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Post by fatcat on Sept 12, 2019 8:29:42 GMT -5
Nope, I'm an optimist, replaced it with a 120 Qt Coleman. My grandsons are now old enough to actively help run the whole program and their fish fighting skills have improved so the percentage of hook-ups that make it to the net keeps getting better. With our new fingerling pen program at Algoma, hopefully the future will be bright.
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Post by fatcat on Aug 29, 2019 9:16:53 GMT -5
Forgot to fasten the bungee cords from the cooler to the swim platform. 100 qt Igloo with black bungees on the handles. Latches broke, green F on the back. Fell off somewhere between the breakwall and 135' of water. Would love to have it back. Roger
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Post by fatcat on Jun 12, 2018 12:08:50 GMT -5
70 to 140 FOW Troll parallel to shore, 1.6 to 1.9 knots at the ball. Flashers & Flies or flashers & Brad's Cut Bait, loaded with canned tuna, 50-90 down. Copper & leadcore with spoons also working. Not much happening on high birds or dipseys for me.
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Jun 5, 2018 16:46:54 GMT -5
Post by fatcat on Jun 5, 2018 16:46:54 GMT -5
The Kings have now arrived at Kewaunee & Algoma. Almost full coolers on the charters the past few days. 60-140 FOW trolling N&S.
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Post by fatcat on Jun 5, 2018 16:44:02 GMT -5
The 1st King was caught on 5/27, and now the charters are on the fish. Kinn's, RV's, Magician, Haasch fleets and others have been having mixed bags of near limits. Biggest king so far was 28 pounds on 6/4 on a Kinn boat. 60 to 140 FOW, trolling N&S. On a solo run Sunday morning, I went 2/3. 15 & 16.3 kings on downrigger 62 down in 90 FOW Disco/Frog.
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Post by fatcat on Nov 2, 2017 15:30:48 GMT -5
If you have one of the old Sportpilot from the 90's, Raymarine no longer has any parts. I had one on my prior boat, and after many years of grinding back and forth, the belt & pulley wore out. Closest replacement I found was from www.sdp-si.com/products/miniature-products/miniature-belts-and-pulleys-inch.php. It had one extra cog, and a little longer, so I had to modify the motor mount to tighten the belt, but it's still going for the current owner. When all else fails, bite the bullet, change to hydraulic steering and put in a pump and a new Simrad or Raymarine A/P. Good Luck.
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Post by fatcat on Oct 24, 2017 10:53:21 GMT -5
How about wind to 60 knots and waves to 34'. All the ore boats are off the lake according to AIS, anchored or in harbors. Very Sporty. Maybe the Navy should have taken one of the new Littoral Combat Ships up there for a little twist and puke shakedown.
LSZ266-242215- Lake Superior East of a line from Manitou Island to Marquette MI and West of a line from Grand Marais MI to the US/Canadian Border Beyond 5NM from shore- 1001 AM EDT Tue Oct 24 2017 STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING
REST OF TODAY North storm force winds to 60 knots. Showers. Waves 20 to 25 feet occasionally to 31 feet building to 22 to 27 feet occasionally to 34 feet, then subsiding to 20 to 25 feet occasionally to 31 feet.
TONIGHT North storm force winds to 55 knots diminishing to gales to 45 knots after midnight. Rain showers through midnight, then scattered rain and snow showers after midnight. Waves subsiding to 8 to 11 feet occasionally to 14 feet.
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Post by fatcat on Sept 25, 2017 1:46:49 GMT -5
I follow the "Great Pumpkin". Richie is always on the fish. ;-)
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Post by fatcat on May 22, 2017 11:14:47 GMT -5
One charter out yesterday at Algoma. 1 King, 1 steelhead, 1 laker. I went on a quick shakedown solo run. Lots of bait just outside the harbor, 52 degrees inside, 48 degree water out at 120, and 42 down 100'. No bites on my short run. Lots of current from N to S. There was fish on the graph, just need a little time and rising temps to turn things on.
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Post by fatcat on Mar 12, 2017 14:11:52 GMT -5
There's boats outside the lighthouse today. Zach B went 13/20 a few days ago near Algoma, so it's started!
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Post by fatcat on Nov 11, 2016 12:43:47 GMT -5
Today in Great Lakes History - November 11
The Port of Huron, Ohio received its first grain boat in seven years when Westdale Shipping's AVONDALE arrived at the Pillsbury Elevator on November 11, 1971, to load 200,000 bushels of soybeans for Toronto, Ontario.
On 11 November 1883, NEMESIS (2-mast wooden schooner, 74 foot, 82 gross tons, built in 1868, at Goderich, Ontario) was wrecked in a terrific storm that some called a hurricane. She went ashore near Bayfield, Ontario, on Lake Huron. She may have been recovered since her registration was not closed until 1907. In 1876, this little schooner rescued all but one of the crew from the sinking freighter NEW YORK.
The Armistice Day Storm of November 11, 1940, was one of the worst storms in the recorded history of Lake Michigan. In all, the storm claimed 5 vessels, and 66 lives. The storm hit late Monday afternoon, November 11th, with winds of hurricane proportions. The winds struck suddenly from the southwest at about 2:30 p.m. and were accompanied by drenching rain, which later changed to snow. The winds reached peak velocities of 75 miles per hour, the highest in local maritime history.
Some of the vessels affected were: CITY OF FLINT 32: Beached at Ludington, no damage. Jens Vevang, relief captain, in command. Her regular captain, Charles Robertson, was on shore leave. Also: PERE MARQUETTE 21: Blown into a piling at Ludington, no damage, captained by Arthur Altschwager. She had 5 passengers aboard. CITY OF SAGINAW 31: Arrived Milwaukee 6 hours late with over a foot of water in her hull. The wireless aerial was missing and her seagate was smashed by the waves. She was captained by Ed Cronberg. Ann Arbor carferry WABASH: A railcar broke loose from its moorings on her car deck and rolled over, nearly crushing a crewman. The steamer NOVADOC: Ran aground at Juniper Beach, South of Pentwater, Michigan. Two crewman (cooks) drowned when the ship broke in half. Seventeen crewman, found huddled in the pilothouse, were rescued by Captain Clyde Cross and his 2 crewman, Gustave Fisher and Joe Fontane of the fishing tug THREE BROTHERS. CONNEAUT of 1916, ran hard aground on Lansing Shoal near Manistique, Michigan, on Lake Michigan. She reportedly had lost her propeller and rudder. Two days later she was pulled off. The SINALOA had taken on a load of sand near Green Island and was heading for Chicago through Death's Door on Wisconsin's Door Peninsula when the November 11th Armistice Day storm of 1940, struck in upper Lake Michigan. During the storm the SINALOA lost her rudder. The anchor was dropped but her anchor cable parted. In this helpless condition she ran aground at Sac Bay on Michigan's Garden Peninsula. Fortunately the stricken vessel was close to shore where the Coast Guard was able to rescue the entire crew. Declared a constructive total loss, her owner collected the insurance and forfeited the vessel to the Roen Salvage Co.
ANNA C MINCH: Sank South of Pentwater with a loss of 24 lives.
WILLIAM B DAVOCK: of the Interlake fleet, Capt. Charles W. Allen, sank in 215 of water off Pentwater, Michigan. There were no survivors among the crew of 33.
The fishing tugs INDIAN and RICHARD H: Lost with all hands off South Haven, Michigan.
On 11 November 1872, the schooner WILLIS collided with the bark ELIZABETH JONES on Lake Erie and sank in a few minutes. The crew was saved.
On 11 November 1936, J. OSWALD BOYD (steel propeller fuel tanker, 244 foot, 1,806 gross tons, built in 1913, in Scotland) was carrying 900,000 gallons of gasoline when she stranded on Simmons Reef on the north side of Beaver Island. The U.S. Coast Guard from Beaver Island rescued the entire crew of 20.
On 11 November 1890, BRUNO (wooden propeller bulk freighter, 136 foot. 475 gross tons, built in 1863, at Montreal) was carrying coal to Cleveland with the schooner LOUISA in tow when she struck Magnetic Reef, south of Cockburn Island in Georgian Bay and sank in rough weather. No lives were lost.
On 11 November 1835, the 2-mast wooden schooner COMET was carrying iron and ashes on Lake Erie when she foundered in a gale, one mile northwest of Dunkirk, New York. Just her topmasts protruded from the water. All seven on board lost their lives, including a passenger who was a college student bound for Vermont.
In a storm on the night of 11 November 1874, The schooner LA PETITE (3-mast wooden schooner, 119 foot, 172 gross tons, built 1866, J. Ketchum, Huron, Ohio) was on Lake Michigan carrying a cargo of wheat and corn from Chicago when she sprang a bad leak and tried first to reach Ludington, then Manistee. Before reaching safety, she grounded off Big Point au Sable, eight miles from land, in eight feet of water. Previous to striking, the vessel had lost her bowsprit and foremast. After she struck, her main and mizzenmasts went by the board, and the schooner began to break up rapidly. The crew clung to the forecastle deck, and when that washed away, four men were drowned. Captain O. B. Wood had his arms broken by the falling off a square-sail yard. When he fell into the water, the ship's dog jumped in and kept him afloat until they were rescued by the crew of the steam barge CHARLES REITZ. Of the 10 crewmen, six were saved. The LA PETITE was salvaged and repaired and lasted until 1903, when she was lost in another storm.
On 11 Nov 1999, the Maltese flag bulk carrier ALCOR was examined by personnel from Transport Canada, the Canadian Coast Guard, a salvage company and the vessel's owners in hopes of forming a plan to save the vessel. She ran aground on a sand bar off the eastern tip of d'Orleans Island on the St. Lawrence River two days earlier. This vessel did not visit Great Lakes ports under the name ALCOR, but she did so under her two previous names, firstly as PATRICIA V and then as the Soviet flag MEKHANIK DREN. The Groupe Desgagnes finally refloated the ALCOR on 05 Dec 1999, after part of the cargo of clinker had been removed. The ship was then towed to Quebec City. Later, it was reported that Groupe Desgagnes purchased the ALCOR from its Greek owners.
Below is a first hand account of the Storm of 1913, from the journal of John Mc Laughlin transcribed by his great grandson Hugh McNichol. John was working on an unknown vessel during the Storm of 1913. The boat was captained by John McAlpine and Harry Roberts as Chief Engineer. The boat was loading iron ore in Escanaba when the storm started on November 8th.
Tuesday, November 11, 1913: I got up at 12 a.m. and went on watch. We were above Presque Isle. It is still blowing hard and quite a sea running. Presque Isle at 1:45 a.m., Thunder Bay Island at 4:30 a.m., Harbor Beach at 1:00 p.m., we are about in the River at 7:05 p.m. It is fine tonight, wind gone down.
1940: The famous Armistice Day storm claims the ANNA C. MINCH, WILLIAM B. DAVOCK and NOVADOC (ii), on Lake Michigan and leaves CITY OF FLINT 32 and SINALOA aground and damaged.
1946: The former Canada Steamship lines bulk canaller LANARK was scuttled off the coast of Ireland with a load of World War Two bombs.
1977: The 380-foot, 8-inch long West German freighter GLORIA made 4 visits to the Great Lakes in 1959-1960. It went aground on the Adriatic at Sestrice Island as d) ARISTOTELES. While the 25-year old hull was refloated, it was declared a total loss and towed to Split, Yugoslavia, for scrapping.
1980: The DINIE S. suffered an engineroom fire at Palermo, Italy and became a total loss. The ship had visited the Seaway as a) CATHERINE SARTORI (1959-1967) and b) CURSA (1967) and was sailing under a seventh name. It was scrapped at Palermo in 1985
1980: CITY OF LICHFIELD stranded near Antalya, Turkey, while leaving the anchorage in heavy weather as c) CITY OF LEEDS. The ship was refloated but never sailed again and was eventually scrapped at Aliaga, Turkey, in 1984. The ship had visited the Great Lakes in 1964.
1995: JAMES NORRIS was loading stone at Colborne, ON when the wind changed leaving the hull exposed to the gale. The ship was repeatedly pounded against the dock until it settled on the bottom. Subsequent hull repairs at Port Weller Dry Docks resulted in the port side being all welded while the starboard remained riveted.
1995: The Cuban freighter AREITO had a mechanical problem in the St. Lambert Lock and had to be towed back to Montreal for repairs. This SD-14 class vessel was scrapped at Alang, India, as e) DUNLIN in 2001.
Data from: Skip Gillham, Joe Barr, Dave Swayze, Russ Plumb, Father Dowling Collection, Max Hanley and Ahoy & Farewell II and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series.
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Post by fatcat on Oct 17, 2016 10:59:47 GMT -5
Don't click on them, we don't need the clutter.
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Post by fatcat on Oct 3, 2016 10:09:03 GMT -5
This was posted on the boatnerd.com site this morning. So sorry for the families.
Three missing boaters found dead in Lake Superior
10/3 - Keweenaw Peninsula, Mich. – The bodies of three boaters who went missing on Lake Superior in mid-September were found in their sunken boat this weekend.
At 12:45 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1, 61-year-old Keith Karvonen and 9-year-old Ethan Chartre were located and recovered from a sunken boat on Lake Superior. Forty-three-year-old Steven Chartre was also located, and additional resources are being used to assist in efforts to recover him.
Karvonen's 14-foot boat was found using sonar by two nonprofit/volunteer search and rescue organizations, Bruce's Legacy from Black River Falls, Wis., and Crossman Consulting of Duluth, Minn.
Michigan State Police said the search began two weeks ago after the trio didn't return from a fishing trip. They left Chassel in the Upper Peninsula on Saturday, Sept. 17 and family members called police later that day.
The U.S. Coast Guard called off the search on Sept. 21. Extending from Keweenaw Bay into Lake Superior, Coast Guard searchers covered more than 14,000 square miles for a total of 151 hours
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Post by fatcat on Sept 26, 2016 1:07:09 GMT -5
9/24/16 Evening solo run. 3 for 3. 7 pound steelhead on a 150' dipsy on black and white Finn Fighter with triple ladderback , 3 lb king on copper/frog spoon, small king on 55" downrigger JJ McMuffin all in about 285 FOW.
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Post by fatcat on Sept 22, 2016 13:07:14 GMT -5
The Coast Guard has suspended the search. So sorry for the families.
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