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Great work in the afternoon!  Fall fishing at it’s greatest. 

Began trolling in 120 FOW out to 160.

8:00 am: moved rigger from 80 ft to 135 ft down. Immediately caught a 9 lb coho, 140 FOW, mag moonshine green jeans.

East wind seas got messy from 130 fow out so I moved inside to 70-80 fow. Marked a lot of fish and bait there but no takers. Headed in at 9:30 am.

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4 small Kings(released all four) and two sheepshead.

Used intel from Jolly time and Reel-Y-hooked!

Marked a lot of bait between 70-80 FOW.

Started in 110 FOW and trolled out to 150 FOW, then back in to 70-80 fow.

7:20 am: Miss, 125 FOW, Rigger down 80 ft, std Mongolian Beef spoon.

7:50 am: small king, 145 fow, diver 3 setting back 200 ft, ss a-bomb spoon

9:15 am: small king, 75 FOW, diver, 2 setting back 150 ft, std dancing anchovy spoon

9:25 am: small king, 80 FOW, diver 3 setting back, 125 ft back, ss a-bomb spoon

9:40 am: small king, 78 FOW, rigger down 60 ft, std Mongolian beef spoon

10:15 am: 8 lb Sheepshead, 75 fow, diver back 150 ft, dancing anchovy spoon

10:45am: 10 lb sheepshead that fought like a big king, 70 fow, same diver back 150 ft, dancing anchovy again. LOL.

Called it a day. Beautiful day on the lake.

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Nice to hear 51 degree water 80 ft down. Good work. 

Not sure. New fish hawk is waiting to be installed this winter. 

South Holland, 9/12 pm 2-2 solo run, off the sliders, 6:30-8 pm

Not much better than you. 2 small kings that I released. Worked 110-150 FOW.

1. 3 lb king, Rigger on bottom, 117 FOW, chrome two face SD with blue green fly

2. Shaker king, 225 copper, SS A-bomb spoon, not sure FOW, found it still alive when I pulled lines. 

Marked a lot of bait and fish just couldn’t get them to bite.

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I was out solo this morning too. Fished 70-80 FOW. Marked a lot of fish , mostly on bottom, and lots of bait. Only had one hit, 9 lb Steelhead on dipsy , 2 setting, 120 ft back, Dancing Anchovy spoon. Tried various spoons, flasher flies, and plugs to no avail. 

A beautiful morning to fish though. 

Now that’s a nice box of fish!  Good work. 

12 hours ago, Nobananas said:

Do you keep the catfish to eat ? I assume they are very clean coming from the lake . Very cool I didn’t know they were out there biting spoons 

I released it. 

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Short trip 6:30 -8:30 pm

6:45 pm: 5 lb coho(released) , blue jeans Sd and blue meat rig, full core, 100 fow

7:45pm: 5lb king(released) 110 FOW, rigger down 95 fow, dancing anchovy spoon

8:00 pm: 15 lb king, 90 FOW, rigger down 75 ft, dancing anchovy

8:20 pm: surprise catfish! 70 Fow, rigger down 60 ft, dancing anchovy again

I was thinking it might kick up this morning and decided not to go out.
As Zgrinder says you were rewarded for the effort!


I did fish for walleyes a little while this morning which yielded a bunch of weeds and nothing else. Last week I caught some nice size walleyes.

Double bite on the slider is a new one for me!

Good work Little Boat.


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Great job Ed!

I was out solo this morning too. Went 2-5 with a couple of self inflicted misses.

Started in 110 fow. Lost two close to boat on a rigger down 50 ft with Shelly Snack spoon. Decided I need to sharpen the hooks. Then, of course, landed a shaker on the same, now sharpened Shelly snack.

Moved inside to Saugatuck piers and got a 9 lb Coho, 26 fow, 5 color, green jeans mag uv.

One last miss on 5 color, 30 fow, Brads cut plug.

Absolutely beautiful morning on the lake.

I’d say you did great! 

I was out last night as well. Went 2-2 both early in the evening, 6:15 and 6:45 pm. 
 

6:15 pm: high dipsy back 200 ft, 120 FOW, green ladder back plug, 6 lb King

6:45 pm, rigger down 100 ft, 125 FOW, chrome two face SD, blue green KRW fly, 5 lb King

Running only 3 lines going solo was an advantage with no tangles in the heavy current. No hits after 6:45, pulled lines at 8:45 pm. 
 

Sorry about the ball loss, Zgrinder. 
 

Appreciate the updates. Might get out in the morning 

Nice work

FYI, both of my fish this morning came on a north troll out by the sliders

Started in 100 fow at 6 am. Trolled out to 130 with no action for 2 hours.

Then I decided to follow Pug’s advice and switch out my glow spoons for SD white double slick with a green fly on my rigger. Almost immediately landed a 6 and 5 lb king back to back on my rigger down 100 ft.

Completely shutdown for me after that.

Gorgeous day on the lake.

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Nice fish going solo, Little boat!  I was out there and didn’t tangle any lines but went 1-5!  Caught the smallest of the group of course which was released. Lost a couple early in the fight and two screamers at the boat after significant fights. I couldn’t seem to keep them hooked up.  Beautiful morning. 

Good for you. I got up at 4:30 and checked the radar.  Then went back to bed. 

Looks like you are the big fish solo expert!  Great work! 

Sounds like a blast with a lot of excitement. 

Nice job!