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Saturday morning,
well the fishing could be worse.. We went 3 for 4 and we should have had all 4, but a triple header made it a bit hard and the 10 year old ended up with a big fish that we lost right behind the boat. We Fished in 100 to 130 fow, and we hit all our fish on a north troll goin about 2.4 at the ball.
What worked:
Hapee meal parked at 50 down on a rigger
200 copper with blue dolphin
350 copper with ice crush paddle and red and silver meat rig
Sunday morning,
WOW!!! we started fishing at about 5:30 and we ended at 6:30.. We went 2 for 4 in the short time we were out their. We got pushed off the lake by one of the worst storms i have ever seen. We only had 2 ppl so that was an issue. We started pulling lines and we had a triple go and as those fish hit so did the storm.. Everyone around us pulled lines and got in. But we couldent because we couldent get the fish in soon enough.. So we had one person driving and one person trying to bring in 3 seperate fish. All while we got killed by a lake michigan HURRICANE. So we ended up only getting 2 out of the triple header. And then we missed a fish after the triple header. So finally we got lines pulled and ran out of the storm.. Thank god..
What worked:
350 copper with ice crush paddle and red and silver meat rig.. (That took another 18 pounder and thats what took so long to bring in)
7 color with green dolphin
Yellow and black stinger spoon which was on a fixed slider at about 50 down..
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Copper with meat rigs on it... its seems to be the most natural presentation.. we try to get meat rigs as far away from the boat
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We got out this today (Saturday) and we went 3 for 4.. lost 1 behind the boat but just bad luck... hapee meal spoon took 2 fish which was on a rigger 50 down.. white paddle and red meat rig took another fish.. and the blue dolphin had a fish on.. we did all of our fishing in 100 to 130 row.. o and the meat rig and blue dolphin were on copper.. one was 200 copper and the other was 350
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68 or 80 and we go by in the net so give us shout and we will let u know how we r doin
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yea that is sea fleas and they are TERRIBLE this year... They are so bad that you cant even slap them on the water to get them off.. I would suggest buying flea flicker line it works really good
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we should be up their this weekend and we will proboably be out in the morining on Saturday and sunday... We might get out at night also... Whats the name of ur boat and maybe we can let you know how we are doin over the radio
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we have found that the most productive setup is meat rigs on long lines... such as lead core or copper.. Thats when the sun is up
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it was out most productive setup last year... Pearl flasher and pearl fly took ALOT of fish.
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We fish ludington which isnt to far from frankfort and the fishing has been slow and we havent been out fishing since the 4th of july week and we went 6 for 11 over 2 days and meat rigs seemed to be the best.. Copper and wire divers are what we caught fish on.. Although the good newsis that the fish are big we got 2 fish that were 20+ lbs and the rest were 14 lbs or bigger
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yea it is true that you just have to cover alot of water and hope to find some schools.... Its the same way in ludington right now
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yea we should be up in Ludington this weekend also, and the fishing has been bad.. We were up their during the 4th of July week and we went 6 for 11 but that is 2 days put together. Alot of copper with meat and wire with meat were what worked best..
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we have caught a few fish on them in Lake michigan but we dont use them all that much so they dont get to much of a chance... We like dipseys more on our boat
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i would run 2 riggers, 2 dipseys, and 2 copper/leadcore.. But then you have to figure out what is working best and run more of those.. For example the last time we went out of ludington we had a 9 rod spread and we ran 6 coppers and 3 dipseys mainly because the downriggers were catching nothing.
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i usually have hte drag really loose, so by the time they get to the boat the are tired. The bet way to lose a fish is horseing it in....
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Alot of meat in that setup, a man with a plan!
We had 3 of everthing out and meat is what worked best
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went 6 for 11 total. The fishing was absolutely terrible all week, but we managed to catch some fish. We caught 3 each day and meat rigs seemed to be the best. We also caught fish with flasher flys. All hits had big paddles in front of them. All fish were caught in the 125-160 fow. All the fish were caught right at sunrise and sun down. I mean all 5 hits in the morning came withing 10 minutes, and Friday night all six hits came with 15 minutes. So we had alot of double and triple headers during that short amount of time.
What worked best from top to bottom:
1. Red and silver meat rig with a big ice crush paddle. (350 45# copper)
2. green white meat rig with a big green and white paddle. (wire dipsey 150 back)
3. Green fly with a green and white paddle. (300 45# copper)
4. Black Mamba meat rig setup. (400 32# copper)
Downriggers/spoons/plugs all were usless... Copper was definitly the best
All the fish were huge. smallest was 15 pounds and we had 2 20+ pounders.
All fish that we lost ripped out a ton of line. So i think the fish are big this year. Also if you plan on fishing up their anytime soon get flea flicker line and check your wire every 30 minutes.
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we fished out of ludington durin that week to and the fishing was REALLY slow. We took 2 trips and we caught 6 fish total. 3 each day. 1 am trip and 1 pm trip. no hits on spoons, they all came on mostly meat rigs and some fly hits. all with big paddles in front of them. And yes the fishing was terrible. the charters did offile also. We talked to 2 charters and we tied them both with 3 fish. So thats pretty bad.
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we have spin doctors with all different lengths. We also have that with the really big paddles. All different lenghts. This last weekend was the best with really short leads but im not really sure why.
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you couldent have been more right... and the fishing is really starting to take a turn for the better
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we will be up in ludington this weekend and all 4th of july week and hopefully the fishing only gets better. Its good to hear people are catching some fish.
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we fish out of ludington alot and we have mainly run all spoons this year so far. Although last year we did end up running some plugs. Last year we started with spoons and then later in the year we had alot of success with flasher fly combos. (Alot of big kings on the flasher fly). By the end of the year we usually had at least 2 of all the baits out. (spoon, plug, fly) We know a guy in Franfort that does VERY good and he seemed to hit them all year with the moonshine bad toad spoon, and flasher flys.
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Pray for West to South West winds!!!!!!!!
that is so true... We need those winds REALLY bad
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well the fishing is better than the weekend before it when the best we heard from about 20 ppl was 2 fish. Their was alot of skunks. We will be up their fishing all 4th of jult week and hopefully the fishing gets better
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i don't like hearing from Terry that June has finally arrived.
LUDINGTON TRIP?????
I wouldent go to ludington to fast yet. The fishing was TERRIBLE this weekend on ludington. I think it was terrible everywhere though because of all the east wind. Although it has been really good other than this weekend, so im sure we will see all you guys up their soon
Ludington 7/23 PM
in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
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were do you stay on hamlin because we stay on hamlin also...