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Vacuum sealing has changed me from giving away the fresh salmon we couldn't eat.

First time out being able to run a full 12 rod spread. 7:00 PM start north of pier at 100' out to 125' then back in... found many massive bait balls just north of pier in the 90 fow, no takers. One rip on 200 copper/NBK at 85 fow right before sundown. 10 lb. king off free slider DOC downrigger at 55 in 82 fow. Not the less than a foot forecast but a rreat evening with with wife and friends!

Started at 120 fow, shaker before 4th rod was in on stacked DOC at 45'. 145 fow 7 lb. king on 5 color mixed veggies off SWR, ball at 70 down. Turned in as the flies covered the boat, rods, and us. 8 lb. king on 200 copper smurfet. 8lb.king on jagerbomb downrigger at 70'. Lost 2 others after sunset- 300 copper/happy meal and downrigger at 50 with ET.

Great job. That un named spoon ... Stinger ET along with Area 51 were great last June for me.

Short evening trip with the wife. Quit fishing early... Fished 70-108 fow. 1 rip on 7 color/nuclear mixed veggies. 1 4# king on 200 copper and mag flounder pounder. Fish came in 94 and 103 fow on south troll. Only marked a few fish, and one massive ball of bait, no takers. Great evening.

Thanks for the report, and nice day on the catching side of fishing!

Evening fish started 1/2 way to Saugatuck in the fog, trolled to almost Douglas. Worked 40-75 fow on southwest troll. 1 high swimming lake trout in 72' fow on 3 color mag. flounder pounder. Lost big ? on braid mag dipsey 75 back, setting 3 with bloody nose. Both fish were in clean water, quite close to the muddy water. Didn't mark much all night.

Thanks for the report. Hoping tomorrow is just as successful!

Congrats on the GREAT trip, and thanks as usual for the details !

2 300' , 2 150' coppers. 2 Wire divers and 1 braid diver. Leadcores- 1- 2 color, 1- 3 color, 2- 5 colors, 1- 7 color. Need to add a "dreaded" 450' copper after last seasons success fishing deep.

Evening troll 40-60 FOW Starting a couple miles south of pier trolled South then back working in and out of mudline. Only one hit and off immediately, on NBK 40 down on rigger. Only marked a couple of fish. Fished a variety of lures, rigs, speeds and patterns.

Thanks for the report, and Great Job!

Thanks again for the useful report

Nice work! Well not really work.... Thinking we were close to each other this am. Thanks for your spoons! 1 put a fish in the box for us today. Looking forward to that prototype.

Started out south of power plant a mile or two, working 14-30 FOW. Ran into one school and picked off 7 Coho in the 24-27' depths. All but one fish came on north troll at 2.7-2.9 gps. 2 largest 4 and 5 lbs. were a double off a 3 and 4 color down the chute. Red/black thinfins 2, DOC spoon 1, firetiger thinfin 1, orange hot n tot 1, j-11 orange Rapala 1, and orange and silver Jp Slammer 1. Another great spring day !

Couldn't find the cooler filling success of past weeks reports. Fished just after first light to around noon. Went south from pier trolling to power plant and then back. Picked up small coho on J9 orange jointed rapala w/in 30 min. reached over rail and plier release. Another coho just before nuke boundary buoys 4 lber. on 3 color DOCrush spoon 125 back flatlined. Turned around and not long one more coho on Brads gold, red and black hand painted ladderback off board. A couple plus more hours washing baits n 10-30 FOW. All fish caught in 15-17 FOW. Talk at ramp were did they go. One boat that fished last night and boxed out, only got 2 or 3 also. Great time for first trip in 2011.

How fast were you trolling? When targeting steel in top 20' we are usually doing 3.8-4.6 surface speed.

Ramp is still in.

Fished 11 am (late start) to 2:30 on a gorgeous flat lake, north of pier staying in 12' to 50' depths. 2 steelhead landed 1 on 3 color and orange firetiger horde plug flatlined, 1 on small copper singer spoon 20 down, 85' back. 3 lost (3 color plug , DO Crush 15' down, and Goldilocks 1 oz. snap weight 150 behind. board. All fish hooked wee in 14' to 22' of water.

Agreed...run fast ... I'd run free sliders on the riggers, and 2 long lines, or use boards if you have them. Orange something always this time of year on 1/2 the lures. I would be running one line with some type of diving minnow bait (last week that added a few to the cooler with a diving rapala). Just test it and make sure it can track with the 3.5-4.0 speed. Also I would drive a s curve pattern instead of a steady straight line.

I saw what I'm sure was you and another boat out there in the 200's...Listened to Dirty Dog and I believe you on the radio.

8am start in 180' out to 230' then a northeast troll all the way into 120's. 1 jumping steelhead on ? so quick we never could figure out on which board it was. Once in the 130-120' range we marked lots of bait on the bottom. Ended up taking 2 5-6 lb. steelhead out of 3 hooked in 45 minute span. 1 on 3 color orange/black ladder small silver horde plug, 1 on Goby Rapala , 1 on walleye sized mixed veggie, and one lost on orange double crush. Fish were full of moths, ladybugs, wasps, 1" alewife and 1 had a 1"+ perch also. We never found a real noticeable surface temp change today.

Fished 5-9 north of the stacks...not the forecasted 1-2' waves. Started at 100' trolling west with the ever growing waves. Lost one fish on 300 copper and mag MS flounder pounder in 156' of water. Trolled out to the 180's and turned back. One other release on rigger with MS bloody nose 70 down in around 140-130'. Only marked one fish and no bait.

Thanks to all... X4 will be the choice I'll make.

Looking for recommendations, likes and dislikes. Read the previous "probe" posts. With progress and changes on electronics still unsure on which model. Thanks in advance, Eric