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Nice catch Matt.

I never caught a perch salmon trolling, how big were they?

Nice job Larry, fishing has been tough up and down the coast the last few weeks.

Dave, your blogs are great, thanks.

Thanks for the report!

Thanks for the update.

Some memories for sure!

Nice job Matt, sounds delicious!

Had a Depth Raider for 6 years, no issues, I love it.

Welcome Paul.

Hope they can get a handle on what caused it.

Thanks, I'd love to get up there to fish when the Atlantics are in.

Welcome Brian!

I never posted the end of our Labor Day weekend due to some computer problems I had. Here it is and my end of season report. We got 8 on Sunday trolling the bank. We had great action, just couldn't get them to the boat. We lost a lot more than we landed. We had some silver immature fish mixed in with the adults. This was Scott's first time salmon fishing and we had a good time showing him a good time. Had another first time angler on Sunday. Hope had sore arms when we got done. She had a blast. We fished the bank north of the stick to keep away from the crowds. We quit at 10:30 to wrap up some Labor Day plans. Plugs ruled the last couple trips. I skipped a weekend due to winds and got back to fishing this past weekend. Left the pier head Saturday for the 36 line and planned to troll west from there. Got out to about 175ft of water and the boat died. East wind was blowing good but I had enough anchor line to drag bottom along with a drift bag off the bow. Got in contact with some buddies for a tow if needed but wanted to work on her for awhile. Went through some diagnostics, no spark out of the coil. I pulled out one from the cabin to replace it. I keep a lot of spare parts on the boat The new coil got her fired up but I had second thoughts on fishing out farther west with the east wind starting to rip. We pointed her east and set up to fish the pier heads well after sun up. Worked that for a couple hours. No hits and not marking many fish. We pulled some longer lines and took a pass into PM Lake around 10:30AM. Stayed for a hour. We marked a lot more fish but never saw a fish hit by the many boats in there, including us. I spoke with a couple charters fishing in there and they had 8 and 4 each fishing the lake since early in the morning. The bite in there was early. We headed to the docks with our first skunk of the season and for a few years. It was windy Sunday and none of us felt like fishing PM Lake. Packed up the boat and brought her home for the winter. It was a weak ending for us to one of the most awesome seasons on Lake Michigan in 2012. I'm going to look back on a lot of good memories. I still may get out once or twice with some friends and I'll keep everyone posted if I do. From here to December, I'll be hunting most of my spare time. Good Luck!

Sounds like an awesome fishing trip Greg. Nice pics! Thanks for the report.

Frank, our condolences, very sorry for your loss of a good friend.

It would be an issue when spiny water fleas are heavy.

Welcome Dave!

Not much this year, one of the best years ever on keeping my tackle. 10-14lb fish don't do as much damage as the bigger fish of years past.

Welcome George.

Welcome Jack, glad to have you here.

Welcome aboard Jeff!

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Welcome John!

Those are some great looking boat pics John!