wild at heart

I have never seen fishing stay so consistant like it has the last 3 weeks. Last night we went out of Holland, straight out turn south. Started in 85, did SW out to 125 and the screen lit up with bait, hooks, and TC, like I have never seen. It was like demo mode. We decided we were going to spin on that spot all night if we got out of them but it lasted from the sliders to Saugy. We went 9 for 12 between 7 and 8:00. ST was 71, 60 down was 68, and 70 down 52. A little after 8 the sun went behind a huge cloud bank and it shut down completely for about a half hour then slowly started up again. We ended up 12 for 20. 4 lakers, 1 steelhead, and7 kings. Wire divers back 250 have gone 29 times in the last 3 trips with 10" SD. Chute on the bottom(drop ball till it hits bring up 2') went 8 times with white paddle. I think we have had 7 double digit trips in a row. Only 4 boats out there last night and 1' swells. Couldn't get much closer to perfect.(except hook-up to land ratio).

Good job Phil.

Good job Terry, but I was looking for a 30#er in your report today(and hoping). Today was crazy wasn't it. We crashed the waves from about 6 to 8:30 going 13 for 14 and then turned around figuring we could get 2 more heading back to PS. We got one in the next hour and decided to let a sick son in law off the hook without a limit. We had 5 lines in the water this moring and had a triple. There were a lot of boats by us complaining about it being slow this morning, we treid to give out help but we fished by ourselves most of the moring.

Went 14 for 15 this morning. Mostly flies, south(rough) troll, 70+down. 95 to 115fow.

That fog was unreal. In minutes we went from bright shinning moon to 20' visability with a spot light. We didn't see the peir lights till we were within 100 yards. 7 to 9 was good for us too 12 for 14, with only 2 more after 9.

I think the one on the right is a moonshine "high energy"

Mark, We lost one Sunday in the same area on a wire diver, the flasher came in without the fly, Maybe it was the same one? Good Job

Got out with 2 of my boys to fish Sunday night, very special even though I get to fish with them all the time. Went 9 for 10 and even quite early. Had a 18# king and a 13# king and a 8.5 steelie and 2 smaller Lake trout. I dont want to sound like Jim Bobber but 5 fish were on JP Slammers and 5 on flies.

90 to 110fow 60+ down, going south.

we fished out of Holland last night and went 7 for 7, with just 2 guys. Someone on the radio was fishing by us with 12 rods and it seems like they were kiillin them but some how they only ended up with 6. What I do know for sure is that we caught 4 on JP Slammers, 2 on flies and 1 on a regular spoon, and we probably could have done better if we hadn't dragged 2 shakers all night on 2 off the slammers. I, have no affiliation with with JP Slammers (except I used to be freinds with one off the owners) but if you haven't tried them you should because for us they always out perform everybodys elses spoons, especially on slow days. Glow Firedog, NBK, King Killer & Micheal Jackson are are 4 best. If you plan on fishing the amateur division Big Red, please disregard this post.

I hear that Gold Coast Outfitters has a new drive thru option.

Salmon Division

Wght. Name Weigh Station Boat Name Date

01) 14.2 Jim Van Brocklin Gold Coast Outfitters Jim Bobber 6/8/2010

02) 13.9 Tim Schuiling Gold Coast Outfitters Sueshi 6/8/2010

03) 12.8 Paul Carroll Gold Coast Outfitters Jim Bobber 6/8/2010

04) 12.2 Kevin Lacy Gold Coast Outfitters Wild at Heart 6/4/2010

www.summersalmonslam.com

If you caught a salmon or trout bigger than 12# in the last couple weeks you could of won a nice $500 prize package from BIG WEENIE. All you needed was to be entered with your buddies for $30 a peice in the SUMMER SALMON SLAM. Here's the good news, you still can. Besides the $$$$ for the regular prizes, the BIG WEENIE package has been held over for the rest of the month of JUNE. Right now the leader stands at 14#. You can checkout the leader board at

www.summersalmonslam.com and find out all the details. Get your share and have something to win everytime your out there.

see www.summersalmonslam.com for details

Friday at 12:01 the SSS starts. Have you got your ticket yet. $30 gets you in for the whole summer and your shot at THOUSANDS in prize money. All you got to do is catch 1 BIG one to win.

Also to KICK OFF this tournament, BIG WEENIE is sponsoring the first 10 days (Friday the 28th through June 6th at 4:00pm) with a $500 PRIZE package, including his renoun tournament flies and lots of other good stuff. A Big Thanks to Gary and Karen for all their help and support.

So that means if you can catch the biggest fish durning the 10 day start up you'll win the Big Weenie prize and be in the running for the big money too.

You can find all the rules, weigh stations, and info on our web site http://www.summersalmonslam.com.

Or put your questions and comments on here and will try and address them for you.

GOOD LUCK to all.

Tickets are avaliable at Pyles, Big Lake Outfitters, and Gold Coast. Should be at Fishin Hole tomarrow, and Fish on and Archers Angler early next week.

Most of our rules were adapted from the LOC rules. Not sure of their reason for that one. I will take this to the commitee and try to get you an answer back as soon as possible.

one of the local tackle shops told me a lot on splake had been brought in. Never heard of them around here, and I checked the DNR web site and they haven't planted any in the last 10 years. So where did they come from??? And they don't spawn because they are a hybred.

nice fish, did you weigh him. I'd like a 1/2 dozen like that for the SH tourny.

here is my opinion for what its worth. I think there are 2 main groups of salmon in Lake Mi. One group winters as far south as possible in the warmest water they can find, the other winters out in the deep in the warmest water deep down. In the spring the first group starts a migration north as the water warms. They follow the coast usually in about 20 to 50 fow till they get back to their home waters and then spread out. Last year we were on these fish like never before. We caught 180 in the month of May. We were 3 weeks in St Joe, 2 weeks in South Haven, 1 week in Saug. 1 week in Holland, 1 week in Port Sheldon 1 week in GH and then they were past us headed to Ludington ans Manistee. This was from the beginning of April to the end of May. These fish averaged 10 to 12 pounds. Of course some stop and hang around each port on the way. Then we have our June slow down (Holl/PS area). About the 1st of July the second group starts getting restless and starts to come in to set up around the rivers they will eventuly spawn in and we start our late summer fishery. If you could get to the middle of the lake I think you could catch salmon all year round, and some do go there ocaasionally and do well. Also I think some of the 1st group head up the WI side and then cross over the lake in July/Aug. For sure the Coho do. If you watch the fishing reports down south its easy to see this progression most years. So yes there fish out deep, but the close in ones are on the way.

I got him with a rage 125 grain 2 blade. He was a little above me and I went right through the thigh into the body cavity and punched out the ribs, at 70# didn't pass through and that bird ran 100 yards with a huge entry and exit wound.

25#, 9.5 beard, 1 1/4 spurs, 18 yards, 7:45

pulling the boat out Tues. If all goes well we will probably be there.

This is our new logo.

We have also picked up Tournament Trail as a sponser for our 4th of July Weekend portion of the tournament and Big Weenie for the Memorial Day Weekend Kick Off.

Web site www.summersalmonslam.com, and more info coming soon

The SSS Summer Salmon Slam is coming along very well. We have an awesome logo but I not smart enought to get it from my doucuments to a post. Web site is in the works, hopefully in a couple weeks. We are working on getting 2000 registration tickets printed. You can get some info at the Big Weenie booth at the GR Show. Well keep you updated.

lake Macatawa opened up last night also

Your right the LOC has 3 seasons and its $25 for each one or $65 for all 3. Our feeling is that we wanted something for the whole summer so that most of the time your out there you've got something on the line to keep it more interesting. Plus with a port prize every 2 weeks at each port that should keep interest up(if you win 1 port prize out of the dozen you got more than your money back). I was hoping for a prize for each species but that will have to wait for next year after we see how things work out. We are also looking for a sponser to take on 4th of July Weekend and Labor Day weekend for an additional prize. "Big Weenie" has already agreed to sponser the Memorial Weekend kick off prize.