flyman013

Welcome Steve! I fish Port Austin and Grindstone, but for bass and walleye. If you need some help with that, let me know.

I've used the Mr. Twister. It works great for skining, but prefer a regular fillet knife for everything else. Never tried it on salmon.

Sounds like an awesome day on the lake. The flies were terrible out of South Haven yesterday too.

Congrats on the place!

Looks like a fun day!

Hit the water around 4pm with my dad and headed to 120 feet. The lake was gorgeous and flat as plate. Hit our first fish on an east troll in 112 FOW, 57' down on the downrigger with a dark purple magnum size spoon. The next fish came in 110 FOW, 70' down on the downrigger with an orange Mepp's Cyclops spoon. First fish was 8 lbs, second was 10 lbs. What a gorgeous night on the lake. Was like a mid-summer day, with warm air and coolish water. Have fun out there!

All I can say is WOW! Those are some beautiful fish. Thanks for sharing with us.

Nice job everyone. I would have loved to fish this one, but had morning commitments. Hopefully, we'll make next month's!

Had some time this evening to get out for a few hours. Headed out to 140 FOW and set lines. Had a hit almost immediately and landed a nice 7 lb. king. That was all for us the rest of the night. He came on a dark purple magnum size spoon, 70 feet down on the downrigger. Nice night to be on the lake. Wife was hoping for a limit, but the way I see it, the less we catch, the more you appreciate ones you do catch:thumb:

Nice Job out there!

Had the Lk. Michigan shakedown cruise today. I can finally declare the boat FIXED. It ran great and we had a beautiful day on the water. We ended 4 for 4 and took two fish home. One coho, one chinook, and two lake trout. Here's what worked: Heddon Tadpolly (orange with black dots) 60 FOW on west troll off board: Coho Orange Thin Fin 32 FOW, 20 feet down on rigger, North troll: chinook Orange thin fin 38 FOW, 25 feet down on rigger, West troll: Laker Orange thin fin 52 FOW, 25 feet down on rigger, East troll: Laker Was happy to have a safe trip and an operable boat. Have fun out there!

Wow! Those fish are amazing. It's hard to think that there are some sturgeon out there that were hatched around the time of the Civil War. Thanks for sharing.

Looks like a great day on the lake. Nice Job out there.

Thanks for the link, Ed.

Jim, I've enjoyed watching the progress you've made. Looks like you do top notch work. Good luck with the rest of the project!

If you have enough space below the floor, you can use toggle bolts and not have to access below the floor. I've use toggles before on my boat. They have "Never Drop" toggles from McMaster-Carr (mcmaster.com). They work great.

65' out of South Haven.

Great photos Izzy. Helps ease the winter blues!

I'm going to try for the first time this year. Mostly out of South Haven.

Great looking dog! Always nice to have another member of the family. I'm sure Lady can show him the ropes just fine.

Nice job on the bunnies! I went with my dad this weekend too. Didn't see anything, but enjoyed the walk outside.

I upgraded last year and can't say enough good things about them. Highly recommend them also.

Sounds like the guy in front of you was on his phone or texting. Yeah, I agree with you. I drive like a little old lady and know that I do. So when I see someone is trying to pass me, I slow down and let them do it. I think as long as you slow down after you pass the guy to the speed limit, you should be cut some slack. Sorry you got the ticket though.

My brother holding a fish with me for the first time in 15 years! My first ever saltwater adventure. Didn't get much fishing in this year with the new house and boat still not fixed. Hope to make more memories next year.

Thanks Ryan. I thought I needed a special cable of some sort. I'll look for those connectors too.