Nightwing

I have DSL, with a download rate of about 900,000 kps.. Yet, it takes upwards of 2 minuts for the sit to open, and at least that long for any given page to load. It gets so bad, I open a second window JUST for AN, and go off and do other things while waiting for a page or post to load. As an example..After I clicking on AN to open it.. I then opened a second browser window, opened my favorites folder, clicked on the fishing warehouse icon, had it open, opend a particular page there, then opened a thread, viewed it, posted a brief response, waited to see that it loaded, closed FW, came back here..and AN had not yet opened. Anyone else have this problem? [ 30. May 2004, 05:49 AM: Message edited by: Nightwing ]

quote: As noted on another thread, I've gotten some 25lb salt blocks with molasses and maize pressed in to them (animal feed suppliments) and am playing with them for baiting deep spots. A block will last about 5-6 days in the absence of current. Hey...now that is an interesting idea. The water at the end of the pier at muskegon is about 50 feet deep....I have been wondering about a method of baiting that area. Now..I have an idea.

Too bad it seems fishless at the moment!(I hate the spawn..!!!)

Yep Paul, it was a lovely day on the water, fish or no fish. forgot to post these three.....reason #1 why backleads are a good idea here.... [ 28. May 2004, 07:46 AM: Message edited by: Nightwing ]

Went to Lake Michigan today, for a bit of "mixed species" angling. Gods of fishing frowned, and I blanked. However, the fog rolling in and off the lake made for some spectacular views. Actual fishing was done in the canal leading out of Muskegon Lake, into Lake Michigan..(first few pics). The rest are views from Lakeshore Drive, which is the road into the park the canal goes through. Days like this, you just gotta sit back and enjoy the ride... View looking north-east accross Muskegon Lake. This is the "small" water here, at just under 5,000 acres. View looking due east into Muskegon Lake, with a large Fery coming up toward the canal. Ferry Dissapearing into the fog of Lake Michigan Lakeshore Drive, looking south along Lake Michigan Looking toward the south-west..Somewhere out there, lies Chicago.. Due west over Lake Michigan. Truly a freshwater sea in everything but name. Due North, overlooking the higher dunes and sand cliffs. Lovely country, this goes for about 300 miles along the western coast of Michigan broken only by occasional small towns and villages. On the way out, I ran across an old fire look out, and just had to climb up and take a pic from the top. This is looking north-east over the Manistee National Forest. You can see roughly 30 miles here, of nearly unbroken pine and hardwood forest(at least that's what the placcard on the wall claims). I Almost ran over a black bear just up the road about a month ago! And that's the view from Michigan on a foggy, fishless day. Sometimes, however, the fish seem not to be all that important.

Well, the raw numbers may be true..but the way it's hyped is overblown.When compared to other causes for concern, it is minor. EDIT: What Newt said! [ 28. May 2004, 06:03 AM: Message edited by: Nightwing ]

As far as I can tell, mirriors are extremely rare. I have only caught a couple at all, none on this lake. All the big fish I have seen have been commons.

Yet another media overblown bit of hype.. Seriously..it is very, very difficult to contract, hardly anyone who does contract it even shows sypmtoms, and even fewer die.. It has been in Michigan now for 4 years, and the number of cases have gone DOWN for the last 2.. Last year I belive we had less then a dozen cases, and 1 death.. Far more people die of complications from the common cold, than even contract West Nile, let alone die of it...

Lake Mac is about 1,800 acres. It has both resident and transient(from Lake Michigan) fish, many of which grow to good size.Impossible to say what the largest are, but the average fish in there is around 20-25 lbs, and fish into the upper 30's are common. MUCH larger fish are taken on occasion, however...I have seen a 60(dead, unfortunatly), and 50's are netted yearly at the Mouth of the Black river(which feeds the lake).(it is legal here to net carp, as they are considered a nuiscance species by our government). So...If pressed, I would guess that at any given time, there are a small number of 50 lb fish in the small lake, along with some 40's and a very large population of fish from 20+ ....and who knows what out in Lake Michigan. And this is just one of dozens of such harbour lakes that line our coast. [ 25. May 2004, 04:40 PM: Message edited by: Nightwing ]

edit...image won't take. [ 25. May 2004, 05:21 AM: Message edited by: Nightwing ]

A baby channel cat I caught today on a boilie ment for carp! Only about 3 lbs or so, but quite a nice scrap, and if you can call a cat "good looking", it does have an interesting irridescent green/yellow color to it..

No go Today...no carp at least. Could not get to the lake proper as the surf was washing over the piers..so I fished the River about a quarter mile up, along millionairs row(named so due to how much the homes in the area cost...) Few pics from todays action(or lack thereof..) View from the end of the rip rap wall, looking east up the channel toward Lake Macatawa: Who needs rod pods! Looking over my shoulder west, toward the pierheads and Lake Michigan. At least something liked my new boilie recipe..

Why? I was wondering the same thing..?Nice looking piece.

Found this guy just yesterday, along the road behind my apartments. Just a baby, at about 15" accross the back.. Still...he would do a number on your fingers if given half the chance!

Not the weekend, but will be at Lake Michigan Mon-Friday. Winter has finaly crept back under it's rock, the rivers are in flood, and the carp are staging to run the rivers...best chance at a 50 this year will be this week, I think. However, will be happy with anything over 35.

St. Croix, Lamiglass, G.Loomis, All Star, Graphite USA, and any number of other U.S. based Rod mfg's also sell blanks. Indeed...the majority of U.S. companies sell blanks as well as finished rods. Don't know if you fancy having one shipped from the states, but if so, a perusal of their websites should turn up something in your interest range. St. Croix in particular I have used, and they are excellent.

Crap, really?I shall try to find a different photo hosting site...(this one was free!)

Plenty warm, but every stream and most lakes are out of their banks due to torrential rains. We have had over 14" here in just the last week and a half. The big lake is still cold, but I may give one of the piers a go if the weather lays down for a day(waves on the lake have been running 4-7 feet due to periodic storms.) Won't be with the fly rod yet..but the lake run brown's are still inshore(a 33 lb brown trout was taken at Grand Haven about 2 weeks ago....that will get the blood pumping!) Oh well...turkey season is still going, so that is keeping my occupied for the time being.

strange Newt. All I get is a tiny little red x...no visable URL. BTW..that is a near 7 lb brook trout..look in awe boys, as that is a rare and wonderfull creature(the trout..not me) I am not sure that stringer is Euro-spec, however....:-)

Captain cojones, if you have a scanner, scan a few photos and send them to either Newt or myself. I am sure we could tell quickly which species the bass in question are. Ah...wait!.. This articl has a picture of spains record bass... It is undoubtably a largemouth. <small>[ 20. May 2004, 12:52 AM: Message edited by: Nightwing ]</small>

darn...no go.

this is a test, this is only a test.

Interesting discussion about pike. They are native to both Eurasia and North America..so I don't see why they could not also have made it to Scottland? Indeed..given their almost universal population coverage in the northern U.S., and Canada, as well as northern Asia..I would think it much more strange if they were NOT found naturaly in Scottland.... JMHO, however, as I don't live there!

I have to wonder if you would need to use a power station? We have loads of them in Michigan, where the winters are far, far colder than the U.K., and they survive quite well here even in waters that normaly never get out of the 50's. If cold water is still a problem, however..maybe you could use smallmouth bass. Smaller(slightly) then largemouth, they are a boarderline coldwater fish(often sharing streams with trout and salmon over here), well suited I would think to some of your waters. They fight MUCH harder then largemouths..putting up an incredible battle for their weight.

The bream being refered to in the U.S. is a regional term for sunfish. I must admit(being a northerner), that it was confusing to me as well! We in the north call the various sunfish by whatever name the species in question is(Bluegill, green, red ear, pumpkinseed), but down south, they are all called "Bream"...