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Went out in South Haven this morning went 1 for 3 around 95 fow all hits came on blue/crush- blue bubble one we boxed was a 17lb king kids had a great time

^Thats all that matters:thumb: Nice job on the fish!

Great job out there Dave, do not be too discouraged just go get them next time! If you want to boat more fish, you may want to try running a lake trout set up close to bottom. An example would be a 8" "tin can" dodger off of a low diver or rigger with a Spin n Glow or a fly behind it. Goodluck next time!

I like South Haven better just because the St Joe/Benton Harbor area has more crime usually. South Haven is hit hard with tourists and on weekends during the summer it is a good idea to get off the water before the pleasure boats come. I think the fishing is about the same, the perch fishing has been real hot in SH lately.

Is there a limit to the amount of text that can be tweeted? 100, 200, 500 characters???

Yes, 140

Ill admit to it, I use it and its pretty interesting some times.

I cant remember the temp but that storm would have messed it up. There is a link at the top of the page to check surface temps. There had to have been a pretty good break somewhere because we were in 23fow and the fish off the bottom were really cold. Again I am sure this storm and the following ones will scatter the fish for a couple days. I sure hope not because I would like to get out this weekend.

Want the offshore bite to die? Ill just come up.

Started out this am in the pack and picked a few up in about 10-12 fow and even shallower. Lots of throwbacks and it got to the point where we couldn't stand some of the guys in there so we ventured out right in front of the first dune in 8 fow and picked up a few more, again lots of small ones. Weather looked bad coming across so we picked up and ran in but couldn't help to hit one of our favorite waypoints a little deeper. Sure enough there were fish there and we sat there all alone and picked away at them, some really nice ones. Then the storms came and we got out of there just in time. Its too bad that we had to go after just a couple hours because I really think we would have been able to do pretty well but better be safe then sorry. Good luck and stay safe out there guys. There were some small boats way to far south with a storm of that size coming across, especially when the winds switched to N.

Nice job on the fish, that first one and the one on the left in the second picture sure have some color too them already As far as the weather, this weekend was crazy. We were heading out saturday morning with storms off to the south and by the time we got on the water there were storms poping up right in front of us. Glad you made it back safe.

We have been catching some very dark fish and I am sure some fish are already in the rivers in Manistee.

Nice fish! Glad you got off the water soon enough:thumb:

Thank you Mike for fixing that, and thanks guys. They sure are addicting, Paul!

When the sun is high they dont alot of noise in the water, i go to 2 riggers and 2 divers and more lead core and copper, getting stuff away from the boat is a big thing. You will see when we go out i have about 20 rods out, i swich over to the more in there face kind of thing when the sun is going down. There is a thing about two many riggers and divers, i dont think there is to many lead and copper. Get your leads longer, SWRs, meat and being quite on the boat helps, no screaming the XM radio helps to

Yea I caught that, I just need to get someone else to realize that.

I would try lengthening fly leads past 30" especially if you run 11" paddles like the Pro Trolls. I also really like the Slide Divers in the middle of the day with long leads. As far as spoons vs flashers fly combos it varies day by day but some times a big paddle down deep will be the set up to take a fish mid day. Good luck!

And now some videos.

EDIT- Embeding did not work so here are the links.

I received a 2011 Bushnell Trophy Cam for Christmas and have had a lot of fun with it. All of these other neat pictures on here inspired me to go through all of mine (all 6533 pictures and 669 10 second videos.) Not once have I had any problems with the camera throughout the year and the battery life is exceptional.

Anyways here are some of my favorite pictures and videos

My lab almost always came to check the cam with me and usually beat me there so she could investigate.

Crystal Clear Doe Picture

Pileated Woodpecker

A Nice Tom

Licking The Cam

Little Guy In The Creek

Awesome video Mike:thumb: All this warm weather has me ready for a few all day sits during the rut with a bow in hand!

My riggers have been dead as well for the most part but I have been having decent success running really small spoons 100 foot behind the ball. Might be something to try at least, FF haven't taken a hit.

I have had the best success with Spin Doctors and about 23" leader length. I have also done well on 11" paddles and I like to run a longer lead with those. I would experiment with the length a little. The palomar knot will work just fine for tying in a snap or swivel just be sure to wet it.

Good luck!

Spotty last I heard in South Haven. I hope it picks up soon!

There were some CRAZIES in South Haven but there always are. It is one big party but it is fun. We watched them from a private beach on one of the south bluffs and it was beautiful!

EDIT Here is a picture I took with the phone from Sunday night.

Good luck! Sure seems to be a lot of lampreys on the fish.

Heck of a nice steelie Terry, congrats.

Sealer works well but if you don't have the extra dough the Ziploc hand pumps work fine. Great for on the road and the bags are cheap.

VN Jarod, how deep were your riggers?

Our health is something we take for granted. Good luck sir.

Aint that the truth. Wishing you the best, Erik.

Yup flat out stunk. We worked our butts off for a decent sized king and a small steelie. Glad there are at least a couple dumb ones out there.

Thanks guys! And I hear ya Jarod! Frustrating for sure, they need to figure something out soon.