Wilbur at East Tawas State Dock! He's all strapped in and ready for the long walk. Today's quarry is whitefish.
The State Dock has a metal rail about 18" wide. I made these custom rod holders from the super magnets in old hard drives, from the days when I used to do a lot of computer work.
Here's the nice 12 foot rod I won at Crappie Camp, looking for it's first fish! I gave the other one to my son. I have this one rigged for vertical jigging, set at about 10 feet. Small jigs tipped with wax worms is the bait.
My other 2 rods are rigged with Everlasting Slip Bobbers of course! Eventually, I went with bobbers on all 3 rods.
Here's the entire set up, including 18' net. It's a LONG way to the water on the State Dock!
I fished for about 6 hours, and wound up with 2. This will be Wilbur's last trip until sometime in March, when we will be chasing steelhead.