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Fishing continues to be extremely good out of Grand Haven! Limit catches of large King Salmon (10-18 pounds) are being taken along with a few Coho Salmon, Steelhead and Lake Trout. The majority of the fish being caught are from 70-140 feet of water. Downriggers 40-95 feet down, 8-15 colors of Lead Core, 150-300 feet of Copper and Divers 125-210 feet back have all been producing well. The current has been from the South for a numerous amount of days so the fish have been constantly on the move. The Carmel Dolphin Stingray and regular-sized Stinger continues to be the hottest bait of the year!!! The Blue Cory's Bait Stingray, Blue Bubble Stingray, Lime Tuxedo Stingray, Die Hard Stingray, Yellow Killer Stingray, Stinger Pox Stingray, Lemon Ice Stingray, Double Kevorkian Stingray, Cory's Bait Stingray, Glo Dolphin Stingray, Natural Born Killer Stingray and the Blue Veggies Stingray have all been consistently producing spoons. More and more fish are being taken on flasher/fly combinations everyday. An 11 inch Pro-Troll HotChip White/Glow flasher with an Oceana Rapture Fly or a Frosted Fern Rapture Fly have been consistent producing rigs every morning. Also, an 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip Green/Glow flasher with a Hypnotist LG Rapture Fly or Wild Fern Rapture Fly has been producing as well. The 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip Blue/Glow flasher with the Blue No-See-Um Rapture Fly or Blue Hypnotist Rapture Fly has been working consistently every morning. Also, the Custom Fishing Products Blue Bubble 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip flasher with the Blue Bubble Rapture Fly has been extremely good as well. The 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip Chrome/Green and Coyote colored flashers have also been working well with the Wild Fern Rapture Fly or Green No-See-Um Rapture Fly. Also, the 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip Chartreuse/Glow flasher with the Yellow No-See-Um or Citron Rapture fly has been very good once the sun gets up and is very bright, especially during the afternoon. For those anglers who like to fish early in the morning or stay out late at night, the new Stinger Nitro Glow Spoons have been beginning to produce fish. The Nitro Dolphin Stingray, Twister Stingray and Nitro Pox Stingray have been producing a few fish each every morning.

Hopefully the wind and waves will calm down for awhile so everyone can get out and enjoy some of this fantastic mid-July fishing!!! Good Luck to everyone!

Deep Fried Lake Trout... MMMMMMMMMM. Anyone who hasn't tried it, you have to try it. I would prefer to catch and eat 12 Lake Trout over 12 Salmon on any given day. Lots of people tend to bad mouth Lake Trout, but if you haven't tried it, give it a chance!!!

Fishing is extremely good out of Grand Haven. Limit catches of large King Salmon (10-18 pounds) are being taken along with a few Steelhead and Lake Trout. The majority of the fish being caught are from 70-125 feet of water. Downriggers 35-85 feet down, 8-17 colors of Lead Core, 150-400 feet of Copper and Divers 105-175 feet back have all been producing well. The Carmel Dolphin Stingray and regular-sized Stinger continues to be one of the hottest baits of the year! The Lime Tuxedo Stingray, Holly Christmas Stingray, Die Hard Stingray, Double Orange Crush Stingray, Yellow Killer Stingray, Stinger Pox Stingray, Lemon Ice Stingray, Tangerine Stingray, Cory's Bait Stingray, Glo Dolphin Stingray, Blue Cory's Bait Stingray, Seasick Stingray, Natural Born Killer Stingray, Blue Veggies Stingray and the Red Headed Stepchild Stingray have all been consistently producing spoons. More and more fish are being taken on flasher/fly combinations everyday. An 11 inch Pro-Troll HotChip White/Glow flasher with an Oceana Rapture Fly or a Frosted Fern Rapture Fly have been consistent producing rigs along with an 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip White/Glow flasher with an Oceana Rapture Fly or a Hypnotist LG Rapture Fly. Also, an 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip Green/Glow flasher with a Hypnotist LG Rapture Fly, Wild Fern Rapture Fly, Last Supper Rapture Fly or Green Dude Rapture Fly has been producing as well. The 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip Blue/Glow flasher with the Blue No-See-Um Rapture Fly, Blue Hypnotist Rapture Fly or Blue Bubble Rapture Fly has been working consistently every morning. The 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip Chrome/Green and Coyote colored flashers have also been working well with the Hypnotist LG Rapture Fly. Also, the 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip Chartreuse/Glow flasher with the Yellow No-See-Um or Citron Rapture fly has been very good once the sun gets up and is very bright. Other flies that have been working are the Blue Fern Rapture Fly, Green No-See-Um Rapture Fly and Little Bride Rapture Fly.

Good luck to everyone! Get out and enjoy some of this fantastic early July fishing!!!

Fishing has again slowed from what it had been out of Grand Haven. The best fishing has been occurring very early in the mornings and very late in the evenings. The fish that are being caught are all large King Salmon and Steelhead. The majority of the fish being caught are from 60-125 feet of water on out to 200 feet of water as the day progresses. Downriggers 30-85 feet down, 5-15 colors of Lead Core, 100-300 feet of Copper and Divers 105-175 feet back have all been producing well. The Carmel Dolphin Stingray and regular-sized Stinger continues to be one of the hottest baits of the year! The Blue Killer Stingray, Green Bubble Stingray, Double Orange Crush Stingray, Orange Die Hard Stingray, Die Hard Stingray, Jawbreaker Stingray and regular-sized Stinger, Cory's Bait Stingray, Glo Dolphin Stingray, Blue Cory's Bait Stingray, Seasick Stingray, Natural Born Killer Stingray, Mixed Veggies Stingray and Freakin' Veggies Stingray have all been consistently producing spoons. More and more fish are being taken on flasher/fly combinations. An 11 inch Pro-Troll HotChip White/Glow flasher with an Oceana Rapture Fly or a Frosted Fern Rapture Fly have been consistent producing rigs along with an 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip White/Glow flasher with a Hit Man No-See-Um Rapture Fly or an Oceana Rapture Fly. Also, an 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip Green/Glow flasher with a Wild Fern Rapture Fly, Last Supper Rapture Fly, Green Dude Rapture Fly or Hypnotist LG Rapture Fly has been producing as well. The 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip Blue/Glow flasher with the Blue No-See-Um Rapture Fly or Last Supper Rapture Fly has been working consistently every morning. Other flies that have been working are the Hypnotist Rapture Fly, Blue Hypnotist Rapture Fly, Blue Fern Rapture Fly, Green No-See-Um Rapture Fly and Little Bride Rapture Fly.

Everyone please have a great holiday week and get out fishing and good luck to all as well as those heading to Holland for this weekend's tournament!

Fishing has again improved out of Grand Haven. Limit catches of large King Salmon (11-19 pounds) are being taken along with a few Lake Trout and large Steelhead (10-15 pounds) as well. The best fishing has been from 80-120 feet of water on out to 160 feet of water as the day progresses. Downriggers 40-80 feet down, 5-15 colors of Lead Core, 150-300 feet of Copper and Divers 120-180 feet back have all been producing well. The Carmel Dolphin Stingray continues to be one of the hottest baits of the year! This has been working great on 8-15 colors of Lead Core and 150 and 225 feet of Copper. The Natural Born Killer Stingray, Gold Watermelon Stingray, Double Orange Crush Stingray, Lemon Ice Stingray, Die Hard Stingray, Jawbreaker Stingray and regular-sized Stinger, Cory's Bait Stingray, Glo Dolphin Stingray, Blue Cory's Bait Stingray, Blue Dolphin Stingray, Green Dolphin and Blue Freakin' Veggies Stingray have all been consistently producing spoons. More and more fish are being taken on flasher/fly combinations. An 11 inch Pro-Troll HotChip White/Glow flasher with an Oceana Rapture Fly or a Frosted Fern Rapture Fly have been consistent producing rigs along with an 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip White flasher with a Hit Man No-See-Um Rapture Fly or an Oceana Rapture Fly. The Oceana Rapture Fly and Frosted Fern Rapture Fly have been our two most consistent producing flies of the year! Also, an 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip Green/Glow flasher with a Wild Fern Rapture Fly, Last Supper Rapture Fly or Hypnotist LG Rapture Fly has been producing as well. Other flies that have been working are the Hypnotist Rapture Fly, Blue Hypnotist Rapture Fly, Blue Fern Rapture Fly, Green No-See-Um Rapture Fly and Blue No-See-Um Rapture Fly.

Fishing is very good for this time of the year! There are a lot of big fish around!!! Get out fishing and good luck to all!!!

Here are the results from the 2007 Great Lakes Bob Uecker Invitational:

http://wisconsin.wish.org/pdfs_docs/uecker%20standings%202007.pdf

Here are the results from the 2007 MCSFA Budweiser PRO/AM:

http://www.tournamenttrail.net/tournaments/manistee_bud/Results%20Sheet.pdf

Congratulations to everyone!!!

The Stinger Stingray size has become very popular over the past few years. The Stingray is a size between the regular Stinger and the Magnum Stinger. The regular-sized Stinger still is very good as well. Some of the must have colors from the past few years have been the Natural Born Killer, Mixed Veggies, Carmel Dolphin, Blue Veggies, Lemon Ice, Cory's Bait, Glo Dolphin, Blue Dolphin, Green Dolphin, Seasick, Holly Christmas, Jawbreaker, Double Orange Crush, Hawg Wild, Blue Cory's Bait, Stinger Pox, Can't Afford It, Blue Mongoose, Freakin' Veggies and Chip's Shanster. These are the major colors that we use out of Grand Haven and all are Stinger colors. Welcome back to fishing and Good Luck! Feel free to ask any other questions you may have regarding anything!!!

June 17, 2007

Fishing has improved out of Grand Haven. Fishing is really good for this time of year! Good to limit catches of King Salmon are being taken along with a few Lake Trout and Steelhead as well. The best fishing has been from 50-70 feet of water and also 160-190 feet of water. Downriggers 30-60 feet down, 3-10 colors of Lead Core, 75-150 feet of Copper and Divers 120-150 feet back have all been producing well in the muddy, nearshore, 50-70 feet of water fishery. Downriggers 35-140 feet down, 3-20 colors of Lead Core. 150-400 feet of Copper and Divers 100-190 feet back have all been producing well in the 160-190 foot depths. The Carmel Dolphin Stingray continues to be one of the hottest baits of the year! It accounted for nearly 50% of our bites this weekend. This has been working great on 3-10 colors of Lead Core, 15 colors and 150 and 225 feet of Copper. The Natural Born Killer Stingray and Lime Edge Stingray have been very good as well on 10 colors of Lead Core and also on Downriggers. These 3 colors (Carmel Dolphin Stingray, Natural Born Killer Stingray and Lime Edge Stingray) were our major producing spoons all weekend. The Double Orange Crush Stingray, Holly Christmas Stingray, Jawbreaker Stingray, Cory's Bait Stingray, Glo Dolphin Stingray, Blue Cory's Bait Stingray and Green Dolphin Stingray have all been good producing spoons. A few fish are also being taken on flasher/fly combinations. An 11 inch Pro-Troll ProChip White/Glow flasher with an Oceana Rapture Fly or a Frosted Fern Rapture Fly have been consistent producing rigs along with an 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip White flasher with a Hit Man No-See-Um Rapture Fly or an Oceana Rapture Fly. The Oceana Rapture Fly has been our most consistent producing fly of the year! Also, an 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip Green/Glow flasher with a Wild Fern Rapture Fly or Hypnotist Rapture Fly has been producing as well. Other flies that have been working are the Hypnotist LG Rapture Fly, Last Supper Rapture Fly, Blue Hypnotist Rapture Fly, Green No-See-Um Rapture Fly and Blue No-See-Um Rapture Fly.

The typical June fishing is not here! Many limits of Kings are being caught within a few hours! Lots of large 10-18 pound King Salmon are being caught along with a lot of large 10-15 pound Skamania Steelhead!!! Get out fishing and good luck to all!

There has been some fish in the 90-110 foot depths early in the morning, but the better fishing has been from the 160-210 foot depths. Fishing from 35-110 feet down has been pretty good. 5-15 colors of Lead Core have been good as well. Fishing to the North and South has been pretty much the same. The Carmel Dolphin Stingray has been very consistent over the past few weeks along with the Natural Born Killer Stingray, Double Orange Crush Stingray, Lime Edge Stingray and Cory's Bait Stingray!

Good Luck!!!!

Fishing has improved out of Grand Haven. Good catches of King Salmon are being taken along with a few Lake Trout and Steelhead as well. The best fishing has been from 140-210 feet of water. Downriggers 40-160 feet down, 3-20 colors of Lead Core, 150-450 feet of Copper and Divers 120-190 feet back have all been producing well. The Carmel Dolphin Stingray has been one of the hottest baits of the year! This has been working great on 10 colors, 15 colors, 150 and 225 feet of Copper. The Natural Born Killer Stingray and Lime Edge Stingray have been very good as well on 10 colors of Lead Core and also on Downriggers. The Double Orange Crush Stingray, Double Kevorkian Stingray, Goldie Locks Stingray, Orange Crack regular-sized Stinger, Stinger Pox Stingray, Glo Dolphin Stingray, Blue Cory's Bait Stingray and Cory's Bait Stingray have all been good producing spoons. A few fish are also being taken on flasher/fly combinations. An 11 inch Pro-Troll ProChip White/Glow flasher with an Oceana Rapture Fly has been very good all year from St. Joe to Whitehall along with an 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip White flasher with a Hit Man No-See-Um Rapture Fly or an Oceana Rapture Fly. The Oceana Rapture Fly has been our most consistent producing fly of the year! Also, an 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip Green/Glow flasher with a Wild Fern Rapture Fly or Hypnotist Rapture Fly has been producing as well. Other flies that have been working are the Hypnotist LG Rapture Fly, Last Supper Rapture Fly, Sniper Rapture Fly, Green No-See-Um Rapture Fly and Blue No-See-Um Rapture Fly.

The typical June fishing is not here! Many limits of Kings are being caught within a few hours! Get out fishing and good luck to all!

These are SOLD!!!

Lakeview Marine and Tackle in Grand Haven has the 4 oz. Dive Bombs and Limit Out Sports in Spring Lake has the 4 oz. Dive Bombs as well.

Thanks Phil! We made one of the largest comebacks I can ever remember in the PRO division... 19th to 4th!

Yes, Chip is still running the Hit Man. He is in his 30th year of chartering full-time out of Grand Haven!!!

We have had very good luck with an 11 inch Pro-Troll ProChip White/Glow flasher with an Oceana Rapture Fly. This has by far been our best and most consistent rig day in and day out from St. Joe to Whitehall. Another good producing rig has been an 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip White flasher with a Hit Man No-See-Um Rapture Fly or an Oceana Rapture Fly. These two rigs caught the majority of our large fish in the St. Joe and South Haven tournaments. Other flies that have been producing well behind 8 inch Green Glow, Blue Glow and Glow Green Hot Tiger Pro-Troll ProChip flashers have been the Last Supper Rapture Fly, Hypnotist LG Rapture Fly, Blue No-See-Um Rapture Fly and Green Dude Rapture Fly.

Fishing has slowed out of Grand Haven. Good catches of Lake Trout are being taken along with a few King Salmon and Steelhead as well. The best fishing has been from 130-170 feet of water and also from 265-350 feet of water. Downriggers 60-160 feet down, 3-20 colors of Lead Core, 150-450 feet of Copper and Divers 120-250 feet back have all been producing well. The Blue Cory's Bait Stingray, Natural Born Killer Stingray, Carmel Dolphin regular-sized Stinger and Stingray, Jawbreaker regular-sized Stinger, Goldie Locks regular-sized Stinger and Stingray, Orange Crack regular-sized Stinger, Stinger Pox Stingray, Glo Dolphin Stingray and a Blue Killer Stingray have all been good producing spoons. A few fish are also being taken on flasher/fly combinations. An 11 inch Pro-Troll ProChip White/Glow flasher with an Oceana Rapture Fly has been very good all year from St. Joe to Whitehall along with an 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip White flasher with a Hit Man No-See-Um Rapture Fly or an Oceana Rapture Fly. Other flies that have been working are the Hypnotist LG Rapture Fly, Last Supper Rapture Fly and Blue No-See-Um Rapture Fly.

Congratulations to My Tiara and Strike Zone for winning the PRO and AM divisions of the Grand Haven Offshore Challenge! It was an excellent tournament and congratulations to everyone else as well!

These are still available!

If interested, send me your best offers!!! MUST SELL!!!

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Fishing is fantastic out of Grand Haven! Limit catches of King Salmon and Steelhead are being caught along with a fair number of Lake Trout. The best fishing has been from 170-230 feet of water. Downriggers 35-110 feet down, 3-15 colors of Lead Core, 150-300 feet of Copper and divers 90-155 feet back have all been producing well. The Blue Machine Stingray, Carmel Dolphin regular-sized Stinger and Stingray, Natural Born Killer Stingray, Blue Cory's Bait Stingray, Holly Christmas Stingray, Stinger Pox Stingray, Cory's Bait Stingray, Lemon Ice Stingray, Blue Killer Stingray, Seasick Stingray and a Glo Dolphin Stingray have all been producing extremely well. A few fish are also being taken on flasher/fly combinations. An 11 inch Pro-Troll ProChip White/Glow flasher with an Oceana Rapture Fly has been good along with an 8 inch Pro-Troll ProChip White flasher with a Hit Man No-See-Um Rapture Fly. Other flies that have been working are the Hypnotist LG Rapture Fly, Wild Fern Rapture Fly and Last Supper Rapture Fly. Fishing can't get any better than it is right now!!! Get out fishing for the holiday weekend and be safe and have fun! Good Luck to all!!!

The following rod holders are brand new in the package:

Big Jon Triple Multi-Set Rod Holders (#RH03432) $145

Big Jon Quad Multi-Set Rod Holders (#RH04432) $185

PM me or email me if interested or have any other questions at:

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Thanks a lot!!!

Thanks a lot! It was definitely tough fishing; especially Sunday!

You are correct! You don't have to fish a minimum of 3, that is just for the Yearlong Overall Standings for each division if you do fish the minimum of 3. You can fish the 333 at whatever event you fish. You will still be able to win 1 of the 21 prizes at whatever individual event you fish. You have it completely figured out.

Actually we came to South Haven blind. We hadn't talked to anyone and had no clue where to fish. We went straight out of South Haven and waited until the water warmed up to 48 degrees. We based that temperature off of previous St. Joe fishing conditions. Another boat we later talked with left the Municipal Marina at 10AM and was back to the slip at 2PM with 23 fish; 6 Steelhead, 6 Kings, 10 Cohos and 1 Lake Trout fishing the similar water from 150-210 feet. There were no major temperature breaks, just a gradual increase in water temperatures. Most of the fish were full of bait as well.

Thanks a lot! The 333 Tournament is at every Tournament Trail sponsored event and is divided into the South Division and North Division. You weigh your 3 largest fish of the tournament, but the hard part is gambling to see if you should weigh 2 on Saturday or 0 on Saturday and 3 on Sunday, etc. Then your total weight for the 3 fish places you in the standings. You earn points based on a 100 point scale for 1st place, 99 points for 2nd place, 98 points for 3rd place, etc. and then your 3 best point events (you have to fish a minimum of 3 tournaments, if you fish more your best 3 count) add up and that is how you finish in the year long standings for numerous prizes and money, etc.

We use normal 30 pound 7-strand Mason wire. I don't know anything about the cheaper G-Fly wire. We have never had any issues with the Mason wire.

We relocated the boat Saturday afternoon from St. Joe, in some very rough water, to South Haven for a charter on May 13. We ended up 15 for 26 with 5 Kings, 5 Steelhead and 5 Coho being caught. The best water was 150-180 feet of water. We had 7 bites 50 feet down with a Stingray Green Dolphin and a regular-sized Stinger Green Dolphin on the slider. A Stingray Green Dolphin on 10 colors of Lead Core also had 4 bites. Copper set-ups of 150 feet and 225 feet also took fish along with 3 colors, 5 colors, and 8 colors of Lead Core. Other lures that worked were regular-sized Stinger Lemon Ice, regular-sized Stinger Carmel Dolphin, regular-sized Stinger Bitter Lemon, Stingray Double Edged Kevorkian, Stingray Coyote, Stingray Dolphin, Stingray Freakin' Veggies and Stingray Green Bubble.

We will be fishing out of South Haven for the remainder of the week in preparation for the tournament this coming weekend. Good Luck to everyone!

Fishing in St. Joe was still very slow early in the week. By May 8 fishing began to improve and later in the week fishing was unbelievable. The best fishing for some boats was 80-120 with many large Kings being caught in this water, along with a lot of Lake Trout. If you wanted numbers of fish the best was 180-220 with Coho making up the majority of the catch. Smaller Kings and Steelhead were also being caught. Wednesday and Thursday we boated 24 fish and 35 fish.

90-130 back on divers with a setting of 3 worked almost everywhere you went with regular-sized Stinger Green Dolphin spoons. 10 colors of Lead Core and Copper rigs of 150 feet and 225 feet did a lot of the other damage as well. 40-50 feet down on Downriggers was good for the higher Kings and Cohos. The best spoons throughout the week for us were the regular sized Stinger Green Dolphin, regular-sized Stinger Lemon Ice, regular-sized Carmel Dolphin, Stingray Green Dolphin, Stingray Double Edged Kevorkian, Stingray Stinger Pox, Stingray Lemon Ice, Stingray Clown, Stingray Carmel Dolphin, and Stingray Double Orange Crush.

The flasher/fly bite was spotty the entire week. We would get a few bites on Wednesday with them and none on Thursday. Overall, fishing in St. Joe is back to being excellent with spoons making up the majority of the fish catching damage.