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I think this was the most boats I've seen this year. We ended up 4 for 5 with three lake trout and one throw back salmon. Started in 80 fow and worked out to 205 fow. What worked for us

0-1 400 ft of copper mixed veggie spoon----on for maybe 30 secounds---90 fow

1-1 300ft of copper chartuse meat rig green dodger throw back salmon --- 120 fow

1-1 160 ft back wire slide diver silver S.D. with chartruse spin and glow ----140fow

1-1 200 ft back wire slide diver silver S.D. with greem spin and glow--- 160fow

1-1 80 ft down on rigger--- green meat rig with green dodger ---160 fow.

Real scattered marks from 55-80 ft down out to 205 ft but nothing would go for us. Heard talk on the radio of some nice salmon being caught ---but in the parking lot everyone I talked to had lake trout and no salmon---go figure--great day on the water.

good day!! how did you do Wednesday?? I talked to you that morning at the launch I was with the fishwhich.

slow morning for us---trolled until 10:30 for our first hit in 130 fow  landed a steel head in 142 fow and missed another fish in 110 fow---covered water from 80 to 170 --the temp at the ball 50 ft down kept getting warmer as the day progressed-- (started at 45 ended at 55)  pulled lines at 12:00 

0-1 dipsey  out 90 feet---- snow princess

0-1 200 ft of copper ------mixed veggie spoon

1-1 dr at 30 down----- red mongolian beef

what was water depth for the lake trout?

Weather forecast and lake conditions matched!! good start to the day. Started in 90fow got one rod in the water and FISH ON---landed it and got three rods set and missed one on the first down rigger---finally got all 6 rods in the water and the 300 copper goes ---small king. half hour later the 400 copper goes and we loose him about 30 ft from the boat--I think it was a good size lake trout. Any way it's 7:30 am and we are 2-4 what a day this is---------------and then we trolled north--south --east --west -- changed our spread up--down --different lures --at 11:30 we had enough--  tired of cleaning cotton sead off the lines--anyone else having this problem? What worked

1-2 down rigger at 45--10# king   all green spoon with uv tape

1-1 300 copper 2# king yeck spoon (snow princess)

0-1 400 copper mixed veggie spoon 

I'm using the 4 oz weight and the large ring . I tried the larger weight and didn't like the way it pulled. Also i use the rubber and not the spring on the release. All my slide divers are the light bite style. Hope this helps.

I've run the slide diver for at least five years --no problem---both of my divers are set up on wire with 50' of 80 # test power pro and 8-10 of 20# mono leader.==big lake 

Tough morning for us marked lots of fish but couldn't get them going. fished 100-120 then roamed out to 190 and back into 100  ended up 1 for 2-- 300 copper mixed veggie spoon 

great report. 

Great day on the water only a hand full of boats out of Port Sheldon. Less than one foot of waves but the sun was intense. Ended up 8-12 two steel head one coho the rest kings. The largest king was 10 1/2 lbs  fished from 120 to 200 fow  fish were scattered.

what worked

              1-1 wire dipsey back 100ft. mixed veggies

              0-1- 200 copper snow white spoon

              1-1- 400 copper blue dolphin

              5-8- 300 copper mixed veggie spoon

               1-1 DR at 50ft NBK spoon

Good to see a post from you--nice fish---average snow fence!!!!

Made our first trip of this year---- Started in 100 fow and worked our way out to 200 fow. Trolled back intowhite  170 fow and in a half hour we went 2 for 4. Worked the 165-175 range of water until 11:00 --two full hours without a bump-- and we picked up our third king. a half hour later we declared enough of the heat and pulled lines. Finished 3 for 5 all kings in the 5-8 lb range. What didn't work----200 and 300 ft copper ----- fly's and spin doctor --small spoons

what worked

              1-1 wire dipsey back 100ft. mag mixed veggie

              0-1 wire dipsey back 200ft snow white spoon

              2-3 dr at 60 ft  mag NBK  spoon

Started out in 120 fow and worked  out to 180. The best area for us was between 120 and 140 fow. Ended up 3 for 4  two kings and one steel head

what worked

dr at 125 1 kings and 1 steel on green ladder back J-plug

dr at 110  1- king brook off above J-plug

400 copper--1 king on clear SD with a mirage fly

no luck with 300 copper or dipsey's--no hits on spoons or other combinations of SD and fly's

the lake was bumpy compared to the forecast of under one foot-- all in all a good day on the lake.

What temps are you getting  at your ball? How does the temps. on the ball match to the temps. on the port Sheldon buoy. I had 71 degrees at 75 ft. down had to go to 90 down to get into the high 50's. Buoy says low 60"s at 68.6 ft

Three for three this morning, WE fished from 130 to 150 for most of the day with a side trip out to 200 fow

1 coho 75 down on rigger  regular size bloody nose

1 coho 50 down on rigger middle size mixed veggie

1 lake trout braided dipsey 180 back regular size lemon ice

Slow day for us but a great day to be on the water. 3 for 3 one king , one steel head, and one lake trout. the king was small and released. Started in 120 fow and marked a few fish but no takers. Worked out to 240 fow where the water was 51 degrees at the ball 60 ft down. We marked fewer fish out here than in the 120 fow range. on the way out to 240 we caught the king in 180 fow 

wire dipsey set at 2-- 80 ft of line with mixed veggy spoon --king released

in 225 fow

200ft of cp. snow white spoon black back------lake trout

in 235 fow

DR at 75 pearl white spoon with UV ladder back tape ------------steel head

the radio sounded like everyone was searching . My boat name is fish which even though I post as big lake---long story.   

we set up in 115fow and trolled out as far as 165fow. came back in and spent most of our time from 110 to 140. fish seemed to be real scattered. We marked most of our fish from 110 to 130. Hope this helps.

Port Sheldon 6/8---6:30am to noon

beautiful day on the water , had lines set at 6:30 with the first fish in the boat at 6:45. At 9:30 all I could think of was little boat's trip yesterday. finally at 10:00 we landed another fish!!We finished the day 4 for 5--- three cohos and one k

what worked

wire dipsey at 2 ---120' out with SD blue bubble set up   1 king

wire dipsey at 2 ----80' out blue dolphin --lost at boat

copper 180--- white pearl spoon----1 coho

DR at 60--mixed veggie spoon---1 coho

DR at 40---white pearl spoon--1 coho 

bite was steady all  morning

10 for ?????? threw  4 small kings back and lost another 3 or 4.Worked 120 to 130 fow speed at the ball was 2.5. Set lines at 6:30 and finished at 9:00 am . 6 kings and 4 coho

what worked

DR at 60 Mixed veggy spoon ---4

DR at 50 Blue dolphin----------  2

diver at 2 back 80 white pearl spoon -------2

diver at 2 back 100 bloody nose spoon----1

225 cooper --green dolphin----------1

tried sd with fly's and 300 and 100 copper  could not  make them work for us this morning

we spent t morning working 120 fow to 140 with 130 fow being the best

Port Sheldon  5-10   AM

10 for 16   4 coho's  2 steel head 4 kings

DR down 62 and 52---- 3 fish

copper 225'------- 3 fish

copper 300'----- 1 fish

dipsey 80 back set on 2--- 2 fish

dipsey 90 back se on 2--- 1 fish

speed at the ball was best at 2.5 mph  all fish caught on spoons --mixed vegy--snow white (black back)--- pearl white( silver back) 

2 for 3 today

1) 200 ft of copper white spin doctor last supper fly (Coho)

1)300 ft of copper white spin doctor pickled sun shine fly

lost one on a SWR white spin doctor blue bubble fly (steel head)

This was our last trip for this year. Thanks to all who have posted, it really helps with a starting point. Thanks to Lake Shore Tackle in Saugatuck for a very good and detailed web site. Hope to see everyone back next spring.

the lake matched the forecast for a change--beautiful day on the water---The fishing---- well ----- it was slow. Ended up 1 for 2

1) coho 225 ft of copper white SD with pickled sunshine fly

lost 1 at the boat on dipsey 120 back dialed on 3---meat rig

Worked from 80 fow to 130 fow marked very few fish and no large pods of bait fish.

Launched in the dark and ran out to 100 fow. One foot rollers soon became two foot breakers with the tops blowing off. By 9:00 am we had enough of calm to one foot and pulled lines.

We ended up 2 for three

1) 180 copper meat rig

1) DR at 50 ft pickled sun shine fly with white SD

lost one on 300 ft of copper meat rig