Gnarf

Brine should firm them up. Were they thawed and refrozen a lot?

Not sure about the rods but Bass Pro shops certainly has church boards. At least the tx-22 not sure about the big tx-44

So that's whats been straightening out my split rings

Went 7 for 11 sunday am.

175-180 FOW in small pods. Kept circling around to get hits.

Mostly on north troll a few on the south. 3.0SOG North and 1.7SOG South

All but 3 hits came on green plugs. 160 down on rigger and 275-300 back on braid dipsys. Other hits were on white paddle/poofster fly rigger down 130.

Long Lines dead. 300' 45 copper w/4oz snap weight and flounder pounder and 300' 45 copper with raspberry carbon didnt take a hit.

Was very hit or miss with a few long dead periods. Beautiful day though.

Blues and greens always seem to work. Fishing is usually 4-8 miles offshore depending on water temperature. If its a nice day or a weekend there will be a pack of boats that you can usually fish in the general area of and find fish.

Its been down for a while now. Anybody know whats up?

Just and update. Wave height is now working!

Well It was a bit brisk but a beautiful night on the water!

I figured most of the fish would have stayed deep even with the flip so i started in 120.

Marked a ton in 125-135 but only took 2 fish there before moving out deeper.

140-180 held fish but they were scattered. Ended up 6 for 11

What worked

Rigger 5 foot off bottom w/ Ace high watermelon plug

Full core w/ BLL UV Green Dolphin HOT

273' 32lb copper (lost a chunk of copper) w/ SS UV Blue Dolphin HOT

Dipsy back 190 w/ green dots 8in pro troll and hypnotist fly

Dipsy back 150 w/ Blue Spin Doctor BW Morningwood Fly

When i was coming back in i had to stop in 50FOW to move a tackle box and the graph lit up with bait. Sure enough i shined a light into the water and watched em darting around.

As far as strips go they seem to work alright refrozen, especially if cured, but dont refreeze whole herring.

Id collect as many diff species eggs as you can as they all have their day. You can use store bought cures or make your own. I use store bought cures and they work just fine. Just follow directions on package.

not bad for 10 mins of fishing. Just makes it hurt that much more though

Well i suppose i can check off Fish identifier from my careers list

Get the paddles designed for meat with them but i like Capt John Kings 2 fly green/chrome meat head and big weenie UV Purple death as my favorites.

It must be a species of brown i havent seen before?

It didnt have spots on its adipose and its jaw didnt extend well past the eye and no spots on tail?

Looks a lot like pictures of atlantics ive seen but i dunno.

Feel free to prove me wrong. Id like to know forsure which

Ran north to port sheldon to avoid the storm this mornin.

No real action until we turned WNW and trolled slow. 2.0-2.2 sog. 120-160FOW

Ended up 11 for 17 before winds picked up at 10.

Landed our first ever atlantic salmon which gave us a grand slam.

7 kings 2 Skams 1 laker 1 Atlantic

What worked:

Rigger at 75 DW 11" Green Tiger paddle w/ Dew Hypnotist Fly HOT

Rigger at 65 SS UV Blue Dolphin

Dipsy back 175 MS Flounder Pounder HOT

Dipsy back 145 8" green dots SD green hypnotist fly

Full Core BLL UV Green Dolphin

300' 32lb copper SS Miami Dolphin

meat seems to work during the day for me so i dont bring it out till my starting spread slows down.

looks like hes starting to show some color

I use em as is. Havent ever used brine ever in fact. Ive used alwives i caught at the piers on meatrigs later that day with success

Way to beat em up in the waves!

Well I took 4 trips in 3 days so the details are fuzzy but mostly the same.

125 FOW south troll has been the money! went 10 for 12, 6 for 12, and 13 for 20. All trips jus a few hours long.

Fishing was best shallower in the column mostly 30-55 down but sunday they seemed to move deeper with riggers down 75 and 90 being best.

What worked:

10 color - BLL UV Green Dolphin

300 32lb copper - Mag Miami Dolphin

300 45lb copper - BLL Patriot

Riggers down 45, 55 friday and sat with blue dolphin and mt dew spinny mirage fly

Riggers down 75 and 90 sunday with mt dew spinny mirage fly and Flounder pounder

Dipsys back 125, 145, and 155 - Blue spinnie blue hypnotist fly, chrome gator spinny frosted phil fly, glow frog spinny glo nad fly, and chrome/pearl protroll with Artic blast uv fly.

Mostly Big Kings with a few medium sized kings and some nice skams and steelies mixed in. Even a couple pig lakers.

Not a bad way to spend all my money!

Heard good perch at grand haven piers I wouldnt think it would be too different in holland

Id be in but im not sure if ill have my boat out of the shop

Thanks for the report!

Thanks for the report. Im headed out now!

ill be out in am much thanks