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  1. Estimated one at about 20. The other was same length but much bigger somehow. Based on other big fish that I've weighed I would guess 27-28 lb range.
  2. It's like a normal size diver with the big ring. So maybe 40-50 ft?
  3. Coho shook the hook. 85 fow. Slide diver and plug again back 125.
  4. Last fish was a big king. Another Big king in 90 fow. 100 copper with a firetiger thunderstick.
  5. First hit just south of the sliders. White plug on a slide diver back 125. In 80 fow. Marking a few fish here and there.
  6. Wondering if you were north of south? Going out in a few hours.
  7. Nice coho! I need to figure the port out a bit. I know some days the fish are heavy out in front of port but this time they appeared to have been more towards the points. I stopped in the channel to look around on my way back in. The lake has some very large schools of salmon wandering around.
  8. Nothing out to 380 fow. Saw some nice catches at the launch. South was good. North was good.
  9. One small king on a rigger down 53 in 110 fow. Moonshine green jeans. Very few marks. In 150 fow now.
  10. Not seeing any views on the Open Seats forum so I thought I would try here: Probably a long shot, but I'll be in Ludington and plan to fish Wednesday morning. Will launch from the Ludington boat ramp at 998 W. Loomis Street at 5:00 am. I need to pull lines around 10 am. Fishing solo currently so I have room on the boat. I would like to run more than 3 lines, and could accommodate 2 more people. Boat is a 19 foot Lowe side console with a 120 hp outboard and a 9.9 kicker. I have all necessary fishing equipment. Not planning to clean fish in Ludington, so if we get fish you can get them whole and deal with them as you see fit. Send me a message if interested. -JD *disclaimer: I am not a charter, and am fishing for fun! If the wind forecast is wrong and the waves kick up I will not fish the big lake. Might jig the harbor for a few hours if that's the case since I'll already be up there.
  11. Regarding Note #3: If the fishing reel you have states for example 300 M / 0.45 mm, you can use that info - but convert it to Yards and inches. So 300m x 1.09 = 336 yards. 0.45 mm / 25.4 = 0.0177 inches. Regarding using other line types. It isn't specific to line type. The red text boxes that say Backing/Core/Leader can be changed to say whatever you want. Just as long as you type in a diameter and a length in the respective boxes, it should work.
  12. We started in 90 fow straight out of port. Trolled SSW into 150. Then bounced around between the different 160 to 120 and back. North troll was more productive. Most of our fish hit near some decent schools of bait. Once we trolled off the bait (marks disappeared) the hits stopped. I was worried about the north wind kicking up so we trolled north and left the fish and didn't get any more hits. Should have stayed in the productive water. Two of us on the boat this time so was nice to set 6 lines
  13. Still fishing, and here's the report so far: 7/10 with 5 kings 2 coho. Mostly fishing in 120-160 fow. 2-2.5 mph ball speed. 10 lb king. Downrigger down 60 with flounder pounder. 10 lb king. Slide diver back 145 with white plug. 5 lb king. Downrigger down 75 with flounder. 3 lb coho. Slide diver back 145 with white plug. 5 lb coho. Downrigger free slider, ball down 55, stinger blue dolphin. 2 lb king. 400 copper. Silver streak green dolphin. 20 lb king. Mag diver back 185. Green meat rig. Three missed were: Downrigger free slider ball at 55 (coho), blue dolphin. 300 Copper (steelhead), flea-4-all spoon. Mag Diver back 115 (coho) pro king flasher. Will pull lines soon.
  14. Posted above. Got a later start launching at 5:30. Didn't do great but got a couple, but I fished 6 am to 8 am only and then had to head in for work.
  15. Sorry. Radio not working. Went 2-2 right before sunrise. Both about 5 lbs kings. In 90 fow. Nothing after that and I have to head in and go to work. I'll try again another morning! Was a beautiful morning on the water.
  16. Thanks for this report. I got a campsite at the state park and will be launching maybe 4:30 am. Can only fish until 7:30/8 so crossing my fingers. Going to be a solo trip so we'll see how I do on the net!
  17. Sounds like that was you. Spoke to a three different groups that did well in deeper water.
  18. King was on the 8-inch paddle. Laker was on spin doctor.
  19. Motored up close to Grand Haven. Started around 6 pm in 100 fow on a SSW troll. Trolled out to 150. Then trolled east back into 120 fow and trolled SSW into 140 fow. Pulled lines at 9 pm. Went 5/5 with 4 kings and 1 lake trout. Only 1 king with good size. The others were around 3-5 lbs. Flea-4-all spoon on the 300 copper took thee fish. Green flasher flies took the bigger kind and the lake trout. A bit bumpy but overall a nice evening on the lake. Will try to get out a few more evenings this week. Some boats at the ramp had done pretty well in coho and steelhead in 200-300 fow. Heard that 400 coppers we're working well out there.
  20. Launched at 5:30 got to the pier heads and almost turned around. Waves were much larger than expected given the buoy was report 1.3 footers at the time. Stuck it out and took us 45 minutes to get to 90 fow. Fished from 90 out to 150 and then turned back in and tried 90-110 fow. Went 3/3 all kings. Two about 3 pounds and one about 20 lbs. Pulled lines at 9:30 am. 400 copper with double trouble took the big king. 400 copper with green jeans and downriver at 95 with white paddle took the two small fish. Probably going to try again in the morning. Hopefully it's not as wavy.
  21. Thanks for these reports. I've been wanting to go out there for several years and just never make it. Maybe this year I'll give it a shot!
  22. Good job fishing given the weather. Check the offshore forecasts, and never trust "light" north/northwest winds. Those frequently blow harder than predicted.
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