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  • Birthday 07/24/1987

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    JD
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    Pier fisherman turned troller.
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    Grand Rapids
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    Most things fishing.
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    Civil Engineer

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  1. jdh
    Thanks for the report. Got back from vacation in Canada last week, and have been itching to get back on the big lake, but need to catch up at work first. Should be out Saturday and Sunday though! I'll probably be looking for steelhead in 100-200 fow. There should be next years kings out there too. Planning to fish small spoons quickly with mostly long lines. 2 color through 400 copper to start!
  2. jdh
    I run an 8 year old Humminbird unit so I don't know the Low range settings, but I think I have mine set on Clear Mode but have the gain turned up all the way. The Elite 7 is a decent unit. Try running the 83khz setting to see if there are more marks around.
  3. jdh
    With the warmer water slightly deeper, I let the mag divers out a bit more than 2 times the depth to cold water. So for cold water down about 100 feet, I would run them at maybe 225 and 250. Down 80, maybe 185 & 215. What kind of fish finder are you running?
  4. jdh
    Been getting hits. Flasher flies. Downrigger at 115 and mag divers back 205. Put 1 nice coho, 1 nice king, and two lake trout in the box. Trying to get number 5.
  5. jdh
    Fished for 2 hours solo. Jigging and skein. Snagged a 12" coho and got a 10" laker on the jig. That's saw maybe 2 other fish on. After two hours, moved to where we were getting fish the other day. Sitting 0/4 trolling... Probably small coho not getting the hooks good? Hopefully the bigger coho and kings start biting a little soon.
  6. jdh
    It's been great. And keeps getting better!
  7. jdh
    Went to East Platte Bay around 2 pm, and tried jigging and skein for coho to no avail. Fish are there and pretty thick too. We switch to trolling after and hour and a half and went 3/5 in about an hour until someone ran us up the drop off into 20 feet of water. So I hate fishing in crowds, so at that point instead of being an ass and turning directly into that boats spread we pulled lines quickly and ran back to West Platte Bay where we fished yesterday. It was a non stop action from basically 6 pm until we quit at 8:30. Ended the day 15/20 or so. All our lines went off between 8:15 and 8:30 as we were trying to pack up and go home. So we did a lot of releasing right at the end. Fished 150-200 fow. 2.0-2.3 mph. Downriggers at 90 & 100 feet with meat rigs. 360 and 400 copper with 5 inch ace high plugs. Mag divers back 185 to 225 feet with flasher flies. Were dealing with weird waves. About a 1 foot chop out of the NNE and about 2 foot rollers from the SSW. Odd. Amazing day of fishing! Mostly kings 13-19 lbs. A few coho and 1 steelie.
  8. jdh
    Yes, we had a busy evening . Kings were mostly 14-18 lbs. Couldn't get number 10 to finish the limit. Things seem to shut down right at dark.
  9. jdh
    Odd weather. Nice work! Wind was swirling in Frankfort yesterday evening. Couldn't pick a direction. But stayed under 7 knots the whole evening. We were watching remnants of the storm cells cross south of us.
  10. jdh
    Had a friend join me and we decided to try West Platte Bay tonight. Fished in 130-160 fow. Meat, plugs, spoons, flasher flies all took fish. Speed 2.0-2.4. All lures 60-120 down. 7 kings, 1 lake trout, a coho.
  11. jdh
    Funny story. I pulled my scraps (leftover strips) I keep in the freezer from packs that I didn't use up. So it was a mix of 3 different types. Some ballyhoo, some familial bite, some other one I don't remember.
  12. jdh
    Worth fishing sometime. But it is a bit busier than the Saugatuck Holland area. I ran several miles north to get away from the pack.
  13. jdh
    Rented a place to "work from home" from this week and brought my boat. Looked around 7 and the lake was flat. Decided to do a quick troll solo. 4/5 all kings in 130-160 fow. Meat rigs down 90-120 on the riggers took 3 hits. Other fish came on a 400 copper with a 5 inch plug and got another one on a plug on the riggers at 90 almost in the dark. 2.0-2.2 speed.
  14. jdh
    Nice work while getting beat up in the chop! Another option for rough days which I don't fish very often at all - I've found it easy to run 2 coppers on leadcore. Set them in my diver holders on opposite sides of the boat and forget trying to put boards on. Or just run one with a board. Would have to go with the waves so you don't tangle up. For me it beats leaning on the corners of the boat to set my riggers.
  15. jdh
    Nice work! I fished Ludington last night and had a crazy 1 hour of bites, but couldn't get them to the net. Will be back to my usual Holland/Saugatuck waters soon.
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