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Heard ludington has kings


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You would be correct sir. And Pentwater, and Little Point and Whitehall for sure. I can vouch for that.

Yesterday:

 

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Sweet! Nice morning so far, John. Way to go.

 

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Nice job, John. Glad to see that Orange Carbon pulling its fair share on your boat too. I just ordered 2 more since I was told they're getting hard to find.

 

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Kings products just flat out produce fish!

If you say so. Personally, I've never caught a fish or even had a bite on any of his spoons and I've tried. Also, the guys I know that have fished his stuff say the same thing. I'm not saying you're wrong. I (and people I know that I've actually fished with) have had a very different experience with his products.

If you're speaking of Capt. John King's baits.

 

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Yes, John King products. Speaking about his flashers and meat rigs. Never ran the plastic spoons. I must be doing something different because JK products will out fish my Spin Doctors and Pro-king flashers.

Glad to hear it works for you. After I got the spoons which are plastic BTW, I read his article on his site that swore up and down that his rubber bands were so much better than "that Chinese crap from walmart" and I needed some to make up the minimum order requirement on hist website so I ordered a couple bags. When I got them I looked at the bags and it said right on the bag "Made in China".

Fool me once...

 

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Well, donated a cannonball, release and one month old probe to the lake to start the night.

Man that sux! I worry about that happening. My FH probe is new this season. Do you mind saying how it happened? Did the rigger cable just part? I change mine every year JIC and I run the breakaway from FH on the bottom of the probe. This is the reason that the probe rigger never gets within 40' of the bottom and I never let anyone but me set it up. If it goes overboard I don't want anyone else to suffer the blame. haha

 

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Thanks for the explanation. Makes me want to pull about 10' of cable off and re-terminate it halfway through the season. Kind of what I do to my leaders on the rods just to cut down on break offs. I put a 300' spool on each rigger every year so 10' is nothing. Just a "feel good" kind of practice. My latest problem is that even with the 10lb fish weights I'm getting way too much blow back. Also having trouble finding fish weights heavier than 12lbs. I want to go to 14lbs now that I have beefier riggers. Any suggestions?

 

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Here's a video of the first fish of 2022. Lots of glare on a South East troll.

Didn't take him long to get to the surface and start slamming that lure on the surface.

Nice job, thanks for that. Would you mind sharing your camera setup? What brand and how you rig it, etc?

 

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So, had to go south today & couldn’t make it past northwoods!!! Spoons were stocked to the max!
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But I had my wife with me so I had to behave! 🤨

Greasy Chicken Wing! Good call. And those Flounder Pounders rock too!

 

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John, that looks just like the boat I grew up on (1973 19' Aquasport) out in Long Island Sound. Brings back awesome memories. Those Makos handle rough water like a champ and although they're a little wet they are serious fishing machines.

 

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I feel your pain. I just cannot bring myself to even think about leaving the house when I have contractors present. And not to offend any professions out there but especially an unknown (to me) painting crew. When I'm stuck like that I get out all the rods/reels and change leaders, terminal tackle, sharpen hooks etc, etc. But you know all that, John. Hopefully it won't be long.