Gnarf

Now thats a good day! thanks for the info

It may not be the best idea but what other options are their with all the floods?

On the plus side lots of food for plankton and algae to eat.

And it wont affect the quality of the drinking water.

Those are some pigs! Probably never thought youd say thanks osha!

owners. all day.

give the temps a few more degrees and that water will be good fishing. Im just curious if well get as many cohos out of holland as last year.

this time last year i caught 17 coho out of port sheldon! what a difference a year makes...

No complaints on my lowrance HDS 5. does everything i need, but im just a casual sportsmen.

the outdoorsman had there usual setup with lots of great prices on all the gear i lost last year! Plus i couldnt resist picking up a reel setup with blood run.

add some 10 in spin doctors, and some 8 and 10 in pro trolls. Big white paddle is always good.

No promises here, I had my Four Winns out 7 times last year and only set lines on it 5 times.

Guys, this is not a tournament. It's a fishing trip with time constraints. Don't freak out, don't go crazy. Fish your strengths based on the points needed and see what happens.

The best part is, with rare exceptions, if you get your @$$ handed to you, shake the guy's hand and ask him how he pulled his cooler. Nailer told me how he beat me, and I didn't even give him beer. Sixshooter explained back in the 5am opening times how he was putting 5 fish in the box in that first hour. Both are techniques I have since adopted with success.

This is very true. I was initially surprised to find a group of seasoned fisherman who would willing tell me where/when/how they caught fish.

ill find some pictures. ive had kings with very green backs and cohos with cyan backs several times. very bright too.

adding 2 rod trees, a new trolling plate, and if i feel like spending the money, a good detail and wax on the hull.

not only is the water levels at port sheldon pretty low, but a lot of the people who use port sheldon arent exactly pro's at loading/unloading boats or dock etiquette. it can be a circus at busy times.

Actually precipitation has little effect on water levels in lake michigan/huron. at least not like what you would think.

depends on several factors like water temps, and time of year. Some trips ill run all flasher/fly and some all spoons or a mix of each. Give the fish what they want.

Last year was the earliest ive ever been on the lake. Im not thinking ill be out till early april.

I have to admit, i tried BLL on daves advice and within 2 trips i put several in my starting spreads.

Im startin to get that itch that only salmon can scratch. I need to load on on new gear

Patriot, blue/green frozen toad, and UV green dolphin especially

I just call dave up and ask where the fish are

but i tend to be pretty hard nosed when i put something down. If it aint broke dont fix it. i have hundreds of spoons but use mabey a dozen.

And another thing that i do, is that i ONLY put "untested" lures in the water when the fish are biting pretty steady. That really tells you if its worth using or not in my opinion.

depending on work i will be in. Just not sure how many saturdays i get off yet.

ive got an HDS 5 and it works great for me salmon trolling. You can adjust the ping and frequency on 2 different views and use them to get a good view of baitpods and fish all the way on the bottom.

Many of the site members here from West MI use this tool.

Many of them also attend a Swap Meet during the winter months at a church in the Hudsonville area - donation jar? or are we talking something more than just a few hundred bucks.

I guess the bigger question Ed is what amount of funds are needed to keep this thing afloat?

The article said they need $25,000 to do another year....

I prefer to use freshly filleted non-brined blue or green label herring. But thats just my 2 cents

also fresh caught alewives if i get any.

Brown Trout

seeforellen strain.

I had the exact same thing happen to me and i initially thought it was an atlantic aswell.

Thats the one i caught

Is that really the biggest so far? I feel like ive heard of bigger fish

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