Floating Holiday

Went 1/1 this morning fished 15 - 65 fow. 6 lb(ish) laker in 25 fow on a 4 color with a Helmut Yello UV stinger spoon. Water temp was 42 - 39 *

Got a late start, unsure what the storms across the lake were going to do. Better safe than sorry. Set lines in 80 fow north of Holland around 9:30.Pulled lines at 2 PM. We went 7/7. Had a first timer with us, best trip this year.

5 lb steelhead on a 8 color / uv mixed veggies in 90 fow.

14.5 king on a 300 32lb copper / silver streak kato in 105 fow

14.3 lb laker on a 300 45lb copper / mag blue dolphin 105 fow

12 lb king and 10 lb king, same 300 as laker, 110 fow

12 lb king, 13 lb king rigger down 65, uv spotted d*ck meat rig 105 fow

Thanks for the report last night!

Went 5/6 on a solo trip, set lines around 5:30 fished 80 - 170 fow pulled lines at 1:00 pm. Best water was 140 - 150 ne troll 2.6 sog

200 copper / mixed veggies 15 lb king 125 fow at 7:30am (first fish)

125 copper / Stinger silver sunburst small coho released 130 fow

diver set on 1 back 125 / spotted dick meat rig went twice, miss and a 9lb king 145 fow

rigger down 55 / blue dolphin 3 lb laker 150 fow

slider on a rigger down about 45/ mod green dolphin, 18" brown 140 fow

All the fish but one had alewives in them.

Thanks for the report, headed out this morning!

Got a late start due to other commitments. Fished from 10:30 till 3:30 in 70 to 180 fow. Ended 3/3. 200 copper w/ mixed veggies 180 fow 8 lb king.The other two (4 lb king and a small coho) came on a slider down about 45' in 165 fow w/ modified green dolphin. Beautiful on the lake, warm and light winds.

Thanks for the report, hope to get out tomorrow. How deep were you today?

Found a couple kings today! Took a 12.5 # out in front of the pier in 40 fow / 6 color with a caramel dolphin, got a 10 # on a rigger 30 down in 50 fow north of pier with pink panties. Lost a nice fish in the same 50 fow, 125 copper uv mixed veggies, missed a nice rip on a 8 color/ uv blue dolphin, same way piont. Got one small coho - let him go.

Yes, there were a lot of guys for perch. They formed two packs just south.

Picked up a 9 lb king at the end of the pier on a 2 color / blue dolphin copper back. Went south caught 2 lakers a mile or so south in 30 fow / mixed veggies, monkey puke. Rigger down 25, 4 color.

Put in at Port Sheldon and ran to GH. Fished in and out of the mud - two shaker kings. Decided to troll most of the way back to PS, picked up one laker in 30 fow on a 6 color / caramel dolphin. Fished 20 - 45 fow. Kinda slow, but beautiful day on the lake!

Did a quick solo shakedown of ps yesterday afternoon. Didn't hook up, fished about 2 hours. Most boats were in tight, water temp by the beach was 46, out to 40 fow temp was 44-42. Cleaner water passed 40 fow was 40 or less for temp. Talked to two guys at the launch, they had two small fish.

3/6 on the 27th, all the fish came between 100 fow -110.

White paddle/ white fly on a rigger down 75 - 17lb king, lost a laker

kato on 250 copper 9 lb steelhead

wonderbread j-plug 300 copper 7 lb king

two misses on a blue bubble sd/fly on a dipsy back 150

5/5 on the 28th took two early in 70 fow the rest were spread out from 90 to 120 only took fish on a west troll 2.2 -2.4 sog

green splatterback plug on 225 copper, two 15 lb kings

White paddle/ white fly on a rigger down 50, 8 lb steelhead

caramel dolphin on a slider on a rigger down about 40, 5 lb steelhead

kato on a 200 copper, 10lb laker

GREAT fish!!!

We went 3/3 this morning. fished from 90 to 150 fow. Took fish at 105, 120 and 140 fow.

8 color / double orange crush, king 18 lbs and a 5 lb steelhead.

250 copper / kato , 7 lb king.

I was running a #1 dipsy diver with 50 lb. braided line.

Went out of Port Sheldon this morning, set lines around 6:00 and pulled lines around 11:30. Fished in 80 - 120 fow with 100 - 110 being best. We went 7/9, with 4 kings and 3 steelhead.

8 color / double orange crush, 2 steelhead 6 lbs, 1 king 19 lbs, and one miss

Diver set on 1.5, 150 back / green spin doctor and green fly, 3 kings and a miss.

300 copper / green kato, one steelhead.

Slider down about 45 on a rigger / stinger sh53 spoon,

  one steelhead

Went 3/4 today, two smaller kings (5-6 lbs) and a laker. Set up in 60 fow with a surface temp of 49* and trolled sw, water temp went up the farther west we went. All are fish came in 85 - 95 fow with a surface temp of 61*.Did hear a couple fish caught in the 120 - 130 fow.

200 copper/ green kato, laker and a miss

rigger down 45/ mag blue dolphin, both kings

We went 6/7 today. 1 king about 7 lbs, 3 steelhead - biggest was 11.5 lbs, and 2 lakers. We set lines in 80 fow and went south west out to 150. All our fish came in 110 - 115 fow, north and south troll, 2.2 - 2.5 sog

8 color / double orange crush, missed a fish and the king.

rigger down 70 / mag blue dolphin, laker

300 copper / green kato, biggest steelhead and laker

250 copper / uv blue dolphin, other 2 steelhead

Set lines in 100 fow at 5:30 and headed sw. We went 2/3 all in 195fow. Took a steelhead and a nice 15.8 lb king with a 8 color/ double orange crush.. Missed a fish on a 300 copper / green kato. We pulled lines at 10:00. The water temp was 66* on the surface and 43* down 65

Fished a little north of ps from 80 - 155 fow, hits came in 110 and 145 fow, went 2/5. Two steelhead, 12 and 4 lbs.

White paddle/ white fly, miss on a rigger down 55

2 hits and bigger steelhead, green kato / 300 copper

smaller fish came on lemmonbery / 200 copper

Slow bite today, surface temp at the end of the pier was 48*. fished from 70 out to 160 and back to 60 with the best being 110. We went 3/4, all kings with one being a throw back. Other two were 4 -6 lbs. 3 color / double orange crush one throw back and lost a nicer fish, 200 copper / green kato, rigger down 40 / lemon berry.

Started in 90 fow trolled NW out to 210 fow. Went 4/5 all kings, 6-8 lbs with one throw back. Fish came in 130,160,180 and 210. Green kato on 200 and 300 copper 2 for 3. 1 fish on a dipsey 145 back, big weenie rubber poofster. Throw back came on a mixed veggies on a 4 color. Surface temp in 210 was 48. Did hear of some other fish being caught in the 160 - 180 fow.

Big THANKS to Chandler for the earlier ps report! We went 6/9 in 165 - 180 fow. Landed 4 kings (10-12lbs) and 2 steelhead, lost 3 steelhead. 175 fow was best,south troll at 3.0 sog took all hits but 1. 200 copper/ blue dophin, riggers at 30 and 35/ glow christmas and Mongolian beef rv , diver at 55/ green kato spoon, four color/ mixed veggies.

Got my son out this morning, we went 3/4 today out of Muskegon. Got all our fish before 7:30. All kings, 3 color/ double orange crush (5 lbs), rigger down 30/ mixed veggies (7lbs), rigger down 40/ blue dolphin (16.8 lbs), swing and miss on 200 copper/ lemon berry. We fished 35-70 fow, 50 was best, did here of a couple fish caught in 100-120 fow. Good luck this weekend!