jay d

Good Job Jay.

I know now why we did not do that well on Sunday, we were fishing too shallow. We stayed pretty much inside 10fow. Thanks for the report and the info.

i start out weaving in and out from 6 fow out to 20 fow untill we figure out where they are.another guy that fishes with me was out there sun too and ended up 4 for 7 all browns.hope they are still around this weekend:D

time to catch some fish:grin:

hit manistee today ended up 18 for 23 15 browns,1 steelhead,1 laker and a 14" king.HJ#10's in clown,purple sunfire,fire tiger,blue/silver orange belly and a custom red and gold,all 100 ft bk.10 to 20 fow.biggest fish was about 12#s 2.5 to 2.8 s.o.g. its turning out to be one hell of a spring:grin:

Better break out that Vex again Jay!!!...Mike, we need a stir the pot icon...LMAO

when you getting out the walleye boat scott?the fish are calling:grin:

And its suppose to snow this weekend.

:angry2::angry2::angry2::angry2:

i hate snow

man its been a strange spring so far.you guys down south are still dealing with ice and manistee/frankfort the ice is long gone.we had 43 deg. water tue in manistee

we will be there sat too.

Great jopb Jay and thanks for the report.

Were you north or south? I am planning on fishing Thurs afternoon this week.

follow the river water,all the fish have been in the dirty water along shore

went back with j wheeler this morning and got another 9 browns and another steelie same program as yesterday.hope we are seeing the start of a comeback for the brown fishery.no big browns today all 2 to 3 pounds.pic in the gallery.

Wish I had that kind of luck.What speed do you troll for browns this time of year.

2.1 to 2.9 all depends on the fishes mood

took the wife to manistee today ended up 14 for 16 12 browns 1 steelie and a northern.hj#10s 90 to 100 bk fire tiger,clown,purple sunfire,blue/silver orange belly and black/gold orange belly.we fished 10 to 15 fow.landed a nice triple 2 10#ers and a smaller one.pics in the gallery:grin:headed back with j wheeler in the morning.

headed back tommarow and tue for some more:grin:

big winter storm coming...everythings gonna freeze back up

Welcome Maketheturn.

You guys see this guys web site? They do weddins. Can you imagine saying "I DO....wait baby FISH ON!!!":D

GTR

thats kind of how it went on our wedding day,got married on the beach in manistee then went out with the wife and caught our limit of kings:grin:thats where we go for our anaversery too:grin:i love my wife!

rapala husky jerk size 12

thanks mike

Nice work Jay.

Seems like you had the shortest vacation of us all.

Some pictures would be awesome.

We are going to try to get out on Thursday' date=' but it has been horrible foggy down here.[/quote']

i dont call it a vacatoin ,more like 3 months of painfull tourture.

i would fish all winter if the launches didnt freeze

I dont know if this will work, but in Motocross I used clear nail polish on the edge of my graphics to keep the edges from from lifting up. Maybe it would work for spoons...I dunno.

super glue works great on spoons,right along the edge.they still get torn up but will last a little longer

Nice job Jay! Any fish porn to share with those of us who have been cooped up all winter and have not been out yet?

posted a picture in the gallery,tryed to post some steelhead pic's the other day but i am not as proficent with a computer as i am boats and fishing rods

too long:D it takes about 2 hrs on a good day

made the shakedown trip today,everything worked just like it did at the end of nov:grin:fished out of manistee and covered a lot of water.ended up with 3 browns on a #12 hj in clown,2 browns on a #12 hj in blue/silver with a orange belly and a steelhead on a challenger minnow in clown.lost one other fish on a challenger minnow in ghost.most of the fished the harbor and down the beach.shure felt good to hit the lake.look out ho's here i come:grin:

not yet,next week if the weather permits.checked out the launch in benton harbor mon and its clear,no docks yet.not too much ice floating out in front of the piers.didnt see any big flows on the sat picture,looked fishable to me:grin:

i have used the offshore lights for a couple of years and like them.only downer about them is how long the watch batterys last,going to check out a set of the church light to try them out this year:grin:

trollmaster digital hand down,the digital display makes small adjustment very easy:grin:

Heres a question, as phil said july17 and 18 is the ludington pro am.

Do any of you guys that fish up this way think it will be a issue, if so the next date that would work would be the weekend of july 31.

I need your input.

i my self dont like to fish out of any port that is having a big tourney,to much boat traffic.on the other hand most of the tourney boats were off shore last year,14 plus miles out from the point fishing the temp breaks.we were 17 miles off shore 26 miles from manistee and there must have been 75 boats out there with us.i would lean more towards the 31st:grin: