agree

Trim the dark line out season them and put a little brown sugar. I’ve served Lakers at a cookout and over 30ppl absolutely demolished it and said it was better than any salmon they had 🤷‍♂️ if u know what ur doing lake trout is excellent

Lighten up your cable reels on the downrigger!!! Known people who have had the riggers ripped right off their boat because of not doing that!!!!

@@jayfogarty7544 , forgive me but I’m still a newbie. What do mean when you say lighten up the reels?

@@randyradloff6660 Can you loosen the tightness of your cable reels so you can let your cable slide out if the ball gets snagged up? Just like setting your drag on your fishing reel.

I typically don't get weeds (cladophora) if I'm fishing south of Sheboygan in over 100' of water. North of town where there's rock/clay bottom and shallower than 100' we pick up weeds more often and we check more often. I usually don't drag the bottom but I'll lower my downrigger until it taps once, let the ball pull back, drop again and let it tap again. When the ball pulls back a second time it's usually pretty close to the bottom but not exactly dragging. If I see that it's really dragging I'll check for weeds, as well as every 20-30 minutes regardless just to make sure everything is good. Fishing that close to the bottom does require quite a bit more attention, but the payoff is worth it. As far as picking up weeds on your 7 or 10 color in 60 feet of water, either that is happening on an inside turn when your baits are dropping on that side, or you're picking up weeds that are suspended or floating (like grass or coontail, will look different than slimy clodophora/zebra mussel) that grew in the marsh and broke off and flowed into the lake. Hope this helps.

wrap them up like they come in the bag and put them in ziplock

10-20ft

10 feet is enough

I plan to try one behind a dipsy.

1.5-2.2 I like 1.8

@@RussellsFishingTech thanks

I have never tried it

Me neither lol thanks.

Anywhere from 1.5-2.2 is ideal

Thanks

I love 1.8 on Ontario

Fun to catch and great to smoke!

25$/lb smoked in store 😮. Tell about stinking trout to folks in Europe, they gorge themselves with carp and roach, pike is extraordinary treat and trout is in their dreams. We are spoiled brother but I’ll take that

@@matbob7249 Don't get your panties in a bunch it was a joke. Old western badges we don't need no stinking badges. Honestly you can have them.

@@RussellsFishingTech What ever floats your boat.

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Sorry you don’t like my intro

Disagree.

He’s got one of the shortest (and I love the shot of the fish hitting the dipsy rod) and best intros in the game- and the music is the least annoying, actually works well with the video. I say keep it up Russ!

Wow negative Mike lame comment

I think it is a great intro!