Rizzo

did some homework yesterday. Glad to hear the elite 5 has a few promoters because its the one I was considering due to price! Most places seem to have it for around 550-600 plus tax, of course then you still need a chip (it only comes with trent severn)

congrats on the pike...oh ya, and on the marriage! So did you get out on Cooks Bay the day you got married?

so are you telling me not to update my outdated fishfinder yet...if I buy something new it will be outdated again in no time? imagine that

sounds like a successful day anyways...time with family and see some of nature...i wish my musky days were that good!

thanks, thought that might be the case

ya I was really jealous in my buddies boat. He knew exactly where the humps were (like Lew said, you know there's one off to the side). i know lots of humps on the lakes I fish by trial and error, sometimes its just hard to find them back! I assume this will prevent you from running into unmarked shoals as well!

on those separate units will it still show you that you're about to come up on a shallow shelf or drop off?

good luck Lew/Buck! I'm stuck at the in-laws while the wife goes shopping so no fishing for me, I'll live vicariously thru you guys

My fishing partner has been bugging me to pick up a more advance fishfinder, something with a gps so we can map out our spots (instead of trying to find them by looking at shore landmarks!). Having said that, I am NOT a guy who is good with technology. I use a map when driving, I don't know how to text, and I don't download this from that site and put it on this chip and stick it in that hole...In other words, something user friendly, where I can mark off spots I want, and also see what's coming up (I was with a friend once, and he had a map on his finder, he could see that we were about to come up on a shallow shelf). I think his finder had a puck or thru-hull transducer. Are these compatible with an aluminum hull or only fibreglass? He may be willing to sell it to me. If not, is it realistic to get a decent unit for $500? Any recommendations?

those are great, thanks

so jealous. maybe keep a lambchop as the "11th hour bait"...if you don't know what this means check youtube for "musky hits chicken"

hey skipper, doesn't Penny have minnows over at rack and reel?

5?? It doesn't get light until 6:15'ish. Fishing in the dark and cold for perch you need professional help ...or maybe you mean wake up at 5, hook up the boat, read the paper, go to timmies, read paper again (all 3 pages of it)and then go fishing! Apparently 4 degrees tonight so dress warmly, play safe and good luck!

those hellhounds sure are perty aren't they and have a great side to side action. Bought a few of them custom painted ones at the Odyssey in April (Bare Bones)...now the bad news, all I've ever caught on one is a big ol pickerel who thought he was a musky. I set the hook on the thing and it felt like I was reeling in a deflated soccerball. You wouldn't believe how often I am disapointed by a 7 or 8 pound pickerel over the course of the summer. My buddy has seen me catch all kinds of em, he almost comes to expect it from me when we fish together. A big sledge is another great pickerel bait if you can believe it, and up near nogies, I caught a dandy on a 5 oz. nitro glider bait

go get em! Make sure you let us know how you do, I'm hoping to get to Pigeon one or 2 more times this year, things are starting to heat up!

definitely fishing! I passed by an hour ago and things looked fine other than the odd shower (unless wind has picked up since then). As long as you're not in a rubber dingy I'd say go, you can always stay close to shore.

I was waiting for the comments from the cheap seats Paul never disappoints

that's amazing Terry. Sounds like they're as dumb as goldfish who will eat till they pretty much burst (actually also sounds a lot like my Aunt Helga)

in a stiff breeze you could make a big sail out of a tent fly to get some extra speed...just remember you have to paddle back against the wind!

thanks for the link, haven't had a chance to read it yet but I'll give it a look later

i can't get believers to swim anywhere near the speed I want to be going so I use them only in the fall when I slow things down. They have a great side to side wobble but for big speed I have to go with the storm baits, much more of a tight wiggle. Super shadraps are pretty good too for speed but they are smaller and still can't keep up with Storm when the boat is up on plane and people are laughing and pointing

same as you Lew, its the lure that has sped up that gets nailed. I can't recall the slow one ever getting hit. The good news is, the slow one is about to become the fast one and thats when they nail it! With the increased speed of the boat the hookset is a no brainer

ya I am the exact opposite. I'm never going the same speed. I'll try many speeds in the course of a day, plus when you throw in a real sharp zigzag you've got one guy going slow and one guy going fast...see who's they want!

to be more precise the GPS my buddy had for the day was telling us 9.2 mph. I don't always fish this speed, especially now that the water is cooling I'll be slowing it down, but definitely not afraid to give it a shot, especially in the summer. Luckily it was still working for us on Saturday with the water being 69. I used to think 5 or 6 was fast until this past summer. We were at Little lake in Peterborough trolling some heavy spinnerbaits at a good speed when we came up on some weeds. As a bit of a joke to my partner (who already thought I trolled too fast)I put the hammer down, got the boat up on a plane and we watched our spinnerbaits skip across the surface to get away from the weeds...well don't you know it...a 39 inch musky nails this guys spinnerbait as it jumps across the surface, blades weren't even remotely submerged! That day I realized it is next to impossible to go too fast, and I've been at least trying out anywhere from 5-10 mph each time I fish. Don't be afraid to try it..plus the looks you get from people when they realize you have lines in the water is quite funny. "Moron" is probably a common thing they say

the only bait I have that can handle it without added weight is a storm thunderstick. Cheap bait but man can they swim. Grandmas and supershadraps do pretty good up to a certain speed, but after that they kind of roll up to the top, bounce across the surface until the lip hits the water, kick to the side, dive down a few feet, roll up to the top again etc. At a "slower" (5mph) speed a Grandma probably dives 18-20 feet or so, the way we were fishing his Grandma was never getting down more than 2 or 3 feet. Was driving my buddy nuts because he'd never seen a fish hit a lure that's porpoising and not swimming right...now he has! I tell you what though, fishing like this takes a toll on your gear! make sure all the screws are tight because action like this will shake a few things loose.