salmonslammer

After cleaning fish at Midnight It was tough to get up and on the lake by 5:30. It was worth it as we had 5 in the box by 7:30. We fished straight out of the pier heads using our waypoints from the previous night. Instead of kings we found lake trout. Four came on green dolphin 85 down on rigger in 95, 101, 107, 109 feet of water. One steelhead on lime/orange stinger on rigger 45 down in 101 fow. One laker on purple/white pro king 80 on rigger in 123 fow. One king on full lead with lemon ice dreamweaver. Will be out in the morning weather permitting.

We tried an evening fish and took 3 kings and 2 steelhead. We fished straight out in 90 to 140 feet of water.One steelhead came on mixed veggies on a rigger 45 down in 105 fow. One king on watermelon stinger on dipsy 140 back on 3 in 117 fow. One steelhead on orange and gold stinger on rigger 75 down in 117 fow. One king on caramel dolphin on half lead in 120 fow. One king on orange/lemon stinger 50 down in 86 fow.

Last week we kept only perch over 9 inches. We fished south in front of the A frames. I use sweedish pimples with a single hook which I tip with a thin strip of belly meat from a king or lake trout out of the box as we usually troll for a few hours before we look for perch. The bigger perch seem to go after that rather than minnows.

I believe it is the size 0 dipsy I use and yes it was bumpy Sunday morning especialy going out since I ran south to be able to go with the waves. We were all soaked by the time we got out to 70 feet. It was a great week of fishing but today was back to work. The bright side is next week I am also taking a week off so if the weather is good I will be out all week and will be posting. We eat fish at least twice a week so it goes fast. We also got some nice kings so my smoker will be busy.

Fished 6:00 to 9:00. Ran 2 miles south out to 75 feet and went with the waves into 60 feet. One Laker on watermelon spoon on dipsy 130 back set on 3. One king on lemon ice on full lead. One king on green/white spin doctor with a green fly. One king on blue spin doctor with blue bubble fly on dipsy 80 back on 1. One king on orange/lime stinger on rigger 35 down. One steelhead on tin can with green fly on rigger 61 down

Fished 50 to 80 feet of water straight out to two miles south. Took one king on lemon ice on full lead. Took one king watermelon spoon on dipsy 130 back on 3. Took one king on caramel dolphin on half lead. One king on green dolphin off rigger down 52. One steelhead on lemon ice on full lead. Fished til 9:00 then caught 100 perch at the A frames.

Sorry about that. Yes, I always fish out of St. Joe. I am always glad to share info when I am out and into fish I am always scanning and will get back to you if you call. Have a great day!

We fished 50 to 80 feet of water straight out of the piers to 4 miles south.One king on orange/chartreuse stinger 30 down on rigger. one king on blue spin doctor with blue bubble fly on dipsy 80 back on 1. One king on dreamweaver lemon ice on full lead. One king on chrome dodger with dolphin fly on dipsy 100 back on 1 and one steelhead on watermelon spoon 150 back on 3. We had the fish by 9:00 and then took 100 perch in 41 feet of water out in front of the A frames. It was a great day on the lake.

Fished this morning 50 to 90 feet of water straight out of the piers. We took two kings on caramel dolphin on half lead. Took one king on blue spin doctor with blue fly 80 back on 1. Took a brown on green dolphin 50 down on rigger.All fish by 8:00 then nothing for two hours

Fished Monday night in 55 to 80 feet of water in the 2's to 5's. One king on lemon ice on full lead. One king on watermelon spoon on dipsy 130 back on 3. One king on green and yellow spoon 50 down on rigger and one laker on watermelon spoon on dipsy 130 back on 3. We went back out Tuesday morning fishing 45 to 75 feet of water in the 5's to 7's on GPS. Two lakers on tin can with purple fly. One steelhead on watermelon on dipsy 130 back on 3 and one king on blue spin doctor and blue fly on dipsy 100 back on 1. I am on vacation this week and hope to get out each day!!

Fished 65 to 80 feet of water a little south of piers boating only two fish.A nice steelhead on watermelon spoon off dipsy 150 back on 3 and a laker off the bottom on tin can and dolphin fly. We had three other hits,but fish were gone by the time we got to the rods

Fished 200 to 265 feet of water in the 12's. It was slow but took 2 coho, 1 King and 1 Laker. Two came on lemon ice on lead core and two came off rigger down 65 on green dolphin. All caught by nine and then two hours of washing baits. Surface temp was 47

Fished 200 to 250 feet of water in the 5's to 7's.Took 2 Lakers, one on lemon ice on full lead and one on blue spin doctor with blue fly off dipsy 120 back on 1. 4 kings came on green dolphin 69 down on rigger,mag lemon ice on full lead,mag blue dolphin on full lead, and mag blue dolphin on rigger 55 down.

200 feet of water is about 10 miles out. The coho were 2 to 3 pounds, the king 5 pounds and the steelhead 6 pounds.

Took 6 fish in 200 to 250 feet of water straight out of the pier heads.Three coho and 1 king came on Dreamweaver lemon ice on full lead. One coho came on Pro king bumblebee 35 down on rigger and one steelhead came on blue spin doctor with a blue fly behind a dipsy 90 back on 1.

After spending three hours trolling the shoreline in 8 to 15 feet of water with no hits we headed west. At 45 feet of water we took a steelhead on blue and orange thunderstick behind a board. At 65 feet of water we took a coho on a pro king bumblebee 27 down on rigger. The water temp on surface was 43. Talk on the radio sounded like 85 to 90 fow was producing some kings and lakers. I guess I should have started deeper today.

First time out this season the good news all the equipment worked fine but with the water only 44 we only caught two fish. We fished 6 miles south of the piers and put one laker back in the lake and one brown in the cooler. Both fish came in 23 feet of water on red thin fin behind a board.

We were 6 for 9 all kings fishing 70 to 80 feet of water a little south of pier heads. Pro king yellow/blue hologram took 2 fish,1 on lead and 1 off dipsy 180 back on 3. Pro king bumblebee 40 down on rigger took one. Blue spin doctor/blue bubble fly off dipsy 100 back on 1 and 2 fish came on green fishcatcher with monkey puke fly 120 back on 1

We took a four man limit of perch this morning in 39 feet of water in front of A frames south of pier heads. No jumbo's but a lot of 10 inch perch.

We took our limit of perch about 6 miles south of pier heads out from A frames in 42 feet of water. No jumbo's today. All fish between 8 and 10 inches.

I am sorry I didn't put the port in. I posted on another site which had the port in the heading and just copied the same report to this site. I always fish out of St. Joseph. I will put the port in the heading next time. I have no secrets and always share my reports and location on the lake when I am out. There are plenty of fish for everyone and plenty of times I am looking for help to get the skunk out of the box

We took our limit of 9 kings by 8 AM 4 miles south of pier heads in 65 to 70 feet of water. Fish came on blue/chartreuse pro king 0n dipsy 200 back on 3 and the same spoon on lead. Also orange crush 45 on rigger, green dolphin 65 down on rigger, and blue spin doctor with blue bubble fly on dipsy 100 back on 1.

Took 3 kings north of piers in the 10's in 75 feet of water. 2 came on dreamweaver green dolphin 70 down on rigger and 1 on green and white fishcatcher/green fly 145 back on 1. Then we went in and caught 80 perch in 20 feet of water at the north end of Jean Klock Park

Took six fish south of pier heads in the 4's in 60 to 80 feet of water. king on blue spin doctor/blue bubble fly off dipsy 90 back on 1. A king and laker on green dolphin 70 down on rigger. A coho and steelhead off green and white fish catcher with a dolphin fly. A steelhead on blue and green hologram pro king 60 down on rigger.

Best day in 30 years on the lake.Put 20 fish in the box. 2 coho, 2 lake trout, 6 steelhead and 10 kings. Fished south of piers 60 to 72 feet of water. Every rod took at least one fish. Pro king blue and green and dreamweaver green dolphin took most of the fish. Riggers 60 and 65 down, dipsy 90 on one ,dipsy 150 on 2. Lead took 8 fish.We will be back out in the morning.