GLF
06-20-2006, 09:52 PM
I went out of Saugatuck with DIRTY DOG and fishinmachine today. Walt did not join us, he had to work today ;) We ended up with 1 brown trout(4 lbs), 1 chinook, and 3 steelhead( biggest one tipped the scale at 12 lbs).
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DIRTY DOG and fishinmachine
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fishinmachine with his 12lb steelie.
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The steelhead bite has slowed way down from what it was last week and the week before :(
The lake has warmed up fast :( We were greeted at the pier heads with 72 degree water. At 100 fow it was 66 degrees, and at 160 fow it was 60 degrees.
We fished setting lines at 6:30am. All of our fish came from the surface down to 55' in 120 fow - 150 fow. There was no particular lure that was hot for us. Everything we caught fish on had orange in color.
Our first fish(chinook) was on a half core. I am not sure how long we dragged it around before we relized we had a fish on. Our next fish was the brown trout. Then we trolled around for 3 hours without another bite. Our next fish was a steelhead that came in 150 fow and I do not remember what depth or what we caught it on. Our next steelhead came on a fixed slider on a rigger set at 60. The last steelhead(12 lbs) came on a high line with an orange and gold thin fin. We pulled lines and headed in at 3:15pm.
Only two of the fish had food in their bellies. The 12lb Steelie, which came on a high line, had an 8" perch and 4 or 5 alewives in it. The steelhead we caught at 60' only had beatles and bugs in its belly.
It was a GREAT day on the lake. To bad the fishing was not better than what it was.
Thanks for the trip DIRTY DOG and fishingmachine.
http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/gallery/files/1/MVC-001F_731204.JPG
DIRTY DOG and fishinmachine
http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/gallery/files/1/MVC-004F_254077.JPG
fishinmachine with his 12lb steelie.
http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/gallery/files/1/MVC-002F_486144.JPG
The steelhead bite has slowed way down from what it was last week and the week before :(
The lake has warmed up fast :( We were greeted at the pier heads with 72 degree water. At 100 fow it was 66 degrees, and at 160 fow it was 60 degrees.
We fished setting lines at 6:30am. All of our fish came from the surface down to 55' in 120 fow - 150 fow. There was no particular lure that was hot for us. Everything we caught fish on had orange in color.
Our first fish(chinook) was on a half core. I am not sure how long we dragged it around before we relized we had a fish on. Our next fish was the brown trout. Then we trolled around for 3 hours without another bite. Our next fish was a steelhead that came in 150 fow and I do not remember what depth or what we caught it on. Our next steelhead came on a fixed slider on a rigger set at 60. The last steelhead(12 lbs) came on a high line with an orange and gold thin fin. We pulled lines and headed in at 3:15pm.
Only two of the fish had food in their bellies. The 12lb Steelie, which came on a high line, had an 8" perch and 4 or 5 alewives in it. The steelhead we caught at 60' only had beatles and bugs in its belly.
It was a GREAT day on the lake. To bad the fishing was not better than what it was.
Thanks for the trip DIRTY DOG and fishingmachine.