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Holland 5/23 AM
littleboat replied to Dr Hook's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
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Holland 5-14 pm
littleboat replied to Far Beyond Driven's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
Holland 5-14 am 8-12:30 Congrats on the catch. I went south along the shore with no luck for about 4 miles looking for a brown. I headed out to deeper water to change the game getting only a couple of releases but no fish. The water was actually more calm out farther 120' deep. It was a beautiful day and I picked up only one rider. LB -
Port Sheldon 4-19 am
littleboat posted a topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
Went down to the launch for the first time since I moved to Holland this year to check the launch, very windy as reported. Helped a guy a little while he made a repair to his bulk trailer. A few people were fishing off the bridge. Looking forward to putting the "Littleboat" into the water, just waiting like every else for a break in the weather. Never caught a brown anxious to get one. LB -
Holland DNR Launch
littleboat replied to Dr Hook's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
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Raymarine EV-200 Autopilot, Good for Trolling?
littleboat replied to landingzone's topic in General Discussion
They work on both, the drive is the difference.You order for your type of steering. I have an older version and a newer one on my 2nd boat. Both are attached mechanically to the steering wheels and my boat have the typical cable steering. They work great. I have been using them for several years. The newer one has great running patterns for trolling. LB -
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I have a Crestliner Sport Angler 16 1/2 ft. with a Minkota autopilot (Terrova) motor is 12v 55lb thrust with foot control option also runs on a single battery. I use it on the Detroit River, St. Clair River and lake. It runs very well with the autopilot. BUT, I added a Ray Marine autopilot on it this year. I troll with my boat main engine which gives you much better control on the big lake, especially when the waves start to grow to 4ft. On the river the small I-pilot works fine and the big lake if the water is calm. You may want to upgrade to a 24v motor if you will be carrying a heavy load while you just use you I-pilot. Using the main (60hp 4 stroke)with an my Raymarine auto pilot takes cares of the power and battery issues. LB
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Holland 9-7-14 AM
littleboat replied to littleboat's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
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Lake was calm to lazy rollers. 3 for 4, two on wire dipsy with NBK flasher and artic blast fly, back 168 set at 1(lake trout and steelhead)). One on DR down 70' with 40' lead with net minder SD and blue mirage dancer 2 fly ( caught the king). SOG 2.3 -2.8, Depth 147-170' and zigzag pattern. Sizes Steelhead 5.47# 25", king 11.71# 30", laketrout 9.43# 30". Loss chicken wing lure on 200' 45# copper when it got hit by something big. No hits on lemon berry or blue dolphin spoons today. Good conversation on the lake today with Dr. Hook. Pulling the boat home. See you next season. Goodluck and good fishing. I'll be checking the posts for your progress. Littleboat
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Fished south of harbor. Set up in 80'. Trolled west 250 degrees out to 120'. Marked fish but no bites.From the chatter on the radio, not a lot of bites overall. Those AM fishermen must have caught most of the fish. Had a bullet type hit on my blue splatter back j-plug on a 200' 45# copper on a board and a short release. I moved out into deeper water 165'. DR went off 78' down trolling monkey puke fly with crush glow sd at 2.6 SOG west to east 115 troll. Cranked in a huge lake trout, which laid over from end to end  the entire net as it bowed in the middle filling it. As I tried to pull him in, the he shook the hook and got free. The only fish caught of the night got away. Heart breaking. The lake was extremely calm. We marked more fish deeper than shallower. Hope the weather improves for the weekend. LB
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0/2 tonight. One shaker and one broke line. Both were on DR 70-88 dwn in 105 and168' on a pearl SD with a white fly(artic blast) and purple/white fly. I should have let the line breaker run for awhile longer, I might have been able to catch him. SOG was 2.4, water temp was 43@85 in 120' and 100. I found columns of cold water at different depths next to a warm column. I haven't experienced that before. No hits on meat rig dipsys or spoons or plugs. Water was calm. Great night otherwise. Leaving in the am, back after labor day weekend. Good luck to all of you. Save me some fish. LB Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Great Lakes Fisherman mobile app
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Holland 8/23 AM
littleboat replied to Dr Hook's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
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Lake was calm, went 3 for 4, one of each 10.36# lake trout, 8.45# steelhead, 6.36# king. Lost 4th fish king (big) as I was netting him. The line broke when the wife couldn't walk any farther with the pole in the boat. Fished 105-160'. Most hits came in 120 fow on a E-W troll 2.4 sog. DR lead 60 back with SD with green edge and purple/green/white fly 88' down got the LT. DR with same SD with artic white fly got king same depth. Wire Diver with green cheap meat rig, set on 2 105 back got the steelhead. Lost one big fish (king)which took my meat rig and SD at the boat. I was just south of harbor LB
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8-20-14 evening Holland
littleboat replied to littleboat's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
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8-20-14 evening Holland
littleboat replied to littleboat's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
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2 for 4 , lake was basically flat, DR down 88' with green glow SD and white fly got 9# lake trout in 167 fow, SOG 2.8 E-W troll. Water temp was 43@ 90'. Steelhead caught in 20' on slide diver set on 0, back 80' with 75' lead in 189 fow on E-W troll 2.4 sog. Loss 2 other steel heads on wire diver meat rig and double orange crush spoon on a 5 color, both were in 190-205 fow. LB Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Great Lakes Fisherman mobile app
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Holland Aug.17 revenge!
littleboat replied to DIRTY DOG's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
Great report very good information. Thanks! Just got back into town. Waiting for the weather to break now. LB -
Holland Big Red Classic 8/1-3
littleboat replied to KICK'R's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
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1 for 3 and the one wasn't a big one. it was a small king, which I released back. The two other hits were steelhead that threw our lures. The water temperature has really messed up the fishing. Not a lot of bites from most of the fisherman. Surface temp was 52-58 @ 40' it was 43, water depth was 150 -202 ' at the stick. SOG was 2-3 to 2-6. You can see the lure I caught the BIG KING on in the picture. All my hits came on 5-8 color leadcore. Fishing here was pretty much like being in a parade. Find a slot and fall in. I hope the weather improves for fishing, but we will be leaving and not be able to enjoy it. Some guys did ok, but overall it was tough on the rest of us. LB Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Great Lakes Fisherman mobile app
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Water temps
littleboat replied to JeffreySB1's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
Ludington has the same problem. Just got here and the water temp is 44 on top and 41 at 70' almost everywhere. I think I'll put my waiters on and cast. LB Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Great Lakes Fisherman mobile app -
Holland 7/20 AM
littleboat replied to Dr Hook's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
I enjoyed your company, mom too, especially when she took control of the second steelhead with NO problem at all. I was impressed. She is my hero. I had a great time. Thanks. LB Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Great Lakes Fisherman mobile app -
Holland am 7-18
littleboat replied to littleboat's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
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Slow day for the littleboat only one steelhead. Fished 10-2:30pm. It was 8.06#. Caught on 250 32# copper, sw troll at 2.5 SOG with an orange NBK in a 152'. Trolled between 80-160'. Water temp was 66 and 40 at 77'. The lake was very calm today. Actually saw the board I lost yesterday, but couldn't get back to it with all the lines just set. I was sw of Port Sheldon. The fish must have all gone to the Holland today. Isn't that just how it goes. LB Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Great Lakes Fisherman mobile app