mattmishler

we got up to ludington saturday night and seen that the waves where 5-8 and it didnt look good for sunday but we got up and we had a crew with us so we fished went to where we fished last week set in 90 fow 55s first hit on 3 color on rigger sarge moonshine down 60 that went two times and didnt get any to the baot . then a small king made to the the box on a full core with green splatter j-plug then we trolled for a while with out a hit went south to the 52s and took a 9 pound steelhead on fullcore with blue whale after that was in teh baot 3 color down 60 went again but it was a nice 8 pound coho that was it for the day pulled lines a 12:30 my brother got his yearly trip in and we went to south so we could come back with them went to the 52s and 35 went deep with a feeling that wthe fish would be out there. got sat down and didnt do anything on a northh troll for 20 min so swung back south and as soon as we did that 3 color went with sarge down 75 gave that to my brother and after a nice long fight that was boat a really nice king 19 pounds after that got in the boxt full core went screming with blue splatter j-plug that was a half hour fight a real nice king that was weighted a dock 9 hours later a 23.7 pounds im guess it went 25 at the first it was a really nice fish after that was was in the box got eveeery thing set a 2 color down 85 on a rigger with happee meal went and this fish kicked his butt after it came to the boat it went 20.1 pounds at the dock then after half hour i seen the both riggers twich and doubled up with a 8 pound male 4 yearold and a 5 pound feeder king then things slowed down for us we went 4 hours untill our next bite that was a 8 pound coho on rigger down80 with dancing anchovie and then we pulled lines a 12:30 it was a nice morning out there and out biggest fish on the boat in 7 years the last one was my grandpas 37.8 pounder

LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- 250 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2009 .TONIGHT...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO AROUND 10 KT. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT OVERNIGHT. .WEDNESDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SOUTH. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING SOUTH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. WAVES BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT. .THURSDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT BECOMING SOUTH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO 6 FT. .THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT BECOMING SOUTHWEST. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES 4 TO 6 FT. .FRIDAY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT BECOMING NORTHWEST. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES 4 TO 6 FT. .FRIDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT. .SATURDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NORTH. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. .SUNDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING EAST. WAVES 1 FT OR LESS. thats your call im only 55min away and ill be up friday night fish or no fish im going to be up there and gonna fish tomorrow on a buddies boat

the fish hawk dosent we have to x4 and really like and theres no cable to deal with.

10th i fished all week long got up late and started at 2 pm and fish to 6 went to 150fow stait out went 3 for 5 all on 10color on a rigger fown 85with reg moonguse 11th got up at 3:30 am went to 100fow little south and was a blur from there just two of us ended goiing 10for? by 7:20 ran 4 rods two full cores with plugs took few hits 3 color on a rigger with moonshine sarge was HOT it went prob 6-8 times and 2 color with mag sarge went 4-5 times fun morning. 12th had a crew with us same spot same program but with few tangles had 3 fish on one on 3 color one on 2 color a full core got mixed all together and lost all three baits and fish 2 sarges and a ace high plug ended pulling 12 for 25 or so. 13th had my uncle and his father inlaw same place same program but in a little ways from 90-70fow and only lost 1 sarge and the crew keep them on a little better and went 13for19 had to pull lines at 9 the cooler got to full (pics will be posted) pm went to 180fow set up first fish on 3 color sarge 2nd same rod but lost the fish and spoon then put a moongoose on and that went 3 times put two in the baot next two where on rigger with 10 inch blue bubble spin doc/fly noxed 5 only fish from 5-7 so it was a nice night 14th same spot as the day befor but only ran 3 rods 2 riggers one 3 color with sarge and other 2 color with happee meal and full core with sarge had a rough start going 0for4 then put the next 11 in the boat with one relase done by 7:00 had a amazing time in ludington and went to chucks everyday ended up buying 9 sarges they were REALLY REALLY HOT for us i think that we ended up taking 59 fish in 5 days 11.8 fish a day not to bad had 11.4 coho biggest one this year

i didnt realize i ran into you guys i was the kid that took your picture and hung my fish up after you.

yeah i did it i ran two 10 colors with no problems just limit the divers and other lead

the moonshine bloody nose is one of my favorite spoons to use spring summer and fall its goes i put it on a rigger

Aug5 AM got up to ludington late at 9:30 set lines at 10:15 went strait out got all lines set up in 120 fow and the 5 color on rigger. then we trolled south down to the 52s and about 1:30 took a king on other rigger 5 color happee meal moonshine rigger bloody nose moonshine Aug 5 PM got out a 8:30 went to 80 fow inthe 52s and put on NW and took a king on 2 color with a happee meal Aug 6 Am set up in 120 starit out and put on a west troll first came on 3 color down 97 lost fish and spoon got another happee meal out and put it down then fired again and that fish went in to the low diver lost that fish and spoon. next one came on full core with double trouble missed that one then laker on rigger with bloody nose and while neting that fish the full core with half pound went that was a coho with bad toad Aug 6 Pm went out deep went to the 55s 41s ans set up first on came in at 350fow on 6 color with ss magic man steelhead then the fullcore went with blue whale a king then the shoot rigger went with crome blue spin doc and blue fairways fly down 60 a laker all came in between 350 and 300 kept on a NE troll and then full core with half pound when with yellow submerine another king then that went again with out half pound then dipsy high diver back 130 with bloody nose when a king then as soon as that got reset it went again with a 12.5 steelhead really nice fish all this came be4 11:30 then it dried up for about 30 min and got into the 34.5 55s abd 6 color went with tangerine tarzan got out full and went back to dock at 12:30 am finally a good night to end a few slow days of fishing i will be up the monday moring untill fiiday

a deeper one is at copland park im not sure where its at but that where my buddie launches his 39 from i will check to make sure where its at

i will not be up that weekend and depending on what we do wednesday-friday i would go north set in the 32.5 and 59.5 and run that 32.5 line all the way up to the 05s id fish sepending on the boats 2 divers pound ball down the shoot 5 core and 150 copper and 8 color and 300 i would be careful on the 300 copper i would stay with that and wait untill you get out of the pack to run two more rods

lets get the patty wagon a 68 viking and we can go

whats your boat name adam i give you a shout if your out there

nice job cant wait untill the 10th ill be out all week whens the next time you will be ludington

i here coho

nice job its nice to get fish with out getting up in the middle of the night

personaly i would go on the trip you will never get a chance to fish with dave for free again and i think that you learn things that you dont all ready know i know the fish hawk went out for us for 2 months while fishing( no thanks to the great severices at fish hawk) and we still caught fish.

ok heres a Q do you direct tie them or snap to a split ring

sorry wrong section please place in genreal discussion

i was doing a little reading around and seen that people are take the front hook off of plugs. so the fishing got a little slow one day a few weeks ago and i started taking them off and the next morning i put some of thme out on a 6 core and they hook the fish better than having both hooks and they LOT easier getting them out of the net i thought that i share my finding,

that would be a fun tripple with that size of fish wow

well manistee is 17 to 10 miles to the 07s or so but i think the should be there