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  1. Killer pic with the boy and the steel! I'm sure that one was probably in the air coming off a rigger.

    I'll be out on Sunday - we need to get into them like you did as we have had minimal action so far - but it does sound like the salmon are finally here in decent numbers.

    Sounds like you had plenty of action for starting late......we need to get into them during low light mode as I've only had one on what I would consider "early" which we lost at the net.

  2. We had a 10# coho that was 28-29" that was just a fat hog last weekend. Yours looks like his bigger brother. I just had it on the smoker last night and it looked great.

    I'm getting the fishing jones and need to get back out there - probably Sun AM as Sat AM weather is looking iffy.

    In today's mail I'm getting 2 new AceHi Green glow splatterbacks from Lake MI Angler which will be getting wet next time out.

    FYI cohos loose their scales pretty easy and also the steel have spots all over their tails - cohos only a few on top of the tail.

     

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  3. FYI - 31" is a master angler Coho.......I think that was 31" or more. No more weight requirement - only length.

    Yrs ago we got a 17 lb coho and cut it up having no idea about master angler size (was 12# then). Then I got a 12.25# one next trip.

    We also broke off a big master angler ho that someone else picked up along with our green scaley J plug.

    Sounds like lots of potential to get master angler kings (39") and hos out there this year.  

  4. Over the years I was breaking off 30 lb stock fly leaders then i went to 50 lb ande mono or 50 lb fluoro for my dispy leads.

    The lightest I run elsewhere is 25 lb fluoro leads on my core rigs (as the core is 27 and backing is 30 superline or 30 mono) so if something breaks it will be the leader.

    With the big ones out there we will find out where our weakest links are......

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  5. On 8/6/2016 at 6:44 PM, kj8olot said:

    2 for 4 (or 2 for 2) Hit the water at 6:45 AM - with some newbies - the wife of this guy who came, and whom I never met - really seemed like she didn't want to go from the moment she walked up to the boat at the dock - didn't matter to me - was looking forward to getting out. When we came out of the break wall - seemed far bumpier than forecast - which was not good, for her - she held out - but got sick about 9 - turned out she was quite the trooper.

    Water was rough - so was the catching...Fished from 90-145 FOW - 130ish had most marks and some bait - good temps down about 50 or so. Had a knock off about 8:15 on a wire dipsy with meat - 150' back - no one home. Had a another knockoff about 5 minutes later on a boom rigger 59 down with mag green spoon - no one home.

    Hour later - had the corner rigger fire with a blue-cracked-yellow orange bellied Jplug (color???) and boated a 5 lb laker.

    Pulled lines about noon - and when we did - had a small steelie hit the boom rigger with the mag green spoon.

    All hits came on a south troll - with the waves.

    Bumpy ride for the newbies, tough fishing - AT LEAST it didn't look like the dead sea out there like the last 3 times I've fished. Found some fish and bait - so that made me feel a little bit better.

    Ahhh so you had the "puker"......we went 2-2 also with 10 lb fat coho and a steel that was in the 9 lb range. Unfortunately Sunday was a 0-4 with a 5 color screamer breakoff (knot from core to leader failed - 25 lb fluoro) with a green splatterback Ace Hi on it. Bad start to the day and all shakes or knockoffs after that. First and hopefully last skunk this year.

  6. Trav - get a hold of Bill at Shoreline Service (Muskegon) as he is one of hte original Cannon Service Centers......he will have parts and will make sure if there is some other problem that is causing the cracked clutch pads that it is taken care of. 231 759 8352

    It will be best if you can bring the rigger to him. He is at the corner of Lakeshore Drive and McCracken in Muskegon. Building looks like an old gas station and is a plain looking building. Bill will take care of you.

     

     

  7. We fished Mkg Sunday and there were fish in the arms, channel, outside and in Mkg Lake and there were several caught. Water was 52 surface and downright cold down 20 just outside of the mud. At times even in the arms the down temp was cold. We ended 1-3 loosing one at the net and another in mid fight spit the hooks. The one we boxed was a dark hen with white meat......she was past ready.

    We were 1-2 with our first pass in the breakwater before 7:30 and could only manage one more hit after that. We made a pass outside early in the dark with nothing to show and then went into the breakwater and basically stayed there and in the channel until we quit at 10:30 or so.

    Another note most all of the charters were right in there with us all morning. From what I have heard Sunday was the first real sign of a fair amount of fish showing up.

    Not sure what the S wind will do but at some point the mature ones have got to get moving and get upstream before its too late.

  8. You lost one - I just got a new one! I've been shifted from using the original flounder pounder that I got when the moonshines first came out and have been using mongolian beef and dancing anchovy alot. I was at Mik Lurch in Hammond IN this week and they are going out of business and had some Moonshines - I should have got some of the others, however I was not looking to get more spoons when I was there. I'm in need of a 14# ball for my probe rigger along with some more coated cable as my Cannon SNT probe likes to blow back alot when below 50 down.

    So if you are in the area go to Mik Lurch in Hammond - north of Cabelas on Indy Blvd on east side of road. They have J plugs, spoons, and various other stuff, but it is picked over.

  9. I went to the site and found alot of very dated info and no results - must be looking at the wrong site.

    Anyone got a direct link to the results from the tourney?

    I have yet to get the boat wet due to too much other stuff (not much fun either) but would like to chase some kings soon. At least need to get out before the alewives come in and stop the bite - the usual June swoon.

    Was all of the king action deep and south or were there some catches up towards Muskegon (my port)?

  10. What should be said is that there was plenty of bigger fish leftover in Oct for next year.

    I agree that most all spawners are 3 yrs old (low 20s and teens weight wise).

    However when you get the true hog (20s up to 30) those are 4 yr olds that were not spawners when they were 3.

    A few yrs back we had a mixed catch of mid to upper teens, 1 20# and one just shy of 30#. All were spawners. My guess (for what its worth) is that the big one was 4 and the others were 3.

  11. Make sure to adjust your rigger clutches so if and when you get into an immovable object you will not loose your riggers and damage your boat or heaven forbid take on water.

    We got into a marked net a long time ago and after we cut a cable I made sure to adjust the clutches (I have electric cannons).

    BTW that is an area that has nets all season. They are out there and unfortunately sounds like some are not marked. Also note that there have been some abandoned moving around so be vigalent and make sure you have good sharp wire cutters available.

  12. 30# backer minimum. I run a variety of backer line types and have spliced in a section of 30# Ande mono to pinch the release off from (walleye boards). I second the rubber band trick except I use 2 rubber bands in case one breaks. Over time the bands will need to be replaced as they deteriorate with exposure.

    I set mine to release because it is very much a pain to fight a fish with a deep sixed board.

    27# leadcore with 25# fluoro leaders. That way if there is a breakoff it should be in the leader - not the core and not the backing.

    If you use mono only for the releases then they should not wear or slip. I used superlines before and now need to replace my release clips.

    Good luck - they catch fish for sure!!

  13. there is a whole lot of buoys to check

    Ludington 90 FOW

    http://uglos.mtu.edu/station_page.php?station=45024

    Muskegon 76 FOW

    http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/recon/station-mkg.html

    N LK MI Buoy

    http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=45002

    S LK MI Buoy

    http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=45007

    Holland Buoy (This is the one I think got hit)

    http://uglos.mtu.edu/station_page.php?station=45029

    Also satellite temps when clear (if it shows black then temos are no good, if it shows grey then temps may or may not be correct - white view is clear and is most accurate).

    http://www.coastwatch.msu.edu/michigan/m41.html

  14. we were out and had lines down in 70FOW at 6:05 AM. Got a greeser on a 8 color mongolian beef - changed that spoon, and moved out to 150. Foggy as you said, we pulled at 9:15 after the ferry went in (we could hear him motoring by to our north - no visual). Had a coho shaker on the probe rigger when we pulled them.

    So we ended 2 for 1 (haha) - with the greaseball sent back.

    My sending unit / fuel gage on my gas tank is all over the place, so I was unsure of how much gas I had. When trolling it read 1/4 or less. Then when running in almost full. Then going through the channel from 1/4 to full to almost empty.

    Guess now I need to keep her full each trip. Only problem there is when it is filled completely - it overfills out of the vent.

    I know on my big 4 winns I'd take about 1/3 tank per trip. Still working to figure out the 75HP Mercury Outboard on consumption per trip. Next time out I'll do the top fill, then another top fill after the trip.

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