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Fished from 6 to 830 with Fishwhiperer in the Nee Hi. Ended up 3-3 with 2 kings and a throwback laker. 8color with 4oz snap weight took 1st king in 100fow on green dolphin. Next King on Mountain Dew SD with Noo Seeum out 300'. Shaker laker on 300'copper with some spinnie fly combo?? Little rough out but not too bad. Fished 95-130 fow south of pierheads. No late bite still.

Went 2 for 5, maybe 6 or 7. Trolled from 85' out to 200' and back into 130fow. Fly bite was trick again. 1st fish at 730 on dipsy set on 2 175 back with white hootchie glow fly, 95 fow, nice king lost at boat. 2 rips on 6 and 8 color with MS Spoons for just a second. Blue spatter back J with about 12 oz. snap weight in 140fow took out line and then spit hook after about 3 minutes. Next 2 were on Mountain Dew SD with No Seeum back 350' dipsy on 2. 150 fow and 175fow. Both small kings but thankfully got that skunk out:). LOst small king on pearl jplug in 150fow on 4 color with 3oz dive bomb. Got tangled in other core:rolleyes:. Great day to be on the water!! Saw a small laker at cleaning station along with some nice perch. 1st fish in boat at 1030 and stayed till about 1pm.

Nice report. Sounds like some early action. i will be outta south haven in the am so appreciate advise. Good luck in the morning!

Ill be out tommorrow morning and possibly sat night. Heard about another boat crapped out outside of st. joe on the radio and just read his report about US on a different site:rolleyes: Good lUck and tight lines

Just talked to my buddy and said lots of boats out in front of Palisades right now?????

Don't ever play Edmund Fitzgerald before heading out with no cell phones, a dead GPS, dead handheld, and main radio stuck on channel 16.

Right Randy???

Fishwhipserer, his buddy and I set lines at 120fow. Worked out to 150fow. Ended up 3 for 4. 5-7-9# Kings. Nice chrome. All flie bite. Dipsies out around 300'. Everything early, no late bite at all:confused:. Pulled lines and headed in only with the boat to die at 60fow. No other boats out. Had to wait for a tow. At least nice weather and all made it in safe. Late night though. Thanks for another great trip Randy!

BTW I picked up Randy and had Edmund Fitzgerald rockin out and he said "Don't u know thats a bad omen.":slow(en): All forgot cell phones-1st, GPS died-1st, Handheld Radio dead- 1st. Main radio worked but stuck on 16. At least it was 16.

I checked it out last week. Wish thats were i was fishing!!

Any chance u are doing these tourneys and tying lessons this fall/winter? I would love to learn to tie and enjoy euchre and holdem. Im in Kzoo so not too far of a drive. Sounds like a great time. hope i can get in on them this year.

Nice start and as a boat owner, Thank You for assisting a vessel in need! You will be blessed with an excellent catch in the near future for ur good deeds.

Nice job Andy! At least ya got one in the boat and the fam involved. Those pics are priceless. Looked like it was a great day to be on the lake with the fam!

Thanks to Randy for taking me out! Glad we were in his boat heading that deep as i slept thru alarm and showed late:rolleyes:. Maybe we coulda did better if i would have let us get out earlier. Plus had to leave early for a wedding, which turned out to be 3 hours later than i was told,. Sorry Fishwhiperer!! At least we had fun:grin:

Thanks Andy, I got a wedding in Whitehall and have to work sunday so i might be able to make it out sun PM if i get lucky. Figures the weather looks decent all weekend. Good lUck if ya get out. Jarod

Fished from 6-9 pm ended up 1-1. A 9# king hit setting out my 3rd board in about 105fow. 8 color with 8oz snap weight- MS Happee Meal. THought that was good sign but not another take. Beautiful night on the lake and good times with buddy BSing and enjoying the sunset. 95-125fow. Fished dipsies with SD and fly, dipsy with Jplug, 3color J, 4,6,8, full core with variety of spoons with and without snap weights. Most marked fish were quite deep. Had my first leadcore disaster since using core all summer, which sucked but i made it all summer. Full color wrapped in dipsy:angry2: bye bye full color lead.

No skunk and nice weather... ill take that any day over not going.

My first Coho's

Buddies biggest ever

Randy's (Fishwhisperers) 2nd 18# of the year with me:D

The Nee Hi's biggest of the year

Nice catch Mike! Glad to hear a report for the area. Gonna try to hit south haven tommorrow.

This was my best year ever, although it was my first! I have learned so much this year and really am happy with 2-3 fish average for my trips. I believe only 1 skunk this year which is pretty good for my 1st year. Next year will be better as i continue to learn.

That was taken on Black Lake. We smoked the walleyes that year. In the 2 days I fished (1-01-03/1-02-03) with your uncle and cousin, we iced 18 walleyes. I limited twice. Derek was fishing almost every day that year and iced 78 walleye that season. They called me up at the peak of the run. Few walleyes taste better then Black Lake walleyes. Maybe if you treated you uncle better, he'd call you as well.

Well maybe i will have to slip him some salmon come Christmas! Derek is an amazing angler as well. I'm gonna send the pics to my old man, he'll get a crack up out of that. Who would think that my uncle would be all over the internet, in a good way!!:rotflmao:

Hey thats my uncle Jim and cousin Derrick in that last pick. That on the Bay or up North? Jeez Dan even the internet is getting to be a small world

Great Day on the water!! After 2 weeks off thats pretty darn good:)

I never take the beer out of the fish cooler to put in other cooler until there is a fish in there and sometimes the beer still stays in there:grin: Adds flavor!

Never assume/say that you are going to slay 'em or that a fish is caught until its in the cooler.

Most importantly, do NOT trust NOAA predictions!!!!!!

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Went 1-4 in 80-120 fow. Took hits on core spoon bite. Heading back in am hopefully according to NOAA Late bite on glow. Lost 2 NICE fish after 5-10 minutes:angry2:. Little rough on ride out but turned out nice.

Hazardous Weather Outlook

Overnight: South wind between 5 and 11 kts. Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Areas of dense fog. Waves over 28 feet.

Saturday: South southeast wind 12 to 18 kts becoming west southwest. Occasional showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Waves over 28 feet.

Saturday Night: West northwest wind between 7 and 16 kts. Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Waves over 28 feet subsiding to over 28 feet.

Sunday: North northwest wind 5 to 8 kts increasing to between 16 and 19 kts. Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Waves over 28 feet building to over 28 feet.

Sunday Night: North northeast wind between 16 and 24 kts. Showers likely. Waves 25 to 30 feet subsiding to 14 to 18 feet.

Monday: North northwest wind between 11 and 19 kts. A slight chance of showers. Waves 18 to 23 feet subsiding to 12 to 16 feet.

Monday Night: North northwest wind between 5 and 10 kts. Partly cloudy. Waves 5 to 8 feet.

Tuesday: North wind around 5 kts becoming east southeast. Mostly sunny. Waves 4 to 7 feet.

Tuesday Night: Southeast wind 4 to 6 kts becoming west. Mostly clear. Waves 4 to 7 feet.

Thats a pretty sweet link there:grin:. When it came up i thought it was in a rearing pen or hatchery. Theres alot o fish right there!

Well said Dan! I have learned so much about salmon slammin and have met some great friends through the sharing of information. Congrats on the promotion to moderator, just dont try to delete my posts:grin:

Nice catch Jay! Is it just the pic or did u milk it :rotflmao:

Good catch Jay! Sounds like a great day on the water. I have a wedding in Whitehall the weekend of the 2oth, should i bring the boat or fish all in the river by then? Any advice: