Capt Craig
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Fished Green Friday and Saturday night with marginal success. Took about 25 each after several hours. Best fishing was from 10:30-11:30 PM both days with waxies and spikes both working on Hali jigs and teardrops. Had to fish State Park as West ramp still has some open spots and very thin ice.
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Yes the boat was next to Capt Hook last year but I haven't actually been there. My boat is in Manistee and this will be my first year down there as I will be running the boat on weekdays for a friend of mine. I have never fished St Joe so Iam sure it will be an experience.
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Hi Levi, Sounds like we have alot in common. I run a charter out of Manistee but will also be fishing St Joe this spring on weekdays. Hopefully we will get a chance to meet you while we are there. I will be running a 33' Pro-Line called Blue Runner that was down there last year in the spring for the first time. I also love to chase the whitetails as soon as the boat hits the barn. www.killintimecharters.com
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GLA is the best!
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Just for another perspective it depends how many rods you have. Personally I set up 8 rigger/planer rods with 20 and 4 with 40-50. The heavy line is used for pulling the large Hootchies or meat rigs 80-200 feet down and allows less stretch for better hook ups and fewer break offs. Other than that 27# core, 50# spider for divers. If you are limited on rods I would have one rod with heavy line for meat and the rest with 20# and I only change line once a year.
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I run 3 riggers on my 31' charter. I felt after running 5 that there was not enough use of the the other two to justify keeping them. I like the 3 rigger set up because my best rigger is the chute rigger in the middle and it allows a more defined V pattern.
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Big Manistee River
Capt Craig replied to Capt Craig's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
We only used bags. Tried both chartruse and pink with floaters in all. Chartruse took the fish. -
Fished the Big M Friday morning with Capt Paul and Riverside Charters and had a great time catching two small males and loosing one medium sized hen all on spawn drifted through the holes. If it stays warm Steelheading will remain decent.