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Fishing continues to be very good in ST JOE. We are getting steady action both north and south of the port. I started today in 80 FOW North of the piers, and trolled NW to the 12's, action started in 88 FOW with a nice Steelhead hitting a Stinger Jawbreaker on a 4 color, that fish got off behind the boat, but more was coming on that combo. Trolled all the way to 130 FOW, and turned around and headed back in toward the piers. The program was riggers from 31 to the bottom, ran an 8" echip mtn dew with a home tied pickled sunshine fly and that took a 29" laker. Walker Deeper diver with Stinger glow Christmas on 2 out 75 took 4 fish, Stinger Mary poppins took another king. All of the Kings came on 300 copper and 10 color leadcore, with Stinger bloody nose and Stinger glow Christmas. We ended with 6 Kings, 5 Steelhead ( released 1 12" steelhead) 1 Lake Trout and 1 Coho. We pulled lines at l1:30 or we probably could have gotten our limit. Thanks to Terry Motsinger his wife and Sister in law, Mark and Mike for a great morning in the Joe.

We ran the same pattern we have been running for the last 4 days and the results were the same. Ended the day 20 fish caught 15 kept, 5 released( small kings). Started straight out in 80 FOW, and took abouit 45 minutes to get our first hit. Lake trout 57 down on rigger. The we had steady action all morning a lot of short strikes today but most of the hits were on 4 and 6 color of leadcore and power pro walker deeper diver on 2 out 75. Same baits, Glow Christmas stinger and modified blue dolphin stinger, were hot and the glow stinger bloody nose took several fish. Worked west to 220 FOW and had steady action. 2 youngsters with us had a blast a 15 year old and a 14 year old both got to fight Kings. Final fish count was 2 lakers 2 steel head 2 coho and 14 Kings. What a day.

Left the slip at 6:15 AM, 4 fishermen on board. John and Scott who answered the post I put out for ride alongs yesterday. Glad we had them along. Terry, myself, Scott and John had a ball. We went 13 for 24, and had multiple triples and doubles. Tough time keeping things together today, swivels breaking, leaders breaking, and just tough fish getting off. The program was a NW troll at 2.7 mph at the ball, 6 color, 4 color, full cores, and 300' coppers were on the boards, power pro walker deeper diver 107's out 75 and riggers from 39 to 67 feet. Every rod took hits. Still using the Stingers and the glow Christmas and glow bloody nose were on fire. The catch was 2 Steelhead, 2 Coho 1 Lake Trout and 8 kings. Another great day out of St Joe.

Looking for riders in St Joe 5/24. 31 ft Chris Craft Commander Sport Fisherman, I will provide the boat and tackle you show up at Brians Marina in St Joe at 6:15 slip 111 and call my cell to get the gate combo 269 929 4221, and help with gas for the day. You keep all of the fish I have plenty, I even clean and fillet them for you.

Left the slip at 6:45, just 2 of on board and ran to 70 FOW on a waypoint from last spring just North of the piers and started setting up, 2 10 colors 2 riggers and 2 dipsey's. Same baits as we have been using all spring Stinger glow bloody nose, and Stinger glow Christmas. First fish was a 2# Steelhead on 10 color glow Christmas, and then it got hairy. Rigger at 64 ft fired with glow bloody nose back 70, nice 12# King. All of our hits were on the 10 colors and the 1 rigger. Ended the morning in 90 FOW with 10 for 11 9 Kings and 1 Steelhead. Back at the gas dock at 9:45. Wind was kind of stiff, and the air was cold but we had a lot of fun.

I use both leadcore and copper depending on the time of year. Early spring the lead core 2 color to 7 colors is killer in water under 100' of depth. Copper in deeper water presentations. In spring my leadcore out fishes just about all of my other presentations. Kings, coho and steelhead are higher in the water column than Lake trout. I very seldom go for Lake trout unless I am trying to get some grease for the smoker or someone on board request them. My catch this spring has so far been more Kings than anything else and probably 50% have been on leadcore. If you are new try to ride along with some of the seasoned guys on this site. I always have room for another guy in St. Joe. I usually fish Thursdays and Sundays. This week we are fishing Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. PM if you want to ride along, just be prepared to share the gas bill.

Dad is lookin good. When do u guys want to come down to St Joe and go for a ride on the Silverking? What kind of swivels r u using? I have gone to Cabela's coast locks. They have welded rings and are durable. I prefer the black ones. Gave up on the Sampo's and the other split ring swivels, they have cheapened their split rings.

We got a late start. Set up about 7:00Am in 45 FOW and started trolling with the rather stiff south wind. Set up was 4 riggers set from 25 to 40 down with Stingers and Stingrays. 6 color 4 color and 10 color leadcore all spoons same as riggers. 300 copper and dipseys. Best depths were 41 down on riggers, stinger glow bloody nose and glow Christmas stinger. Sting ray glow Bloody nose and Modified Coyote were good. We ended up doing our best on a North troll in 80 FOW. Trolled North and south and had fair action. Dipseys were dead but the leadcore was on fire. Ended up with 7 good size kings and 2 steelhead. the biggest steelhead weighed 13# 6oz on our scale. Pics are of Ted a friend from Ft Wayne. He is not a frequent fisherman and had a great time Ted with the big Steelhead.

Way cool Josh. Is Sig as down to earth as the appears on DC.?

St. Joe is rockin, we started in front of the pump station in 27 FOW, and had our first fish before we had 3 rods set, and it kept it up all morning long. We ended the day keeping 15 out of 20 that we boated, and had 5 other hits that did not stay buttoned. Our best direction was either a north or south troll, between the pump station and Rocky gap. Tournament Friday and Saturday, but fishing should be good. We ended up with 12 Kings, 2 Lake Trout and 1 Coho. Here is what worked. Mikes big guy. We released 5 of these Fish came on riggers at 15 and 20, 2color, 4 color, 6 color, power pro walker deeper diver 107's set on 2 out 55, and 45, we had 1 rigger on the bottom with the trash can and spin n glo that got the Lakers.

That's the ticket, from the pier head out to 35 FOW, edge of the Mudline in St. Joe and anything red or orange. We have been running all spoons and have had a lot of success.

Nice looking rig Jimmy, your gonna love the stability and having twins, the boat maneuvers a lot easier. Just remember that premium Marine gas is $4.60 a gallon. Enjoy.

Nice Job Terry.

Here are the pics of the Boys Sunday and their catch.

Well Saturday forecast for Sunday was off again. Got up and found 2 to 4 footers with a stiff North wind, decided to go anyway. My Friend Terry, his son Eric and 2 grandson's Dakota and Tyler met up with my Partner Mike and I at 7am, and we headed out. Cleared the piers and ran North to Rocky gap and set lines going down wind. Ran the same all Stinger pattern we had been running, 1,2,4, and 6 colors of lead core, deeper divers set on 2 out 24 and 30, riggers set at 10,12,15 and 17. We caught a mixed bag, 1 King about 13#, 2 coho, 1 Brown, and 1 Steelhead. . Lake was really rough and there were a lot of boats to deal with. But we caught a few fish for the boys. I still get a kick out of seeing an 8 year old catch his first salmon. Will post pics when I get a chance to upload them.

I really think that there is more trash this spring, due to the amount of run off and the amount of trash that was on the ice.

Coho the STEAK OF THE LAKE. MMMMMMM GOOD.

Got a late start today due to some late arrivers. left the pier around 8 AM, and fished until we got some stuff caught in the props, limped in and a big thanks to Brian's Marina, got us on the lift and cleared the stuff from the props and got us set to fish the weekend. We ended up 8 for 10, 1 1lb. King, a very unusual 7lb Coho, and 6 standard spring Coho, No pics today as we were more concerned with the trash in the props. The pattern was like Sunday, in the mud line, North south troll, all stingers, Bloody Nose, Glow Christmas, Craigs Christmas and Modified Coyote all took fish. Got pretty rough about the time we pulled lines.

Good job Paul. We will try Thursday but the forecast is not good. Hope Sunday is better. Will let you know if we are going to fish and u can contact me on channel 68.

If you want to try the big lake on a Thursday or Sunday I have those days off every week. I do ask for gas donations after the trip and I sometimes keep a fish or 2. My boat is a ChrisCraft 316 Commander Sport Fisherman, and we are slipped at slip 111 in Brians Marina. Just a thought if you and your girlfriend want to try the big lake fishing on the cheap. PM me or call my cell 269 929 4221.

Good job on the Brown's, Kevin. Tell your dad I said Hi.

We set lines at 7:15 in just north of the piers, in a really strong east wind. before all the lines were set we had a coho on a 1 color, and the day only got better. stayed in 25 to 40 FOW, all spoon bite, stingers any red or red and green, pink and green combo. Craigs Christmas, glow Christmas, bloody nose, all were good. South or north troll, 2.2 to 2.9 mph on the gps. Our spread was 1color 2 color and 4 color leadcore, 2 Walker deeper diver 107's set on 2 out 24 and 30 feet. 4 riggers set at 10, 12 15 and 22 feet all leads were 30 to 40 feet. Ended the day keeping 15, 7 kings 6 coho, 1 Brown and 1 Steelhead. Released 2 shaker kings and lost 8. Total for the day 17 of 25. Pulled lines at 11:30. Jphn Wright's first everBrownTrout. Left to right Terry Overloop Mark Brand, John Wright and Brian Brockway.