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I've run them down to 1.3 to 1.5 and they pull OK but I don't think there are many trollers in the Great Lakes Region that can answer your question down to .3, I don't know anyone trolling that slow here.

Those will work but they are a bit big. We normally use #6 baitholder hooks. When water temps start dropping in the coming weeks, spawn fishing should turn on. For whitefish in November use small #12 hooks for single or double eggs.

No but you can use planers with big jon diver disk, they are smaller than dipsey divers. I use big planer boards and offshore clips to attach 3 or 4 poles on each side. Big fish will release the clips. I used matched rods and if a small fish is on, that rod tip will bend slightly out of position than the others. It is easy to see.

Here is a good rig for spawn bags for steelhead and single salmon eggs for whitefish. That fishing will start going for steelies in October through November and in November for whitefish. We just run the line through a swivel and attach a weight rather than using a sliding sinker sleeve.

Welcome to GLF. There is a some good pier fishing for steelhead/whitefish in Oct and November and for trout, salmon and whitefish in March/early April when the ice just starts to melt.

https://www.mlive.com/news/2019/08/coast-guard-helicopter-rescues-2-people-from-lake-michigan.html?ath=e8c7a8688488a14a9ae7bacad788e082#cmpid=nsltr_stryheadline A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued two people from Lake Michigan near Waukegan, Illinois. Kathleen Root, 31, and Michael Root were hoisted by an MH-60 helicopter aircrew from Air Station Traverse City around 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Rescue efforts began after an unmanned watercraft was recovered approximately three miles offshore from Lake Forest Park Beach two and half hours earlier. The vessel had two cell phones, a set of keys and a wallet with identification cards aboard. Local authorities also located the Roots vehicle and empty boat trailer in the marina parking lot at Naval Base Great Lakes. The helicopter crew began a track line search from Naval Base Great Lakes to the last known position of the watercraft and eventually located both individuals wearing lifejackets and waving their arms in the water. The aircrew deployed the rescue swimmer, hoisted the survivors, and transported them to local emergency medical services where they were treated for mild hypothermia. Boat crews from Coast Guard Stations Wilmette and Calumet Harbor, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Detroit and a C-130 crew from Joint Rescue Coordination Center Trenton also assisted in the search.

Nice catch, we have not seen many immature kings this season. Good you found some, at that size, they will be huge next year.

Thanks for keeping us posted on the fishing in your area. There are too many lakers throughout the great lakes eating precious forage that could be utilized for kings and other silver fish. I hate fishing for them, like pulling in a snagged garbage bag. Hope some kings show up soon for you, the MDNR plants more kings in northern lake Huron than they do in all of Lk Michigan. The stocking sites definitely need to be reviewed. Might be better to spread them out along the south coast of the UP and in other places to get a better fishery return for anglers.

Worst season we have ever had in Ludington in terms of numbers. At least we are getting some big fish but I'd rather have more action.

Yes, the depth needed would depend on water temps and conditions at the time you are there. Do you have a depth finder, look for marks and target that depth. Most divers comes with a depth chart showing how much line you need to let out to get to a certain depth.

Welcome to GLF!

Nice catch!

If you heard about the steelhead caught off Chicago with the wedding ring on his tail, here is the rest of the story. That fish covered some water in a few weeks. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/24/18715577/steelhead-wedding-ring-beginning-love-lost-fishing-jim-nelligan-grey-lion

The wind was blowing hard both mornings so we held off until the afternoon to fish since the winds died down both days as the day went on. I didn't like the graph in Michigan waters so we kept going east and set up near the sputnik on Friday. It was a fast bite with spoons and diver discs back 90 feet and we had 18 walleyes in 2-1/2 hours. Set up on the same area on Saturday afternoon but had a slow bite and only had 3 fish after a couple hours. Pulled lines and ran east and set up a couple miles NW of W Sister Island. Once we got there it was game and on and we got our limit in 2 hrs. Spoons and diver discs again but we stretched our leads to 110 and 120 ft in the deeper water by the islands. A half core with a warrior flutter colville crusher was great on that rod both days, it's been steady all year. One more weekend on Erie and then it's off to the blue water in Ludington.