Far Beyond Driven
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Set up in 55' north of the piers only to have someone that could not drive a straight line drop in more or less on top of our boards, without another boat close. This pushed us out to 70' and onto the fish, but they were not the heavies we were hoping for. By 7:15 we were 4/5 losing a small fish, getting a just legal king on a two color, a 13# on a seven color and a nice king and coho on a half core. Picked up and ran out to 190' and ended up 4/6 out there, missing a hit and losing a good fish on a full core before rattling off three quick fish on a woodpecker dw down 58 and a jagerbomb 160 back on a slide diver. Two were steel that really helped us out. Girls were awesome today handling the hour wait to dock better than I did. Dad was in top form on the rods being the only one not to drop a fish. Thanks to littleboat and coralee for the reports on the deep fish. Also thanks to advantage marine for not hitting me for a total engine workover but only rebuilding as much as needed. No oil leaks, no shakes, and she purrs like a 26 year old kitten. Pity I can't push her hard for a while as today would have been a day to run.
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Holland 8/16
Far Beyond Driven replied to sailtroller's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
Get a weight on that thing? Nice. -
Port Sheldon 8/15 Am
Far Beyond Driven replied to biglake's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
Any size to the fish? Thanks for the update. -
Selling off all my trolling gear
Far Beyond Driven replied to medic's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
If you ever feel the itch to get back out, drop me a pm and we'll see what we can do. -
You know what my plan is? I've oiled the teak and acid washed the hull to get her ready to buff and wax. I'm going to at least have a pretty boat when I choke. 0/5 in the row boat last Saturday spending half an hour with a full cord in my prop (my own full core) and the four winns engine is coming of an untested rebuild. I'm full of confidence.
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I run a 14' most of the year and do fine. Biggest to date on it is a 20. Well done.
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10 years on my four winns and I still don't run 2 per side. Oddly it works pretty well on my 14' though. Shows how important set up is. Slide diver on 3 over a mag wire diver on 2, with the slide diver rod being a foot longer.
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8-6PM Grand Haven
Far Beyond Driven replied to highpointdf's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
That was an awesome report until that last picture. Fish has some mass, not sure I'd say 30 but high 20's for sure, and it's been a while since I've seen a 30 for comparison. -
holland 8-6 pm
Far Beyond Driven replied to jimbobber's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
Run them 28-30" behind a dodger and you won't have to slow down as much and can still target kings on your other rods. Stack a bead or three, then a treble hook if you want to pick up every zebra mussel on the bottom, or a single hook if you want to lose a few fish behind the boat. -
The only consistent theme on my big kings is that I was all by myself when I caught them. Biggest came on a standard green dolphin on a full core at 11am long after we gave up on kings and were grinding Lakers, but left out some cores just in case. One before that was on a skinny and fly at 1 pm pulling lines in bath water heading in. Boat record before that was a j plug ticking bottom at the thermocline in late August at sunset.