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Left sunday with a friend headed to traverse city salmon fishing in the rivers and streams. This is a kind of fishing that i have never done and i am so glad that i went. The rivers and streams were loaded with kings, pinks, and cohos, by the thousands. We fished around the traverse city and glen arbor area including the platte river, mitchell, crystal,boardman, and mainistee. We were very picky on the fish we keep because some of the kings and cohos were starting to turn black but at the same time there was constant pushes of fresh silver fish up the rivers and those are the ones we targeted. We landed over 200 fish and hooked prolly 200 more, we came home with our 30 fish for our 3 days of fishing all nice silver fish too. The kings we kept were between 18 and 26 pounds and the cohos were 7 to 12 pounds with 1 coho over 14 pounds. It was crazy fishing in streams the size of a double lane road in ankle to knee deep water with thousands of fish only feet away, I have never fought a fish like these salmon in michigan in my life, when you hook them they scream 100 yards of line off the rod straight up stream through tunnels, trees and damns, flipping out of the air the whole time. It was a great trip now i need to rest my arms and shoulders.

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Fished ne of the black hole in 20 fow on Saturday and the wife and I kept 68, 8" to 11"! Went back Sunday and started in closer do to wind and got a few and then she layed down a bit so we went back out deeper and they were gone! Only ended the day with around a dozen keepers!

Its been great perchin!!

First trip me and the wife put 100 in 8" to 11" in 4 hours

Wife with a double

Then went 2 days later with a buddy and had my slowest day keeping 58

Then the 3rd trip the wife and I kept 84

Me with a jumbo!

Then the last trip the wife and i kept 60 with most over 9" up to 12"

So in 4 trips we kept just under 300 perch:thumb: We were any wheres from 18 to 21 fow between Linwood and the Pinconning bar! And to think its only gonna get better towards fall!!!

Nice job, Buddy!!!!!:thumb:

Nice job Frank!!:thumb:

We managed to box 3 walleye 8 to 10 pounds,

:confused:Iknow quite a few guys around from Thunderbay to Port Huron and I havent heard of many 8 to 10lb walleyes and you seem to get them quite regularly!???

Nice job, Frank!!

Lots of fun out there still!! Maybe the walleyes wont even leave the bay this summer!!

Anytime Jason!!

How did you do on the whities? I have a friend on Drummond Island says they are killing them over there.

Best yr we've had!! Some big whities too!!

It's on fire right now Scott ! Took my 9 yr old with me today and wore his arms out , he couldn't even hold the rod up anymore. The phone call to his mom on the ride home was priceless !

Thats awesome!!! I was up in De Tour last weekend for 4 days fishing, herring and whitefish and havent been on the bay in about 10 days or so!!

Nice job, Mark!!!

Nice job, Mark!!! :thumb:Gotta love the bay!!

Nice job!! Welme aboard!!!

Nice job on the fish!!! Lots of fish still around, lets just hope with this heat they stick around!!

Theres fish all over right now!

Nice job, buddy!!! :thumb:

Gotta love Da Bay!! Great fishing for sure!!!

Nice job Frank!!

Nce job Frank!! I got your note you left on my truck!!!:lol:

Nice job Jason!! LOts of fun out there right now!!

Scott, kicking around fishing the tourney in my boat with Matt from Fish Bones.

Fishing is good!!

Another fine catch Frank. Don't catch them all, I am heading that way in 2 weeks and have only fished that port once in a friends boat.

Good luck with the kids ! Nothing better !!!

You brinig your boat and aryo fun fishing o fishing te big tourney??

Nice job Frank on the fish!!

Nice job again, Frank!! Looks like some nice ones too!!

Nice job eyecracker!! That wind just doesnt want to give us a break!!

Good luck tomorrow P1, i'll be fishing out of Au Gres this weekend!!