been accused of hitting my head in the winter!!!! With the freinds I have I don't need enemies.
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Have not been on lake yet I've been waiting for water temp. Maumee was fun but about two days a year is enough for me.
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Fifth Time out got 9 tonight ......6 crappies 3 gills keepers.... threw back 3 small crappies and threw 5 gills back , water temp 53 degrees
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Fifth Time out got 9 tonight ......6 crappies 3 gills keepers.... threw back 3 small crappies and threw 5 gills back , water temp 53 degrees
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Nice!!!!
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Wow nobody fish in michigan any more.After today they should be jumping in the boat!!
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I finally got my toon out, on Gull last night, & tried for lakers On the north end. No bites, but I did see some swimming around. Headed down to the Detroit river, for a walleye charter, Mon. afternoon, w/ a well known walleye expert. Really looking forward to trying something new.
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I finally got my toon out, on Gull last night, & tried for lakers On the north end. No bites, but I did see some swimming around. Headed down to the Detroit river, for a walleye charter, Mon. afternoon, w/ a well known walleye expert. Really looking forward to trying something new.
yep walters are in got four up in port Huron that came from most likely the Detroit river or lake Huron the guy next to us got a steel head i did not get a picture of... i love fishing the east side you get mixed bags nothing beats those mixed fish bags we see on the east side... any how hope you get out and enjoy your self you should be in for a treat walleye is the name of the game right now! i hear guys even get steel head fishing on the Detroit river while jigging walleyes by the way last night some one got a hold of a big Atlantic salmon they seen it at the net but it broke them off just a head up to you smelt buster there are some nice fish on the st Clair river this time of year..... hope you make it and have a blast!
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Thanks, boondox. Going out w/ Capt. Lance Valentine. I will post a report , on Tues. afternoon. By the time I get home tonight, it will be too late. I have to get up at 0: dark -thirty, to go to work.
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I never got out this past weekend. My little girl chose to give me a new grand daughter on Thursday. Me and Grammie got to watch the 2 year old for 4 days. We are still recovering. That little princess ran us ragged. It sure was fun though. Gotta buy more fishin poles! ;D
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Wow, what a trip w/ Capt. Lance Valentine, last night. In 3 hrs. we boated 19 eyes ;D. The biggest was just under 10 lbs., & another was over 8 lbs. ;D. Seems to be the 2 most important things about Detroit river walleye, are knowing where the fish are, & boat control. The wind was terrible last night, but Lance did a great job keeping us on the fish. I would highly recommend him, if someone is interested in trying this fishery.
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I never got out this past weekend. My little girl chose to give me a new grand daughter on Thursday. Me and Grammie got to watch the 2 year old for 4 days. We are still recovering. That little princess ran us ragged. It sure was fun though. Gotta buy more fishin poles! ;D
First I have to say congratulations. Pretty exciting and in few years you'll have fishing partners and they sure can wear you down.
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Wow, what a trip w/ Capt. Lance Valentine, last night. In 3 hrs. we boated 19 eyes ;D. The biggest was just under 10 lbs., & another was over 8 lbs. ;D. Seems to be the 2 most important things about Detroit river walleye, are knowing where the fish are, & boat control. The wind was terrible last night, but Lance did a great job keeping us on the fish. I would highly recommend him, if someone is interested in trying this fishery.
I was curious as to how that went. Glad to hear it went well windy enough yesterday to make things difficult for sure. It is a good fishery just takes somebody with talent controlling the boat. Pretty well leaves me out I have enough trouble on a lake.
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Guess I figured out the pictures. We well see
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I'm still a work in progress.
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Wow, what a trip w/ Capt. Lance Valentine, last night. In 3 hrs. we boated 19 eyes ;D. The biggest was just under 10 lbs., & another was over 8 lbs. ;D. Seems to be the 2 most important things about Detroit river walleye, are knowing where the fish are, & boat control. The wind was terrible last night, but Lance did a great job keeping us on the fish. I would highly recommend him, if someone is interested in trying this fishery.
managed five eyes a steel head and almost a coho went to set the hook and hit the bell tether line preventing the hook set seen it swimming away shaking fins at me cursing me... any how yep were fishing ....all in port huron off the wall... i got the walleyes on my phone but no steel head and i dont know how to down load this phone yet will figure it out sooner or later... just got the phone...
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bought a old town vapor 10 angler kayak (lifetime hull warranty) so i can fish lakes i can't launch my boat. been using the flies i started tying and doing super on them. i couldn't eat them all when i had a fish fry for the wife and me. that was one days catch of 11 9" gills.
trying some new fly rods and reels and lines too. i sttill like the okuma 8 weight rod over the new 5 weight cabelas rls+ rod. both new fly reels and lines are much better than my older ones. the older lines have to have a no-tie metal spike pushed into the end of the line. the new lines have a loop to receive the newer tipets that also have a loop.
got my fishing buddy to buy two kayaks yesterday.
some really nice deals at dunhams right now if any one looking to fly fish from kayaks is wanting to buy one.
stealth all the way. its rewarding to catch too many fish on your hand made fly's too. i use the black spiders with chartreuse legs mainly.
looks like fishing will be on hold until next tuesday at least, unless we get some ice to walk on before then.
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bought a old town vapor 10 angler kayak (lifetime hull warranty) so i can fish lakes i can't launch my boat. been using the flies i started tying and doing super on them. i couldn't eat them all when i had a fish fry for the wife and me. that was one days catch of 11 9" gills.
trying some new fly rods and reels and lines too. i sttill like the okuma 8 weight rod over the new 5 weight cabelas rls+ rod. both new fly reels and lines are much better than my older ones. the older lines have to have a no-tie metal spike pushed into the end of the line. the new lines have a loop to receive the newer tipets that also have a loop.
got my fishing buddy to buy two kayaks yesterday.
some really nice deals at dunhams right now if any one looking to fly fish from kayaks is wanting to buy one.
stealth all the way. its rewarding to catch too many fish on your hand made fly's too. i use the black spiders with chartreuse legs mainly.
looks like fishing will be on hold until next tuesday at least, unless we get some ice to walk on before then.
been trying to find a good kayak for me for a long time just went with a canoe there more stable for this big guy and a paddle it like a kayak i tried crab pot float stabilizers etc..etc... the home build version of course.. heck i am a big guy i sat on the water in a 600 pound max kayak and flip it asap i am to top heavy. weight in at a good 4 and a quarter pounds at 6 foot 4 tall... any how tried solo canoes too juts to short and not enough stability under me for my likeings any how you fish a lot of pannies you should set the yak up for spider rigging for crappie use the wind to your advantage that and check out ram mount dot com.. they got cool traducer mount for kayaks and canoes...same with fish finder mounts, go pro mounts etc....etc..any how check out ram mounts then all you need is a anchor...trolley for fishing in wind ... chain anchor for rivers and cement anchors for lakes like a mushroom anchor we took coffee can's to cat food / dog food cans and made the min to anchors with re bar bent to shape and filled it up with cement ... start searching rigging ideas for the kayak like on you tube.. if i ever move down south i getting a jet ski and rigging it for wreck fishing maybe ???
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i have a canoe too. it was old and a "hand me down" years ago. i had to fiberglass the hull where people must have dragged it over land and wore a long hole in it. i got really good in it using it solely for 3 years almost daily for hours and hours until i moved away from the lake. i could keep the paddle on just one side for a long time no matter what side the wind was. not sure how you do that with a double paddle.
i was looking at new canoes but didn't like the weight of them. 85# vs 44# is what sold me and the fact i can fit the yak' into my van and have every thing locked up and no straps and no lifting up high to get it on the racks.
Sun Dolphin Mackinaw Square Stern Canoe this is on sale for 3 bills. at dunhams. i should just buy it for me and the wife instead of getting her into kayaking.
http://www.amazon.com/Sun-Dolphin-Mackinaw-Square-Stern/dp/B00W4RAMIM/ref=zg_tr_3414281_14/176-8917663-7928647
i found some tricks that work well for them. one is to get a covered 5 gallon bucket and fill it with water and put the top back on and put it where the front rider would be. this keeps the boat flat in the water and adds a lot more stability. just use lake water and dump it when your done. the other is for when you decide to use a trolling motor. i put the batteries in the center of the boat and just used to small hard 1 x 4 small chunks of wood and sandwiched the boat with them and clamped the motor onto those pieces, just behind where i am seated. another trick was to sit on a boat cushion on the flood and lean on another one right where i would be sitting. back support and lounging. when sitting like that and with the extension added to the tiller handle i could steer the boat with my head while trolling. mine is a 2 seater so sitting in the middle wasn't practical. today's boats have 3 seats and you can use it like a yak'.
my buddy is going crazy tricking out his yak'. i'll take my time and let fishing let me know what i need. i already bought a yak' anchor that folds up and down with 4 spines and only weighs 3#. that was a must have item. the next is a paddle holder and tethers & anchor points for every thing. looking into lighting right now. not sure what law is for a yak' yet. guessing it will be a marker light of any kind, strobing or not.
i do have the marcum lx-7 i can use on it and 3 birds, but i got used to not using sonars in boats. my other boat has one and i never use it except to get the water temp. i always cast fish towards shore and never troll fish any more, so they are not needed. i did look into the newer sonars that look side ways and forward, but they have to be pointing into where you want to cast and costs are crazy for them and the size of the ducer. my buddy wants to use one of his on his new yak' and asked me if he can shoot the sonar thru the hull. i had no answer except to start reading.
my yak' came with a trolly anchor system in the right rear, but so far i can't use it. i fish casting towards shore, so the anchor needs to be in front of me where i am casting. maybe i don't get how to use the trolly yet.
i knew about chains for river drifting because of my bigger boat i only fish rivers with it and the fast water we drop chains on ropes to keep the nose pointing forward unless the wind blows hard.
if you still are looking for a kayak, they have new hull designs that sit flat on water now instead of the v shapes hulls.
this holds 500#
Lifetime Sport Fisher Kayak with Paddles and Backrests (Olive Green, 10-Feet)
http://www.amazon.com/Lifetime-Fisher-Paddles-Backrests-10-Feet/dp/B004EEM87G/ref=zg_tr_3414281_8/176-8917663-7928647
this holds 600#
Predator XL Minn Kota
http://www.oldtowncanoe.com/kayaks/predator_xl/
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have check out quite a few yaks this is the latest thought was a stand up paddle board version in a float tube style paddle board holds 700# and is not tippy at all but does not track as well as a canoe or a kayak ... see my dilemma here i would rather have a yak that were the canoe fill the void for right now sat in one of those 500# life time yaks and sank it lol's any ways it a north fork out fitters sup ...made by Dave schraden pontoons....
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Fishing/Fly-Fishing/Float-Tubes-Pontoons/Pontoons%7C/pc/104793480/c/104721480/sc/105607080/i/104508180/North-Fork-Outdoors-Outlaw-Fuzion-DST-Pontoon/1967101.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fpontoons%2F_%2FN-1102583%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_104508180
would love the portability of a yak with the weight capacity of a canoe to bad that pontoon is inflateable but it dowes have a life time hual warranty mite be worth a shot ???
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that link you posted is shot. has ... for the domain name. probably removed from the link with the forum scripting. some domain names maybe are not allowed to be posted?
i was looking at top brand yaks most of yesterday. the hobie is top1 and 3. old town predator is 4. i like old town because they are life time warranted and american.
have you looked into the pontoon personal boats, what ever they are called. like a seat on two sponsons?
char from cabelas says she has the one on display in grandville and loves it. not sure how much weight they carry.
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that link you posted is shot. has ... for the domain name. probably removed from with the forum scripting. some domain names maybe are not allowed to be posted?
i was looking at top brand yaks most of yesterday. the hobie is top1 and 3. old town predator is 4. i like old town because they are life time warranted and american.
have you looked into the pontoon personal boats, what ever they are called. like a seat on two sponsons?
char from cabelas says she has the one on display in grandville and loves it. not sure how much weight they carry.
that was a cabelas link for north fork out fitter pontoons i don't think their a sponsor? here at least on the ice fishing forum they are? i tried kayaks there is one i have not i guess i got to go to a demo days and try at kayak Carol in ann arbor , mi if any thing to try it out i have thought about the life time mfg kayak but just did not bite the bullet...i weight 425 lbs so it a pain in the rump being top heavy... legs are smaller then the top half lol's .. any how seen those nfo pontoons thought what a deal if they were not inflatable but guess what there inflatable...
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I wish that my back would let me sit in a yac. NO way can I sit with in that low seat with my legs out straight.
My kids have the wood canoe I bought back in the 50's when I was in high school as a bare hull. I paid $27 for all the cloth, coloration fillers and resin from Herter's to fiberglass it. I split an ash well rod to make new outer gunnels. We shot a lot of carp out of it with a lantern hanging over the bow. A lot of times there were two guys standing and shooting with a third guy paddling.
It got too heavy for me to load on top of my truck. When a $100 deal for a Michicraft canoe showed up in the paper I jumped on it.
As far as the blow up pontoons go there is a guy up around Irons that makes a real great one. I know guys that haul them inflated on top of their vehicles at 70 mph down the x/way
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that pontoon boat looks nice, but reading your butt gets wet and feet are always wet keeps me from buying one. holds 700#
the kayak seats have adjustable backs and allows you to have it way back or bending you over. if you have it lean way back or further back, you can bend your knees or have your legs resting on top of the front of the cockpit. seems as tho most of the yaks have large cockpits now unless you are into speed. even then, they are large openings too.
my butt was falling asleep last time out with gills biting fly's,got ten nice ones, one is 9.5". so i didn't want to quit and was in the yak for maybe 5 hours w/o a break sitting on top of a boat cushion and one behind me until the new seat from old town shows up. the old town dirigo boat seat is much better than the old town vapor 10 seat. so another 150$ later to be comfortable hopefully.
want to go again today, but have to do more burning at the golf coarse while the winds are low. the yak and fly rods are waiting in my van for when ever i have a chance tho. its a nice set up to be that ready and portable and have it all locked up too and no live bait needed.
makes me think maybe waders might be another good option to be that ready too. altho i have zero experience with them.
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I bought a canoe that had the seats set so low I had to put at least two throwables on the seat to make it bearable to use. I plan on giving a yac a try this summer.
In the old wood canoe I seldom sat on the seat. I rode on with my knees on a throwable under them and my butt resting on the front bar of the seat. It is a lot easier to control a canoe in a kneeling position in fast water.
Most of the little pontoons are used by trout fishermen on smaller streams where they get out or stand to fish.
This is the guy at Irons. Dave lives right on the Little Manistee. Go up there and test drive one. www.dryflyboats.com
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I have a friend that has a 10 foot aluminum canoe. It was a display model from a Bargain City store in Toledo many years ago. I have been trying to buy it for years and he said he was never going to sell it. I am starting to believe him. It weighs about 35 lbs. He uses it to get across a big creek where he bow hunts. I even offered to build him a bridge. ::)
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i think the link you wanted to post is http://dryflyfloatboats.com
i liked the photos of people using them and looking at designs and features was nice to understand them better.
thanks for the share!. that boat is for folks using waders mostly and i might try that next. i live on a creek and watched the dnr stock it with trout just out side my door.
jimmy, why not just buy some else you might like? it sure is fun being on the water in some thing different.
heres a kayak and canoe all in one, best of both worlds
http://www.paddlenext.com/
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bought another yak yesterday at dunhams sports. for the cost, they are super. they have a hull that sits flat in the water and is hard to tip and not tippy at all. thats why i bought it beside wanting more yaks.
its a future beach mariner 10.4 for 180$, retail/msrp US$429.99. i have coupons for it that expire at close today if any one wants one, pm me. i'll be out side rigging her and getting it ready for another day of yak fishing.
http://futurebeach.com/index.php/kayaks/sit-in-kayaks-1/marinertm-124-10-4.html
http://www.paddling.net/Reviews/showReviews.html?prod=3127
LENGTH 124 in - 315 cm
WIDTH 32 in - 81 cm
HEIGHT 11.5 in - 29 cm
CAPACITY 300 lbs - 136 kg
WEIGHT 45 lbs - 20.5 kg
COCKPIT 38.5 in x 20.5 in - 98 cm x 52 cm
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Fishing will have to wait. I finally got all the green moss power washed off of the toon yesterday. I think any way as I have not looked since it dried off.
My turkey hunting starts on Monday. Going over in the morning so I can do some scouting Sunday even though my son scouts on his way to work every morning. Weather for the first part of next week looked pretty wet on the news last night. No worry as I have the rest of May to shoot a turkey. The benefit is the run off will just fertilize the ground.
If you want to fish a lake out of a dryfly toon isn't there a foot rest to keep your feet out the water? If not I know dave can make a foot area to your specs. Most of the guys I know that bought boats from Dave are like those in the pictures, they are trout stream fishing. They float and then get out of the boat and fish when they get to a place they want to work for a while.
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bought another yak yesterday at dunhams sports. for the cost, they are super. they have a hull that sits flat in the water and is hard to tip and not tippy at all. thats why i bought it beside wanting more yaks.
its a future beach mariner 10.4 for 180$, retail/msrp US$429.99. i have coupons for it that expire at close today if any one wants one, pm me. i'll be out side rigging her and getting it ready for another day of yak fishing.
http://futurebeach.com/index.php/kayaks/sit-in-kayaks-1/marinertm-124-10-4.html
http://www.paddling.net/Reviews/showReviews.html?prod=3127
LENGTH 124 in - 315 cm
WIDTH 32 in - 81 cm
HEIGHT 11.5 in - 29 cm
CAPACITY 300 lbs - 136 kg
WEIGHT 45 lbs - 20.5 kg
COCKPIT 38.5 in x 20.5 in - 98 cm x 52 cm
I bought one of these for my wife, Wed. night. She used it tonight , for the 1st. time & loves it. I bought a Future Beach trophy angler 126 last fall, for duck hunting & it is Awesome. These yaks are really stable, even when you shoot off to the side w/ a 12 ga. !!! Cant wait to try it for fishing.
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smeltbuster, i used it today for the first outing in it too. rock steady and not tippy at all. it is small feeling because it is a flat top yak. was very cramped in it with the same things i take in my old town vapor 10 angler. i figured it would be super steady on water, but didn't figure the space was so much less.
was missing the paddle park slots a lot and the extra leg room to move them around. for the sale price of 180$ its nice, but not retail price because of the small amount of leg room with the things i bring and set up under the front of the deck.
i added the yak gear deluxe anchor trolly and a rod holder for her.
we will be going all week end in them and i'm looking forward to the old town now. my wife will have plenty of room being 5' and 35# lighter.
tom, theres a ton of turkey where we fish. they were making noise all day and have been for weeks.
those mini pontoon boats and style of fishing is not for me yet. still getting into kayaking for now. waders might be the next thing to try out and then those boats.
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With the way my back is I do not think that there is any way I can be comfortable in a yac, as much as I would love to. I will stick to my 16 foot pontoon. Plenty of room to move around.
The turkeys in the north have taken a big hit from the last two winters. Some of them froze to death in the trees from the brutal old last winter. We do not have all the ag land to support them through the winter. The MWTHA buys tons of corn to try and help them through the harsh winters but you have to find where they are to feed them.
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3300, my wife is 5' 2" & 110 lbs., its a perfect yak for her ! She wont be fishing in it, just relaxing, paddling around. When I duck hunt, I pull my Jet sled behind it, full of dekes. Plenty of room in the "Trophy", for what I expected. On a side note; Who else felt the "Quake" today? I thought the chandelier in our dining room was going to fly into my wife's china cabinet.
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yak fishing has been a blast! been going daily.
heres a few shots of dinner.
17 nice 8-9" gills!
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YUM, malt vinegar and beer battered gills! cooked for 3 minutes @375 degrees.
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YUMMMM!!!!
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Looks like a good dinner having gills for supper myself tonight. Hard to beat fresh gills.
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that is looking good! i always loved malt vinegar on my fish french fries etc...etc...
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they are in spawn now and i keep catching giant blue gills with eggs. still a lot of fun on a fly rod with flies you make tho, just no dinner.
so no pictures to update with.
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good move throwing them back for one there old spawnners... that don't spawn as fast as the younger fish but give the little fish a lesson on how to become bigger fish like were to spawn what they eat when there is not much available.. i guess what i am saying is good habits bread big fish.. fish become big because of habits they have... take all the big fish out all you got is little fish that stay little cause they don't see what the big one does year round... like farm pounds you can only have so much little fish in there before they stop growing too it is all the environment for the fish and how it effect the fish in the long run.. any how very good choice on throwing them back the bigger fish do breed bigger fish too so it a matter of ethics and when there not full of eggs you made a good choice no mater what... so when's the next gill fry?i sure you could time it?? lol's maybe you should do gill pic on a board marked with inches like they got for bass then we can see the scope of the fish your catching so people can under stand the effort and why it is worth good management... then you can get some good pic's up with out having to fry em right away... lol's
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good move throwing them back for one there old spawnners... that don't spawn as fast as the younger fish but give the little fish a lesson on how to become bigger fish like were to spawn what they eat when there is not much available.. i guess what i am saying is good habits bread big fish.. fish become big because of habits they have... take all the big fish out all you got is little fish that stay little cause they don't see what the big one does year round... like farm pounds you can only have so much little fish in there before they stop growing too it is all the environment for the fish and how it effect the fish in the long run.. any how very good choice on throwing them back the bigger fish do breed bigger fish too so it a matter of ethics and when there not full of eggs you made a good choice no mater what... so when's the next gill fry?i sure you could time it?? lol's maybe you should do gill pic on a board marked with inches like they got for bass then we can see the scope of the fish your catching so people can under stand the effort and why it is worth good management... then you can get some good pic's up with out having to fry em right away... lol's
got a few pics of one fat female. i did get a few large males, but let them go too and kept nothing, again. i caught 20 in all.
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they were hitting the black spider with yellow segmented legs i make.
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Way to go 3300 8). I've been throwing all my fish back, too. I decided, that if I'm not going to eat them, FRESH, I am not keeping them.
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Hopefully the good fishermen reading some of the recent posts will recognize that the opinions in the replies are inconsistent fisheries biology.
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got a few pics of one fat female. i did get a few large males, but let them go too and kept nothing, again. i caught 20 in all.
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they were hitting the black spider with yellow segmented legs i make.
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nice pic's of the spawning colors... 8) we have a popper fly that is all black except the the certain parts of the tail the forked frog legs the popper is tied all black except two hackles are chartreuse and splayed like frog legs killer pattern on the lake i fish in the sunny days of summer when there looking up... any how keep the pic's coming if you get baby bass some time those are fun to throw in there for a change of view... so your not taking pic of all the same fish lol's it always fun to use the camera... by the way your camera takes awesome pic's...
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caught 44 gills in 2.5 hours on same fly, black foam/yellow segmented legs on a fly rod. all returned to make lots more. some pulled like bass.
today is a great day to get out.
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was out my self to ended out with a ton of huge gills with eggs thrown back and three small mouth bass sure is a great day to head out.....
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slowed down a lot a few days ago for gills. probably the water/run off is messing with them for now. got another 10" female egg bound and let her go. i let all of them go until they are done with spawning.
maybe its time to go crappie fishing up the kal river east of marshall. i get 16" crappies on minnows (when i used them), but now i just toss trout magent jigs for them and get gills and bass and pike and carp and what evers around on them.
should be out today and the weekend, see how their doing.
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slowed down a lot a few days ago for gills. probably the water/run off is messing with them for now. got another 10" femal egg bound and let her go. i let all of them go until they are done with spwning.
maybe its time to go crsppie fishing up the kal river east of marshall. i get 16" crappies on minnows (when i used them), but now i just toss lures for them and get gills and bass and pike and carp and what evers around on them.
should be out today and the weekend, see how their doing.
me and a buddy cancelled a trip to port Huron cause of week end weather 20-30 mph winds and lighting storms and rain will be fishing Friday and one of my favorite haunts... hopefully
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was out today caught 5 bass some over five pounds... any how here is a picture of them... also seen quite a few boat coming in close to the fishing docks were i fish don't people know they should not do that? took a few pictures of it maybe we should start a ware waldo but spot the idiot instead lol's instead of getting a complex about being crowded i will just enjoy the day and what i caught... please enjoy the picture if you want more it will be of boat today lol's i got to report to the metro park police... if i see them do it more then once i report them.. where catching fish so every buddy and there brother comes a running... to see the big fishes caught... and it gets really annoying....
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Got out today here's what me and a buddy caught..also caught a ton of gills 9 to 10 inches..
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thats the beauty of ice fishing in a shack. no one comes to hog your space and be there the next day on your holes.
the good part is that YOU found the fish, not the ones who have to crowd you to catch a fish. they look stupid when they have to fish your area to catch fish, unless they already know thats the area to fish before you do. not sportsman like behavior at all.
i like the small mouth the most to catch, but quit bass fishing because no one eats them. so i only target what i eat.
nice pics! good job! except for the reel handle being on the wrong side ...
i haven't been out much and when i do go i still release what i catch. way to much fish in the freezer. caught a huge male gill, but his lips were all but gone from being caught so many times before. was kinda cool to see that so many others let him go too.
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Lol's that is my buddies reel... all and all a good fun day had.
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looks like no one is getting out, so heres a picture that will give you some lake therapy at home!
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ended out getting a steel head and 5 eyes total this weekend biggest eye we got was 17 inches smallest was 13 inches all were kept and a small 3-5 pound steel head... here they are before filleting...
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looks like no one is getting out, so heres a picture that will give you some lake therapy at home!
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Great photo 3300!