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Decided to hit the river the last 3 days. Good call with the amount of rain they are calling for tonight and Saturday. River will be blown again for the next 5-7 days . Seems many had the same idea. Never seen so many guys during the weekdays. We managed to catch our share of nice fresh fish. Smoker is getting a work out now. I have been having a lot of luck with the bead set up, but there are a lot of swings and misses with this set up. Some fish hit it so fast,you swing and well, on and off. I was getting a bit frustrated at times,but hey,that's fishing. Something came to me this morning . Something that worked well for me many many years ago. BOILED EGGS. I have a small bag of singles I kind of over cured . How much you ask ? Well, I could bounce one on the floor and I could catch it mid air. Like those super balls way back.LOL So get a pot of water boiling, toss in a spoon full and low and behold, the perfect single egg . These go on the hook instead of putting a bead 2" up from it. They had a nice dot on them which was perfect. Light starts to show and floating time it was. 2 drift in,I am hooked up but came off. I am on to something here. Well I was, but was 0-3 first 1/2 hour. Then it happen, The float goes down,set and game on. Real nice battle . With trees and logs around, these fish have the advantage. Really had to work the power of the rod to keep them at bay. Had a great few days fishing with my sons buddy's, as he had to work. For a change,it was me telling him about the action, not the other way round. LOL Few fish from the days. Not to worry about the 3 fish shot. 2 were mine, the other was buddy,s. We just had them on the same rope.

FYI, SeaFoam is on sale at Peavy Mart (former TSC) for $8.99 a bottle that is normally $12.99 a bottle. Oh and places like Walmart and Canadian Tire (I think) offer a price match so here is a screen shot you can save to your phone and use when needed...

That stuff is like Franks Hot stuff for motors.

Very cool Brian, Down here we don't have cold water fish I need to get the darn border open again so I can see my buds to go fishing. Art

Thanks for all the recommendation gentlemen. what gauge wire would you recommend ? I’m running a 24 v 65 pound maxuum typically not always running it on high speed for long periods. Mostly just to get to another spot quick without starting the main. Must be a crappy connection at my batteries or where I hardwired it in. Maybe I just run all new directly from the pedal to batteries with no connections ?

8 and 10 work just fine Paul. Not really looking for more hook ups, as what I am using works fine. It, is just part of the game. I like the smaller hooks as they do not stand out . The eggs I am using, will hide the whole / 90% of hook. I will get a pic on my next outing. Decided to boil up the small batch of hard shells I had, so will have lots for the next couple of months.

The geen truly is a magnificent multi species fishery, Spent many a day in my younger years drift fishing for steel and bottom fishing for kitties.

I would say the tension on the coupler need to be tightened or you have a 2 “ coupler and a 1 7/8 ball

I wish I could put in a pier using those big interlocking Lego brick like concrete blocks and back fill the middle with rocks and dirt. Then just tie up to that and never worry about dock removal again.