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Holland 8/30 AM Set up south of the channel in 80 fow with lots of good marks but couldn't get them to go. After an hour began heading deeper, took a 10 lb laker in 108 fow on wire dipsey 180 back with Last Brunch fly on the way out to 160. No marks between 130 and 160 and colder water moving in so turned around and began trolling 110-130 fow. Took a 19 lb king in 125 fow on wire dipsey 200 back with Last Brunch fly again. And that was it. Fished 110 - 130 the rest of the morning. Pretty slow out there now.
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Holland 8/27 am Rough Day
Dr Hook replied to Whatahoot's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
Sounds like the day we had. our one coho came in 115 fow on slider about 50 feet down. Glad we pulled lines at 9:30 in the 3 footers. -
Holland 8/16 AM
Dr Hook replied to Dr Hook's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
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Holland 8/16 AM Not a bad day out on the lake today finished 7 for 9, 4 coho, 2 kings and a laker. Set lines at 95 fow off sliders, first hit came in 127 fow. Worked out to 150 in front of slider and began heading north from 160 to 180. Finished in front of the Holland channel with a double on coho 10 lb and laker 18 lb, both boat records for me. Fish seemed to come in clusters after about 2 hours of trolling we'd get a flurry and put a few more in the box. Trolling speed was 2.3 to 3.0 at the ball and fish came on every direction of troll. Wire divers with UV Crush spindoctor and Big Weenie Last Brunch port and starboard set on 1.5 and back 400 and 500 respectively took 17 lb king and the big laker. Green/Chrome Spindoctor with green Mylar fly on rigger down 70 took one and again when dropped down to 80. 10" UV crush spindoctor with Last Brunch on rigger 90 down took a hit but it got off. 225 copper with Mr Valium spindoctor and Rapture Northern Lights took a 12 lb king. Rigger down 110 with Moonshine Silver crush took one, same rigger with Mixed veggies on slider also took a hit that came off. Big coho came on 300 copper with another UV Crush Spindoctor and Big Weenie Poofster fly.
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I don't remember exactly $25ish Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman
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Last one I missed because he posted sign up on Facebook and forgot this site, hence my comment to follow on FB Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman
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Sign up is posted the week of the event Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman
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You may also want to follow on Facebook if interested Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman
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If you fish it you're part of the league Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman
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Holland 7/19 AM
Dr Hook replied to Dr Hook's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
As I was trolling from 150 fow to 160 fow, the reading on my temp probe went from 50 deg to 53 deg. My probe did not change depth. It was a horizontal break not a vertical one. -
Holland 7/19 AM Barely any marks and no big kings out of Holland today. Set up in 90 fow on SW troll and basicly fished out front of the channel and a little north and south today. Same area as Saturday but fishing not nearly as good. Managed to find a 3 degree temperature break between 150 and 160 fow and took 3 steelhead going back and forth over it. After losing two and 2 more passes with no hits, the break was gone. Headed west and found another break of 3 degrees again in 180 fow and managed to take 2 small kings and a small laker. Went back through the same area and the break was gone again. Trolled back in to 140 and found the break again, but couldn't get anything to go. Fished 120-140 the rest of the morning with no more hits. 150 copper with Red Jeans, rigger down 60 with Moonshine glow/chrome with blue ladderback, and mixed veggies on slider off rigger 65 down each took a steelhead. Laker came on 180 copper with chrome/glow/green dots spindoctor with Northern Lights fly. Kings came on dipsey 150 back with UV crush spindoctor and Last Brunch fly, as well as Proctologist on Metallic Green/white/glow spindoctor on rigger 109 down. Misses were on the Last Brunch dipsey, and Green/Chrome Spindoctor with green mylar fly
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Holland 7/15 AM Great day of fishing today with heaviest box of the season. Finished 9 for 10 with 7 kings and 2 steelhead, largest king was 22 lbs. Set lines in 90 fow and took first hit in 115 fow. Fished 105 to 125 fow mainly on south troll at 2.3-2.7 at the ball. Took 4th fish at 7:15 then the bite shut off for about 3 hours. Heavy traffic kept me in for the morning but managed to slide out to 150 by 10:15 and took another 5 fish. Lost the 10th one at about noon when it got into another downrigger line so we called it quits and pulled lines. Pretty much trolled 2.3 - 2.7 all morning. Fished 145 - 165 on a north troll. 225 copper with Moonshine Blue Shorts took 2 hits Proctologist on Green/White/Glow Spindoctor on Dipsey 150 back took 2 fish. Rigger down 60 with Moonshine Silver Crush had one fish. Rigger down 90 with Blue Hulk had the hit that we lost. And my favorite Last Brunch on UV Crush Spindoctor on Dipsey 150 back to 4 of the fish including the big one.
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Bloodrun also makes a flea free line. Fleas seem to cling to it more than the Cortland Flea Flicker I've used in the past, but they come off the line easier.
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Holland 7/5 AM After a fairly decent day yesterday, decided to go out again on the second day of my mid-week weekend. Still slow again but managed to finish 3/3 with laker, king and steelhead. Fished 120 - 180 fow straight out with king at 165 and steelhead at 174. Laker again came on 225 copper Blue Shorts pulling lines in 130 fow. Steelhead again on dipsey 150 back with UV Crush Spindoctor and Last Brunch fly. King on rigger 65 down with Blue Jeans spoon.
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Holland 7/4 AM Started setting up lines in 165 fow this morning. No sooner were all the lines in the water, then the downrigger pops and up comes a nice 7 lb coho in 177 fow. Worked 170-180 fow and took another coho on the slider on the same rigger which was down 80 feet. Spoons were Blue Jeans on main and Blue Dolphin on slider. Lost marks so began to head west. Somewhere between 220 and 240 fow a small king decided to hit the braid dipsey 200 back with UV Crush spindoctor and Last Brunch fly. Light hit took us awhile to notice. Lost marks again in 250 fow so turned around on a long east troll. Back in 196 fow the same dipsey takes a big rip and we boated an nice steelhead. Began pulling lines in 130 fow and found a small laker hitching a ride on 225 coper with Blue Shorts on it. Not a bad day despite being slow. Marked fish pretty much continually 60-75 feet down from 190 to 240 fow. On the way back in we had good marks at same level from 160 - 130 fow. No fish got off today.
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Holland 6/21 AM Slow day out on the lake today, but just when all hope seemed to be lost we had a mini-flurry of steelhead to finish 3 for 3. Started in 80 fow with decent marks but couldn't get anything to go so started heading deeper. Eventually made it out to 180, occasional mark there but no takers so came back in. Finally the steelhead turned on about 9:30 and had 3 in the boat by 10:30. Fished another hour with nothing so called it quits. Trolling speed was 2.5 - 2.7 at the ball and fish came on north-south troll in 110-115 fow. 2 came on 150 copper with Moonshine Rickety Ranger and one on 225 copper with Moonshine Blue Shorts.
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Holland 5/31 AM
Dr Hook replied to Dr Hook's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
Was at that speed Sunday and still threw 5 back. Slowed today in part to try something different and in part because of uphill troll. I wasn't seeing any good marks either. I don't think there were any mature fish in the area. Good thought, though, thanks. -
Holland 5/31 AM Set up just south of Port Sheldon just to try something new looking for bigger fish. Worked 70-140 fow in a zig zag pattern. Nice 1 foot chop to start built to 2-3's by mid morning so we called it quits. Wound up 6 for 6 which isn't bad but they were all shaker kings and all were thrown back. Troll was NE and NW mainly 2.5 - 2.8 at the ball. Again ran 4 riggers staggered from 70 down up to 50 down, 150 - 180 - 225 coppers. Dipseys started 75 and 90 back and finished at 125 and 150 back didn't take any hits.
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PS 5/29 AM
Dr Hook replied to Salmon_slammin's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
Don't think its the leader length. My flies haven't been that productive either. It has really just been a spoon bite this year so far. -
Holland 5/28 AM
Dr Hook replied to Dr Hook's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
Laker was on rigger 60 down on Moonshine Blue Hulk Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman mobile app -
Holland 5/28 AM A little bit better luck today. Set up in 70 fow on some nice marks and bait out front of the channel. By the time we had all lines in we were a bit south and ran out of marks. Turned around and came back to where we set up, bait was there but no marks so we turned out and took a fish. Kept doing circles in 70-90 fow. We'd find the bait with no marks and each time we turned we'd take fish going either west or south until about 10:00 then everything shut out. Moved out to 110 but still couldn't get anything else to go. Ran 4 riggers staggered from 60 feet to 45 feet down, braid dipseys 75 and 90 back, and coppers 150, 120, and 100. Spoons on everything except flasher flies on dipseys. Speed at ball was 2.5 - 2.8. Finished 8 for 9 with 3 kings, 3 coho, 1 laker, and a nice 6.4 lb brown.
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Sat 5-28 Holland PB steelhead
Dr Hook replied to coralee's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout