salmonslammer

Due to a late evening bass fishing trip Friday night we got a very late start this morning. We came out of the piers at 8:30 and was going to run out to 100 foot to set up but we saw a boat in close with a steelhead on so we decided to set up in shallow. We had four rods in the water when a dipsy with a green spin doctor and green fly took off. We netted an 8 pound sheephead. It was the biggest one I had ever seen. It came in 35 feet of water. Fifteen minutes later we got a steelhead on a red thin fin behind a board. We worked 20 feet to 50 feet of water until noon and had no more releases. Not hearing much action for perch we came in.

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We set lines at 6:30 in 70 fow straight out of the piers. At 80 feet we took a steelhead on a blue spin doctor with a blue fly on a dipsy 135 back on one. At 90 feet we took a coho on a lemon spin doctor with a green fly on a dipsy 150 back on one. On the way back in we took another steelhead on a full lead with a dream weaver lemon ice. We pulled lines at 9:00 to look for perch which we never found.

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I have been using the Chamberlain releases for two years and love them. I have not tried the stackers yet but they should work equally as well.

We went straight out of the piers and set in 100 fow at 7:00 PM. We took a west troll and took a king in 130 fow on a dreamweaver glow frog 45 down on a rigger. We hit 150 and not marking anything we turned back east. At 135 fow we took a laker on a lime spin doctor with a monkey puke fly behind a dipsy 125 back on 1. At 130 fow we took a king on the same dipsy set up. At 115 fow we took a king on a moonshine flounder pounder 50 down on a rigger. That was all the action we had except for the flies biting. The surface temp was 60 and at 65 feet down we had 51. We picked up lines at 9:30.

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We got to the ramps this morning to find they were under water. We launched anyway and started the day with wet shoes. The fishing wasn't much better for us as we went 2 for 3. We set up about 6 miles north of the piers and worked 60 to 80 fow. I didn't go deep because my passengers had to be home by noon. We lost our first fish which was a king when it went around a dipsy line. It came on a dreamweaver green dolphin. We then took a laker on a half core with a blue and yellow pro king in 78 fow on an east troll. As soon as the laker was in the net we took a king on a blue spin doctor with a blue bubble fly behind a dipsy 80 back on a 1 setting. It came in 75 fow. We then trolled the next two hours with no hits. There was no radio traffic at all so I heard no other reports. I didn't mark any bait all morning.

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Our first trip of the season went well as we went 9 for 10 and everything worked on the boat. We fished a little south of the A frames in 20 to 35 fow. Red thin fin behind a board took 3 coho and one laker. A blue and orange thunderstick behind a board took one coho. An orange dodger with a white fly on a dipsy 40 back on 3 took one coho. A red and silver pro king on a dipsy took 3 coho. Have a great day on the water!!!

After working for three weeks in Alabama I finally got back on the big pond. We didn't start until 10:00 due to the rain. We set up i n 80 ft and took our fist fish in 83 fow. It was a Laker on a lime green spin doctor with a monkey puke fly 80 down on a rigger. At 90 fow we took a king on a full lead with a yellow /green J-plug. At 104 fow we took another laker on the same rigger set up 80 down. We turned back east and took a double on two full leads. One with the same J-plug and the other on a dreamweaver lemon ice. I put the J-plug back out and just put the rod in the holder when it went again. We finished the day at 2:00 with a king on a dipsy 200 back on 1 with a green/white spin doctor with a dolphin fly. We ended with 4 kings and three lakers. Have a great day on the water!!!

We fished straight out of the piers in 65 to 75 feet of water Sat. evening. We took 5 kings between 9:00 and 10:00 PM. The first one came on a moonshine happy meal on a full lead in 70 fow. The next one came on a moonshine flounder pounder on a full lead in 69 fow. Then came a double. One on a green spin doctor with a dolphin fly on a dipsy 100 back on 1 in 71 fow and the other on a blue spin doctor with a blue bubble fly on a dipsy 80 back on 1. The last fish came on a moonshine flounder pounder on a rigger 60 down in 61 fow. Have a great day on the water.

We took 4 kings,1 brown, and 35 perch this morning. We fished straight out of the piers in 40 to 50 fow. 2 kings and the brown came on a stinger monkey puke 30 down on a rigger. 2 kings came on a red/silver pro king 35 down on a rigger. We then found 35 perch all over 11 inches in front of the A frames. Have a great day on the water.

My vacation week started out great. I took my 93 year old parents and son out perch fishing. We took a four person limit in 32 fow off the A frames south of the piers. At least a half of them were over 10 inches and the rest between 8 and 10. It was the best perch trip we have had in a couple years. Usually I miss the good fishing by a day or two. Tomorrow we hope to look for some kings before perch fishing. Have a great day on the water!!!

We set up about 2 miles north of the piers in 120 fow. The first rod in the water went before I could get another one set. A king came on a green and orange pro king 60 down on the rigger. We trolled out to 150 fow with no more hits. We turned back East and took a laker on a green spin doctor with a monkey puke fly on a rigger 80 ft. down in 125 fow. Put that setup back down and five minutes later took another laker. We turned back out and took another laker on a dreamweaver green dolphin 90 down on the rigger in 134 fow. We then pulled to go perch fishing. Have a great day on the water!!!

We bounced around for 4 hours and picked up only 2 lake trout. We fished 75 to 100 fow north of the piers. The first one came on 10 color with blue/yellow pro king in 92 fow. The second came on a dreamweaver green dolphin 75 down on a rigger in 82 fow. Have a great day on the water!!!

It is a 1999 sportcraft I bought new in Muskegon. It has been a good boat over the years. I just keep putting more holes in it as I add equipment!!

We fished 4 miles north of piers in 80 to 120 fow. We took 5 kings and 1 steelhead. A blue/yellow proking on full lead took two kings. A proking bumblebee on a half core took 1 king and 1 steelhead. A green spin doctor/ green fly took a king and the last king came on a stinger blue dolphin. The fish came at depths of 82,86, 90, 105, 107, and 113. It was a short trip as we pulled lines at 10 to beat the rain!! Have a great day on the water.

We set up 2 miles north of pier heads in 70 fow taking 2 kings while setting up. One on an orange/gold stinger 45 down on a rigger and the other on a yellow/blue pro king on full lead. I thought it was going to be a good day but we went the next 2 hours without a bump. We picked up and ran out to 300 looking for some steelhead but all we found was a king and a laker. The king came on a dreamweaver green dolphin 75 down on a rigger and the laker came on a stinger blue dolphin 80 down on a rigger. Have a great day on the water!!!

It was slow for us today as we never really found the fish. We ended 4 for 6 but never had a bump until 9:30 after setting lines at 6:00. We started at 90 fow and went west to 250 fow. All four fish came 217 to 230 fow. Two kings, one steelhead, and one laker. One king weighed out at 13 pounds. Yellow and blue pro king took one king on full lead. One king came on blue spin doctor/blue bubble fly on dipsy 160 back on 1. The steelhead came on a stinger blue dolphin on a rigger 70 down. The laker came on a dreamweaver caramel dolphin 55 down on a rigger. We plan to be out again tomorrow. Have a great day on the water!!!

Because of the heavy fog I ran 4 miles south of the piers to get away from the boat traffic we couldn't see. We set in at 100 fow and trolled southwest. We took 3 coho on the way out to 165 fow. One came on blue/yellow pro king spoon on full lead in 134 fow. Second one came on blue spin doctor/blue bubble fly on a dipsy 150 back on 1 in 143 fow. The third coho came in 165 fow on a dreamweaver lemon ice on full lead. We turned and went Northeast picking up 7 kings. One on the same blue/yellow proking on full lead in 162 fow. At 160 fow a king on moonshine flounder pounder 80 down on the rigger. at 153 fow on green/orange pro king 45 down on rigger. At 144 fow on gold/orange stinger 44 down on rigger. At 140 fow on orange/green proking 45 down on rigger. At 130 foe on blue spin doctor blue bubble fly on dipsy 150 back on 1. And the last king came at 125 fow on a blue/green proking on rigger 50 down. Have a great day on the water

We fished the A-frames to the power plant 12 to 30 feet of water taking 8 coho. Red thin fin behind a board took 4. 2 came off orange jointed rapala 4 ft. down on a rigger. One on a fire tiger jointed rapala 4 ft. down on a rigger. One came on an orange flasher with a white fly on a dipsy 35 back on 3 .

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Our first trip of the season went well as everything on the boat worked and we took 6 fish. Because my friend just had knee replacement and the water not being flat I ran to the power plant and trolled with the waves back to the pier heads. We worked 17 to 25 fow with all the fish coming in 18 or 19 fow. Two came on a red thin fin behind a board. One came on orange flasher with white fly on three color lead. Two came on pro spoon bumblebee on a dipsy 35 back on 3. And one came on orange jointed rapala 6 down on rigger. We hope to be back out tomorrow. Have a great day on the water!!!

We set up in 50 fow straight out of the piers and went west out to 140 fow. At 62 fow we took a king on a stinger blue dolphin 45 down on a rigger. At 68 fow we took a king on a dreamweaver lemon ice on a 10 color lead. At 73 fow we took a king on a wonderbread J plug on a dipsy 200 back on 3. At 84 fow we took another king on the same J plug same settings. At 108 fow we took our last king on a green/orange pro king on a 10 color. At 130 fow we lost a steelhead after many jumps. It came on a pro king orange crush on a 5 color.

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We had a better day today as we went 8 for 10. We set lines in 70 fow straight out of the piers and trolled south to the power plant. We zig zaged between 70 and 80 fow taking 2 kings on a dreamweaver green dolphin 75 down on a rigger. 1 king came on a 6 inch silver dodger with a white fly on full lead. A green and white spin doctor with a green fly 80 down on a rigger took 1 lake trout and 2 kings. A pearl 6 inch dodger with a white and blue fly took 1 king on full lead. The last king came on an orange and green pro king on a half core.

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We had two no shows today so my son and I were limited in our spread this morning. We fished 50 to 100 fow south of piers. We finished 4 for 5 . We started with a double of kings. One hit a white and black J- plug on full lead and the other came on a dreamweaver green dolphin 70 down on a rigger in 82 fow. That same green dolphin took a laker in 83 fow. The last laker came in 95 fow on a green/white spin doctor with a green dolphin fly 78 down on a rigger.

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We thought it would be a great day after our start. We set up a little south of the piers in 60 ft. We took three kings in 15 minutes. The first one in 67 fow on a wonderbread J-plug 45 down on the rigger. The second one in 69 fow on a lemon/lime J-plug 65 down on a rigger. The third in 70 fow on a green/white spin doctor with a green fly. Our only other action was in 85 fow. We had three steelhead on a full lead with a White with black lines J-plug. All three kept jumping til they were gone. It was a beautiful day on the lake. We plan to be back out in the morning.

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We started setting lines at 6:20 and at 6:30 we took a 12 pound king on a blue spin doctor with a blue bubble fly 200 back on 1. We thought it would be a great day. At 9:00 we pulled lines to look for perch as we never had another release. We fished 5 miles north of the piers in 75 to 90 fow. I don't know what others did as there was very little radio traffic. We did manage 25 perch before heading in at noon. Better days are coming.

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