went out again today and managed to boat a 3lb smallie from 45ft.. It was windy and cold but almost all of the debris is gone . the water tempis 45 degrees so fish slow slow. There is a big log blocking the load side of the newcastle launch.  Saw Ron or Don out there, we just waived at each other heading in opposite directions. Dont know how he did, but i hope he did better than me.

I was out there on the same day. Yeah there is alot of debris. I ruined my day by catching a  3.8lb smallie on my first cast.  got nothing else except a 2lb pikeminnow that may have been excessively fizzed, then released.

Thanks for the heads up Says about the floating debris on Lake WA....it sounds like it can be dangerous out there....especially if there's a litte chop on the water.

BTW-I was bummed you couldn't attend the banquet this year- I was really looking forward to some of those funny jokes you and your brother were telling at the last WBC Banks lake tourney...you guys certainly know how to have a good time...

Bob

Bug came out of hibernation yesterday and took it out to Washington.  Glad that everything worked fine.  Water is really dirty from all the rain that we've been getting.  Fished for an hour without a bite.  Water temp around 45.  Be careful.  A lot of floating debri and logs.

Took a newbie out for a few hours last Friday and I managed to catch three and he caught in 15-20ft.  A couple more weeks of warm weather should really push these guys up.

..."and a hook may be single-point, double, or treble, but not more than one line with up to three hooks per angler may be used."  So there is a difference between "hooks" and "points".

So for instance...
Three trebles is OK. (9 points) - This is where three treble cranks come in...
Three doubles is OK (6 points)
Three singles is OK (3 points)
One single, one double, one treble - (6 points - still OK because it is only three hooks according to definition)

Larry Gonczy and I used to experiment with two crankbaits on a "Rev Rig" (three way rig) during the winter - one higher than the other - but we had to remove the belly hook on one of them because it would have made four trebles other wise.

So how are the big topwater baits with 3 treble hooks legal? Or are they? Hmmmmmm......... I count that as nine hooks.

Yup was a typo must be my fat fingers again.

Russ

Two trebles is another possibility, Chuck! 

Sarge,

Obviously it must have been a typo on their part when they mentioned 6 hooks because these fine law-abiding sportsmen practically have the regulations memorized! Especially the part that says "Hook and line angling only. Barbed or barbless hooks may be used, and a hook may be single-point, double, or treble, but not more than one line with up to three hooks per angler may be used."

Great fishermen - just lousy typists!  After all, the 3 and the 6 are just two keys away from each other!  Or... I'm sure they meant they had 6 hooks between the two of them.  Yeah... that's the ticket!  That's their story and their sticking to it!   

We used the same type of rig in Hawaii and Saudi to catch bait fish. We used a small gold hook and one piece of christmas tinsel.

Daryl

Hi guys,

Great idea with the herring rigs, but be careful posting this. Freshwater rules state that you can only use 3 hooks per line.

Chris

Looking forward to the next PPC (Perch and Poker challenge). Try the new trick, the MC rig. It worked perhaps even better than I thought it would. I went salmon fishing with my brother and law a few weeks ago and he pulled out this contraption and chucked it over the side and pulled up 5 and 6 herring at a time. I looked at that thing and said wow I bet the perch would kill that thing. So yesterday was the first time out for the new innovation for perch. As it turned out my intuition was right and Russ and I were slaying the perch. Those of you that attend the next PPC will be the benifactor of the new MC rig as Russ has so named it..... Hopefully I will be the benifactor of your poor poker skills LOL!!!!
Andy that is what we were using but the ones we were using had 6 hooks. We dressed them with tiny little tubes and POW! Fish on! It was interesting to see which hooks you caught them on. We initialy left some hooks bare with no tube. Most of the fish were caught on the dressed up hooks though. Sometimes on the top hook sometimes on the bottom and sometimes in the middle hooks. Once in a while more than one at a time. Russ managed to get three in one drop and I proclam that as the current standing record. Who out there can get four or more? I challenge you all to beat the MC Rig single drop catch record.

Nice....  Your gonna have to show me one of your rigs if you don't mind.  I perch fish quite a bit with the boys and that sounds like a dandy rig!  Is it similar to this rig?

http://www.seaisletackle.com/browse.cfm/4,3976.html

Andy

The MC rig is named after my buddy Mark Chevrier for telling me about the herring Rig we used for catching perch. Its essentially 6 hooks with a bead in front of each hook with a leader tied on opposite ends to tie to your main line and a weight on the bottom.

It is essentially a multi-hooked drop shot rig with small crappie tubes on each hook. We were catching two to three fish at a time on the rig.

Russ