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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | My son Brian came over this morning to go on very rare (for us anyway's) fishing trip with me out in the bay. The wind of course tried to do it's best to cancel this rare trip for us, but we tucked in along the shorelines enough that only the wind itself played havoc with our trolling speeds and not so much interference from the wave action.
But the wind did take my hat off on the way out and instead of my hat floating like most hats, mine sank like a rock and was gone before I could spin the boat around and retrieve it. O. K., I/we start off $10.00 in the hole. So the boy steers the boat while I put out one side and I'm starting to put out the other, when the outside Fire Perch rod gets a vicious slam. I grab the rod and this fish seems huge. All of a sudden the line goes slack. I reel in and the Fire Perch Bomber is gone and the line cut clean as a whistle. I figure Northern Pike for sure. O.K., Now $18.00 dollars in the hole.
We fish for about 10 more minutes and the inside board goes and we land a nice 23 incher on a Chartreuse and Silver bomber. Then we have 2 more rips in the next hour or so but fail to hook up. Then we land another 23 incher on the C & S bomber. Then we decide to call it a day at 12:00 noon. One last troll up-wind and were gone. But before we go, yet another fish (I think Northern) hits the last Fire Perch Bomber I own every bit as hard as the first fish did, and cuts that line clean off just above the snap. So we end up with 2 decent walleyes that only cost me about $40.00 including both equipment and gas. But how does that saying go. "Four Hours spent with your only son" Priceless. 
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| surprised with all the posting you do you spend anytime with your son at all and then you complain about how much it costs????????? |
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| you know im a fan of yours and just joking right????????? |
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | If you say so. My guess is you finally caught and understood the last sentence of the post.
I'm not a rich man by any means, and seldom if ever complain about the cost of doing what I love. I thought I'd use the bad equipment luck me and my son experienced today as a mimick comparison to that "Priceless" commercial. My son is 38 years old, has his own wife, life and son, and yes I wish we had more time to spend like today. And figleaf the cost.
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Location: Rhinelander | Nice day on the water, Dan. |
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | sworrall - 11/12/2011 11:05 PM
Nice day on the water, Dan.
Thank's Steve, it certainly was.
I called Franks yesterday to see about replacing the Fire Perch Bombers we lost. Seems my recent successfull posts and pictures about them on local sporting good store fishing reports boards and web sites has created a run on that particular color, so they were out. Got out my old/new Air Brush and did my first ever paint job on some cranks to try and duplicate the Fire Perch. They didn't turn out to bad. I'll see if my son Brian wants to help me "Pike Test" these again soon.
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Location: McFarland, WI | Nice looking baits Dan, What do you have them mounted on?
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Larrys - 11/13/2011 6:29 PM
Nice looking baits Dan, What do you have them mounted on?
Larry
I did the poor mans crankbait and spinner blade holder version. Cut some dowl rods into 6 inch pieces and sharpened one end. Drilled them out at the other end and glued in some small electrical aligator clips. The clips hold what your painting and you Poke the sharp end into whatever styrofoam you have available. They work pretty good.
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| great stuff!! They look pike ready! ever try the bigger 16A long A??
FYI going back to another thread, casting vs trolling shallow water... here in NY real popular to wade evening/night for shallow walleyes late in the year... |
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | iceman35 - 11/14/2011 6:29 AM
great stuff!! They look pike ready! ever try the bigger 16A long A??
FYI going back to another thread, casting vs trolling shallow water... here in NY real popular to wade evening/night for shallow walleyes late in the year...
Ya, we've seen as many as 8 to 10 guys on several occasions (usually weekends) wading where the Hot water discharge comes out of the canal into the bay and along that shoreline. They are usually set up like we used to be when smelt dipping. That is, towing a good size floating tire tube on a rope with a tub inside to hold their live bait buckets, extra rods, fishing tackle and gear, versus the smelt we caught and used it for back then. Casting small cranks, spoons and jig & Minnow offerings work best for these guys. We also have a excellent night fishery on the river when casting from shore in many places. This lasts till ice-up. And no, I never tried the bigger bombers.
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Location: McFarland, WI | Thanks Dan. It looks like that system works well so I'll give it a try.
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| So what would be the standard father son lunch to bring?? My father always made sure to have some leftover KFC from the night before... rowing around some little lake, in the wooden boat we made, catching whatever... KFC... good memories... he turned 92 last week... |
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | iceman35 - 11/16/2011 6:27 AM
So what would be the standard father son lunch to bring?? My father always made sure to have some leftover KFC from the night before... rowing around some little lake, in the wooden boat we made, catching whatever... KFC... good memories... he turned 92 last week...
I'm always a Jerky and Gatoraide guy. With my OCD concerning my boat, I hate anything that get crumbs on the carpet. My son brian brought along some home made jerky from my 11 year old granbdsons first bow-shot deer. A little on the salty side, but I loved it.
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Location: Lincoln Park, Mi | Stay away from the 16A's Dan. From my experience, pike like those even better than the regular size! Erie Walleye seem to prefer the regular size. |
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | terroreyes - 11/16/2011 3:09 PM
Stay away from the 16A's Dan. From my experience, pike like those even better than the regular size! Erie Walleye seem to prefer the regular size.
That makes sense Jim.
I'm always afraid to throw on the #18 Rapala's. But often do when night fishing in the spring to throw a bigger profile during full moons. I hurts when pike get those because some of the colors I like and use Rapala don't make any more in that size. Pearl/Chartreuse Top and Gold/Orange Top. By the way here's some No-Names I painted up today. Bomber look-a-likes from JannsNetcraft. Pretty cheap. Might toss them out next to my painted Fire Perch versions this Saturday.
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Location: Lincoln Park, Mi | I've used those blanks from Jann's for a while for spring pike. They work pretty well. Not as good as a real Bomber and not much luck with walleye. The action seems a bit different. It rotates from the top to the side much more than a real Bomber. Real good casting lure in cold water with slow finesse retreives, but never did much for me while trolling. Saginaw is unique though, so you never know! |
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