EdB

Thanks for the report. Cohos head offshore when it warms up like that. When we used to have large year classes of kings, they would start taking off when the Cohos left but kings have been so depressed in recent years, there just aren't enough around like it used to be. You could probably target Lake trout bumping bottom inshore in the next month or more and there always a chance to hit a few kings up higher.. Sent from my SM-G920V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Way to cash a check on your first tourney this season!

Thanks for the report Russell!

Nice report, another successful trip, way to go! Sent from my SM-G920V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Nice job on the fish!

This plant is an exerperiment with cohos there. It will be interesting to see what kind of surf and river fishery they produce in the next few years. Some coho jacks run after one year in the lake. The fish will be placed in the pens next week. Sent from my SM-G920V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

The Net Pens are In! Thanks to a collaborative effort between Ludington Charter Boat Association, Great Lakes Salmon Initiative, and MDNR (Jay Wesley, Mark Tonello, Paul Stowe). We are experimenting with net penning and coho plant of 50,000 fish at the Ludington State Park. Special thanks for the physical effort on Wednesday of Micah, Shawn, Shane, Richard, George, Scott & Cory (from Captain Chucks ll ), Lauren, Steve, Brian, and several others from Dreamweaver and Consumers Power Company (I apologize if I missed a name) The king plants have not shown good returns in the Sable the last few years, probably due to the predator pit of lake trout stacked up in 40 ft of water when the smolts are moving out. Kings smolts stay in close for a while when entering the great Lakes. We (GLSI) advocated for trying coho this year and the MDNR agreed. It will be interesting fishing off the point in Aug and Sept in a few years. Hoping for a solid coho return. They head offshore after smolting so there may be better survival. Sent from my SM-G920V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Nice start Kevin, does not get better than having your daughter as first mate! Sent from my SM-G920V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Nice catch! Sent from my SM-G920V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

That's a great start to the season, nice catch! Sent from my SM-G920V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App