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I was really looking forward to getting out today because for the first time in awhile, reports of up to 17 fish catches near Fox Pt. Set down at 0440 in 50fow north of UWM and trolled into 38 with surface temp 48 and 41 down 35 and marking good amt of bait. First fish was a 7# king on 2 color and #3glow J. Next was a small king on wire dipsy 70loc on White/glow Inticer and aqua/glow Trophy, the only flasher fish of the day. Was not getting much action despite good temp, bait in 40-50 fow so slid out to 60 and 6 color with regular Raider Sister Sledge took a small LT. Then 5 color regular Double Purple Spook.
Next came the catch of the day. 6 color Sister sledge took off and promptly broke the 30# Power Pro backing and that was only on since last season. Then off went the 4 color. As luck would have it the 6 color fish pulled into the 4 color and the spoon hooked the board. Got my Off Shore back and double uni splice and back in business able to land the 12.5# king. Rachel’s arms were tired but happy to land her biggest salmon.
It remained slow for us as well as others. Made it out to 110 and pulled a LT on a full core on Raider Blue/Yellow bubble in 80fow. It was 39.6 down 50 out there. Didn’t know where to go but could see the boats cleared a bit on 60’ contour so back we went. Pulled an 8# king SWR down 35 in 50fow Magnum Bloody Death. Last fish came as we pulled lines with the Off Shore in Jake’s and as he was about to release the line, a nice bow hit a 3 color and regular Orange Muffin and blessed us with a few leaps. Ended with 2LT, 1Bow and 4 kings and happy for that with only 2 drive bys that didn’t trip the dipsys.
I still wonder where the Coho are hiding. Heard from friends that fished the Morris ran into decent numbers of Coho down there so may more to come.
Tight lines and full coolers,
Grey Beard
OK, I know that it is tough, but some of this is hysteria. The simple, but somehow not obvious, way to make $4 gas $2 is to Buddy Up! How many times do you go out with your boat not full? Get with your buddies and pitch in for gas. Don't forget that getting the boat there is no longer a "miscellaneous cost", pitch in for towing gas.
For that matter, you can cut that in half by planning longer trips and renting a slip. If you are like me, with a 200 mile tow, you can check out a local secure storage yard for the boat and not tow it home between weekends.
And remember, every 10 mph over 50 is like 4 mpg or more. If you are doing 80 going to the lake, then you are wasting a lot of money.
Both the truck and the boat, regular oil changes are FREE, after the gas you save.
What I am saying is there are a lot of alternatives to leaving the boat in the yard. Get out and use your investment before your wife starts saying, "If you are not going to use it, sell it".
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Could you tell my son and I if the 12-13" Kingfisher flashers are too big and too long for Lake Michigan Salmon off Racine and Milwaukee?
We are new to Lake Michigan
trolling and my son is 11 years old and in charge of picking
tackle. He thought the Kingfishers were cool and it would be
great if they worked, but it seems the guys around here don't
run any flashers longer than 10".
The Kingfishers work great with bait
rigs. If you use them with flies, run the lead to the fly
at about 30”, as the flashers make a wider “sweep” than a
smaller flasher.
Most lures are designed to look like
bait fish. The kingfisher is designed to look like a
feeding Salmon, and a 13” Salmon is not a big fish. Salmon
are opportunistic feeders, meaning they have to put away a lot
of bait fish in their 4th year to bulk up for
spawning. If they see another salmon feeding, they will
come to check out what they are eating.
Make sure that you have a good piece of toothpick in the
back hole that the line runs through. This keeps the line
from slipping. Shorten or remove the front end of the
"line guard"
We planned to fish Milwaukee but heard it was slow so Craig and I ventured to Sheboygan for the evening bite. Started straight out in 100 and water looked off color until about 125.We headed SE first fish was a bow on Raider Sister Sledge regular on 7 color then would you believe, 2 LTs on 3 color on regular Raider Orange Muffin, our bow setup. I put out another Sister Sledge on 6 color and both it and 7 color fired but small kings we released. A bow succumbed to the regular Double Purple spook on 5 color.
Light was fading so charged up Magnum Raider Yellow Fever and Magnum Green Tiger. Yellow Fever took about a 15# king down 60 on SWR and 10#King on Green Tiger down 50SWR. Same set ended our PM with a 5#King. Didn’t run any flashers, 8 & 10color no bites. 1.8-2.2 on the Raider with 40.5 down 60. Got out as far as 180 and best action 125-140fow south of the plant. Kept 2 LT, 2 Bows and 3Kings and released 3 small ones.
Headed out in AM to same area and setup in 125 and trolled SE. First blast and it was a blast was 5 color with Magnum Chicken Pox that just kept running. 6 color fired with regular Double Purple Spook and Craig put the screamer in the rod holder to net my 5# king. Then the Magnum Yellow Fever fired on SWR down 15. As luck would have it, our fish crossed paths but fortunately the escapee was mine and Craig boxed about a 16# that fought like 20+. 7 color swing and miss on Sister sledge. Dropped the riggers down and Magnum Green Tiger 12# LT SWR down 40 and SWR Magnum Yellow Fever 5#King down 50.
Things went quiet so put a holograph Diamond king pink Alewife that Naz gave me on 5 color and fired twice in 30 min with a bow and shaker king then nada rest of AM. Replaced the 2 color #3glow J with another 5 color and regular Orange Muffin and went about 1 for 4 on bows. Still no action on full core so put a Magnum Yellow Fever on a dipsy and 70loc nice bow to finish the day.
Speed 1.9-2.2 Raider, again only spoons and the 1 J and fished out to 190 with best action 145-160 south of the plant. 38.6 down 60 but took bites in that cold temp. They should know better and get up in the warm stuff so we don’t need such a spread. Went 10 for about 16, kept 1LT, 2 bows and 6 kings. Where are the Coho?
Tight lines and full coolers,
Grey Beard
Copper Line Reels:
The following chart is the approximate feet of copper
line that will fit on each of the reels, this assumes +/- 200
yards of a super line backing ( i.e. 30# Tuf-Line) . The footage
will vary depending on the type of backing used.
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300’ |
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Penn 345 |
600’ |
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300’ |
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600’ |
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Daiwa ADP57LC |
300’ |
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TICA 558 |
300’ |
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OKUMA 45 |
300’ |
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Friday
Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Waves 1 foot or less.
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Saturday
Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Waves 1 foot or less.
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We all would like to think that with skill and preparation it can't happen to us. Well, that might get you to 99.99%.
The other .01% are what ditch plans and life insurance are for.
A pretty sobering and unpleasant thought, but that reminds me to pick up a new package of batteries for the handheld GPS and VHF for this year. For obvious reasons I recently double checked that the life insurance is paid up.
If nothing else let's use this as a warning for all of us. Be prepared for the worst and hope or pray it does not happen.
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We left the harbor at 430 and headed a bit south anticipating a Sunday crowd off the filter. Started setting lines in 75fow and first bite was a nice bow on 3color and Raider Regular Frozen Pox. Then a 65loc 1.5set Magnum Grey Beard and a small king followed by 3set 35loc Regular Broken Nose another smaller bow. Drive bys on 6color Regular Bloody Death and 8Color Regular Green Tiger. Full core and Magnum Dbl purple took about 12#king and later a Coho. 90’loc wire Dipsy and white/Mountain Dew Inticer and LBB took a bow and later a Coho. First bite was 110fow and turned at 135 took another pass and nadda. Heard of some action yesterday in 150-160 but not today so SW back to 105.
Almost a 2hr shutdown until back inside then the old faithful orange Bechhold and Blue longtail 50loc took first of 3 Coho. Matched it on the other side and nadda. SWR down 50 with Raider Magnum Green Tiger took 12 & 14# kings and one of similar size that escaped. 2 color Chicken Pox and 5 color Dbl Purple quiet. Pulled one and put out 300’ copper and no nibbles.
Surface temp 48ish, 43.5down 70 and trolled 1.8-2 on the Raider. The late morning action I attribute to finally seeing some bait fish. Ended at 13for17, 4Kings, 4 bows and 5 Cohos. Weather was beautiful and heard Tues may be rain so going back tomorrow.
Tight lines and full coolers,
Grey Beard
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It was a pretty lumpy start to 2008 finding the flag
ripping straight out of the NE. Heard the action had been decent at
Milwaukee in 100-170 so set down in 80 and didn’t get bit until 110
when the 40’SWR fired on a Magnum
Raider Green Tiger. That same setup went 0 for 3 in
the next hour. Next was a nice fish on a
Magnum Grey Beard down 70, which went 0/2 in
the next hour. First boxer was a bow on 3 colors on
Regular chicken pox
and over the day that took another bow and 2 Coho. Opti white/glow
with a glow/aqua on wire dipsy 102loc 0/2. You must be getting the
message that we couldn’t keep them hooked up. Yup, we were something
like 2 for 8 on the first pass and turned back at 160.
11 of 12 rods took hits today. My usual
hot rod this time of year is an orange Bechhold and blue longtail at
various let outs on 3 set dipsy, nadda. 2 colors with regular Orange
Muffin took a Coho. Regular Miss Thing
1 for 2 on 8 colors. I ran 2 full cores and had the best ratio with
them on Magnum Dbl Purple spook taking
bows, kings and would you believe, a Coho(see picture for proof)
that had the scale bounding between 7.5-8.5#. Must be one that
forgot to spawn last fall. Riggers pretty much died after the first
two passes except for a nice king the succumbed to a
Magnum bloody Puke SWR
down 70. Finally a shallow Coho on 6” red flasher and blue Coho
Candy 50loc 3 set. Our only LT came 120loc 1.5set wire dipsy on
White/glow Opti and LBB.
Best action was around 150 and not much
inside of 130 and out as far as 170 with surface temp 45.2 and 40.5
down 80. A little tuff for speed control and had to trough the waves
1.6-1.8 on the Raider.
We ended up 13 for 26 with 4kings, 4
bows, 4 Coho and one LT. It was good to get out but hope the next
time is not in 3-5s.
Tight lines and full coolers,
Grey Beard
 5-27-2008 Crappie Fishing |
  Coming into Ludington Harbor The Steiger Craft at the Dock  Heading North from Pentwater |
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     From 4-8 to 4-19 2008 Best spring ever with some 25+ fish days for our
boat. We had a lot of 28s & 29s so should be some dandies
next yr. Musky broke my net when attempting to land it so
another boat brought a net and managed to land a beauty.
Nothing in my boat long enough for a measurement but this
spawned out female was over 28# on the digital. The guy that
gave us the net was a musky fisherman and estimated at 48"
and confirmed by a musky fisherman at home to be 48-49"
class. 6# Fireline with an 8#Sensation tipet on a walleye
rod and jig and Electric Grape pulse worm was quite a blast. My brother had the biggest this spring at
31 and 11.6# and my biggest was 30.25 and 10.6#. I included
the others friends with 30+ who fished with me. A great
spring!!! Fished 17 days in a row and wish I had kept track
of the number of fish over 28" but approaching 25 for me and
many others by my friends. The long one that appears to be
spawned out was a 27.25" male. I can’t wait until next spring. Michael |
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Hi Chip,
I added 3rd rigger to my rig little over a year ago, it was meant to be as speed and temp unit but we have trolled baits in that rigger also.
For the most part my strike ratio on riggers has pretty much doubled since I started to use ridgebacks. On the 3rd rigger I've run mostly (other weights)
and occasionally neutral 14lb lead weight. I've run similar setups which we have proven to catch fish on every rigger but I haven't caught anything but couple small salmon on that center rigger, everything worth mentioning comes behind ridgebacks.2 weeks ago we spent 6 days fishing in southern Sweden again, landed 6 salmons and 1 trout , trout was 11lbs, salmons between 14 and 23lbs and lost 2x +20lbs , 5 of the fish we landed hit on short leads behind rattler.
On the last day my friend also caught a 30lb salmon behind rattler just beside us :)
Hello to all LACA Captains,
Associates, Business partners, community and fishing community
leaders,
Saturday morning, the 17th of May, charter boat operators reported a
new net placed directly in front of Big Point Sauble.
Information received today confirmed the location of this and other
nearby nets.
For the exact location of this and other nets go to
http://www.ludingtoncharterboats.org and click on the Net Alert
Logo. A new list of net locations has been posted today.
The new net is positioned in such a manner as to pose a major safety
issue as well as a substantial hazard to Charter and sport fishermen
fishing in this area; and to transient boats attempting to 'round
the point. It is located is in an area known for steep
contours, strong currents, huge waves and strong upwellings.
In past years nets in this area have been abandoned and wound up as
hazards to fishing and navigation.
Additional nets have been placed in close proximity to this net,
also in traditionally difficult net setting areas making it
difficult to fish/traverse the vicinity.
A chart is attached showing the approximate locations of the three
nets that pose the greatest danger, and their locations inside the
region of largest currents and contours.
A strong potential for a loss of lives accident exists if these
nets remain in this most heavily fished and traveled vicinity.
All boaters and fishermen are urged to avoid and use
extreme caution in this area.
Boaters and fishermen who become entangled in any of these nets
should report it immediately to the USCG by channel 16 and to the
MDNR Rap line.
It is VERY IMPORTANT to report all net
related incidents to the MDNR RAP Line: 800-292-7800. When
reporting a net incident, be sure to give complete Lat-Lon
information, including both north and west numbers in degrees, with
minutes in decimal format. Please include the depth if possible,
also.
In addition to the fishing and safety issues, the potential for a
large negative economic impact to the city and businesses of
Ludington also exists as boaters and fishermen become aware of the
dangers and choose to avoid the Ludington area. If a
major or fatal accident should occur as a consequence of these nets,
the negative publicity may undo much of the efforts of
the community to attract tourists and fishermen.
Jim Fenner, Pres. Ludington Area Charterboat Association
Posted: May 17, 2008 12:01 PM EDT
Updated: May 17, 2008 09:12 PM EDT
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LUDINGTON, Mich. (WOOD) -- The U.S. Coast Guard saved five people from a sinking boat near Ludington Friday afternoon.
The Guard's station in Ludington received a distress call around 5:30 p.m. from a 28-foot recreational vessel that was taking on water.
Guard members headed out to the boat eight miles west of the Ludington Pier Heads. When they arrived they pulled five people - a 15-year-old boy, a 12-year-old girl, their parents, and another man - from the sinking boat.
Two of the Guard members tried saving the boat by using a dewatering pump but were unsuccessful as the boat sank.
The small craft advisory I mentioned for Friday went into effect as of 6 pm. I am not going to judge, I don't know what the conditions were or if they had anything to do with it.
I am assuming reading this that they had a VHF radio and a GPS, given that the CG found them so quick. "8 miles west of Ludington" is a big place without coordinates. I know my cell probably would not work at all out there. Having the proper equipment can be life or death.
Let's all play it safe out there this year and take this as a warning.
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LANSING -- Without a single dissenting vote, the state Senate and House voted Wednesday to include Michigan in a historic international compact designed to reserve all of the water in the Great Lakes for the eight states and two Canadian provinces surrounding them.
 The 2008 MDA Harbor Beach Tournament Winners 
 "Cluster" with their winning catch Friday (5/2) Pre-Fishing |
5-12-2008
I
now have full and 1/2 core "EZ-Core" setups from Woodstock Line.
I want to thank you all for the kind notes I have received. I am
doing fine, a little tired but OK.
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The weather was supposed to be a little rough but actually turned out great. We had a great showing of captains and crew members. The raffle table was full of our Valued Sponsors products that guys were eager to win! All in all we had a great 2008 showing and a group of captains and crew that are A 1 in my book. Enjoy the rest of this great fishing season and see you soon on the water. Lets all not forget about Harbor Beach’s next tournament Pro-King which is on June 7th. Please visit Harborbeachmi.org for more info.
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5-1-2008 I have to share something personal today. I have been reluctant to do so, but the "rumor mill" has it now and the only way to combat the rumor mill is with facts.
I have been sick for a while now and we have just found out the cause.
I have testicular cancer. I had outpatient surgery yesterday and I start chemo Monday and my treatments will go into August.
The statistics say that this is extremely survivable. Hey - Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France after this and dated Sheryl Crowe. Trust me, there are a lot of people out there much worse off than me. I will get through this with the help of my family and friends just fine.
The business will stay open, I have all the help I need to fill orders. If you are lucky when you call this summer you will deal with my daughter who is a much nicer person than I am. Orders will continue to ship out on time.
More importantly, I plan to fish more this year than last.
4-30-2008
GRAND RAPIDS -- Meijer Inc. has cut short an online pet photo contest that was raising money for the Humane Society of the United States.
The Grand Rapids Press reports the retailer stopped the contest Monday after the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance complained the Humane Society is anti-hunting.
The contest was to help pet-owning families going through foreclosure. The program was set up to donate $1, up to $5,000, for every entry to the pet photo contest to the Foreclosure Pets Fund.
Meijer spokeswoman Stacie Behler says "feedback from our customers is important."
Humane Society executive vice president Michael Markarian says its "outrageous" the hunting group "would try to prevent foreclosure victims from getting help."
What is outrageous is the idea that the HSUS is trying to pass it's self off as a group that cares about anything other than raising money to line their own pockets. These are the people who are against feeding game to the poor.
Meijer probably thought they were dealing with the Michigan Humane Society that actually helps care for animals.
The bottom line here is that your support for groups like the USSA does make a difference.
4-29-2008 OK, now that both a Democrat and a Republican presidential candidate have both latched on to a truly stupid idea I can comment on it without being partisan.
Hey, I want gas prices down. There is no doubt in my mind that high fuel prices will cost me sales and income this year. People are going to fish less and getting fishing tackle made and to you will cost me more.
A "holiday" from the gas tax will accomplish nothing but lining the pockets of the oil companies. It is simple economics. If the price goes down, consumption will go up and with the limited supply, the price will go back up. The only difference is that the government will have less money for the road repairs and the jobs that go with them.
If you want to lower gas prices you have to increase the supply of gas. Nothing else will have any significant effect.
Neither candidate that proposes the tax cut is stupid enough to believe that it will work, but they believe that you will think they want to help you, and that they will get your vote by telling you what you want to hear.
Before you think I am siding with the other guy here, I will give him a point for not pandering to us on a false hope of a break, but I have heard nothing in the way of a real plan from anyone to fix the real issues behind gas prices. His comments concerning the auto industry shows a complete lack of understanding of the industry and the issues facing it.
We have some real issues facing us as a nation and I have not seen much in the way of leadership from any of these people. It is time for us to demand that our leaders have more than 5 word slogans in the way of solutions to these problems.
4-28-2008 Sorry for the lack of updates. I have been under the weather for a while now.
The Michigan Salmon/Trout limit issue is back on the table again. Michigan currently allows you to take 5 fish per day with not more than 3 of any species. The proposal would be to make it 5 fish any species.
The biologists say that this will have minimal impact on the fishery, so there is no scientific reason not to make the change. The biggest argument against the change seems to be that fishermen feel better about themselves with a 3 fish limit than getting 3 fish in a 5 man limit.
When did the DNR get into the "self esteem" business?
If your manhood depends on a limit of fish, or if you think you are a better, or worse, than anyone else based on this measure, you need to do some thinking about your self.
My thinking on this subject is, let the guy who gets out one weekend a year take home 15 fish if he can. I also struggle with the idea of killing one species of fish in search of another species that you don't have a limit on.
Myself, I am going to fish until I don't want to any more, or I get to the limit which ever comes first.
The other issue is the number of rods. If I am trolling for Salmon, I can have 3 rods. If I am trolling for Walleye, I can only have 2. If I catch a Walleye trolling for salmon, is that fish illegal?
The biologists say that the number of rods is not a good way to manage the fishery. The DNR is there to manage the fishery and, apparently, make us feel good about our selves. If we get to our limit quicker with 3 rods, won't we feel happy about our manliness?
I think these rules are only in place at all to give the enforcement guys something to write tickets on. How about getting rid of rules that the DNR themselves say are not good ways to regulate the fishery and have the enforcement guys go after POACHERS.
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2002008 Harbor Beach Can-Can Salmon-Trout Fishing Tournament May 3, 2008 The Muscular Dystrophy Association of Mid-Eastern Michigan is pleased to offer a great opportunity to help in the fight against Muscular Dystrophy…FISHING FOR A CURE! http://www.harborbeachmi.org/fishing.html
The nut balls (I am not publicizing their name) in the news say it takes "3 minutes" to buy a gun in the US, so they are going to lie on the ground somewhere for 3 minutes. Funny, it took at least 20 minutes last year for me to buy a gun. I find it interesting that they are using the Virginia Tech shootings in their propaganda. The school is a "gun free zone", so that made the students "safe" because groups like this had already gotten their way. If Virginia Tech had allowed law abiding citizens with CCW permits to have their guns with them, many of those young people would be alive today. But then again, these people have never let facts get in the way. 4-15-2008 Tax day today! It's nice being able to work without the constant need for attention the puppies had, but I kind of miss the little guys and their enthusiasm for everything. Fortunately I can visit a couple of them.
4-14-2008 Tomorrow is Tax Day! Today I was supposed to be fishing, but that is spring weather for you. "We all hate paying taxes. But the truth of the matter is without our tax money, many politicians would not be able to afford prostitutes." -- Jimmy Kimmel Walker Deeper Divers are in stock with new "Clear" in 124, 107, 65, and 45mm and new "124mm" (Same as the "Magnum with a ring 003")Size. We also have Glow Bottoms in all sizes including 82mm. The 124mm also fits the "4 7/8 size 003 Magnum" LJ Diver and the The 107mm also fits the "4 1/8 size 001" LJ Diver.
4-12-2008 The last pup sold in about 5 minutes at Rooster Ranch today. The group had just finished a hunt over her dad, "Ben" and between that and her disposition she was an easy sale. I am now "puppy-less" for the first time in 13 weeks. Kind of a good news/bad news thing. I will miss them. Jenny had a good time, she flushed 3 stray birds while we were there. The group included several youngsters who had a GREAT time shooting birds. You want a great way to introduce a youngster to hunting where they can get the rewards of a successful hunt, you should check out Rooster Ranch. 4-11-2008 8 of the pups are sold!
4-8-2008 I am down to 1 female pup left, the last boy and one of the girls found a home today. 7 visits from prospective buyers and 7 dogs sold. Quality sells it's self. A customer fishing report, a successful one no less, the best kind:
Friday: Went out at 3pm due to wind, rain, waves. After trolling
about a mile south we quickly picked up a 3 man limit of Coho plus a
bonus brown in about 1.5 hours. The hot set-ups were orange dodgers w/
p-nut flies (10 ft back on dipsys!), thinfins, and orange joined
rapalas. We fished 10-20 fow most of the time.
If you have the chance I would say right now is a pretty good time to get some good “catching” practice in.
3-25-2008 My buddy has been working away on his boat. Spring is coming! 3-24-2008 Another Black Female went home today. The yellow male is also sold. 3-23-2008 Happy Easter! 3-20-2008 I did some research into Ben's pedigree. I have seen the pups at a couple of times point and discounted it. Maybe I should be looking closer. Two generations of Grand Master Pointing Retrievers, wow. One of the Yellow boys went home today. With the warmer weather they will be going fast now. 3-19-2008 The first pup sold is doing very well with a new family in Romeo, MI. She went to a nice family with kids and the dad was looking for a duck hunting dog to introduce his son to hunting. They said she slept the whole first night through without any problems or accidents. 3-18-2007 I filled out my DNR Survey today concerning my hunting activities last fall. We all complain about them, but they need good data to do their job. The least we can do is take 5 minutes to give them the data. 3-17-2008 The show season is finally over, for me at least. I enjoy getting out and seeing my customers and friends who I see only at shows, and even most of my competitors, who are almost all great guys. On the other hand, it leaves me backed up with a bunch of work and orders not being processed as quickly as I like. The next couple of days will be devoted to catching up. 3-12-2008 A "major" spoon manufacturer has copied the Raider Chicken Pox, even so far as to call it "Pox". That is part of the reality of the fishing tackle business. What really cracks me up is the back of the package: "We will never sit back and follow in the foot steps of others in the business." I guess if they are "on the leading edge" then I must be ahead of the curve!
3-12-2008 My partner has completed the installation of his Depth Raider and the 1000 W Transducer on the Steiger. 3-5-2008 Yesterday was rather frustrating dealing with some computer issues. Let's just say, the Hacker Safe service protects me from Hackers, but nothing protects the site from me! 3-3-2007 Today will be spent trying to catch up with orders. I should have all outstanding orders out by Wednesday. 2-28-2008 Today begins what I consider the best Great Lakes show there is. Flint (MI) River Valley Steelheaders Show in Birch Run is pretty much all Great Lakes tackle. Ridgeback Rattler, Great Lakes Angler, Franks (with a BIG tackle area) just to name a few, along with me of course, will be there. I will be in the South Arena where I was last year next to Great Lakes Angler. 2-27-2008 I have been running around like a madman, and tomorrow AM I head out to set up for the Flint (MI) River Valley Steelheaders Birch Run Show. This is my big show for the year and I will be having great deals on Rods, Reels Kingfishers, Inticers, Bait Rigs and Walker Deeper Divers
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