j1musser

Congrats. Glad everything went well.

I am back in BAy City and got to get out for 1 hour yesterday. Supposed to be fishing right now but my cousin is a no show. :angry2:Shoulda guessed when i left his house at 3am and he was still up after a long poker game. At least i woulda found a different person to fish with. Rather be salmon fishing anyway:D

Fishwhisperer and i headed out in the Nee Hi last night. East wind all day and calm dead flags heading out river. 50 fow it was NW wind at 15 mph and 1' OK keep going. STopped in 75fow heading West and started setting lines. Built to 2 footers. Pretty much west waves:confused: Shortly thereafter the waves kept building and once i could not see above them and they started capping it was head in a little faster time. 2 marks in about 90fow but was mostly watching the waves:eek: We hit a fish on the 9 color NBK as we were clearing other rods. Had to goose the motor as a wave wanted to get in my boat and pulled the fish off. Lost another board on a 5 color that snapped backing. Never even clicked like it caught in a wave. Was glad to be back at the river. Light east back at shore. Short trip but better than staying out there:butcher: Good luck to all my salmon buds this weekend. I will be fishing sag bay.

Nice catch. Always a great day to be out there catching fish.

I was fortunate enough to find a 16' boat 70's with a 15 HP merc from 93'. Its aluminum and not super wide but fishes the inland lakes and rivers pretty good. Use it to troll lake mich all over on nice days. Not sure of exact dimensions. Its a browning. Got pics in the show ur boat forum. Tows like a dream;)

We run stinger scorpions, mini streaks and mini yeks and moonshine also makes a small walleye spoon. 2mph hr or a bit slower when the water is cool and 2.5mph when it starts to warm up. I don't think they have good action at crawler harness speeds. We also will hit a fish now and then on regular size stingers and DW SS spoons. Those bigger spoons will work good off divers and riggers.

Heading up to the bay this weekend with my cousin. He just got riggers last week and took him salmon fishing. Im gonna bring a bunch of my stinger and scorpion spoons to try of riggers and dipsy. Thought it sounded like easy way to throw some more at em.

Sounds like a great day with the fish cooperating. Never would have if ya had a 8 hour fish planned.

Nice catch FRank. Way to tear em up:D

Sounds like a darn good day there GUN! Nice catc. Glad ya showed Mike who is #1:lol:

The fishing was slow, I had some reports from 4 other boats that morning. 3 got skunked and 1 released a greaser.....I would have liked a coho for the grand slam.... Maybe next weekend things will pick up.

Come on Andy ya talked to me too, NO SKUNK here!!! Jealous of that brown and steelieS.

Spinnerbaits are classic along with stickbaits in white/blue back, clown and firetiger. Dont be afraid to go big. Rapala Fat Rap in firetiger too

Nice Jarrod. I still owe ya a trip on the silverone. Might be looking for some riders to take a weekend trip in July/Aug up to Luddington, Manistee.

Sounds good the Nee Hi and that fall weather dont always get along. Would love to meet up again. TY

Well done Fishsniffer getting it done as always.

Thats were the old Nee Hi fishes out of also. Not much next few weekends but hopefully some weekday trips. It is slow lately just gotta chip away at em. TY for the report

Oh forgot one of the AM fish was a nice 5# coho. The newbies had never seen one of dem before.

Nice catch ANdy and good job on pulling that brownie out;)

Nice job Jarrod. What time did you get set up this morning?

Set up a little before six. I wanted earlier but my crew cant handle the hours and my enthusiasm at 230 AM.

Nice Jarrod. thats good fishing for this time of year in southaven.as this is when it usally slows down untill mid to late july. What was the water temp?

54-55 everywhere on the surface

Ended up 3 for 3 with a shaker king, a 12# king and a 8# laker. Shaker was on Area 51 rigger rod 1 minute after set. King was on 200' copper with MS Brook Trout, Laker on 9 color with double orange crush. Not much for marks this morning. Fish spread everywhere. Fished 70 -205fow. Nothing for marks out deep.

Over friday sat and sun fish were taken on gray ghost J Plug, many orange green spoons, MS Mongolian Beef, NBK was prob hottest. 3, 5, 6, 7,8, 9 color core went. Rigger and sliders 30-60 down. 200, 250, 300' copper alll caught fish. Sat night bite was hottest and heaviest. Morning have been slow.

All in all a great and fun weekend with Fishwhisperer and my cousin plus wife. Will post pics when he emails me.

Thanks for the report. It was right on for South Haven too.

AM- Went 3 for 7 with Fishwhisperer, my cousin and his wife. She got her first salmon ever:D Losing fish left and right and not much of a pattern. Fished 70-145 fow

PM- 5 for 9 bringing us to 50%. Couple doubles, lost a whole double:mad:. Great night on the lake. Mix of rods and lures again. Fished 65 to 120 fow.

All kings on saturday. My cousin and wife had a great time as newbies learning how to rig, fight and lose fish, lose equipment and have a great time!!!

6/7 AM- You will find out soon as im heading out now:D:grin:

Well done Frank and crew. What time is the fish fry??????????

Went out this morning with Fishwhisperer in the Nee Hi. Ended up 6 for 6 with 4 kings and 2 lakers. Biggest king about 12#. Fished 90-15 fow. Never got hot and heavy, pretty spread out thru the day. Rigger slider down 40' Craigs Christmas, 200 and 300' copper with orange green spoons, MS Flounder pounder early. NIce day on the boat with a few filets to show. Sounded pretty slow on the radio. Will be out again in the morning. At least we batted 100%

:)Thanks for the report.

Should be outta of SH in the morning. Good luck. The Nee Hi should be in a full force .