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1 for 2 with a 9.5# steelhead (very unusual looking). Caught on a 6C with a lemonberry mag spoon, in 144fow at 10:48am, west troll, 2.3 sog.  loss other in 155fow. I had a rod with SD and fly fall out of my rod holder while I was double handling everything. I thought it was lost for sure. 2 hrs later when I pulled up my DR there it was hanging by the fly hook on the cable. I pulled it all in and saved everything.

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2 for 2, one alewife which we turned into a meat rig with no results. One 2.19# laketrout. Fish from 38-170 north and south of harbor. Beautiful day just not productive.

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2 for 3, a 8.2# king and 6.14# steelhead.

1/1 on 240 cu with hammer time SD and last date fly  (homemade). A west troll in 142 fow.

1/2 on slider, blue jeans slim spoon, DR dwn 74 ft in 147fow, 2.5 sog, sse troll, ball temp 49.2

FishOak joined me today and we had great time. Surface temp was 74.3, lake picked up a little as we ended the day. Enjoyed his company.

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I hate those flies. Nice catch!

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1 for 3, 1 spit the hook out 50 ft from boat, other just as I was slipping the net under him. Need to sharpen my hooks now, lost to many lately.

1/2 11.13# king, on DR with  UV blue dolphin std, 45ft lead, 2.5 sog, west direction, 49.3 temp@ball, ball depth 105 in 133 fow. Surface temp was 68.9,  0-1' waves picked up a little later.

0/1 on DR with black pearl V-neck mag MS

Counted 8 alewifes from this one 135-140 was hitting today. Tough loss day for my 3 lures.

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150fow was the ticket today.  5 for 7, three hits above 75' and two  at 125-127', all kings were caught one at 4-1/2# the rest just over 6#. Trolls were mostly east at 2-6 to 2.8 sog, surface temp was 65.1. Ball temp was 51.8  - 52.7 @ 73' and  47 at 120' in 150 fow. 1st three came between  6:42am and 7:31. Others were 9:42am and 10:47am (deeper ones).

All hits came on riggers, with one on a slider, other came on a slide diver back 110. Riggers were back with 25-45' leads

Lures were mag MS honeypot (2 fish), std blue jeans (1), std mixed veggie (1) and std  uv blue dolphin (1).

Village joined me today.

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I've had those days when I have tried every combination of lures, depths, boat speed and trolling patterns to no avail and then the next time in the same area I can't keep them off the boat.

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Great come back from last trip out! Congrats!

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How was the wave action last night? Are the weeds starting to cover pigeon lake surface yet?

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Great catch! Lure?

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Turned at 130fow, didn't mark much of anything until we went back under 50fow, then a lot of bait balls. Thought about really heading out. But the water was so cold I hated to waste the gas and come up empty handed. Maybe next time.

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2 for 3, one small 2# coho and one 11.19# steelhead. Coho came in 129fow on DR slider jp slammer dark blue with ladderback, west of harbor on west troll. Big steel head came on Craigs flounder on 8color, in 46 fow nw of harbor on north troll. It's  covering the coho in picture. Quite a troll 50-130 fow. Water was very cold, 1 ft waves. Surface temp 50.4. Speeds were 2.4-2.5 sog. Village joined me today. Sunny beautiful day.

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All of them


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Great catch! What was the range of depth you were fishing? You must have missed the rain and storm.



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Nice catch! Just remember even though the dnr ramps are closed the cleaning station is still open. I cleaned mine there yesterday.

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Great report. We're your nbk all mags?

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Great catch! You did well.

When I was at the cleaning ststion, lots of kings were being brought in from the Holland area. It looks like they maybe finally moving up.

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Solo, went 2 for 3, 15# king and 3.5# coho. Lost 3rd one as he unhooked on pull in. All 3 hits on DR'S back 50. 1st one at 8:07am in 115fow with ball down 84ft. Second one at 10:27 am in 146fow down 90ft. All hits on frozen blue dolphin. No hits on dipsys or board lures. West and SE trolls 2.6 to 2.9. Lake was nearly flat. Surface temp 49.2 ball depth temp 44.7-45.6.

Meant Fishoak at launch also. Always interesting to run across Web site handles.

I guess there were over 100 boats in Holland.

Great catch! Did any rain follow you?

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Great catch John. How big were the waves?

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Nice catch especially with a tournament going on.

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Fished with Village today 9-3pm. 8 for 17, two kings 19.1# and 17.8#. The rest lakers between 4 and 6.5#. We couldn't keep them off our lures as we tried to catch the last 2 kings to get our limit. We kept releasing them near the boat. Then the rain came, we had no rain gear.

Fished 80-120fow. Most hits came in a 1 hour period in middle of day in 90-100 fow northwest of harbor. Lures used were Craig's flounder, Rickety Ranger, Green nbk, JP Slammer, all mag size also imitation meat rig (blue/green).

Riggers were down 55-75', back 24 and 50ft. Slide divers picked off the kings back 120 and 150 set at 2 and 3 respectively. Riggers, 170 and 240 coppers picked the laketrout. Shallower rods batted zero.

If Village adds his video clip to this report you can see some of the action underwater.

Great day! Saw some familiar faces at the launch who also did well.

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Port Sheldon has all three new ramps in. Holland has all three ramps in now also. The third Holland ramp is a new one. Cleaning station is still locked and closed. Weather is suppose to be nice Sunday! See you in church.

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Two new ramps in at Port Sheldon. Holland already has two in. Parking lot totally open at Holland. Cleaning station locked and closed.

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4/4/19 update Holland and PS.
2 ramps in at holland.

No ramps at Port Sheldon, but no ice there now.

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