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Got my 5 fish but not how I expected. Started at 430 and went south. In 60 fow I was marking no fish no bait so I started moving deeper. Hit a nice coho at 5:30 am. And started getting steady bites. Overall went 5/11 I think. Started with a diver back 50, and downrigger at 25 with glow spoons. After 6:30 flasher flies started working on diver back 50 and downrigger at 35. Last fish bit at 11. Just for kicks I dropped a flasher fly down 105 and got bit shortly after. I'm pretty sure all the other bites were coho. And I saw multiple fish chasing bait on the surface. Found fish in 125-180 fow. 2.0-3.3 speeds.

Waiting to get a box of nice coho. Will be fishing Ludington tomorrow. And probably Frankfort end of next week.

Best early was 130. Best later was 160. A few charters were still trolling the mud and the channel at 10:15. Sounds like mixed reports of a couple fish to about a dozen fish.

Fished this morning setting lines around 5:45 in 100 fow. Worked between 130 and 180 several times and ended up going 8/9. 4 kings, 2 steelhead, 1 coho, 1 lake trout. Speeds 2.0-3.3. Downrigger 35 down - RV Mongolian beef Downrigger 55 down - RV Double Trouble Diver back 85 - 10" SD White Double Slick w/ Meat Rig 150 Copper - Rasta Goose Super Slim Diver back 95 - 10" SD White Double Slick w/ Meat Rig Diver back 105 - 10" SD White Double Slick w/ Meat Rig Diver back 135 - 10" SD White Double Slick w/ Meat Rig Downrigger 55 down -RV Mongolian Beef 150 Copper - Rasta Goose Super Slim Had a great morning out there. First 6 bites were before 7:30 am. Last 3 spaced out between 7:30 and 10 am.

DNR tried to check me two years ago I think. Boat started coming at us in the dark, but was trying to run through my planar boards. They pushed up to about 100 feet behind the boat. We were yelling at them - but they didn't respond? I was not happy. This was out in 200 fow.

I would try in 130-150 fow, with baits down 100 to 125 given the time of day.

Last minute trip. Couldn't not go given the wave conditions and how good the fishing has been. Fished from 7:30 until 10 pm pretty much straight out of Holland in 90-120 fow. 110 fow was best for us. Did a good job of finding the fish, just not a great job getting them in the net. Ended up 4 for 12. Two 15 lbs, one 8 lbs, one 6 lbs - all kings. Mag diver with meat back 115 was hot - 5 hits. Mag diver with glow spoon took 2 hits. Mag diver with flasher fly took 1 hit. Downrigger down 45 with standard moonshine took 1 hit 250 copper took 2 hits. Also tried a slider on a downrigger with a whole alewife - it got hammered but the hooks didn't catch. I'm going try that again. There's a way to hook the alewife so it spins pretty good. Had lots of fish swim into and attack our stuff based on Livescope imagery, but hooks were not sticking. Had a great time out there again.

Awesome box of silver right there. Heading out in a few hours.

On a good fishing day, I'll get to the cleaning station and be like "how did this steelhead / coho get in the box". Don't remember catching one!

Here's a coho tail picture. Sometimes have more spots but usually towards the top of the fin. King tails very spotted like your picture above.

Nice catch. The tail of the coho looks more like a younger king. There's a lot of kings that size this year.

Seagull wind forecast shows windy day out of the north. NOAA calling for SE winds. Another wind app calling for 15-20 knots out of SSW.

Things might change, but looks like I'm going to sit this night shift out. Don't feel like fighting the north wind today.

I have it set up on starboard just behind my steering wheel dash.

I bought a bicycle tire vice, and an spare 54" trolling motor pole to mount the transducer. When I'm fishing I slide the vice into an extra track and point the pole in "forward" mode towards the back of the boat. Then swivel it until the downriggers come into view. It helps a few ways - tells me fish are around and if they're swimming into the spread to check things out. It helps me figure out what copper lines to set up to match fish depth. Another thing I noticed is several days, the fish actually swim DOWN to attack the lures - seem them swim 30 feet down to attack. Also seen them swim 40 feet up to attack. So there's that too. I'll take some pictures of the setup next time I'm out.

Awesome night but couldn't buy a bite after 10 pm to complete our 2 man limit. Wasn't marking any fish either. Fished until 11 with our lures spread between 20-40 down (where the bait was).

9/15 now 12. Downrigger at 55 free slider double trouble 13. Downrigger at 71 dragon slayer flasher fly 14. 250 copper agent orange 15. Down rigger at 55 free slider double trouble