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Way to find the fish! Nice box.

New style meat rig! Crazy Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman

Just got it off the grill!

1-3 this morning. Lake was flat and beautiful. All hits between 6-7 am in 80-90 FOW. Was probably a good half hour late to set lines. 6:00 am: 5 lb king, 10 color, MS mag Green Jeans, hit before I could get my other lines in the water. 6:30 am: lost a decent size fish after a short run. Dipsy, 3 setting back 130 ft, MS mag flounder pounder. 6:50 am: same dipsy and lure back 130 ft. Probably a steelhead as it did three spectacular jump dances and came unhooked on the fourth jump. Wish I had it on video, quite a show. Started in 80 fow out to 130 fow. Marked the most fish, by far, in 90 fow. Just couldn’t get them to go after 7 am. Tried mags, super slims, regulars in various colors, and a few flasher fly combos. Most fish marked down 50-65 ft. Did run a rigger deeper for a while but no takers.

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Congratulations on the new boat. Always an exciting day!

6/3 Evening A beautiful night on the lake. Plenty of boats past 130 FOW. Thought I would try inside following Jolly Times lead. Started in 110 FOW trolling south in to 85 FOW. No hits until 8 pm when I hooked up with a nice size king by mistake while pulling in a rigger to change presentation in 90 FOW. Line was probably in 20 FOW at the time. Unfortunately I lost it at the boat. Was a bit fresh and I probably horsed it in too fast given how shallow it was when it hit. Mag Flounder pounder. Hooked up a small king that I released at 8:30 pm in 75 FOW on north troll. 2.6 speed at ball. 200 weighted steel, standard Mongolian beef. Full core went off at 9:15 pm in 60 FOW, mag happy meal. Lost it half way to the boat. Overall slow going inside everyone else but an absolutely gorgeous night. Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman

Waves have been getting in the way lately. Nice dinner there!

Yes. Trolled toward the sun early to get a bit more visibility.

Whoops. Out of Holland

Beautiful morning on the lake today. A bit foggy at first but lake waves were 1 ft or less by 8 am. Got a late start with first line in around 7 am. Before I could get my second line in the water a 11 lb king hit a MS Dancing Anchovy on a 10 color leadcore in 90 fow. Trolled out to 150 fow with best marks in 130-135 fow. Had a double in 135 fow but lost them both. Then another miss in 130 fow which I managed to lose as well. 3 misses seemed to be light hook ups. Talked to one boat at DNR cleaning station. They had 5 kings in 200 fow. Not my best outing but did have a buddy (bird) join me and the dinner was delicious.

Thanks for the report. Might try to get out tomorrow am. Having a depth to start at is very helpful.

Great work! Beautiful brown. Your efforts to fight the NW winds paid off. Congratulations. Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman

Fished 6:30 -9:00 am mostly to get boat straightened around and ready for the season. Most boats were out past 100 FOW. Didn’t hear any reports this morning but did hear earlier in the week that some boats were successful in 140-170 FOW. I fished inside mostly 45-75 FOW. Marked a ton of fish at all areas of the water column so I stayed inside the others. Perhaps not a great plan. Went 1-1, 8:45 am , 11 lb King, rigger down 40 ft in 66 FOW, orange mag ms spoon. No hits on 3,5,7 color leadcore with various orange, green spoons mostly standard sizes with small red and orange SD and dodgers. Either didn’t have on board or couldn’t find my thin fins. Beautiful morning. Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman

Nice job getting out with the great weather and slaying a few fish. Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman

Good work guys! Nice catches! Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman

Nice work and a good dinner! I was out solo this morning too. Didn’t exactly light it up. Nothing all morning until 10:30 am. Trolled 85 FOW out to 160 FOW back in to 66 FOW before I got a hit. Threw meat rigs, glow spoons, FF, and plugs at them. Had several looks and no biting as you did littleboat. Kept switching up the presentations but didn’t trigger bites. Finally at 10:20 I went up in the water column with a 7 color to see what the high marks were out of temperature. 1. 10:30 am: Small Lake Trout, 66 FOW, released, 7 color, mixed veggies spoon. 2. 11:00 am: same 7 color and spoon, small sheepshead. 63 FOW. 3. 11:30 am: same 7 color and spoon, 60 FOW, big sheepshead, fought for a bit , then like dragging in a log. At that point I figured out the high marks were not worth pursuing and I called it a day. Gorgeous day but a bit hot. Probably my last trip this year due to other plans. It was a great year of fishing thanks to the insights and intel this group gave me all year. Many thanks. Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman

Huge Steelhead!!!! Beautiful Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman

Fished 6:45 am -10:00 am. 100 fow -145 fow. 110-125 was best. Beautiful day on the lake. 7:00 am: miss, rigger down 70 ft, 115 fow, mag ms green jeans 7:20 am: 6 lb coho, 300 WS, mag ms flounder pounder, 115 fow 8:05 am: miss, 300 WS, flounder pounder, 125 fow 9:10 am: 9 lb king, 10 color, dragon slayer SD with hypnotist fly, 110 fow Cold water was well below the 300 WS and 10 color depths. Out of temperature presentations took all the hits. Couldn’t get anything to go 80-100 ft down.

I think we are all ready to go. Planning on it. Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman