Fishwhisperer

Had one tonight myself. Picked it up while on FB. It was MS Removal Tool. Used the listed site that Habeeb gave to fix the problem.

The launch is across the street from Tackle Haven. Stay to the right until you get close to the first bridge. Don't get to close to the docks on the right, as they tend to hold some logs in the spring. Don't leave anything of value in your vehicle.

I still plan on fishing this weekend, just not on the big lake.

Dave, you have caught enough fish from the piers to know what works. Now you can just troll with those same lures. Trolling casing spoons and body baits are a great way to catch Kings.

Yes it can be done. I have fished from the Cook plant to Palisades in a day. I have also fished from Grand Haven to south of Saugatuck in a day. With the south wind, I would say the best fishing troll would be south to St. Joe. If it is more about having a good time, north with the wind and waves would be best. If you stay in that 90-100 FOW, you can always seem to pound the bottom for Lakers.

Good thing you pulled him. It could have been really bad if he was still out there when that wind kicked up.

Nice job on catching those fish early. Pre Fishing definitely helped you and Nailer out. We moved in closer after hearing the radio chatter.

That current was ripping.

Used the one behind the CG sation yesterday. It wasn't the nicest, but beat cleaning @ home. The table is higher and easier on your back.

E-bay it.

Couple of dandy ones there!

However fishing by yourself or with friends you are supposed to remove rods as you approach your limit. SO if you have 4 in the box towards a limit of 5 you should only have one rod in the water. I realize this is not enforced and no one does it myself included but is how it was explained to me by a DNR officer a couple of years ago. I was asking him how come the charter boats keep every line in the water till they are done fishing he said they were in violation if they had more lines than fish to catch to limit. Again as we all know it is pretty much up to the officer as to what they choose to enforce and sometimes how much, .

I believe that the officer that you spook to was misinformed. Show me in print, where it states one line per fish and I will abide. Until then, I will continue to fish with my three rods.

Get a hold of me and I can help you get the boat set up. I also have a few things that I would be willing to part with.

5' pc of 40 pound mono will take care of that.

Yep, a spice of mono is the way to go. Wrapping it will tear the pad of the release up.

I can't reply but i to may be going to south haven saturday. I'm comming from lansing , could anyone give me the location of the closest launch and bait shop. ? Thank in advance. Any fish will do

The closest bait shop is Pyle's Port Hole. To get there, take Phoenix west to the second stop light and turn right. Go approx. 1/8 of a mile a hang a right on Dunkley (right before the bridge). Pyle's is about a 100 yards down on the right. The boat launch is just down the road from there...maybe 500 feet. The cost for the launch is $7 and it has a gate. It also has a fish cleaning station.

Good luck out there and be safe this weekend.

It's the stealthiness of the Nee-Hi.

The trips was a last minute decision and I glad we went. The flies are starting to bite and the flees didn't hamper the fishing. The weather was great and catching fishing was nice too.

Good job. How'd you guys do in the tourney Randy?

It was a weigh 2. We had the 2nd and 6th largest.

Fished a SH Steelheaders tourney today aboard the Fish Prophet. We got off to a late start due to a late crew member. The tourney started @ 7 AM. We didn't start setting line until 7:45. We took waves over the bow just out side the pier heads. Two of the tourney boats bowed out once they seen those conditions. We fished till 12:30, giving us some extra time to make it in. We ended the day 10 for 12. We boxed 6 Lakers and 2 Kings. We also released 2 under sized Lakers. A silver glow PK on 225 Cu took a King. A Mag. DW Mixed Veg. on 250 Cu. took a Laker and our biggest King (12.30). All of our other hits and fish came on a Lake Trout Rig bouncing the bottom. We fished from 60 FOW to 110 and took all of our fish in 80-90 FOW.

The tough conditions hampered all of the boats out there. Other boxes ranged from 1-4 fish.

I tried them already and found that they are all ready closed @ 4:20PM. I didn't see any store hours posted. I will not try to stop there on a weekend. It's just not worth it to circle the block for a hour to find a parking spot.

The fish cleaning station in SH has a freezer for them, but it doesn't work.

ATO was a drop of location before they closed.

Lake Shore Outfitters did take them at one time, but they stopped picking them up on a regular basis.

One would think that if you tried to do your part as a sportsman, the state would hold up their end.

Rookie brings one in on a wire diver.What did he think of the battle? .

Unfortunately it one was one of the Lakers (6 3/4 lbs.). But it is the best one of the best rigs to catch a Laker on and still feel the fish on IMO. The laker was tagged. Know we just need to find a place in SW MI to drop it off.

Good job guys. Did you go straight out from the piers or south? I'm trying to talk my husband into going tomorrow night. I haven't been salmon fishing in a month...and I really need to get out. Hopefully I can talk him into going to S.H instead of Muskegon.

We stared out a little to the north with no luck. We picked all of our fish up straight out and slightly to the south.

The other baits that worked:

FB Flee 4 All

An obsolete Org/Blk w/ Org. tree tape Stinger spoon that I don't remember the name of.

Mag. Mixed Veg.

Grn. Bubble SD w/ Grn. fly

Thanks for the invite Jarod. It's always a good time on the Nee-Hi.

Great job of getting the kids out. Sounds like they had fun.

How true that sometimes even the best of us who think we know all the names or what was abbreviated end being wrong.

With so many of the names being copied regardless of manufacture do not always produce the same color pattern either.

As an example, take a look at the "Bumble Bee" spoon from the different tackle companies to see that they are not the same.

Buffalo Bill could be added to that list.

Other abbreviations:

BB set-up = Blue Bubble Spinny & fly

GB set-up = Green Bubble Spinny & fly

The only other ones that comes to mind are:

DOC = Double Orange Crush.

MJ = Michael Jackson

OJ = OJ Simpson

I will abbreviate colors, but those should be self explanatory.

I will often abbreviate lure makers:

MS = Moon Shine

DW = Dream Weaver

SS = Silver Streak

FB = Fuzzy Bear

BTF = Brads Thin Fins

STF = Storms Thin Fish

Other abbreviations are:

DB = Dive Bomb

DR = Down Rigger

Cu. = Copper

LC = Lead Core

DD = Dipsy Diver

WD = Wire Diver

BD = Braided Diver

SWR = Secret Weapon Rig

FOW = Foot Of Water

SOG = Speed Over Ground

SOW = Speed Over Water

SAB = Speed At Ball

Heard on the radio a fisherman was lost overboard in Port Sheldon in the morning and the seach was still going on. Person still missing and presumed drown. My condolences to the family.

BE SAFE OUT THERE

NEAR PORT SHELDON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - The search for the body of a 55-year-old Zeeland man who investigators said fell out of a boat and into Lake Michigan Saturday afternoon is scheduled to resume Sunday morning.

Ottawa County sheriff's deputies are calling the incident a drowning.

Thomas Anzivino fell out of the boat around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard and the sheriff's department, at least two miles from the shoreline near Port Sheldon Township.

Sheriff's deputies took over the search from the U.S. Coast Guard midafternoon after the mission turned from rescue to recovery. At about 4:30 p.m., 24 Hour News 8 saw sheriff's dive team boats heading into Lake Michigan from a launch on Pigeon Lake. The dive team was using sonar to try and locate Anzivino.

Investigators said they do not know why he fell out of what the Coast Guard described as a 28-foot boat.

Anzivino's 24-year-old daughter was on the boat sunbathing at the time, according to investigators. She heard a splash, they said, and went in after her father. Then she came back to the boat for supplies to help rescue her father.

"She made it back to the boat, went to get a lifejacket ... and by the time she came back with that, he was gone," Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Keith Koeman told 24 Hour News 8.

The 55-year-old was "reportedly not wearing a personal flotation device" when he fell into the water, according to a Coast Guard press release.

HIs daughter was able to draw the attention of other boaters, who aided in the search along with the sheriff's marine patrol and Coast Guard teams from Grand Haven and Holland. A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Waukegan, Ill., north of Chicago, also assisted in the search.

The Sunday search will include help from Norton Shores and a Kent County team with a robot that could help in the effort, Koeman said.

While the law does not require it, the Coast Guard "recommends boaters wear their [personal flotation devices] at all times when boating," according to a release. "It is much more difficult to locate, access or don a PFD at the moment an accident occurs," the release stated.