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probably PUG's last trip of the year sunrise bite was solid at first in that 80-90fow and what worked best was riggers down 35 and also 45 with yellow gobi being the hot bait went 6 for 8 5 salmon and then also a nice steelhead on half core with orange spoon - lost a second steelhead on same setup later in morning in 110fow too also later in morning connected with a fought a bigger fish on copp350 half a meal spoon in 135fow (never seen it but it did lots of runs and assume it was a monster steelhead or a jumbo 3yr old) unfortunately came off after 20min

PUG is in denial and wants another shot at the kings that ran - hit em off at the pass - see attached video from Nordelos Creek this morning haha VID_20261001_115221.mp4

PUG fished for only about 90min 3for5 in that 80-120fow just north of holland - copp200 spoon was good lowdipsey out 105 went with paddle riggers partook spoons up high and highdipsey ring off our 120 took steelhead wow 3 year olds can put up a spring salmon type fight and definitely outpace the spawned out 4 year olds of recent - PUG forgot what pink fillets looked like

well done!

might run the Saugatuck mud either Saturday or Sunday this weekend - PUG has guarded expectations since the run is probably 90% through but still fun to do - sometimes we get decent size browns and steelies on the plugs into October - if we go I'll let you guys know the outcome... FBD you fishing this weekend?

great night and your photos captured it so well! glad you were able to connect with a few of the graduating Chinook class of 2026

haha yes that one was massive - far inside board north of the north pier - heart break when it broke everything 15min in - seemed like the biggens where stacked around the outside corners of pier tucked in closer to the beach in that 7to10fow - less boat traffic and spoke in there - wish PUG would've figured that out sooner

4for14 on Chinook 8for8 on drum had a couple breakoffs on the bigger fish of the night that entailed losing orange boards and whole 9yds which felt defeating (pug tip of the day: never run 20# mono highlines in fall combat fishing) that 9fow to 16fow was best FBD had em going real good and PUG appreciated the advice as it took Parker a bit to dial em in 20260920_200751.mp4

hadn't been out with PUG for the longest of while and with all the east wind and rain it kinda felt like now or never ended up going 8for11 and the coolest part was we hooked some big ole school fall kings that fought nuts - been less of those around this year but PUG somehow put us on a pod - one Male measured 38 inches and had to have been around 20-21pounds - several higher teen hens - what a blast all our action was in that 10-13fow directory out off Saugatuck channel - PUG just had us making passes - seemed like south troll was a little better - groundspeed 2.7-3.1 did the trick - riggers down 6 with size3 plugs bacl 60-70ft behind ball - 1.5 color with special new blue & green plug my son found from some joint in Maine went a bunch - high lines witj different size5 plugs like green ladder got smoked - dipseys out 20-28 with big ole paddles went 2 or 3 times in less than 12fow believe it or not (these are the bites that came off - lost a mongo hen doing this) this skinny water fishing is so fun - no sheephead either tonight - BONUS 20260919_191201_1.mp4 20260919_191819.mp4 20260919_192247.mp4

nice looking fish! your big king even had color to it yet

PUG realized that cold water was still hugging the bottom in close so he and a couple of my sons and their buddy decided to take Parker out tonight. 9 for 14 all in that 38-45fow. Rigger on bottom with paddle and then jplugs on leads and dispeys was apparently what got it done. Here are some photos they shared. Tall seas. Black kings!

yep... i think they managed 8 or 10 so far there directly off kzoo mouth in that 45-50fow

PUG and the boys are back out there tonight but this time on Parker so we will have to see how they end up. Rough seas and water may have warmed a bit but they did send me this photo a few hours ago which i figured was a good sign