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Thanks for the report Todd, who's boat did you fish on?

Thanks Jim. This thread linked below is in the Lk Michigan Discussion forum. It is about this topic but most importantly, shares all the research information. It is important to understand the science behind this before you take the survey, lots of good info in the links in this thread: http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26288 Jay Wesley is a LK Michigan Biologist (in the link above) and a member here and will answer your questions in the threads he participates in. When I first heard about this, I was initially opposed to the cuts until I learned about the science behind this by watching the videos and attending the Seagrant Meeting online. I support making these cuts. We cannot have what happened on Lk Huron happen on Lk Michigan.

Great catch Terry!

Calm seas and salmon in the box, nice night!

Nice catch!

Great catch!

Thanks for keeping us posted on Manistee Matt.

Thanks for the report.

Just a thought. Could it be the fish are stacked up on our side of the lake in that band of water? Seems 100-200 ft of water is quite good from St Joe to Manistee. I don't think they are doing this good on the far south end of the lake or the Wisconsin side.

Welcome Bob!

Great catch!

Thanks for the report!

Nice catch!

Nice catch Ken!

Nice start to the season for you!

Treblemaker from here won the wing contest. The wings everyone cooked were great and it was hard to pick a favorite. Lot's of different smoked foods all afternoon. It was a great 2 days on Lk Mich and the banks of the St Joe river. I don't need to eat anything today, I'm still stuffed.

Wings getting started for the wing contest. I should have taken a picture of Dan's Lang smoker before he pulled off the briskets and pork butts he had it loaded with. Here he is finishing some fattys and pork tenderloins.

When we got up and looked at the radar yesterday, there was a storm coming across the south end of the lake. We thought about trailing north to avoid it but stayed at St Joe since we were part of a BBQ and fishing event. We take the Q cooks out fishing and then they cook some awesome food over the 2 days. Most of the boats stayed in but we thought we go and see how it was. Raging east wind and the storm cell over the lake had us setting up in 40 feet of water instead of 127ft like yesterday. We made one out troll to 85 ft, went 2 for 3 and one guy started getting sick and the waves were really building as we got farther out so we pulled lines and went in. Quite the downpour as we pulled lines. Not many fish inside so I would start farther out if you are going this week. You can rule out some water from this report. Wish I was there today as weather looks better. When we got done, the smokers got fired up and the feast began. Okie Tim came all the way from Oklahoma to fish with us and cook some great Q. Baby backs

Nice kings Kevin.

Wish I could have stayed till today. The US Fish and Wildlife biologists collecting data from us at St Joe on Friday. They took scale samples, weight, length and the tails from our kings to check if they were stocked or reproduced naturally. First time I've met the Feds working at the docks. Our fish got a bit shorter after they were done.

Great box guys!

Good job Ben!

Nice catch!

That was a good short trip.

Nice job.