Dwight Hottle

We have used them extensively in Canada on weekly pike trips. We have caught pike up to 25lbs on them. For numbers they flat out rock. 100 + fish per day. I always told my pike buddies that if you could only take one lure to survive in the Canadian wilderness that would be our choice.

Inline spinnerbaits & spoons. They hold up well & will catch bass as well. Number 5 blue fox vibrax in firetiger will catch pike better than any other lure made. It is a killer. Trust me. When the stock hook gets dull cut it off & put a split ring on with a new hook.

I think HG stand for High Gear. Used in the new met & antares 2012.

Cow is the right description.

Light braid if you want them deep quick.

Good way to start out the new year. Nice to see the sling is gone.

Owner stinger treble ST-26BC Size 5

100 series #5 belly & tail 78 series #6 belly & tail

Sweet. A little tip if you can get the sun in your face rather than at your back for a better pic.

Tom not all Ande lines comply with IGFA standards. Only Ande Tournament is labeled as IGFA compatible. No line labeled IGFA certified automatically gets accepted. It still has to be tested & fall within the range allowed for that line weight class. Most IGFA labeled line does meet the standard but there are exceptions based on manufacturing quality control. YoZuri 4lb that tests breaks at 8lb+ could be submitted for a line class record under 8lb test. It is up to the angler to know where the line they chose to use breaks so they can submit under the correct line class record. Many line class record holders submitted the line they are using to establish a record before they actually caught the record.

All your clothing is fish related even your belt.

Kudos to crappiebasser for a valuable message.

Imagine what you could have done with a big jointed blue rapala J-13 size.

Like A-Jay mentioned we got caught is some kind of a weather cell or sudden squall the likes of which I have never seen or want to see from the water again. We were about 11 miles from the dock when the wind started picking up blowing from the west. The dock was directly west where we had launched from. I always check the weather report , NOAA offshore forecast and I Wind Surf wind reports before heading out. There was nothing in the forecast to suggest what was going to happen. We were catching fish so when the wind started picking up I was not over concerned. That proved to be a major mistake. Once the waves were running 2-4 feet we stowed our tackle & gear before leaving. I had the bow pointed straight west into the wind. My boat is a 20 foot starcraft with a 19 degree deadrise deep V with a 250 merc pro xs on the back and it usually handles lake erie waves pretty good if I take it easy. The wind was blowing so hard the tops of the waves were being blown off as they were building. I thought about turning around and going directly east to another marina about 5-6 miles away. The waves would be hitting us directly in the stern but the truck & trailer would not be there. I decided to keep going west headed into the waves. I knew the land mass to our west would eventually start to break the wind & waves up as we got closer. The 2-4 footers quickly became 3-5 then 4-6 then 5 -7 then 6-8 & bigger. A-Jay shouted to me to slow down & head in closer to shore as the waves might be smaller as we went towards shallower water. As the wind keep building the waves did too. I had all I could handle keeping the bow into the wind steering & powering up each wave then getting ready for the next wave to hit. Lake erie is unique because of its shallow nature which stacks waves very close together rather than spreading them out. I don't know how big the waves got before they started to subside a little because all I could do was steer & hang on. The only trouble with a deep V with high freeboard is that it allows the wind to catch the bow & try to push it sideways. IF that happened we would be taking those waves over the side & it would have swamped us. When it was all said & done the wind finally started to ease. Back at the dock A-Jay told me that my boat was maxed out & we could not have handled any waves bigger than what we experienced. I thought about it and knew he was right.

That sounds pretty fantastic to me Brad. You gotta love those slick calm fall days on lake erie because there is never enough of them.

Go to the yo zuri site and they list the break strength of all line weights.

I think you hit it on the head with your question is my price range two low? Finding a used boat with a reliable motor for $5000 grand is going to be a tough nut to crack. Especially when your looking at a motor over 75hp. I wish you the best with your search.

Well somebody must be happy. Glenn

I' m not sure Joe but I think it was lc pointer 100.

Tom with the right smartphone you talk and the phone converts your speech to text. No thumbs needed.

I like the large size husky jerk. Also the smithwick perfect 10 which fishes deeper than the hj. Your other choice is to splurge and buy a lucky craft 100 series pointer. That will suspend perfectly. Stick with it and you will be successful.

Not all rogues suspend. They make floating models as well. You may have floater rather than a suspender.

You could if you invite Slonezp down.

Bonjour Herve. Welcome to the club.

You need to try a different grip. Maybe try holding the reel instead of the grip. Or try holding the handle behind the trigger. I know some guys who removed the trigger for some applications. Your other choice would be to try a spinning rod & reel.