Jump to content

Dr Hook

Members
  • Posts

    500
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by Dr Hook

  1. Bought in on a bigger boat last fall so selling my Baha Cruisers GLE277.  At this moment it is currently slipped and in the water in Holland, MI.

    Features:

    Mercruiser 350

    Dual axle trailer

    4 Cannon Mag10 Downriggers

    Bert's track system with 6 ratcheting rod holders and 2 swivel trees

    Rocket Launcher Rod Holders

    Raymarine Sonar, GPS, Radar and VHF radio

    Fish Hawk X4D with bluetooth

    New Raymarine Autopilot in 2016

    Enclosed head

    new canvas in 2017

    Bottom and barrier coat redone in 2016

    Dual axle trailer

     

    Asking $29,000

    PM or text (616) Four 03 - 4408

    IMG_1363.JPG

    IMG_1364.JPG

    IMG_1365.JPG

    IMG_1366.JPG

    IMG_1367.JPG

    IMG_1368.JPG

    IMG_1369.JPG

    IMG_1370.JPG

    • Like 1
  2. It is not necessarily a matter of spawning runs, which yes, traditionally are better mid to late August.

    Usually king and coho fishing will begin at the south end of Lake Michigan in late April/early May.  Kings will usually then work north up the coast.  Best fishing out of Holland last year was Mother's Day to Memorial Day.  August king fishing never materialized as it has in the past out of Holland.  Presumably, though not certainly, this is due to decreased stocking.  Northern ports such as Ludington and Manistee would probably be the places to go late summer.

     

  3. Sorry for the late post, but had too much going on after fishing yesterday.

    First trip of the year began with the top of a picnic table passing us by in the channel on the way out.  Blew through the skin ice on the way south just before the Saugatuck channel.  Set up in 25 fow just north of the point and began trolling south.  Began out first trip of the year with a double on coho just south of the point which is where we had our best marks.  Trolled 2.9 to 3.6 SOG with best speed 3.2-3.3.  Trolled south til we could the the steam from the power plant on shore then came back north.  Trolled out to 50 fow on the turn and picked up a laker , except for that we pretty much kept between 25 and 30 fow as marks would drop off beyond 30.

    Finished the day 6 for 9 with 3 coho, 2 lakers and a skinny king.  We had one hit on a rigger which came off, but the rest came on 2 color, 25' copper and braid 0 dipseys set back 75'.  Only hits came on orange jointed rapala, orange and black thin fish, and dark orange dark blue spoons.

     

    IMG_1076.thumb.JPG.95cfd4097a3c1a1f35af7a9aa7735f8a.JPG.

    IMG_1077.thumb.JPG.836d90421431d62cf19c6229b54c37a8.JPG

    • Like 3
  4. One of em was me probably.  We started an hour earlier and finished an hour later.  Set up in 75 fow with good marks on a south troll.  When they ran out, trolled west to 135.  No marks or bites so we came back in and began marking fish between 115 - 120 fow.  Finished 3 for 3 with 2 kings and a small laker.  Larger king was 15 lbs but had teeny tiny eggs.  Probably would have been 30 lbs next August.

    All hits came from 115-120 fow. Big king came on 180 copper with Moonshine Rickety Ranger,  laker came on slider with blue dolphin 90 down, last king came on rigger 80 down with magnum Silver Streak but don't know the name.  Blue black and chrome with white nose.  Trolling speed was 2.7 to 2.9.

    Very slow but given the poor fishing lately, quite happy with 3 fish.

     

     

    • Like 3
  5. 1 hour ago, budwinn42 said:

    Are you putting your dipsy on 2.5 to the left off of starboard, or port?


    Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman

    That was my thought, if you're setting dipsey to left it should be running on port side.  Otherwise it may not be your dipsey.  Heavier rigger weights to reduce blowback may help and pancake weights will catch more of a crosscurrent than cannonballs or torpedoes.

    • Like 1
×
×
  • Create New...