04-25-2007, 06:43 PM
Spoons: Both Pro-King's std and magnum sized spoons are probably the base of my spoon selection. Jeff and Grace Brown at [url "http://www.thewharf.biz/"]The Wharf[/url] on Sheboygan Harbor's river-front have renamed their baits a few times from "JB spoons", "Brownie Tackle" and finally ending up with "Jeff's Tackle" (whew.. anywho..) Jeff's shop includes numberous fly offerings as well as spoons, [url "http://www.thewharf.biz/catalog/images/Snubber.jpg"]AWESOME transluscent snubbers[/url], among other offerings and services. His bait's are quickly taking over my bait caddys and are probably seeing as much if not more water time than the Pro-Kings. Mixed in with those two are various Northport nailers, Maulers, Northern Kings, Gold Stars, Michigan Stingers, Silver Streaks, and you'll find a few Cleos, Krocodiles and suprisingly a few old Andy Reekers make an appearance from time to time.
Flys: Howie Flys and Jeff's Tackle Flys are all I use or own.
Plugs/Minnow baits/Lures: Personally, I hate running J-Plugs.. thats me and my boat. I think I can honestly say I can count the # of fish I've netted in the past 10 years on both hands using 'em.. enough said about that. Rebel's discontinued large billed, deep diving jointed Fastracs are my favorite lure out there.. Rebel discontinued these things a # of years ago and slyly switched marketing over to what they card as their [url "http://www.lurenet.com/productdetail.aspx?id=4924"]DJ30S Jointed Spoonbill Minnow[/url] .. not even close to the original model Fastrac.. nice try Rebel.. you loose. I use some #11/13 jointed Rapalas on occasion but the Fastracs own the water. Last week I picked up 8 of Storm's new Deep Jointed Minnow Sticks (3-3/4") to try out durring the weekend.. I don't know the color names nor does Storm's site have a stitch of info yet - so keep your eye out for 'em. Three of the colors I chose had glow tails with transparent bodies and a greenish mirrored center that reminds me of a Emerald River Shiner's lateral-line reflective color. Colors I chose: purple back w/pink belly, gold back w/chart. belly, blue back w/orange belly and one was a straight non-glow tail in pearl white on both back and belly. The pearl white was responsible for a 7-8lb Lake Trout off a high line @ 120 straight back. So there's hope for 'em.
I'll add techniques and rigging in a bit but for the most part its pretty straight forward. I do have a tendancy to stretch my lead lengths out further than most guys I know though.
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Flys: Howie Flys and Jeff's Tackle Flys are all I use or own.
Plugs/Minnow baits/Lures: Personally, I hate running J-Plugs.. thats me and my boat. I think I can honestly say I can count the # of fish I've netted in the past 10 years on both hands using 'em.. enough said about that. Rebel's discontinued large billed, deep diving jointed Fastracs are my favorite lure out there.. Rebel discontinued these things a # of years ago and slyly switched marketing over to what they card as their [url "http://www.lurenet.com/productdetail.aspx?id=4924"]DJ30S Jointed Spoonbill Minnow[/url] .. not even close to the original model Fastrac.. nice try Rebel.. you loose. I use some #11/13 jointed Rapalas on occasion but the Fastracs own the water. Last week I picked up 8 of Storm's new Deep Jointed Minnow Sticks (3-3/4") to try out durring the weekend.. I don't know the color names nor does Storm's site have a stitch of info yet - so keep your eye out for 'em. Three of the colors I chose had glow tails with transparent bodies and a greenish mirrored center that reminds me of a Emerald River Shiner's lateral-line reflective color. Colors I chose: purple back w/pink belly, gold back w/chart. belly, blue back w/orange belly and one was a straight non-glow tail in pearl white on both back and belly. The pearl white was responsible for a 7-8lb Lake Trout off a high line @ 120 straight back. So there's hope for 'em.
I'll add techniques and rigging in a bit but for the most part its pretty straight forward. I do have a tendancy to stretch my lead lengths out further than most guys I know though.
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