EdB

Nice catch, sure is nice to see the year class of coho's we have out there this spring.

Nice job, those coho's are really snapping now.

That's some fast action!

That's a nice box!

Nice catch, wish I didn't have to work.

Great job!

Good job Kevin!

That's filling the box, good job!

Great catch!

Way to go, those fish are snapping now.

Nice catch!

Had another good weekend, I walked off the rock Sat with 2 coho, 2 whitefish and a chrome blue 9 lb steelie. 4 of us fished today and we walked off with 21. The catch was 12 coho's and 9 whitefish. I got 6 of them. Steelie skein was the hot bait today on the river side of the pier.

18 to 22 inches-chunky, they look good.

Hit the river this morning, I got 2 steelies, my buddy lost 3. All drifting spawn bags. Moved to the pier for the afternoon and we got 1 brown, 5 coho and 4whitefish between both of us. Had a great day, I caught 3 coho's to round out a limit for the day and one whitefish. My buddy had the hot hand on the pier to make up for his poor showing at the river. The coho's liked nightcrawlers 5-7ft under floats. The whitefish liked skein and single eggs. We also got some fish on spawn bags. Nice to use 3 rods. The boats were hitting a few fish too. Good luck!

Lake trout opens April 1 off St Joe this year when the new Lk Trout regs going into effect April 1. It will run to Oct 31st. That will be a nice bonus for the box. Next year, it is Jan 1 to Oct 31.

That's a good one!

Shawn, My first forschner was a 12 incher, that was back in to the 20 pounder days. It's great for big fish. I like my 10 incher best for the size of fish we have been catching in recent year.

Yeah Charter Sucks !!!!! Frank, Doesn't that computer customer service rep voice with 20 questions drive you nuts when you try to call them. If you have run into that, here's a tip. Just start shouting "you mother f'rs and a bunch of other swear words and I'm going to cancel my service and it will connect you to a live person. Learned that trick last year.

Congratulations!

Name:Ed Age:50 Residence Location:Waterloo,MI Area(s) Most Often Fished:Ludington, St Joe, Erie Years of Experience:30+ got "hooked" on salmon in 1975 Boat Size and Info: 21 ft Admiral, got her new in 1990 and she has been very good to me. My dad took us to Manistee in 75 and we all got hooked on salmon then. We fished the piers and harbors for the first few years. The number of salmon stacked up in Manistee harbor if you hit it right back then was awesome. I'll never forget those days with my dad. First started trolling in 1979 and I knew then I had to have a great lakes boat. Went through my greenhorn days in the early 80's in small boats. Had some awesome catches in my 14 ft'r when I started to get a clue. 2 homemade downriggers, a depth finder and two rods and me. Got skunked and paid my dues a bunch too. My buddy Jimmmy Jack in Ludington in the mid 80's to early 90's really taught a lot about trolling. We really got into offshore steelies after the salmon crashed due to BKD in 86. Milt Bennet on Highliner was also a mentor back in my early days. He was an offshore angler too. I remember he gave me some coordinates at St Joe in May and when we cleared piers, I realized it was 12 miles out. Made the run, saw a speck on the horizon and it was him. We were the only boats out there and just smoked em. I burn a lot of truck gas where I live and I don't mind burning boat gas either. I've been on the water almost every weekend in summer ever since. I'm married to the coolest wife in the world, she let's me run but we like to have fun. I have two beautiful daughters who like to fish. Thank god the family loves Ludington and we have a place there for the season. Hope to see more of you guys around the docks this summer.

What I meant was to launch at Bolles Harbor to fish the dumping grounds, Toledo Light or off of Luna Pier (green onion). It's a shorter run to those areas. You can launch at the marina's in Luna Pier for a fee but if you get a license with the new state parks passport, you can launch at Sterling or Bolles for free. The best ramps/docks,harbor area and short channel to the lake is at Bolles. If you need a cleaning station, go to Sterling.

If your fishing the south shore, dumping grounds, luna pier, toledo light, go a few miles farther south to Bolles Harbor. The new license plates with a state park passport gets you in there this year. It is the best best launch facility of all in terms of docks and no lines or waiting. Only drawback is no cleaning station.

I almost spilled coffee on my computer so hard.

There are none that I know of. Plenty of dockage but no campgrounds attached.