jay d

sat we missed our 4 man limit by 1 fish,ended up with 31 steelhead,7 kings and a few dink kings to the boat.we fished 100 to 200 fow 140 to 170 fow best from the 16s to the 20s with fish the whole way here is what worked.

riggers

pink panties 65 dwn took 3 fish

agent orange 45 dwn took 6 fish

nuked veggies 35 dwn took 1 fish

orangegasm 32 dwn took 1 fish

bumble bee 21 dwn took 2 fish

boards

screwball on 1 color took 9 fish

steelie stomper on 2 colors took 3 fish

fire ball with earings on 3 colors took 6 fish

orange cracked ice with earings on 3 colors took 4 fish

cedar point on 5 colors took 5 fish

orange tranny on 5 colors took 2 fish

today we boxed our 3 man limit,we ended up with 14 steelies,7 kings and a few dink kings to the boat.we fished 100 to 240 fow with 160 the best from the 17s to the 22s with the 20s to the 22 the best.here is what worked

riggers

pink panties 65 dwn took 4 fish

agent orange 51 dwn took 1 fish

boards

screwball on 1 color took 3 fish

steelie stomper on 2 colors took 1 fish

orange cracked ice with earings took 4 fish

fireball with earings took 4 fish

cedar point on 5 colors took 2 fish

bumble bee on 5 colors took 2 fish

we got some reel nice fish this weekend,pics are in the gallery:grin:

and then fill it in!ill bring my shovel and a few friends you bring yours:angry2:

they must be talking about bay city or sagnasty.

somebody must have their towns mixed up.there is no way that thing is coming up the titabawasse river to midland to dock and let there passengers explore the town:eek:

jason,i get them at franks.

i will give half the credit to learnig how to use my graph(raymarine c-80,dsm 600 sounder)to it full potential.just about every trip out this year we were able to set up on the fish right from the start.once you are on the fish you just have to figure out what they want and how they want it.the only down side has been releasing a lot of fish at the back of the boat without netting them has burned up a lot of hooks,:lol:have to give the wife some credit to she has reeled in at least a third of them:grin:

sorry things didnt work out for ya this trip steve.there is always next time.

only 600 mike,i would have to live in manistee to hit the magic 1000 fish mark.maybe when i move up there in 6 or 7 years:D

35 more fish to go,maybe by thanksgiving

there is a pic in the gallery,still cant figure out how to get it in my post.you should come out and experince the real thing:lol:

nice job,wish salmon tasted that good.

not a deer hunter,just a hardcore salmon and steelhead guy.sure am glad everybody hunts,we had the lake to our selves:grin:

fished manistee today and boxed our 4 man limit and threw a few back.riggers at 65,45,32,21 dwn and 1,2,3 and 5 colors.best rigger was once again a stingray pink panties 65 dwn and 60 bk. a mini streak screwball on 1 color and 5 colors and a yeck fire ball with earings on 3 colors were the hot boards.agent orange,bumble bee,nuked veggies and a cracked orange ice with earings also took fish.speed was 2.9 to 3.1 mph.best water was 140 to 170 fow in the 17s to the mid 19s.another great day on the water with waves less than a foot all day.the water is still 50 degs on the surface,looks like we might be fishing into dec. again this year:grin:pic in the gallery

jim just about covered it,the only thing i will throw in is match your spoons size to the baite fish they are eating.big baite,mag lures small baite,mini streaks and and scorpians.the only other advise i have since you said you have not fished in a lot of years is if you see planner boards being pulled by a boat give them room,some lines ma be 2oo,300 even 400 plus feet behinde the boat,and you wont make friends by running over there lines..good luck next season,any questions just ask.lot of good fisherman on this site.

I will be at work.

bummer,no hunting or fishing.i guess somebodys got to do it:(

matt,dont have to deal with big tangles much.i run red line so you can see it, really helps to keep lines clear of each other.

it seems everybody want renewable resources and cheep energy,then they whine and cry when you try to bring it to them:(.if it makes energy cheeper in the long run they: can put one in my back yard,i wont cry.

good luck to all the hunters,hope everybody hits the woods,cuz ill be on the big pond;)

never been see sick but from the colors i have seen people on my boat turn it does not look like much fun.at least you got a few fish first.

now that how its done,nice job steve

that why i love my 150 honda,shes ready any time of the year.a little stabil in the tank and if it sit for 30 days i run her in the 55 gal drum for 10 to 15 mins and shes good for another month.

i love big spreds,i run as many rods as posible most days.

frank,have talked to a few guys running the big wennie flys clean no flasher just what they call a vibrator head.makes it jump around and give the fly action.tryed it a couple time this year but no hits on it.tryed it with a flasher with the same results.then again flys dont take a lot of fish for me.

welcome tom.i like my spoons clean,or a little blody:grin:i have tryed spoons on flashers but never had any luck.i am more of a spoon fisherman, dont run a lot of flasher/doger flys anyway.

if the weather is good you know where i will be:grin:i am planning a masacure for opening day of riffle season,going to be fish blood everwhere.if he does not want to haul his boat up let me know we can take mine out.