Hook, line … Racine, Wis., offers some of the best on Lake Michigan
BY DAVE HOEKSTRA Staff Reporter / dhoekstra@suntimes.com
RACINE, Wis. — The weather started getting rough. And the tiny ship was tossed.
If not for the spirit of Captain Dale Coleman, we wouldn’t have caught three chinook salmon and one coho salmon on a splendid charter fishing trip off the Racine coast.
I put on a floppy Gilligan hat, my best friend played the role of Ginger and we jumped aboard Coleman’s 30-foot Happi Hooker boat at 7 a.m. on recent weekday. With crew member Sam Slaasted, we set sail two miles out into Lake Michigan. There were three-foot swells.
Not so swell for us, but we endured.
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Have you ever tried fishing in the winter months? This is the time everyone gets out on the lake. Even if you don’t own a boat you can fish those places you always wanted to.
Here are a few tips on ice fishing. First of all, you don�t need a lot of fancy equipment.A set of five tipups and a hand auger are all you need to get started.
A set of basic tipups with line will cost around seventy-five to a hundred bucks. Tipups are a simple affair where you set the cross sticks on the ice with your spool below the water line. Unless there is a lot of snow on the ice this should not be a problem as the
water will even out to the top of your hole. I know you�re saying, how do you keep the line from freezing? This is accomplished through the use of braided line, sometimes called squid line. Theses lines are usually 18-25 pound test. Fill your spools to within 1/4 inch of the rim, for that big one that wants to run. After you have done this it�s time to add a leader. I normally use 8-14 pound test monofillament. If you are on a lake with a lot of
large fish go with heavier leaders. I use a swivel between my squid line and leader. This gives the bait a chance to move around without twisting the line. It also makes it easier to change hooks, just buy the pretied leaders and hook them on your swivel and you�re ready to go fishing.
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UNION-TRIBUNE
FRESHWATER
Barrett: The 154 anglers checked reported 1,099 bass, 109 bluegill, all released. Fishing ends here Saturday. Waterfowl season opens Oct. 20.
Chollas: Open daily to youngsters 15 and under.
Cuyamaca: Change in the weather was just what this lake needed as trout action exploded Saturday in time for the Ninth Annual Orville P. Ball Fishin’ In The Pines Kids Fishing Derby. More than 300 kids fished, with 101 of them weighing in trout. Results of derby: Grand prize, Xavier Garcia, Lakeside, 2-8 trout. Kids 12-15 years old: Glenn Rauch, 2-4 trout. Ages 8-11: Mica Toetter, 1-15 trout; Garrett Hauber, 1-15 trout. Ages 2-7: Lance Rodgers, 2-4 trout; second, Jacob Escalera, 2-4 trout; third, Neshay Linton, 2-3 trout. Smallest trout: Joshua Barbato, 4-ounce rainbow. Lake received nearly 5,000 pounds of rainbow trout prior to the derby, and a lot remain. Other catches: Thomas Drach, El Cajon, 11-0 channel catfish, shrimp, Lone Pine. Gary Motika, Pine Valley, 2-8 trout, Power Bait, Island. Missy Belmer, San Diego, 2-4 trout, gold Panther Martin, Trolling. Open daily.
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A strategy for maximizing machinery availability and cutting overhead
By Howard Cooper
PlantServices.com
Keywords: "reliability", "automated" and "overhead"
Do you feel that every equipment maintenance article you read is pushing you to spend more money on overhead and more time pampering machines instead of running them? If so, here’s your lucky break. Go Fishing. Functional interface stress hardening (FISH) is a methodology developed that is proven normally to eliminate mechanical, hydraulic and electronic system downtime.
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Making fishing lures may be easy for the seasoned do-it-yourself angler. But the maintenance of these lures is just as important to ensure a tip-top condition.
After buying or making the fishing lures there is still the responsibility of taking care of and repairing them so that they are always in good condition. This requires some effort and time but is usually easy for the angler who makes his own fishing lures.
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