SeaFoam

Ha ha! I was disappointed I lost the bigger fish but shocked I didn’t have any tangles.


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Fished 5:45 -8:45 am

5:50: 19 lb king, 225 copper, 112 fow, MS Mag RV green jeans

7:30 am: 225 copper with same spoon, 125 fow, 9lb coho

7:31 am: while fighting the coho both full core and rigger down 75 ft went off, tripled up running solo. Fought a big fish on the leadcore(five eyes RV) and the coho and let the rigger(Shelly snack)run.

Rigger fish got off. Got the coho to the boat but eventually lost the bigger fish while netting the coho. Was a crazy 15-20 minutes.

All hits on NW troll.

No more hits after the triple.

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Good work and great report. 

Good work!

I was thinking about an earlier start as well. 

Whoops. Holland

2-2, 6-9 am

small king, full core, mag green jeans rv spoon, 112 fow

17 lb king, rigger down 60 ft, 130 fow, dancing anchovy spoon

No meat rig or flasher fly bites

Both bites came before 7am, then it shutdown

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7/8 pm: quick solo trip, 6-8 pm, 1-1, 18 lb King, 225 copper, yellow spotted sd with yellow spotted meat rig, 112 fow

7/9 am: 3-5, solo trip

18 lb King, 150 copper, meat rig, 115 fow

24 lb King, 225 copper, 130 fow, meat rig

8 lb Steelhead, 5 eyes spoon, full core, 135 fow

Beautiful night and morning except for the fruit flies this morning

Oh man that stinks. I will keep my eyes open if I might it out. 

Nice work. Thanks for all the information!


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Lines in at 6 am. Trolled from 110 ft to 150 and back first three hours with no bites.

9:00 am: 6 lb coho, rigger down 65 ft, 98 fow, yellow and crush sd with yellow fly.

9:30 am: 4 lb coho, 225 copper, 100 fow, white with green spotted meat rig.

Had to pull lines at 10.

Beautiful morning.

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We had a good time getting together


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What flasher and meat rig please? I am going out this evening. I will make sure to post my findings as well. 
Sounds like 60-70 feet down was the bite this morning.
Thank you

Put in at 6 am and trolled from 110 to 160 ft and back to 130 ft for three hours without a hit.

9 am 6-8 lb Coho(scale battery was dead), downrigger down 60 ft, in 130 fow, north troll, flasher fly, 2.75 mph.

9:15 am, 6-8 lb coho, 225 copper, 125 fow, meat rig, north troll same speed

9:45 am, 110 fow, 225 copper again with meat rig, peeled off what seemed like 200 yards of line, fought it for I’m guessing 25-30 minutes but wasn’t gaining any ground. Finally worked my way back to helm to slow down more and it broke off. Rats.

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Good work!


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I was one of the O’fers. Marked some bait pods and a few fish in the 125-130 fow but couldn’t get anything to go. Fished from 70-160 Fow. Tried 10 color, 225 copper, rigger and dipsy at different times, various depths and speeds with spoons and flasher flies to no avail. I pulled lines early at 7:30. Definitely not an early bite for me.


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Went 2/2 today, finally got out after I installed a new water pump kit on my kicker motor.
 
Fished solo north of Holland.
1-small king, 3.3#, 9:27am, ms std rv sniper on free slider, stb DR bk 55, 2.4 sog, N, ball temp 50.7, down 80ft, 156fow.
 
2-steelhead 5.13#, 9:39am, ms rv burnt bread, stb DR bk 55, 2.4 sog, N, ball temp 50.7, down 80ft, 150 fow.
 
When I sent the 1st setup down a second time. The steelhead hit the main lure just as I attached the sniper slider to the main line.
 
Beautiful day, bit of shake down cruise.. Temperature break was at 70-80 ft down. lake was almost flat. Rougher closer to shore than out farther.
 
Almost was buzz by a drone near the CG station. Hovered over my boat as I just got inside the no wake zone and was heading toward the channel entrance. It surprised me at the crack of dawn.
 
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Great start to the season!


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Good work! I dropped off 6 reels at Tackle Haven to get upgraded drags. They work with mascot reels. First time I’ve done it so not sure how it will work out.


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The one whitefish confused me. I am even worse at walleye fishing than I am at salmon. The night bite is a good tip though.


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What fish are you targeting?


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Count me jealous! My boat is in storage. Sorry the seas were tough for you though. Off to Menards to buy PVC pipe to make a better pole rack.


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No walleye in Holland.  Nothing to see here.

Glad you had a flatter lake to fish on today versus Sunday and were able to put at least one in the box in the middle of the day.  Thanks for keeping us updated on the bait location - seems to be holding at the same depth for a couple of days now.  
Brad's cut plugs, I am a big fan.  They are a money rig in my arsenal.  I see that they are now offered in UV . . . . . I feel a lure purchase coming on .

Had a little time mid morning so I went out solo and trolled 10-1 pm. Put in at 100 FOW. Trolled out to 160 FOW then back in to 90 ft.  Marked a good amount of bait and fish at 130 FOW. 
 

1/1:  6 lb Steelhead, 125 FOW, SWR down 65 ft, brad’s cut plug candy corn with Alewife gel scent. 
 

Only a couple of boats out made for a relaxing troll. Still a lot of current to deal with.