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Took the morning off work and went out to find some more fish. Launched a bit before 6 and set lines by 6:30 in 70 fow about 4 miles north of port. Water was 45 at the surface - colder than the 50 degree water that was around. Hit 2 fish by 8:30 am in the cold water. Found warmer water in 100 fow on a WSW troll. Generally fished in the 100-160 fow the rest of the morning. Ended up with I think 12 kings in the box from about 5 lbs to 17 lbs. Most 10-15 lbs. Spoons - blues and greens were hot. Speed bounced around 2.0-3.0. East wind had a pretty rough chop. Rods that went: Downrigger 35 early Downrigger 55 later Downrigger 65 300 Copper 250 Copper 200 Copper 150 Copper Diver back 175 (only flasher fly 1 hit) Diver back 135 🔥 hot with stingray uv blue dolphin Slide Diver back 155

Went 1 for one, medium king. 50 FOW 35 down, mixed veggie. slow day

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In hindsight we should have slid out, but we stayed in because of the reports I got from the day before.

By the sounds of it the "mega school" aka main concentration of fish is Ludington to Manistee, that's probably because our water is already in the 50's due to how warm and sunny it's been. I'm holding out hope this north then east wind will drop the temp a bit Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Fished Saugatuck Sat AM. Trolled from 55-200 FOW without a bite. Went 7-9 from 200-235 and back to 200: a couple of steelhead and very small salmon all in the top 15 feet on orange spoons. Had 1 big fish on, 120 down on a chrome SD w a green crinkle. Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman

Heard it was a poor fishing inside of 100 fow. For morning if you haven't had any bites in the first 1.5 hours, move. Know several boats from from Muskegon to Saugatuck that found several nice fish out in the 100-150 fow. Biggest numbers if fish do appear to be up north though.

Heard another report from the marina 0-1 Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman

We fished PS south of pier heads 5:30 pm to 8:30, 1/1, super small king. Talked to a couple other guys at the dock, they didn’t box many fish either. Curious if you heard any other reports/fish stories at the dock/pub/marina? Thx for your post, tight lines… Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Nice catch! Great to see the king bite turning on.

Fished from 6:30-11am and went 0-0. 60-100fow South of pier due to boat traffic.

Ran to little point and set line at 5:30. Trolled north (NW to NE) in 90-160 fow. Went 6/10 all kings. Pulled lines at 8:40 to beat the storms rolling across the lake. Speed 2.0-3.0 variable. Fish got shallower as it got darker out. Mag Diver - 210 back - pro-king chrome 8" paddle - king Downrigger - 109 down - pro-king chrome 8" paddle - king Downrigger - 53 ft down - green stingray mag - miss 300 copper - blue dolphin stingray - king Mag Diver - 93 back - pro-king chrome 8" paddle - miss 250 copper - green flounder RV mag moonshine - king Downrigger - 69 down - pro-king chrome 8" paddle - king Standard diver - 93 back - pro-king chrome 8" paddle - miss 300 copper - blue dolphin stingray - king Mag Diver - 93 back - pro-king chrome 8" paddle - miss