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The fog is patchy, so it might looks worst than it really is. I fished Tuesday solo and went 4 for 7 with 2 laketrout, 1 coho and 1 big king, then I had rain and fog. The fog was all the way down to the launch site and you could barely make out the channel sides.

What a day fog fog fog! We ( with me, my 89 yr old uncle, drives up from Michigan City) fished South Haven from from 9 a.m. this morning till 2:30 in 90 to 120 feet of water going 8 for 10. Wire divers, slide divers, 210 copper and 250 copper were the hot ones. Lures were all mag size, MS Raptor, Monkey Puke, MS Green Jeans and MS JJ Mac. Divers were back 110 and 150. No rigger hits. Trolls were north and south at 2.5 to 2.6. Ball temp was 44.2 and surface was 53.8. We ran out of steam and called it a great day! Biggest king was 20.41# others ran between 6.75# and 14.61#. Also had one 6.71# steelhead. I cleaned my uncles 4 at south haven and mine at holland. South Haven has a very poor cleaning station.

Nice king pics. Love that bent spoon pic! Great catch!

Great catch under difficult conditions. Similar situation last time down there, some boats nailed it and some within eye site with similar baits were not as fortunate. Like that king! Congrats!

Great catch! Real nice pics.

Great catch!

That's the St. Joe cleaning station.

Headed down to St. Joe to fish with my 89 year old uncle. We went 6 for 8 all kings. Total of 70#. He worked me hard with my littleboat manual DRs. Fished 12-3pm. Ran 210cu, 250cu and 9C with caramel and green dolphins plus a Hud, all mags. DRs had "nickle nuts" and "mirage catch a bunch" flies with light green crush and protroll fin chartreuse paddles. Trolls were north and south at 2.5-2.6 sog at 85-97fow. DRs were down 46 and 67 feet with 18ft leads. Had one triple when we hit a school. Fished painted well on sounder. Catching kings was like dipping for minnows at the baitshop. Surface temp was 53 with spots as high as 55, drs temps were 45.6. We could have easily got our limit, we couldn't close the lid as it was, but I could see my uncle was tiring and I needed to get him back to the launch. It was a great day!

Nice catch! How big was the king? Sprint car is good.

Great catch! It was a beautiful day out there.

How much did the brown weigh? Those other 8 coho and laker just made your two man limit. You must have an error in your count and released the other 2 coho right?

I hear what you say. I know the walleye area extremely well. You can walk to shore by stepping on all the boats. Congrats on the catch.

I was going to head down to St. Joe today. But the weather looked too good close to home. Headed south of Saugatuck. Went 5 for 5 all coho, one man limit. Fished on south troll 3.2 sog, in 12-28 fow. Lines down at 9am and up by 10:35. Fish came on yagerbomb uv mini and ladybug std on 2C and 3C. Lake was flat to 1ft surface temp 44 as was the bottom.

What a great shakedown cruise and box of fish, congrats!

Nice box of fish!

I certainly understand how you feel.

Long day, shot out to 270ft, hoping to catch a bunch of larger cohos as we did last year. Nothing for 4 hours. All the fish we marked were between 170-249 fow with no takers. Ran back into 50-60ft to kill the skunk. Went 4 for 4 with 3 lakers and one coho (2.09#). Lakers were between 7.5# to 9#. Caught two lakers on mirage flies and Pro troll green flasher another on a JP Slammer on DRs and 250cu. Trolls were zig-zag mostly north at 1.6-2.2 sog. Coho was caught on Ice tea spoon with 150 copper. Water temp was 37.6 and 37.7 at 180 ft. Closer to shore was 37.7. Beautiful day on the lake, but surprised about the deeper fishing area. Seems like we are 2-3 weeks behind schedule? Village joined me today, he was fun to fish with as usual.