salmonslammer

I will be out in the morning and will post in the afternoon. If you are out Saturday morning give me a call I will be scanning.

Have a great day on the water!!

We went 7 for 8 today. We set lines in 65 fow and went west out to 130 only picking up 1 laker off the bottom in 112 fow on a tin can with green dolphin fly. We turned back in and took another laker off the bottom on the same rigger set up in 104 fow. At 76 fow we took a 12 pound king on a blue spin doctor and blue bubble fly 180 back on 1. At 62 fow we took a steelhead on the same blue set up 180 back on 1. At 38 fow we took a steelhead on a red thinfin behind a board. At 37 fow we took a king on a stinger red hot 20 down on the rigger. The last fish came at 32 fow. A steelhead on a red thin fin behind a board. Would have liked to fish longer but my son had to get to work. We will be back out in the morning. Have a great day on the water!!!

Another slow day for us as we went 2 for 2 again. We washed a lot of baits today trying to get the fish to hit something. We worked the 6's to the 4's 60 to 120 fow. We took both fish in 72 fow. We took a king on moonshine blue flounder running on a half core and a 10 pound steelhead on a stinger starburst on a rigger 70 down. With the winds going back to the south tomorrow should be a better day!

Have a great day on the water!!!

We had a very slow morning. We fished 80 to 110 fow and went 2 for 2. We took a laker in 86 fow on a tin can with a green dolphin fly bouncing the bottom. Five minutes later we took a steelhead in 88 fow on a dream weaver lemon ice on a full core. We fished until 10:00 and went to look for perch and didn't find any. The north wind moved them out. I am on vacation this week so I will be back out in the morning.

Have a great day on the water.

We fished 4 miles north of the piers in 33 fow and took 175 perch. It took 6 hours to get them as the schools were moving around. We only had a dozen jumbo's and most of the perch were around 9 inches, but they will taste good in December.

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We ended up 6 miles north of the pier heads in 18 fow and took a 4 man limit of perch. Most were 9 to 10 inches with a few 12's in the mix. We plan to be back out in the morning. Have a great day on the water!!!

Good job on the perch. I will be out Friday morning out of St. Joe looking for perch. Have a great day on the water!!!

I love a cooler full of perch with a salmon on top. Great job!

Thanks for the report. It has been a little slow out of St. Joe. With the forcast of rain and storms today I stayed home to fire up the smoker.

Here's our catch!

My boat is a 22ft. Sportcraft and yes, it was a long ride back in. I tried to fish into the waves,but my dad couldn't stand up so I just kept going out.

Nice job of catching!

Just curious.....How big of a boat do you have?

I fished out of Muskegon this morning and at 180FOW, the waves were every bit of 3-5'. 180FOW is only about 7.5 miles out at Muskegon. I can only imagine what they were like out of St. Joe in 240FOW. That must have been a long ride back in.

The way the wind was blowing when I came out of the house I knew there would be no 1 foot or less but we went out and set lines at 80 ft. My 90 year old Dad was with us so we just went with the waves out to 250 ft. picking up 10 fish on the way out. At 130 ft. a steelhead came on a Stinger carmel dolphin on a 10 color. At 143 ft. a laker came on a dreamweaver lemon ice on a 5 color. At 193 ft. a steelhead came on a pro king orange crush. At 217 we took a double. A king on the carmel dolphin on the 10 color and a laker on the lemon ice on the 5 color. At 223ft. a king came on a stinger blue dolphin 45 down on a rigger. At 230 ft. we took a triple. A king came on a dreamweaver green dolphin 60 down on a rigger. A steelhead came on a stinger blue dolphin 45 down on the rigger and a steelhead came on a carmel dolphin 30 down on the rigger. The last fish was a king on a NBK 30 down on the rigger in 240 ft. The dipsy's never took a hit all morning. We lost three other fish on lead.

Have a great day on the water!!!!

Thats what its all about. Watching the kids catch the fish and the smiles on their faces when it is in the net!!

Great report!! Hope they are still around on Saturday.

Sorry about the late report but I had to head to work after cleaning fish. We went 8 for 10 Monday morning between 7 and 10 in 45 to60 fow straight out of the piers. One coho on stinger blue dolphin 40 down on rigger. One coho on lemom/lime stinger on rigger 24 down. Two coho came on red/silver pro king behind dipsy 65 back on 3. Two coho came on red thin fin behind a board. One coho on a mixed veggie stinger 38 down on rigger and One laker on orange crush behind a dipsy 55 back on 3.

Have a great day on the lake!!

Outstanding catch and great report. I got moved to second shift so I will be out Monday morning.

Sounds like a busy morning. Great cooler of fish. Must have been a beautiful day on the lake.

Thanks for the great report. That was a great cooler of fish.

Very nice catch

We went 5 for 6 this morning. We ran south to the 3's and trolled back to the pier heads. A coho came on a red/silver pro king on a dipsy 40 back on 3 in 48 fow. A steelhead hit a red thin fin behind the board in 49 fow. A coho hit an orange crush on three color lead in 47 fow. A coho hit a red thin fin behind a board in 48 fow. The last coho came on a red/silver pro king 30 down on the rigger in 39 fow. Have a great day on the water!!!!

Thanks for the report. I will be out Saturday.

Great job on the Lakers. Next weekend they can go in the smoker!!

Our first trip out for the season started slow as we went the first two hours washing baits in 20 to 40 ft. of water south of the piers. We had planned to fish in closer but the armada of boats kept us out. We finally moved out to 60 ft. south of the power plant and took 8 fish in a little over an hour. We took 5 coho and 3 kings weighing 15,13, and 11 pounds. The largest king came on a green jointed rapala 100 feet behind the board. The other 7 fish came on a red with black ladderback thin fin 100 ft. behind the board. I was happy that all equipment worked on the first trip. The kings were an added bonus.

Since we had a flat lake we decided to fish for perch this morning. We took a 5 person limit 4 miles north of the piers in 30 feet of water. We had 25 fish 10 to 13 inches and the rest 7 to 9 inches. We kept the radio on and it sounded like the salmon fishing was pretty good also in 80 to 120 feet of water. We will be in Manistee tomorrow.

Have a great day on the water!!!

I usually troll between 2 and 2.5 on my graph which is around 2.8 to 3.2 on my GPS. Depending on the current and winds adjustments are made. I don't have the speed at the bait so I depend on how my dipsy's are pulling. When a fish gets on I always note the direction and speed to form a pattern for that day.

Have a great day on the water!!!

Larry Kramp (Salmon Slammer)